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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
Very OutspOken.

The outspoken ways and %caustic say
ings of DR.. Jephson of bennington, cele-
brated i'll the 40 and sos. have fur
nished the kernel of many anecdotes,
One day he was called Oh by one whom
Brantome would have called 'une grande
dame de par la monde" the Warehouses
of F.. Having listened to a description
of her malady, the oracle pronounced
Judgment:
AN egg and 4 cup of tea for break
fast, then walk tor two hours: a slice Of
cold beef and half Il glass of madeira
for luncheon. then walk again for two
hours: fish Except salmon' and Il outlet
or wing Of fowl for dinner. with Il sim
gle glass of madeira or claret: to bed at
10 and rise ut 6, etc. No carriage exer-
else, please"
But, DOCTOR" she exclaimed at last,
thinking he was mistaken in his visitor,
pray. do you know who l am? Do you
MISUNDERSTANDING positiony
Perfectly, Madame" was the reply.
II am prescribing for an old woman
with II derangcd stonlach."-Nincteenth
Century.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06

mar Lyman Beecher was. To Edward
once wrote: " Did I }"s not a carry M, xoa aa aHe,.
boys a-tishing, a%-straddle Of MY neck. on
my shoulders, and, besides clothing and
feeding, whipping you often to make a
man OF you, as YOU are, and would not
have been without. Don't you remem-
Der studying theology with your father,
saving. II splitting wood in that wood
house III Green street, Boston. near by
where you found your wife?" While
saving wood they seemed to have talked
about generalization and kindred SUBJ
jects!-Troy Times,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
FOLKS COLUMN
y -
Nell's Letter.
Dear Tom

Dear Tom:
IA We've. found a lovely place
TO spend the summer In, @. =
The ~pleAsAntest by far, we think,
Where we have ever been. H. 81.
Our rooms are Just delightful, and
The whole place Ii as neat .
AS waX-and this will catch you, Tom
We have good things to eat.
No. were not OvelcrOwded. We're
The only people here;
And so we do just what we please
With nobody to fear.
We dress the way we like, without
A thought of other folks.
And, Tom. dear, we don't Il to laugh
AT a~nyb0dy's jokes.
If You were only here, Il. ar Tom,
1t would be perfect, quite.
Do please give up that stupid yacht
Aud come tomorrow night!
Pa will be pleased to see you-Yes
Pa Is here with us. too
And |! Well, maybe 1 can find
a smile or two for you.
So please come. Tom, l know you'll like
The place we've found. us we'll
AS VT do. l shall watch for you.
Your loving little NELL.
How stupid of me! l forgot
To give you the address.
Or tell you where we are this year.
I'm sure you'd never guess.
And yet it's n familiar house,
Where you have often been
Oh. Tom. there Is no place like home
TO spend the summer III.
-Somerville Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
This Animal Laws Eggs.

Onc of the oldest of the many queer
and unique creatures that inhabit the
a%ntipodean wihs is al animal about the
shape and size of the American raccoon.
He is not II curiosity on account of his
shape or size, or because he resembles
the o inc lives in Australia. where all
nature is topsy-turvy, but because of ii
rem lrkable habit the fema,s of his
specie has of laying Eggs and Matching
them after the manne of birds. This
queer egg-laying animal. the only crea-
ture of the kind on earth, SO far as the
biologists know. is called a platypus. 1t
inhabits the deep forests of the river bot
toms of both Australia and New Tea
land. and, it is said. has many of the
characteristics which distinguish the
beaver tribe: The platypus is not a
common animal even in its native
haunts, and it is yearly becoming scarcer
because of the war which the natives
wage against it on account of its peculiar
~egg-laying habits. They have a supersti-
tious dread of the harmless little animal.
because it's habits deviate so widely from
those generally noted in Uncovered
four-footed creatures.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
A Story of Irving.

The knighting of Henry Irving has re-
called a number of stories concerning the
famous actor. One refers to a meeting
of a certain learned society in London
some years ago. when the topic discussed
was Shakespeare. Mr.. Irving was pres
ent, but everyone did not seem to know
it. A man was on his feet deploring
the improvement of spelling which had re-
suited in notifications of pronunciation
SO that were tne INA netnan poets 10 TO re-
read their own works, and surely not to
understand them as Others read them.
eff Shakespeare were to rise from the
dead now," said the speaker, II make bold
to say he would hardly comprehend his
own words as they issue from the mouth
of the present opponents of them. He
would be shocked were he to hear IT.
wing From Il seat OH the left hand
Of the chairman there rose Il slim figure,
and from II pair of thin lips, whose cor
ners rollicked in mirth. there issued in
the clear tones of a bell these three
words, Cor see him."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06

for him, came across q huge watch hang
ing in the window of Il .pawnshop. In
quiry revealed the fact that the watch
Was once the property of Chang, known
all over the civilized world as Barnum's
Chinese giant. 1t was a h%unting-case,
silver affair. and it was made especially
for the, giant of the Orient. The time
piece is 5 inches across the face, about
Il half. On the inside of the case are
some Chinese characters. Bevand is very
proud of his watch. but he has been un-
unable to trace its history. All the pawn
broker can tell is that it was pledged in
his place by Il circus man who gave the
name of "Iupey."-Philadelphia Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
FOR H LADIES
Lament of q Little Girl

MY brother Will. he used to he
The incest kind Of girl; go
He wore n little dress, like me, 4
And had his hair In curl. :
VIZ played with dolls and tea-set then.
And every kind Of toy;
lSut all those good old times are gone
Will turned into Il boy.
Mamma has made him little suits,
With pockets In the pants,
AM cut of all his yellow curls,
And sent them to my aunts; :
And VIII, he was SO pleased, | believe
! He almost jumped for Joy;
! But l must own | didn't ike
Will turned into u boy. -
And now he plays with horrid tops :
| don't know how to spin,
And marbles thai l try to shoot.
But never hit nor win;
\ And leap-frOg-l can't give q ''back,'
Like Charlie. Frank or Roy :
Oh, no one knows how bad I feel
Since Will has turned q boy.
1 have to wear frock just the same.
And now they're mostly white;
l have to sit and just be good,
while Will can climb and fight.
But | must keep my dresses nice,
And wear my hair III curl,
| And WOrSt-oh, wOrstest thing of all
nave 10 stay Il girl, Exchange.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
BEER NlCKELS IN NEWARK.
An Easy Way of Making Poor Counterfeit

~ S~AA - COuutOT1clLS
of Five-cent Pieces.
"Anybody can make money like that"
AID Il Street-car conductor in Newark
to a passenger on the rear platform as
he handed him back Il bogus nickel.
THAT'S good-no it amt, either.
There's something wrong about it.. It's
made backward" said the passenger,
studying the coin.
That's just what is the matter" said
the conductor. ''That's what we used
to call Il beer nickel in the shop where
l worked last. The boys used to make
them noontimes and spend them at
IL time for lager. Good nickels are made
of cry hard metal, and the boys knew
it. They got soft German silver blanks
just the size of a 5-cent piece, and then
made a sandwich of two nickels and a
blank. They'd lay the three pieces under
Il drop press and give them one bang.
or put them under a screw press and
squeeze them hard. The result world
be Il queer nickel, like you've got there.
The figures on the good nickels would
be squeezed into the soft blank. The
bogus pieces would pass easily for worn
nickels. I'll bet there are hundreds of
them in circulation in Newark.'-New
York Sun,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
The Thrifty HnnSewife.

1t is a homely saying that "a woman
can throw out with a spoon faster than Il
man can throw in with a shovel" yet the
truth Of the old saw has never been dis
puted. Given an intelligent. industrious
"bread-winner," rs it is fashionable to
call the person who earns the funds
or want Of thrift marking the career of
the family will depend almost entirely
upon the habits of the housewife in leia-
ton to little matters. One of the religious
papers recently presented this character.
ization of 'the thrifty housewife. and
the portrait is SO terse and true that it
might. well be made Il rule of conduct
in MI homes where true prosperity is
sought: '''She takes note of the kitchen
fire ind closes up the hampers when she
Is not using it, and makes one fire. do all
the work II will ut once. She saves her
nice 'drippings' and makes them serve in.
cooking instead of butter. She all
the odds ind ends Of bread und meat left
over from meals and works them up lnep.|
rS6Sff1SnwsI amaIfriff q ahanA3nnfk6
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
Cecil Rhodes.

A foreign paper says that Cecil Rhodes,
the most interesting man in the Cane
House Of Assembly, is as restless on Iis
seat as IL spring doll" Rarely does be
retain the same attitude for two minutes
in succession. He, however, sticks close
~ to his place, and though he does not
give one the appearance Of being inter.
ested in the proceedings, yet it is surpris.
ing to note his immediate change from an
air Of being utterly bored to one of close
watchfnlness when an expression is used
or All argument %propounded which is OF
interest to him. When he speaks he
somewhat difficult to follow. nevertheless
The statement that he thinks aloud is q
very apt description Of his style of adj
dress. The ending Of his speech is usual
" as abrupt as his introduction.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
Don't Kill the Dog,

If o are bitten by a dog, don't kill
the beast, but take every %Drecaution to
let him live for Il few days ut least"
IrOf LOgOriO, chief of the Pasteur in
stitute in Chicago, made this oracular
statement to a reporter of the Tribune.
and he is supposed to bean authority on
"dogs that bite and what to do. With
them" =
1T is a great mistake people make"
he said, TO start in at Once to kill u dog
that has bitten them or have it Killed foir
them. 1t has been proven scientifically
and is admitted now by all physicians
who are posted that ~hydrophobia is not
a spontaneous disease and cannot be
given to a person by II dog bite unless
the. dog be mad when it causes the
wound. The dogs condition. if it be
mad, will he manifested within two
days, or two weeks at the latest. BY
permitting it to live. therefore. the ply
stefan can tell definitely whether the
person bitten is liable to have hydropho-
bia. If the dog goes mad within thar
time they know that the person bitten
may be inoculated with the same dread
disease and may have the same fate. If
the dog does not go mad then there is
no fear of ~hydrophobia and the wound
can be treated the same as any other
wound would be. BY killing the dog
you destroy the chance of certainty as to
the fate of the person bitten and leave
the imagination full rein to fear the
worst results where it might have been
possible to know in advance that hydro
phobia was impossible"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
A Monster

A party of flag gathercrs ut work on
Goose island Saturday were attracted
by Il terrible splashing of water about
ten rods from where they were cutting
flag. They soon discovered the cause Of
the commotion, and with heavy flag
knives in hand they made for the spot.
They found grounded Il sharp-nosed stur.
geon weighing 800 pounds. The men
plunged into the water and with their
long knives dispatched the mammoth
fish. But the killing of this was no
boys play. for it was half III hour before
life was extinct. The fish was cut In.
pieces. and divided among the men. 1t IN
nothing uncommon ut the present time to
see from the water front from six to
eight of the fish, some of nor m size,
splushing in the water.-Essex, Ct, cor.
Fin Courant,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
"A Farewell Sermon.

\ country minister in IL certain town
took permanent leave of his congrega-
ton in the following pathetic manner:
Brothers and sisters, l come to say
good-by.. l don't think God loves this
church. because non of you ever die. l
l never marry any of you. 1 don't think
you love me, because you have not paid
my salary. Your donations are mouldy
fruit and wormy apples, and by their
fruits We shall know them Brothers,
[ am going away to IL better place. /
have been called to be chaplain Of Il
penitentiary. Where l go We cannot
come, but I go to prepare a place for
your souls. GOod-by."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06

"Who is this Dean Swift they are talk
ing about?" whispered a society lady to
Lady bnlWer 1T a party; u! should 50
tions."
"Alas, madam, the dean has done some
thing that has shut him out of society,""
Dear me, You don't say so? What a
dreadful thing!' said the lady in a breath.
"And what was it"' she added.
"Well, about a hundred years ago he
died."-Tid-BitS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06

OF throwing them away. Her clothing
she keeps clean by the use of aprons;
she has suits Of clothes suitable for dirty
work. She turns her sheets when they
grow thin in the middle. Her worn table
Giotis are cut up into napkins for every
places i'll the carpet that are subjected to
the hardest wear. She carefully dries
her tinware SO it will not rust out. She
keeps her old brooms for rough use. and
SC prolongs the term of service of her
best broom. She uses up her worn gar
!ments in making quilts and comforts or
IN rugs and rag carpets, and so in a thou
sand ways she saves what if wasted
would be pure loss, and do nobody any
good.'.Good housekeeping.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
The Oldest Man in the World.

The. F%rankfurtcr Journal has discov-
cred. by a sheer accident, the Oldest man
in the world. A "Kommerzienrath,''
who dated his letter from Heilbronn, OBJ
served ut the end of the epistle: II have
been Il subscriber to your paper ever
since it's first appearance" The editor
remarks in Il note that ''such an exam
pie Of fidelity to one and the same news
paper deserves praise in SO %changcable
Il generation" But what is still more
remarkable is the phenomenal longevity
of it's correspondent. The first number
Of our Journal" observes the. editor,
appeared 2SO years ago" Hence the
respected subscriber must be about 3W
yoNrs old
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
Knew His Business.

Lady - was an h~eiress, and Sir w,
Duncan. Il celebrated Scotch physician,
attended her during a severe illness. One
mind to marry, and upon his asking the
name of the fortunate chosen one, she
babe him go home and open the Bible al
II. Samuel, 18th chapter and 7th verse,
and he would find it out. He did so, and
read what Nathan said unto David;
Thou art the man. OF course they were
mnrripd" :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
Carp Are HORhsh.

Getting rid of fish is the purpose in Ne
vada, as the Lyons Times says: Who
ever planted carp in the Carson river did
a very foolish thing. The carp is a regular
hog of. a fish, and eats the food Of the
other fish SO clean that there is none left.
Even catfish cannot live where carp
abound, and they abound wherever plant.
ed, us they spawn by the million. Not on.
" do the carp eat up the fish food, but
they devour everything else, and actually
make it impossible for waterfowl to- live
on the river. Fine trout might he rnised
Iii the Cursor river below here now n is
were not for these hog hsh. md how is
net riazs q them q illogWsSsYhat ~ botherine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
SDOfters.

The street car spotter has practically
disappeared from some Western cities,
where just lately a scheme of selling tick
etc for % cents. good for six rides, has
come into general use. The conductor
punches a hole in the ticket for each ride.
The spotter cannot. of course, tell which,
passengers nave paid cash fares and which
have trip cards. and so his usefulness has
gone, and he is going himself. The Rock
Island railroad recently adopted a seem
ingly excellent plan on it's local trains
running out of Chicago. The conductors
were informed that spoilers would not
in future be employed on the road, and
that the money thus saved would be ap-
piled to M increase in the wages of the
conductors. The conductor would not in
future be watched, but would he regarded
as trusted employees and paid as such.
The plan is said to work to the satisfac.
ton of both ompan and men.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
A Singular Centenary.

There is some talk in Berlin Of ceIe-
brating a somewhat singular centenary
that Of the origin Of the numbering Of
houses. According to a German contem-
porary, this convenient method of indica-
ton was quite unknown, even in London
practice of numbering private houses was
begun iii Berlin. Vienna claims the honor
of having in4ugnrated, in 1903 the meth
sOl Of placing the odd numbers on one
sside5Of tho street md the \ ones gotI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
Aged II, Weighs $40 Pounds.

T. There is a girl at Webster. Mass, only
IL years Of age who weighs SIC. pounds.
daughter of Abel and Sarah Bates. Her
father is a farmer and her mother works
on the farm. They are both above. the
average size. the mother the larger hof
the two. Elsie walks to school and
back, the distance to- the schoolhouse
being a mile and a half. But few men
can handle a pair of oars as easily and
gracefully as she can. &
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
Chang 9 Watch.

John Bevans, the big Smoky Hollow
%icelnan, is q feet 4 inches in height,
and weighs 29O pounds, There does not
appear TO be an ounce Of s%uperfuous
flesh upon his massive frame. His shoe
~ IL inches long aud q inches across the
broadcast part of the ii the rest
of Johns clothing is built in proportion.
rs nnIaberss0f his friends the uther day,
p1 around f0rsa birthdAtg spfeseilf
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
Novelist and MOuse

In his far-off home in the South Sea
islands the late r. l.. Stevenson, whose
Treasure Island" some of the boys
have doubtless read, had many hours Of
illness and would often try to forget
his pain by 'tooting" on his tlageolet.
Over the couch on which he used to lie
there was a shelf, and on this shelf a
mouse would often venture, and at length
in Mr.. S%tevenson's caresses. If it got
no immediate attention it would scratch
on the shelf and make a whine to at
tract it's friend, and after a time per-
suaded it's spouse also to come and see
the musician, until ut last their visits
we're daily. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
MEDALS FOR BRAVE GIRLS.
Two Florida Maidens Receive Souveni,
from King Oscar.

O0CG1VO SOuv0nlrR
from King Oscar.
On the night of August I, 1894. the
Norwegian ship Cathrine, Cant. Syend-
sen, during Il fearful storm which ragged
on the gulf, was driven broadside on tho
outer beach of Santa Rosa island, ono
ana one-ha!f miles west of the life-sayine
station at Pensacola. She was discov.
cred when day broke by Capt. Broad
bent, keeper of the station. The waves
We're breaking over her, and the iife'
saver knew that she must soon 20 to
pieces.
Under the law at that time, the life.
saving crews were not on duty, and only
two or three of the men were Mt the
station. There We're also two visitors,
Col. J. 4; Davis of Washington, special
agent OF the pension bureau, and G., X.
O'Neal of Pensacola, who had gone
over to the island and were detained by
the storm. They promptly volunteered
to assist Capt. Broadbent, but it was
found that they We're not sufficient to
roll the CUR down the beach to a point
where a lifeline could be shot over the
doomed vessel.
Thu storm was increasing in fury and
no time was to be lost if the crew was
to be saved. AT this juncture the two
daughters of Capt. Broadbent, isabella
aged 16. and Sallie. aged Is. volunteered
to, assist. With their aid the gun was
rOlled down the beach one and IL half
miles. through a binding storm of rain
and Il hurricane which nearly swept them
from their feet. After several attempt.
the lifeline was shot over one of the
masts of the ship and secured by the
sailors. The life car was then rugged,
and for hours these two brave girls
worked like men, until the last one of the
eighteen of the crew was safely landed
on the beach. The ship went to pieces
that night.
Capt. Svendsen and his men were filled
with gratitude to their rescuers, and es-
pecially to the two young girls who had
braved such Il wild storm to save them.
When they returned to Norway they laid
the matter before their government, and
king Oscar was deeply moved by the tale
of heroism. He Immediately gave orders
to have prepared two beautiful souvenirs.
to be presented to the two young girls i IN
the mann of the people of Norway. These
consist of two handsome silver lockets
with heavy silver chains, appropriately in
scribed, and enclosed in handsome cases.
with the royal arms of Sweden and Nor
way embossed in gold on the covers.
Each locket has OH the outside in large
heavy raised letters of beautiful design.
the monograms of the two girls-"I. B."
and ~. Band on the inside of each
are two richly engraved gold tablets, on
one OF which appears the crown and mono
gram of the King and on the other "For
Il Noble Deed"
These souvenirs were forwarded to the
Norwegian consul at Pensacola, G.. +.
Boyesen. to be presented to the Misses
Observation-Disclosures Citizen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
The Thirteen Beechers.

Of the thirteen children Of Lyman
Beecber eleven, it is said, have lived or
nre living lives Of exceptional beauty and
usefulness to other men. The Beecliers
themselves have contributed no small
part OF their earneatness md slcccss
10 thHt rugged old father, of whom eucls
hay writtenlsSo rood deal; unas