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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
"A katydid.

A katydid-it was a fine specimen of
the g%rasshopper family. innocent of any
harm-was crawling along the innr of a
passenger coach on the Reading railroad
on Thursday night, near the hour of L..
Three young women. who had been enjoy
ing a dame at Washington park. boarded
the train ut Bellevue. taking seats fac
ing each other. Then the katydid diSap-
peared. In a shor time the prettiest dam
sci turned white as Il ghost. and with
pallid face gave a shrek as she jumped
up on the scat that would have done
credit to ~ Comanche Indian. As she
srrang from her seat her companions fol-
lowed suit. the three yelling for dear life.
Passengers, brakrmen and conductor ran
to the girls aid. but all she could say was:
Its crawling!" My God! What is it,
cried the conductor. And as she gave her
skirts a shake out dropped the katydid.-
PHILADELPHIA Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Heard in Albany,

"Speaking about explosions" said a
telegraph operator to Il friend on his way
up town the other day. reminds me of
4 rather amusing incident which oc-
CURED 1T the time when \orrroSS
dropped the ten pounds of dynamite in
Russell Sage's office in this city. l WAS
then operating Il wire in an Albany
newspaper office. l sat doing Ivy my in
strument. when I caught the word 'ex-
pluSion' coming over the wire. 1t was
part Of a message which an operator in
Sage's building was seuding to a broker
in Wall street. a few hundred feet
away | knew something had happened.
and called mp the operator who had sent
the message. What was the cxplosion?'
l asked. Great Scott. he wired back.
Did You hear it in Albany !"-Ncw
York Evening SIM.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
The Mules Misfortune.

An old darkey lived in the South who
was a great barterer, and it was very
hard to beat him on a trade. 1t seems he
had sold a mule, guaranteeing him fault
less: The purchaser shortly after came
back in a great rage and said:
Look here. you rascal, that mule you
sold me is blind in one eye; you assured
me he had no faults"
Oats right, sab; dat mule hab no
faults: If he am blind in one eye. dat am
his misfortune, not his fault. "-Harper's
Young peonlc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Rings and Pins.

The love of ones personal property is
instructive, and a woman gets to feeling
for her rings and pins Il sort of affection,
which is made up of Il whole sheaf of
mingled associations. The engagement
and the wedding rings are Of course
sacred, but while they cluster around
themselves the sweet memories of the
happiest period: of a girls life, other
rings are almost equally priced. This
II was bought one summer in Venice
or Geneva; it is a souvenir of a charm
ing trip. The other has been lost and
found a half-dozen times. and seems to
have Il mysterious faculty of returning
to it's owner, however careless or unfor-
a host of legendary superstitions weave
their shadOwy; halo, and there are peo-
pie who cannot be induced to wear the
beautiful gem, so timid are they in ref
erence to its bringing i'll luck in it's
wake.
Jewels possess the subtle beauty of
flowers in less e%phemeral shape and
texture. Handed down from generation
to generation, they survive all dynasties
and crashes of change and time. One
may hold i'll her hand Il ring or Il pin
which IA worn by Il %reigning belle in
the dim antiquity of the ages when
Babylonia and Assyria were in their
prime: Men come and go, but gems,
like the earth, abide forever.
a celebrated divine used to carry about
in his pocket il few beautiful uncut gems,
loving to handle and to look at the
smouldering fire of the ruby, the deem
cool green of the emerald. and the golden
heart of the topaz. Surely n beautiful
and delicate fancy to gratify.-Harper's
Razar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
TRIED TO KILL THE PUP.
H~ipPOpotamus Born at Brockville, On
Has 4 savage Welcoma.

Has Il Savage Welcome.
In the presence of 1000 people, who
were attending, - circns at Rrnckvilla,
Ont, a baby hippopotamus was born.
The advent of the pup was unexpected,
and the first intimation was given when
the animals began snorting and roaring
as if mad. splashing the water OH ali
sides. When the keepers reached the
den the parents were endeavoring to
kill their offspring. The pup was be
ing tossed from one end of the den to
the other. The huge mouths of the pom
derous animals were open, and in an
other minute their jaws would have
closed on the babe. Men seized quarter
poles, crowbars, rakes and clubs and
drove the animals to retreat, rescuing the
young beast from certain death. The
pup was taken out. 1t looked fat and
healthy and weighed 100 pounds. The
parents aggregate $500 pounds. He is
now thriving on milk, sucked through
a bag, with every prospect of being
successfully reared. He very much re-
sembles Il pig, except for the sllortness
of the legs and the great width of the
mouth
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
NOYeltia6 In Lanfarna-

The Chinese feast of lanterns does not
take place until September, at the time of
the harvest moon, but it is not saying
much for an American boy that he can
get ahead of a Chinaman. So it hap
pens that grocers ana ~tobacconists are
now beseiged for cigar boxes and the de-
smand for tissue paper has already pro,
duced a scarcity of desira BILE colors in the
market.
: Last year a boy in the Eastern district
excited the admiration of his fellows by
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
A PODular Fad.

American visitors in England this sum
mer have received a warmer welcome
from Englishmen than ever before, ac.
cording to a recent c~ablegram. Enter
tanning Americans has become what
might be described, perhaps, as a popu-
lar fad. Several New Workers tell Of as.
tonishing instances Of John Bulls hos
pitality, urged upon them as strangers
rs the result of an hours acquaintance;
made on Il railway train or in some other
public place. This new spiritsof cordiali-
ty is finding unusual expression also III
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Not Good Taste,

Should the rocking chair he encour-
aged or tahoocd? At present this seems
to be a much-disputed question. Only Il
few days ago it was announced that
eminent physicians declare that the
rocker assists digestion and it's use is
beneficial, But now This is disputed hy
The Journal of Hygeio-Th,ropy. The
Swaying motion of Il swing or rocking
chair is inclined to produce congestion
of the head, and this is the reason of
it's soothing effect. We consider it in
furious 80 older people as well as to
children: many a woman rocks much
vitality away. She begins talking to her
friends aud almost without conscious
ness begins her ceaselesS nervous rock,
violating both the rule of good taste and
the laws of her hnly."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20

been done half SO naturally or produced
SO great IN effect" 1t was not the es-
cape. which made this incident mem
orable, but Kelly's bull; he was furious
at the accident, and rushed at Kemble,
who was manager, shouting: Il might
have been killed entirely, and who then
rest of my lifeY'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
His Only Passion.

They were German and middle aged.
He had become rich suddenly and had
built for themselves a beautiful resi-.
dence with an extension porte-cochere.
Horses were his only passion, and that
he INDUCED to it's fullest extent. One
day he was waiting to take his wife to
over the sleek backs Of an impatient,
paving pair of thoroughbreds. At length
his temper asserted itself. Katrina,
Katrina!!" he cried out, testify, will you
nefer come out: Desc horses Won't
shtand npter der tam horse shedt no long
er alretty.',-Boston Budget.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Hints for Young Collectors.

1 told you recently about a young but
teray collector l had met in Central
park, and will add today that to be a
successful collector of any kind one
must always keep his eyes wide open,
looking at the little things, the points
what he is collecting, whether it be
stamps, coins, rocks, plants or insects,
he must be observing.
Look at the pretty butterfly" did l
hear someone say?
THAT is not a butterfly at all, but Il
moth"
well, what's the d~ifference?"
"A great deal of difference. 1t is true
that butterflies and moths both have four
wings covered with little scales, but the
butterflies fly around in the daytime and
rest at night, while the moths are the
owls of the insect world, and seldom
fly except at night or in the dusk. The
butterfly, when at rest, folds his wings
up and they stand up straight above his
body like little sails. The moth folds
his wings down, almost wrapping them
around his body.
The butterfly has two feelers or an
tennae as the books call them, with a
little knob at the end of each, and they
are always erect. The feelers of the
moth are without knobs, but are "feath-
ered' down to the point, and when the
moth is resting he folds them back UNI
der his wings.
The butterfly, as he sees Il great deal
more sunlight than the moth, has much
larger eyes. Perhaps you have noticed
the butterfy's eye, that it is almost like
a little globe, fastened to his head. If
you put a butterhy's eye under u strong
microscope you will understand why the
owner is so hard to catch. The eye is
made up of thousands of little eyes or
facets, each of which receives the rays
of light, so that he can see i'll almost
all directions at the same time. One sci
enlist says the eye of a butterfly num-
bers about 1900 facets. Now that l
have told you something about the but
teray's eye; l want you to ind out for
has he? Do all the butterflies have the
same number? Do they use them all in
walking? You should also observe other
insects and learn all you can about them,
Playmate in New York Mail and Elk
press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
About Cats.

Cats like to be clean. They are also
dainty in their tastes. A well bred cat
will not drink from a dirty bowl or sau-
Ger, nor will she take milk that is not per-
fectly fresh. A well-fed cat can usually
he trained not to steal. though some are
inveterate thieves and steal for theft's
sake. Cats should be fed early in the
morning. They generally learn at what
time the milkman arrives and ask for
their breakfast. They need meat early
in the day. If sufficient be given at once,
they will not require another meal until
toward evening. Then they should have
d little meat and always q saucer of milk
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
N0rR0E tn Mnvn

Steinitz, the chess player, sometimes
becomes so absorbed in considering a
problem that he will stand stin in the
most crowded thoroughfare. 1t Is re-
lated of him that on one occasion he
caused such an obstruction that Il police
me- replied the champion absently, s.but
tits your U
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
Could Get tho Air.

Could Get tho AIR.
Mary-Oh, John, I'm just dying to get q
wheel.
As all the ladies do,
Say: John won't you help me to get
1t, dearf "
I've always been nice to you.
JOhn-Dear Mary, you know l could neye,
refuse
To assist one l 80 much admire:
SO. Ii you'll get the wheel, | will
hustle around "
For the air that you need III the
tire. "
w. J. Hampton III New York Truth.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Learn the Value Of Monev

Ao"Tu tno value OF Money.
The average American girl has practi-
cally no idea of the value of money. II
Is one of the most discouraging signs of
the times to see the manner in which
our young women spend their rocket
money. And nothing in this wide world
keeps so many young men from marrying
as the constant proof they zee of the
nghtness i'll which our girls value money.
Money Ii spent upon trifles as if silver
ana Dank notes grew on trees. A dollar
mas not its real value in the eyes of one
girl out of a hundred. Where the saving
instinct exists it is simply employed as a
means to making possible Il larger ex-
pendlture i'll the near future. The result
~ that our young women get false no.
tons of living and it's cost, and they con-
slider themselves abused, in Il great many
cases, when upon marriage they must
pc content with less than in their fathers
home. The popular notion with the
oun people of today is that they must
start where their fathers left off. Our
young men have only IL truer sense of
the value of money because they are
compelled to earn it, and where the
money comes hard it's value is better i'm
pressed: But even among the most mod
crate classes in this country it is simply
amazing. to see the extent to which
money is spent-not only spent. but
wasted, and the absolute disregard to
make provision for "a rainy day. which
exists. The great trouble is that
we have been educated in this country
too much to accept luxuries as %necessi-
ties, and when they are beyond our reach
we cavil at fate.-Edward W. Box in
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
No Tips Went.

An English lady who read what ap-
peared last week in your columns about
tips to servants gives me an anecdote
that shows how much the Prince of
Wales crusade against them is needed.
She goes in for temperance, Liberalism,
philanthropy, etc. One of her footmen
came to her the other day ito represent
his case" What is your case, Joseph!"
she said. I'm sure it will give me
pleasure to give you all fair satisfac-
tom My, case, your ladyship, is this.
Your ladyship as OH visits too many
philanthropic and psychological women.
and that sort of thing. They give such
small tips that l feel ashamed of myself
for receiving them. The temperance
women give no tips at all. l suppose
they think we servant spend all our
tips in drink. Formerly the tips used
to be nearly equal to the wages. l
counted On them continuing so. This is
my ole case, and l beg to inform your
ladyship that l speak for Jemima and
Susan, the housemaids. and for Green.
the coachman." The lady answered that
she feared she must get Il new set of
servants, and that, whether she did so or
not, she would cause placards to be
posted in all the guests rooms to inform
them that servants were not allowed to
receive tips. She was ready to allow,
however, a small increase in the wages.
If that was not satisfactory. all might
leave, and at once. if they desired. They
took her at her word.-London Truth.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Conversation at the Dinner Table.

Talking is one of the best of all recre-
atlons,. and Il woman who understands
the art possesses Il most useful and en-
joyable accomplishment. No dinner
table is we'll appointed without good talk
ers: and the basis of interesting CONVEX
sation is reality. After Il course of Lon
don dinners, Sir Walter Scott said. 1.-The
bishops and the lawyers talk better than
the wis., that is, the wits talked for
the sake of talking and the church and
the law had something to talk about.
Yet speclaltles and hobbies are not adj
mlsslble at II dinner table, and Il woman
who can only talk on her own fad has
no business in society. She ought to
write IL pamphlet. or go to the lecture
platform. for any conversation at the
Inner table that is Il strain on the atten-
ton Or the patience soon becomes IL
bore: indeed, II of the chief elements
OF pleasant company is Il readiness to
talk, or to be talked to, on II rational
subject.
The most charming takers let 4 bright
listener see their thoughts in formation.
for talk that has been prepared has Il
ready-made fairness. 1t is the aerated
thought of -thet moment that has the
SPARKLE. and Il good talker finds the right
word by instinct, as Il clever horse on a
bad road always puts his foot in the
right place. This fact makes the good
talker also a good listener. because her
best conversation will follow. brightly
and instantly the lead that others Civ
it. and it prevents. likewise. the worst
of all conversational faults-monopoly.
Dean Swift thought "no one ought to
talk at a dinner table longer than a min
ute at a time."-Amelia E.. Bar in In
dies Home Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20

in the center and charging it with a pen.
knife.
The designs here given are some, which
the Eagle artist has drawn expressly.
They are simple and effective.-Brook-
lyn Eagle. " -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
The Deserted Home.

A"C 1UInc
Though it is very delightful for the
the summer in order to escape the trials
of city life incident to the hot season.
it is not so pleasant for the masculine
head of the family, who is left behind.
to get his meals at a restaurant and his
sleep i'll a linen-shrouded abode that bears
no resemblance to the cheerful home
to which he is accustomed in. winter.
Aside from the loneliness and discom-
fort this custom of annual divorce en-
tails, recent accounts of sudden death
coming to the sole occupant of the town
house prove that there is even ii more
potent reason why at least one of the
family should remain at home, not only
to enllyen the surroundings, but to be
on hand i'll case of
Even though death does not Green in I'M
aWares, sickness and accident may find
entrance. Hundreds of such cases exist
that are never breathed of publicly. Yet
the sutferingi is no less great, the need
no less potent: Can you not picture TO
illness unable to let nyone know that
he is in need of help? How long the
nights; how full of agony the days.
Through some exceptional good fortune
il neighbor may take it into his or her
head to call, but, as a rule, outsiders leave
the deserted houses alone, unless some
particularly suspicious circumstance at
tracts their attention to them.
No one should ever remain entirely
alone in a house. 1t is not safe to do so
on numerous accounts, and if the care
less, happy-go-lucky members of the home
circle. who are having such lovely times
in the mountains or at the seashore, have
never thought of the matter in this light,
let us hope that these few words will
awaken the slumbering sense of loving
considerations for the father. husband or
brother whose summer is spent alone in
Il gloomy house. and act upon it, even
though it entails a certain amount of
sacrifice on the. part of the recently
aroused Observation-Disclosures Times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-12
4 CRISIS on THE ri RI.

The famous Suburban Handicap will be run
at Shccpshead Bay on Saturday next, ana The
June meeting VI the Coney Island Jockcy CLUB
will he opened on that day II Is ~ the highest
inportance TO the welfare " the American turf
that all true friends ~ racing in every part Of
the country shall unite 10 make this meeting
brilliant and memorable success. Racing has
been given up altogether in New Jersey. Pool
selling and book making have been abolished In
NewYork State. and the experiment Is now III
progress of carrying on the contests OF III" turf
without IN. evils and abuses Of betting rings.
Racing cannot endure In this country unless Ill
high minded and unseliish friends ~ genuine
sport will do everything in their power To make
the present methods successful and prosperous.
The peoplo Of New-York and Of Ncw-Jersey will
not 90 backward They have resolved that there
shall he no more bciting-rngs on the racetracks
In their States II is certain they will never
change that resolution. Therefore. II racing is
to be carried on in the Empire State. 1t must
be without pool-sellIng and book making.
The turf in this part OF America Is now in the
right hands. Under the guidance and control
Of the members Of the State Racing Commits
sion and Of The officers Of the Jockey Club. II Is
intended that the competitions Of ihc thorough
one shall have just ground FOR complaint,
Mcssrs belmont Sanford. Morgan. Kccne,
Thompson. Donncr and others who bent on
n complete publication Of the turf and The re
moyal Of ali causes Of reproach are now in
charge OF racing interests la the richest. most
popuois and most hourishng Of the States Of
the Union But they cannot maintain the sports
Of the turf unless all honorable mep who want
racing sustained and managed in the best way
do what they can to help them. The com
Ing meeting Of the Concy Island Jockey Club the
most influential turf organization in the East, Is
likely 70 settle the question whether racing on
the system adopted under the existing laws Of
this State can be carried on In satisfactory
manner. The Concy Island Jockey Club and
the other jockey clubs in this State will not keep
up their meetings and renew their stakes and
their purses unless racing men in i'll parts Of the
country give them hearty and enthusiastic
support.
The breeders every where are vitality Interested
In the success OF this coming meeting. II this
meeting should prove TO be n failure, the breed
Ing interests OF the country would suffer dam
aging blow. The prices Of yearllngs would then
decline heavily, and the stud farms Of America
would fall OF seriously In importance Every
American who takes any Interest In the contests
of the finest horoughbrcds that can BE- proiucci
should feel 1t An urgent duty TO aid in making
the June meeting of the Coney Island Jockey
Club noteworthy and prosperous. The clnb IL
under heavy expenses j. offers large sums for
the Realization Stakes. the Great Trial Stakes
! and other contesta II this meeting should be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-12
THAT BOWLING GREEN STATUE.

Bowling Green II a spot OF such historic in
terest and, lying as 1t does at the foot OF the
city's great thoroughfare, IL go important 10 any
general and consistent scheme for the citys
artistic establishment that some straightforward
explanation Of the work now going on there Is
due to the people who are inquring what 1t
means One Of the Park Commissioners cx-
pained 10 our readers IN last Fridays issue that
statue Is to BE- erected there although he did
not know the name OF the sculptor. lie also
said that the site was selected by the donor Of
the statue, and had been approved by Mr. Vaux.
lie stated, too that the site had been passed upon
by an Advisory Committee which has since been
superseded. But II this is true why was the
matter referred to the Sculpture Society and
then withdrawn before that society took any
action?
The Park BoaM has voted to refer the des gns
Of all proposed statues and their location 10 the
National Sculpture Society. But Mr. J. Q. A.
Ward, prcslden, Of that society, advances what
seems TO us sound reasons why no portrait
statue should be erected In Bowling Green. Ger
tainly no statue Of any kind should be erected
there unless every formality has been compiled
with, which experience has shown to be neces