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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-15
DOGS AND TO SPARE.


a Man In Russia Who Has Thirty Ave
i II III Thousand Of Them, 8S5
Valdemar Paulovitch, d young Russian,
who recently passed through Buffalo on
his way to visit friends In Cincinnati,
TOLD a reporter Of Gustav Jovanoyitch
the Russian, who owns more dogs than
my man III the world. Jovanovitch is
He owns over / 500, 900 sheep, and that
Is why he has SO many dogs. They are
i'll of the shepherd breed, and number
above $1,000. Jovanovitch's sheen and
dogs have descended to him from his
forefathers, and, needless to say, he 10
immensely rich. The dogs are all III.
telligent creatures, though Of hundred
breeds, and all perform their offices as
faithfully as the most petted shepherd
dog of the New York farms.
''You can imagine that it costs great
deal Of money to feed such a number
of animals" said Mr.. Paulovitch. sasThey
are well kept and fed, else they Would
be forced to turn on their focks. Jos
vanoyitch has great, barn-like structures
for the dogs shelter and scores Of men
to care for them. Great care Of the
brutes' health is taken, and dog rare.
" goes mad. The millionaire sheen
owner buys dog biscuit by the ton In
France to guard against distenper.
Fleas, of; course, are a necessity among
SUCH q SIeat AulHOer VI uuSS, lnOugl SUI
phur baths are provided for their exter,
mination.s The heas, however, not only
pay the expenses of the baths, but put
quite bit of money into the pockets OF
the d0gkeepers. In st. Petersburg there
is a great, demand among the wealthy
for performing .feas, but only the big,
gest and most intelligent are fitted for
the. work; OF course. among $4,000
dogs one has great choice of fleas, and
Markovitch. the head dogkeeper, has a
corner on the performing flea market. I
"The big, muscular. well-groomed and
intelligent feas, which he sends to tho
capital are taught to perform little
tricks. They dance, too, and I have
heard that one tlea who could skip a
spiderweb arope was sold to one of the
court ladies for 1000 rubles. Performs
become very delicate. and have to be
housed and, fed with the greatest care.
.''rhe Car once went to visit Jovano>
witch at his great house on the steppes,
and joked with him about his dogs, ask,
ing if he was acquainted with all OF
them. For answer the sheep man led
him to the door and blew blast Oh his
matched kennels that we're spread for 3
quarter, of a mile around, there arose a
howl III unison from each of the 49,.
600 dogs, and before it had died out
100000 feet were flying over the ground
in the direction of Jovanoyitch and his
royal master. When they reached the
place all lay down obediently, so-that
the ground was covered with a mat of
dogs for great distance: Come, your
majesty said Jovanovitch, the ground
is damp, but my dogs have made you a
carpet And the Gear and his friend
walked out to the kennels over the
strong brutes.
"The Car sent Jovanovitch decora-
tio1l.' concluded Mr.. Paulovitch, land
he fed the $4,000 dogs OH Hamburg
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-15
Hous,on's Challenger Had towait.

In the days of Gen. Sam Houston.
duelling was much more common than
now.
After removing to Texas Gen Houston
happened to give offense to a political
opponent. who felt his honor u.sugurei
to such an extent that be sent chal
lenge to Houston. The bearer of the
challenge was received with courtly civil
ity. He handed the written challenge 70
Gen. Houston. who read it. and taking
up his pen wrote something across the
back of the folded paper and placed it in
a pigeonhole of his desk. He then went
on to entertain the bearer of the chal-
lenge with the pleasant conversation for
which he was noted. After a time the
man began to grow impatient and re-
minding the general of the challenge.
asked him if he was going to reply
''Oh, yes. said Houston. Il am going
to reply"
"Well: are YOU going to accept the chal-
iengc of my friend:"
Certainly l will acccl' it,
will yuu fix the date for tomorrow"
''No, not tomorrow.
Next day."
NO. not the next day either"
well. will You fix the date"
mo. am not able now 10 fix date
You saw ME number your friends note.
1t is No. ~. Theresare forty-eiSht ether
BANKED scoundrels ahead ef your frien
and must take them in turn. AS sool,
as have killed them off l will attend to
your friend; but he will have to wait
until his turn comes"
The bearer of the challenge bowed
himself out: but of course his friend $
turn never came and it is not proha bic
that he was anxious for ii to come -
Knoxville Journal. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-15
AN ELECTIONEERING TRICK.
The Campaign Orator was Promptly
Taken Up by His Opponent.

The Campaign Orator was Promptly
Taken Up by His Opponent.
\ few years ago plain country doctor
and a Mr.. May, who was fond of jew
elry. and wore a valuable diamond stud
in his shirt bosom, were running for
the Legislature i'll one of our counties.
The race was close and hot At one
speaking the doctor made the following
fierce and dangerous thrust ut his oppo-
nent: "Fellow citizens, don't you want
all honest man i'll the Legislature? OF
course you do. Now, what sort of IL
man is my opponent? Why, gentlemen,
look at that magnificent diamond he
wears! 1t is almost as big and bright
as the headlight of locomotive. Your
eyes can hardly stand it's glare. 1t is
worth hundreds-maybe thousands Of
dollars. At what valuation do you sup
pose he has put it for taxation in his
the pitiful sum of 500" The crowd
yelled for the doctor. Three days later
the two met again in joint debate
Again the doctor took up his telling
theme. and held forth eloquently and
passionately in denunciation of dishon-
esty and diamonds and false assessments
and then he again told of Mays false
return to the assessor. Look at that
gorgeous pin, gentlemen! My eyes can
mon in all his glory
"Hold on there, DOCTOR" said may.
''Do you mean to say this pin is worth
more than $2O?':
eyes, do-twenty times Or fifty times
500"
"Would you give $40 for it, doctor?"
"Of course l would
"Well, you can have it for that
"All right said the doctor. and he
burriedly counted out the money and
took the pin. Then May rose to speak,
and the crowd cheered him. He was
undoubtedly game and honest. He
was willing to take what he said the pin
was worth. He was elected. A week
after the election he called Oh the doctor
and said: Doctor, don't want to rob
you Of your money. Here's your $40.
That pin you bought was paste. l got
it in Louisville after your first speech.
Here is my real diamond If I can
serve YOU, let me knoW.-The Century.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-15
Exnensive and IJncOm fnrta HE

TOO little furniture is bad, but too
much, it seems to me. is Il good deal
worse" said Il jaded housekeeper. My
life is literally worn out with moving and
putting i'll order and caring for the thou
sand and one articles of doubtful orna-
mentation and absolute uselessness with
which the house is numbered. l think
that an ornament must have some eX-
cuse for being in order to be really worth
the time and trouble required to take
care of it. Instead of this, we have
representations of all sorts of quaint
and queer things that appear to me to
have no right whatever in the drawing
room, to say the least.
Some of these days I hope to see
more of what might be called adaptat ton
i'll the bestowing of our household dccora-
tons. The library is good place for
curiosities unless one has Il special room
devoted to such purposes, and they ought
to be kept there instead of in the draw
shelves might be placed in either of
these rooms and filled with articles APP
propriate to the apartment. But how
often do we find every sort of curio from
the horrible and grotcsque to the real
istic and almost indecent, arranged in
reception and family rooms. Of course,
where space is limited, one must do the
best one can; but, all the same, there arc
much more agreeable if less prominently
exhibited.
To tumble Indian, Chinese, Japanese
and oil manner of articles into one place
in such close proximity that they con-
tinually elbow each other is like coloniz-
ing the different sorts of people under the
same roof and compelling them to live
there whether they will or no. The in
congruity, after time, becomes painful,
and it would seem as though, in their
own way. the articles would quarrel with
each other as violently as would the
human. specimens of the same species,
were they thus crowded in together.
And what is true of bric-;,- brac il
equally true of furniture. The fancy
for odd pieces sometimes runs absolutely
riot, and brings about the collection of
heterogeneous assortment of furnish
ings that, however fine they may be in
dividually, are an offense and weari-
ness when they must be endured col
-lectively. Fewer articles, chosen and
arranged on a well-defned plan and with
DIR. Humphreys puts up. a Specific for every
disease. They. are described In his Manual,
which IL sent free. .... -.
Small bottles Of pleasant pellets--fts your vest
pocket; sold by druggists, or sent on receipt Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-15
A Lewis and Clark Medal Found

Charles f. Cummings of Wallula,
who has been i'll attendance at the Spo-
kane fruit fair, brought with him an
interesting relic of the Lewis and Clark
expedition of 18O4-5. This expedition. It
will be recalled, was sent overland by
President Jefferson. and it's objects We're
exploration and the uegotiat ton of friend
~ relations with the various Indian
tribes of the great West. The expedi-
ton carried with it presents and medals
for the chiefs, and the relic how owned
by Mr.. Cummings is one of these medals.
This mute reminder Of other DAYS is
of silver. 1t is about 8 inches i'll diam
eter and upon one side is bust portrait
of President Jefferson, with this inscrip-
ton surrounding it:
"Ih. Jefferson, President of the Z. S.,
\. d. 1871
On the opposite side appear two hands
riaspeed in ereeting &, with /, pipe and
tomahawk crossed. and the phrase,
Peace and Friendship"
This medal was found this summer
>su an island in the Columbia river. pre-
, sumI7iy ~antold Indian bnrying-ground
1t is believed it was given to Chief Vel
lept of the Walla Wala tribe, as an ac-
count Of the presentation of such medal
to that chief is found in the journals of
the expcdition.-Portland Oregonian.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-15
THE MoNoTYPE CRAZE,
It Ia Becoming Popular and Threatens
-. =. DaYeInN Int0 "A Win Fad 49,

1t Ia Becoming Popular aud Threatens to-
Develop Into u Wild Fad.
An effective departure in art is the new
monotEpe that is beginning to find its way,
to America from Paris, where it has en-
JoSed for some months a violent popular-
ity. The process WAS discovered by HUI
bert Herkimer. The artistic folk of Paris
We're quick to see it's possibilities, and the
fame thereof flew like wildire throughout
the intlammable painters quarters. Mon
otype parties have been one of the latest
fatls of these appreciatiye people. Artists
infected With the craze and their curious
friends gather in some accessible studio
IN ardent groups to turn, out these spict-
nres. IheE excitement lies in the fact
that no one can foresee quite how they
Will turn out, the pleasure, not in the
novelty, though that. of course, contrib
ntes to il, but mostly to the potent truth
that in no other way can the same ef-
fleets of light and shade be obtained.
To produce the monotype the artist
paints his study upon zinc plate, which
is put through press. As the name inn
plies Pile only one Impression is produced,
Those that are done in one color are the
most successful as vet though some of the
two-color attempts are very charming.
The subtlety of certain delicate effects,
as, for instance, sunlight on water, is
rendered by this new phase of art in Il
truly marvellous manner Although the
cordiality of Paris may not be expected,
perhaps, Sin America, for the monotype,
there can be no doubt that they will be
warmly received here, when they are once
at home in our art exhibits and when, too,
the public has learned to understand
them sufficiently to appreciate the fact
that Il favorite study, produced in this
way. will not be found duplicated i'll a
neighbor's drawing room; this is now the
to have some hazy idea of etchings in his
mind.
The practical wife of an artist who has
lately returned from Paris with the mono
type fever raging in his blood, complains
ruefully: "Why, my husband took the
clothes-wringer away from the maids for
a press to produce those picturesr' She
smiled with Il woman's superiority as she
added: He said they could have it back
again! 1t would take ut least three hours
to remove that oily paint with turpentine
every time they used it," With a sigh,
Il have bought Il new wringer.' So
there is sorlid side to even such gems
of art as his wife displays with pride
that must soften, if it does not efface, the
domestic Inconvenience. Z
The esthetic side is Venetian scenes in
brown. an old stone bridge in gray, mount
ain peaks and seaScape in blue, and Il
cluster of picturesque willows in green.
Who could mind the loss of one wringer
after feaSting the eyes ON such exquisite
shading particularly if it isn't her wiring
er?'-NeW York Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-15
NAKED ON MULE-BACK,
How 4 Man Cured Himself of Paralysis j
Japan.


Japan.
The liveliest passenger on board the
steamship City Of Picking was Humphrey
Millen Griffiths came alongside the Mai
dock with the five passengers from the
Picking in her cabin, Kendrick bounded
out and was OH the pier in a twinkling
not waiting for a gangplank. He had
just returned from Japan, a country that
he loves, because a few years ago it com
pletely cured him of paralysis when that
disease had disable him to such an ex
tent that he was forced to walk on
crutches.
When Kendrick found that he had lost
control of his limbs he determined to
spend all the money he had to get relief
1t was easy enough to tell what had
brought the paralysis upon him, for the
first stroke came soon after he had u bad
tumble on horseback. The, animal fell i'll
such a way as to catch Kendrick squarely
beneath it. severely wrenching and strain
ing his spine. The wonder was that his
difficult to tell what would cure him
Hundreds of doctors tried in vain.
kendrick found that he was much bet.
ter in hot weather, and this led him to go
to the Hawaiian islands, where the
weather was much warmer all the year
round. He was so much better there
when it was hot that he concluded to &C
to a still warmer place. Somebody told
him that the south coast of Japan in SUM
mer was the hottest place not ruled by
Pluto. He concluded to go there.
For many months during that hottest
of hot summers Kendrick engaged in a
most unique attempt to regain his health
for days at time he would lie positively
stripped to the skin in the hot sand OH the
seashore of Japan. He got so that he
rather liked it. AS the days passed he
kept getting better. Then he took to
seeking exercise. A donkey was secured,
and kendrick, stark naked, would ride
the animal up and down the beach. Il
was almost too hot for the beast, but
kendrick did not seem to mind it.
AS for the natives they were disposed
to overlook little lapses of this kind, and
got quite used to the sight of the Los An.
geles man without clothes.
The result of it all was complete recov.
cry. Kendrick came back feeling like a
schoolboy and as much infatuated with
the country of the Japs as Sir Edwin Ar.
nOld.-San Francisco Chronicle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-15
RACE EQUALITY IN PRISON.
At Fort Smith the Criminals Have =
Ideas of ANYTHING xcept Crime

At Fort Smith the Criminals Have No
Ideas of Anything kept Crime.
It is mistaken idea that many ha We
that the prisoners at Fort Smith Ark,
are all Indians. The fact is they are
chiefly white men and come from the In
dian territory, where there has been
great concentra ton of low whites from
all sections of this country and some
foreign lands. The Indian territory is
something of an eddy in the tide of mi
grafton. and l was struck by little
study of the na tivity of the prisoner.
here. Z took the docket and ran through
the entries for the preceding fifteen day..
1t appeared that tifty-three prisoners had
been committed and their nativities rep
resented eighteen states and four for
eign countries. To show how generally
they were distributed through the cou1-
try. among the states were Virginia.
California. South Carolina. Ohio. Indi-
ana. Illinois. Georgia. PENNSYLVANIA and
others. The foreign countries were Eng.
land. Italy. Poland and Wales.
Besides whites and Indians there are
many negroes among the prisoners and
ii there Is an example of race equality
anywhere on earth it is found in the
corridors of this Jail. The prisoners
have separate cells. but are thrown To-
gether III the corridors. where they are
permitted to exercise. Here all race
lines are obliterated. generally sI,ea king
and the whites manifest no objection TO
it. Down on murderer floor found a
kangaroo court in session, and was
surprised to learn that :; Dig black negro
was judge. while another negro was tho
ministerial officer and brought the ac
cused to the bar. The tribunal had just
convicted white murderer of failure
to clean his spittoon before government
breakfast and sentenced him to three
hours Imprisonment in his cell. In all,
nouncing the charge to the jury the nt>
gro judge dwelt at length upon the I'M,
portance of showing respect to the Unit.
ed States government.
While four white men and negro
were waiting to be committed one of
the former asked to he permitted to go
into an adjoining room and get drink
Presently he returned and handed a cup
to q fellow white. The latter in turn
arose and. with bow. insisted upon the
negro drinking first. which he did The
prisoners who are brought here are with
few exceptions without ideas of anything
save crime.-Memphis Commercial APP
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-15
Mr.. McKenzie's Ingenious Hog,

A most remarkable exhibition of intelli-
gence in hog is shown on the farm of
Prank Mckenzie, in Twin township,
near Chillicothe, 0. Recently Mr.. Nc
kenzie turned a bunch of hogs into an
orchard to eat the fallen fruit, and sew
eral times his attention was attract
by the peculiar antics of large porker
which stood up on it's hind legs under a
particular tree, limb of which reached
close to the ground with heavy burden
Of fine apples. Mckenzie sought DO
sition for better observation and discoy-
cred that the hog was in the habit Of
standing on it's hind legs and grasping
the limb of the tree between it's front
feet, giving it vigorous shaking until
the coveted fruit fell to the ground, when
it would scamper off to secure the re-
ward of it's ingenious efforts.-Cincinnat
Fnouirpr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-15
A Mountain of Gold.

The most famous and most puzzling of
all gold mines is the Mount Morgan. It
appears, from one of the Sydney papers,
that it contributes more precious. metal
to the worlds treasure than any other
patch of the earth's surface of the same
extent. Mount Morgan is supposed to
be the product Of thermal spring, and is
that has already been treated by nature.
In some far off age the hill has been a
huge natural crucible, and all the gold it
contains has been already mined, chemic-
ally dissolved, and precipitated by ma
ture herself. No speck Of gold larger
than a pins point has ever been discov-
cred in the mount. The precious metal
exists in sort of golden -four, dissolved
through ironstone. Westminster Ca
1otto
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-15
The Inventor of the Polka.

'',The origin Of the polka is not general
ly known, the inventor of the dance hay
ing been young Bohemian girl named
Haniczka SeleZka. She was a blooming
young peasant maiden, and the best
dancer in the village of Costello, on the
River Elbe. and used to perform solo
dances of her own Invention ut the vari-
Gus village festivities. 1t was in the year
1880, at farmhouse, that the assembled
guests asked her to dance solo. and she
said, l. will show you something quite
>, new and to the music of her own singing
she danced the polka step, though with
more elaborate than it is now per-
formed. The dance became 50 popular
that it was later made a national dance,
and Haniczka named it nulku, as she
said it was danced. in - steps; from
pulku came polku, g polka, the
dance three years i J, becoming
popular in Pragp> 80 it was
already danced and one
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-15
PARALYSIS is Not Nerve Death, for II
IS Durable.
From the Journal, Lewiston. Mich

From the Journal, Lewiston. Mich.
Patrick Doyle, a man more than 20
years of age, called at this Office recently
and gave remarkable account. Every
one knows the nature of paralysis, and
how difficult it is to cure, so that his tes-
timony is extremely Interesting. He
said:
"About SIX or seven years ago l was
afflicted with infammatory rheumatism.
contracted while at work In Manistee
sawmiIl. and had to quit work on that
account. Then came long time of de-
spair for me. Ny lower limbs became
numb and cold and ! lost the iise of
them almost eiitireIy. For leng tine
was unable to stand Oh my. feet with
but support. For foplr Years 1 ebaid not
think of doing any Kind Of work:
Il treated with many eminent ,dbet6rs
without deriving ahg benefit: | spent
more than 500 III ole summer FIR inedi-
cal treatment which failed to help me.
The local doctors could not give me any
encouragement, and, in fact. did not
know what my aiIment was. | became
tired Of doctoring and for year l did
nothing for my trouble, considering that
my case was hopeless. By this time the
life was gone out of my legs, and ] could
not bend them at all. the cords being
! hard as bone. The cold occasiOned me
great pain. / could not walk at night.
and when | moved around in the day
time | had to- watch the ground each
step, and then could only hebbie along
with the alse5 of a cane. rs
Hope had bout gone out of my life
when read in my local paper of per-
sons whom / knew having been cured
of similar cases Ivy DIR. Y. illams' Pink
Pills, SO 4 tried them, and in short
time I could climb the stairs with ease.
a thing l could not before do for years,
l did not give them Il fair trial. how
ever, until a year ago. and after using
| few boxes the life came into my limbs
| and feet, and / was soon able to re-
sumo work. can now bend my legs and
| straighten my back. which had not
done for years previous tn the use of
the pills. l cohsi der myself completely
cured, and give the entire credit to Dr.
Williams Pink Pills. most cheerfulls
fecommed them to the use Of all persons
afflicted with similar Diseases
To confirm his story beyond all doubt
| Mr.. Doyle made the following affida vit:
sworn and subscribed before me,
April 18th. 1885 y
FRED H. M'MELLEN.
| Justice of the Peace.
| DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all
| the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves They are for sale by
all druggists. or may be had By mail
from DIR. Williams Medicine company
Schenectady ~ Y, for Soc per box, or
six boxes for 50 10 ~