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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
MEERSCHAUM DEPOSITS.
The Largest Deposit in the World Found
in Asia Minor

The Largest Deposit in the World Found
in Asia Minor.
At Eski-Chehir, between Angora and
lsmidt, is an extensive deposit of that
substance known in commerce as meer-
schaum. 1t is not only the largest de-
post in the world, but the meerschaum
there is of the finest texture. Nicer
schaum is usually supposed to be prod
uct OF the sea, it's name being nothing
more or less than meer scum, or sea scum
In Asia Minor, however. it is found
at depth OF from eight to forty yards
below the surface and is worked from
mines much in the same way as coal is
wrought from collieries, puts are sunk,
and as soon as the miners strike vein
Of meerschaum horizontal galleries are
formed, which extend for considerable
distance: The stone on leaving the mine
is called % hamtache," and it is then so
soft as to be easily cut with knife, be-
ing more like stiff clay than stone Its
color is white with a slight yellow tinge,
and the blocks are usually found covered
with Il red vegetable earth about two inch
es in thickness. The blocks vary consid-
erably in size, some being no larger than
an ordinary nut, while others exceed A
cubic foot in size. and are irregular in
shape. The rarest and most priced blocks
are those which are largest and most
regular in form.
On being raised from the mine, the
clayey matter adhering to the blocks
has first of all to be removed, and then,
after being exposed to the sun for five
or six days, the meerschaum becomes
hard and stony. When perfectly dried,
the blocks are subjected to a second clean
ing, after which they are polished by
means of wax Other deposits of meer-
schaum exist at Kiltshich, about two
leagues from Koniah, of equal purity
and quality to those at Eski- Chehir, but
the method of working the whole of the
mines is of the most primitive character,
and the industry is consequently only i'm
perfectly develOpe0.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
When You Arc Shoppinv.

The time comes when the fresh hat
and gown must he gotten. You have
been carefully laying by Il little money
for your clothes, and like Il sensible girl
you are going to Il good store and to buy
good stuff. That is economy. Do not
stop. to look at the faint pinks and blues,
or the fabric that is the rage just now
and which will be out Of fashion in two
months, but instead, select Il good stand
ard fabric, have it made tastefully and
IN manner suitable for the times when
it will he worn. Have IL pretty and be-
coming hat, but avoid pronounced
shape, Il number of feathers, or an over
whelming bunch of gay flowers
DO not spend your money on the last
new bit OF jewelry i'll cheap gold. Do
not spend your money OH anything that
is cheap, for it is always what it is
called, and that usually means that it is
worthless. You are girl to be honored
because you are Il worker, but, because
YOU are worker, you must not put on
the garb of the butterfly, which would
be out of place and would be ruined by
the first shower. | heard you tell some
girl that you bought a pound of candy
every Saturday: Why? Certainly it
cannot be good for you to eat this much,
and certainly you cannot afford to let so
much money go for sheer folly. | do
want you to have pleasures, many of
them, and it you stop spending your
money on silly things then you will have
1t for the pleasures that are worth it.
A pound of candy every Saturday costs
you not less than 80 cents; there are
tifty-two Saturdays in the year, and that
little indulgence comes exactly to SAL go
Think what you might have gotten with
that which would have been of use and
of pleasure. The black silk frock that
you, have been longing to give your
mother; the little watch that you wanted
for yourself; or that would have paid
for the vacation that you needed so badly
and which you felt you could not afford
to take: Ashmore in Ladies' Home
Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
AN HONEST DEFAULTER.
Gives Valuable Information in PAYMENT
for False Teeth.

Gives Valuable Information in Payment
for False Teeth.
a wellknown firm of bankers has inst
made a profitable investment. Some
time ago man who had defrauded
them of I; sum of money was taken into
custody. convicted and sentenced to il
long term of penal servitude.
AS may be imagined the prison fare
did not agree with Il man who had by
means of fraud lived on the fat of the
land. The change affected him in many
ways, but he complained more particular
ly of the effect the food had upon his
teeth. They were not numerous or in
good condition when he was sentenced,
and as they rapidly became worse he
applied to the governor of the prison for
new set.
He was told that the state did not sup
ply prisoners with artificial teeth, and
ut the first opportunity he wrote to the
banking trm in question, offering, if
they would send him new set, to give
them some valuable information.
Thereupon the bankers, thinking the
offer might be genuine one, sent the
governor of the prison Il check for $50.
and asked him to provide the convict
with a set of artificial teeth.
In due course the convict kept his
promise and sent the bankers certain in
formation by means of which they were
enabled to recover no less than $500 of
which they had been defrauded. They
naturally regarded this as the best in
vestment they had ever made. but it
proved even better than ANTICIPATED, for
they have just received from the prison
authorities Il remittance for s., the teeth
having cost only $2O.-Boston Transcript.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
light LacinG and Gallstones

lrof. Marchand of Iarburg has called
attention to the fact that gailstones and
tlSht lacing are frequent coin,.idents
~" fnrroW caused by lacinS runs d.
r"'tiy across the right lobe Of the Hve,
ramSing tendency to utropby of rho
gan bladder. When tight lacing has
been extreme. an artificial assure is
formed in the liver. giving rise to what
Is termed the ''lacing Lobe which car.
res with it the gall bladder. Stagna-
ton of the bile is well known to be ono
or the most important causes of the
formation of gallstones. a change in
the composition of the bile, from ca
tarrh resulting from congestion of the
mucous membrane and the thickenin:,
OF IN" bile due to failure of the rail
bladder 70 completely evacuate itself.
gives ris" to the formation of small
masses which serve as nuclei for valculi ::
hence. anything which obstructs the free
ontfiow of bile through the cystic duct
must favor the formation of sallstones
Marcband is also of the opil,iOn that
many cases of cancer of the liver should
be attributed to tight facing. 1t is only
a few years since a German surgeon wax
obliged to- open an abdomen to remove
Il "lacing lobe Of the liver, which had
been so completely separated from tht.
rest Of the organ as to cause it's death.
rendering it's removal necessary.
Cr1 Medicine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
THE TRIPLE CALL-DOWN.
How Bored Irishmap silenced a Crowd
= .---3-. Of Solf- Admitfad Ganials

of soif-Admitted Genials.
There were four of them, as genial.
supernatural whole-souled retailers of
Ola wives tales as ever got together in the
smoking compartment of sleeping car,
says the New York Sun. They had Mi
fed we'll in the diner and settled down
with the anticipation of enjoying IL long
evening of yarn-swapping. They spreud
themselves over as many Of the seats of
the smoker as they could cover and
crowded into corner II large. round
iaced: 1oliy-looking 1rishman, who was
ENJOYING ms atter-dinner cigar Somehow
ne wasn't amused by the stories. The
narrators spread themselves, but they
couldn't phase him, and the bored expires,
sion. OF his face grew in intensity as the
stories went on. The stories were moi
funny. Once in awhile there was Il
gleam OF humor, but for the most par,
they were just commonplace or vulgar
But they seemed irrcsistibly humorous to
the four, who peltcG their thighs and
wheezed and chorttled and roared as each
III turn finished his yarn.
=. At last the big Irishman could endure
1t NO. no longer, and he broke in with:
THAT reminds me of the farmer who
caught three boys stealing apples in his
orchard"
The original four turned toward him
with 4 look of expectant triumph, ready
to yell at the first sign of conclusion.
"He chased Them" went on the Irish
man, land they all ran up a tree. Come
down.. said the farmer, but they wouldn't,
will We come down for once? asked
the farmer.
1--WE will not answered the boys.
Will We come down for twice.
eve will not
"Will ye come down for three times?
$50 they all came down."
And with that the big Irishman winked
at the only other man in the compart-
ment who was not of the story telln.
crowd. The yarn spinners laughed up,
roariously for a second or two. and then a
light went up, as the Germans say, and
they stopped suddenly. They looked at
each other for. a minute, searching fof
the point, and then one said, with Il yawn
and /; stretch: well, l guess it's bed
time. Good night" and the party broke
I'M wandering
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30

The old Dartmouth pine, one of the old
est and most historic emblems of Dart
old tree had stood the buffeting of storms
for more than !, century. Twice, it was
struck 10y lightning: A tornad" played
havoc with it in 1892 The main liml,
was severed and the trunk badly injured,
but every means of preservation was in
stituted and it has stood until the pres
ent time 1t died last spring The tree
was II feet high, and by its rings APP
proximatcly 123 years old. Legend has
it that three Indians. graduating from
Dartmouth long ago, set out the tree as a
memorial pine. a hymn was composed
by them. which is still famouS-"When
Shall We Three Meet Again. Each
year graduating classes have held class
exercises around it. 1t will be sawed
into timber and a presidents chair and a
mantel for Buttcrtield hall will be made
from it. The rest of the wood will be
made into souvenirs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
The Spiral SoOther.

give me spiral soother,' says the
critic to the professor. The amiable dis
penser of liquid comfort picks up a lem
on tenderly and carefully and proceeds
to remove its peel. The knife is ham
died so deity and carefully that when
the white inner skin of the fruit is OK.
posed the yellow rind hangs in one piece,
curving around and around-like a bed
spring, for instance. A goblet is pro
duced and the peel is carefully wound
around on it's inside until it reaches from
the bottom to the top. Cracked ice i.
heaped in to hold the peel in place and
a bottle of ginger ale is trickled slowly
into it. The liquid sparkles like cham,
payne and you feel cooler with each tiny
bubble that rushes to break upon the
service: You spend two or three minutes
in rapture at the vision and then YOU
raise it to your lips and sip it. The maj.
in the stiff collar and white shirt becomes
your best friend; the exasperating cool,
looking girl you arc willing to lead to the
alter, your enemies are forgiven, and You
make up your mind to pay all your debts
as the connection trickles down your
throat, cooling. your frame, but warming
the cookies of your heart.-Washingto
pnvt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
FIGHTING FLIES.
The Summer Warfare and How to Con-
quer Pest.

~AAO
quer a Pest.
Housekeepers are always glad of any
information which will help them to con-
quer those enemies of their summers
peace-hies. Here are two items which
experience has proved to be of use in
the battle.
We all know how flies settle upon a
screen door in rainy weather, or those
OF the kitchen in any weather, waiting
for an opportunity to step in as soon as
it is opened. If a cloth dipped in kero-
sense is rubbed over the outer side of
the wire and frame of the screen the
flies will not settle upon it, They do
not like kerosene. One application will
usually prove effectual for several days
The other agent-oil of lavender-is for
the purpose of disposing of such of the
enemy as have already gained an ell
trance to the house.
Darken all the windows but one The
flies will soon congregate OH that, for
flies enjoy sunshine as we'll as moths
detest it. Now with an atomizer spray
the window casing with the oil of Law
ender and either leave the open bottle
upon the sill or saturate Il small cloth
with some Of it. Some of the flies will
soon become stupefied and then can be
brushed down and disposed of. If an
atomizer is not at hand rub the casing
with the saturated cloth. 1t is also Il
good plan to rub the oil all over any
place that the flies like to light upon.
A hanging lamp has often great at
traction for them, but if shade and
chains are rubbed over with the oil they
will not light upon it,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
A DENIM HAMMOCK.
Directions for Making u Swing Hammo,
for the Hahv,s IIaa

directions for Making Swing Hammock
for the Haby's Uso.
Denim is constantly invading new fields
and taking fresh uses Its last, as de-
Scr'hed by Il writer in the Domestic
Mohthiy, is as the constructing fabric of
4 chiid's hammock. Two yards of denim
OF Il hroWnish tone We're purchased and Il
pattern one and one-quarter yards long
by tWenty-seven inches wide was cut
out OF newspaper as Il preliminary step
toward making the hammock. Then the
denim was folded lengthwise and cross
wise, SO as to quarter it and find its cen
ter, and this was marked with pin
thrust through it. after, which the paper
pattern was folded in the same way, the
center found. and laid over the spread
out denim. 50 that the two materials
would be exactly centered together length
wise with each other. This left strip
of denim uncovered on each side of the
paper pattern four and one-half inches
wide. while the ends were completely
uncovered A pencil line was then drawn
so as to continue the sides of the denim
IN two long strips from end to end, max
ing the strips two yards long by four
and one-half inches wide.
INSIDE of these strips was left at each
end on untouched piece OF denim a little
more than thirteen inches long by twenty
seven inches wide us the cloth runs These
long strips must not be cut, as they make
the swing pieces for the hammock, but
the emu blocks are cut out along the pen
cil line as FAR us the paper and across
the end Of the paper so as to make Il huge
capital II of the DENIM You must next
cut one little slit an inch deep in the ex-
treme. corners of the bar of the H along
the pencil line, SO as to enable you to run
up hem on the top and bottom of the
bar. After finishing this, fold the long
side strips lengthwise and run them uD
smooth. so as to make of them two long
straps attached to the crossbar of the II.
Now You must take Il pillow, lay it down
on the denim, as YOU would if the ham
mock were i'll use us il bed. and lay V
plcat i'll each side of the crossbar to bunch
1t into Il pocket OF vessel shape Pleat
until You get the arrangement you wish;
stick in Il few pins and double-stich
through the pleat along it's edges. You
will now have the hammock shaped, and
the next step is TO run piece of the
waste denim across each end all the width,
as stay to prevent the side strips from
pulling off.
After placing the stays on the ends, the
side straps may be firmly sewed together
to ma ke hanging loops, to which light linen
may be added at pleasure when needed
If the pillow and bedding will not keep
far enough apart. light, round sticks may
be inserted anywhere across the loops by
working Il large eyelet in the strips to
hold the stick ends,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Do GULLS FOLLOW SHIPS?
One Instance Recorded which Goes t.
Prove that Birds Do So,

One Instance Recorded which Goes to
Prove that Birds DO So.
On late trip of one of the steamers
plying between Portland and San Fran
cisco, the question came up among the
passengers as to whether the gulls which
appeared around the ship each morning
were the same birds as had been with the
ship the day previous. To test the matter
line and fish hook were procured and
with a bait of salt pork the fishing for a
sea gull was commenced. The first cast
of the line was successful, big, gray
bird swooping down on the bait He
was hauled aboard and found to be un-
injured, the hook having caught in one
of the glands of the beak, from which it
was readily loosened. After detaching the
hook a strip of red flannel was brought
and carefully tied around the CULTS left
leg by one of the seamcn of the steam
er. the bird being then turned loose. Cir
cling for moment in the air. the gull
started for the distant blue streak, which
denoted the coast line, and it was general
~ allowed that each day brought new
contingent of gulls to follow the steamer
and pick up the waste scraps from the
table, but on coming on deck after break
fast the next morning there was the
tannel-bedecked gull to be seen. the most
clamorous of all the birds. To test the
gulrs reasoning power, if it had any.
the same line and bait were drifted
astern, the gull caught the day before
being one of the first to strike for it
Northwestern Magazine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
BOaStfulneSs.

An article in a recent number of the
Spectator denounces boastfulness as it
deserves, and also (Which reminds one of
the gentleman who said something was
more than crime, it was a blunder'')
remarks that it is Il very unlucky vice,
The Spectator, of course, has no vulgar
superstition: but it has nevertheless dis
covered that one does not boast without
being sorry for it afterward. This may
Pride goes before a fall;' but Games
Payn declares) as matter of fact it is
the expression of that attribute, rattle,
than the attribute itself which attracts
misfortune. If one is so imprudent as to
say, Il have never had a days illness,'
down he goes within a week from the in
fuenza. If you say you have 1.-The best
goer in the shape of pony in the world"
land if you have a pony at all, you will
think it, if not say it,, that quadruped will
go dead lame on it's next journey. MIR.
this. At all events, the belief is very
widespread. 1t is the rarest thing in the
world to hear gambler boast of his win
nings This is said to be because he is
afraid of frightening other people from
playing with such lucky fellow: but the,
real reason is that he is afraid of bringing
himself ill-luck. The Spectator thinks
that it was an apprehension of this sort
which caused people of sem-religious
kind to say that they would go to such
place On such day D. ": it was GER
tainly not religious thing to say, since
the initials We're absolutely supertuous.
There is only one instance of their having
been used with any touch of uncertainty.
by the gentleman who wrote: Il win
come on Wednesday, D. ". but on Thurs
day at all events
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Best in the Union,

The Nermonter. the new monthly mag
azine published in the interest of Yer
mont, has number Of replies to this
toast: "Vermont-Th best state in the
tnion.-1ts attractions unsurpassed.-A
most delightful place for ii home. ~
Among those who sent in answers were
Coy. Woodbury., United States Senator
Morrill,, ex-Gov. Holbrook and others,
who responded wisely, well and wittily.
One Of the best replies, however, is the
"old but good utterance by the famous
poet and humorist, John 6. SAKE, which
the Vcrmonter reproduces as appropriate
to the occasion: ''VermOnt is famous
pie sugar and horses
The first are strong
The last are feet
The second and third exceedingly sweet,
And all are extremely hard to beat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
''WidOWs' Row.

The half square on Berks street be-
tween Twentieth and Woodstock streets
is known to all who are acquainted with
the ntighborhood as the "IVidows' Row"
This is due to the fact that no less than
seventeen bcrcaved wives reside with
in its confines. All of these are said to
be handsome and thrifty; five of them are
engaged in business for themselves and
eleven have very comfortable incomes.
Two years ago there were twenty-three
widows in the "Row. but four have
made new ventures on the matrimonial
sea since that time, and two have Joined
their husbands i'll another land. 1t would
be Il breach OF confidence to mention the
number who will be remarked before
the close of the year, hut it is safe to saw
that the "Widows' Row. will lose its
prestige as the abode of lonely females
unless several engagements are broken
off.-Philadelpha Record
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Buff says buff to all his men.
-Kennebec journal,
he AlbatrOSS,

The albatross may be termed a bird
of the sea, for it spends it's life far out
on the ocean. 1t is the largest of web
footed birds, and often, when the wings
are spread, measures Il feet across from
tip to tip. The wings are long and mar
row, but of wonderful power; thus en-
abling the bird to fly mlles away from
land, and when coming in range of some
sailing vessel they are observed by the
voyagers with much interest and curios-
ity. They closely resemble the gulls,
and like them are very voracious, living
principally on fish. Their beaks are curl
ously shaped, the upper portion long and
hooked at the end, the lower short and
straight It is in color delicate pinkish-
white, but of a slightly yellow shade
at the tip. Their motion when flying
is peculiarly gliding and graceful and
now and then they seem to skim over
to the surface. They build their strange
houses on the sea coast, usually making
il rough structure of earth for the pur-
pose, or occasionally only following out
a place in the sand. The color Of the
birds is generally white, slightly gray
on the back, with a mixture of black
feathers in the wings and tail, the plum
age being soft and full One species,
which is of a somewhat brown color,
~ Cdlleu ny Tie Sailors the Slakef
Bird Great numbers of the albatross
are seen about Kamchutka and the ma
tives catch them with baited hooks. The
flesh is not fit for food, but the bones
of the wings can be carved into pipes
or useful household articles. A story is
told of a sailor who was lost overheard
from his vessel, and it was feared by
all on board that before boat could be
lowered to go to his rescue he would be
drowned. But the attempt was made
and he was at last found cinging to the
dead body Of an albatross. He told his
mates that when he fell into the water
he swan as long as he could, hoping
that they would soon como to his relief,
but became so greatly exhausted that
he thought he should sink. Suddenly,
however, he espied the dead bird floating
near him, and summoning all his remain
ing strength he succeeded in reaching it.
He grasped it and chung to it until the
aid which he prayed for came to him,
and his life was saved.
The albatross is often called the Great
GULL What a striking contrast are the
huge birds of the sea to the dainty little
feathered friends in gay plulnage who
visit the inland country during the love-
~ summer, filling the air with the music
of their songs.-M. e. w. in Detroit
Nroo proSc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Balloon Hall.

There are many ball games, but one
especially suited for girls is the "balloon
ball." played with bats and bouncing In
dia rubber balls within large circle
chalked on the ground. The moment the
BAL ball. bounds outside this line it may be
must instantly give up the bat and take
turn outside the ring, into which her
playmate steps, keeping sharp lookout
in case the ball should bound or roll her
way, which it may do at any moment.
Everybody knows about "blindman's
buff" but there is another buff" of quite
different kind, 1t can be played as a
game, and it is also often used as d forfeit
buff. 1t is very useful when there are
several children wanting to get back their