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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
a Vegetariah Dog.

Jim BOyes. San Francisco gentleman
who keeps what is known us the Golden
Shore butcher shop, has two vegetable
eating bull dogs, who have managed to
I'VE ana thrive. on potatoes, carrots, tllr-
nllS. cabbage and other varieties of yegc-
tables, together with little fruit occa-
sionally by way of dessert, says the San
Francisco Examiner. Paddy, the male
dog, = years of age, has been living OIL
green goods for about five years, while
Nellie. the mate, has eaten the food since
her acquaintance with Paddy, which is
of about two years standing. Mr. Boyes
recently fed the dogs in the presence of IL
reporter. He threw big early rose DO
tato down the sidewalk, and Paddy
reached the prize first, took it in his
mouth, bit it in two pieces, and dropped
It again. Nellie took the largest piece
and ate every fragment. Paddy then
took the other half and gulped it down
whole.
He don't care much for potatoes, but
he will eat them if Nellie does" said Mr..
Boyes. "You must not imagine that he
broke the potato in two as. All act of
chivalry. He probably thought it was
turnip."
As intimated by Mr.. Boyes. Paddy pre-
fers turnips, and always peels them him
self Mr.. Boyes then threw Paddy a
white turnip about the size of his fist. The
dog caught it in his mouth, rolled it
around few moments, spit out a handful
of peel, and quietly munchcd the tender
heart with as much relish as Ward Nc
Allister woulJ'assdissect Il tenderloin. His
turnip. but swallowed the potatoes, skin
a mi NIL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
When Lincoln was Phascd.

At a luncheon given by Gen. Sickles at
his headquarters, among the ladies' pres
ent was the Princess Saln-SalEl, whose
husband was staff officer in the army.
This lady attracted much admiration by
her graceful and dashing riding in the
cavalcade and attended the reviews Be,
fore her marriage she was Miss Lee
clerc of Philadelphia. 1t was this re-
markable woman who astonished the
President. on his entering Sickles' head
quarters by flying at him and imprintng
"a bouncing kiss on his surprised and not
altogether attractive face AS soon as he
could pull himself together and recover
from his astonishment, the Presidrn,
thanked the lady, but with evident dis,
composure, whcreupon some Of the party
made haste to explain that the Princess,
dent. Her aulacious sally won her box
of gloves-January Century.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
REMARKABLE VITALITY.
Man Lives Nearly Five Months with
His Spine Completely Fractured

"A Man Lives Nearly Five Months with
-. His Spine Completely Fractured.
Word has been received at Niag;ir;a
Falls of the death of Il. S. " Palmer
in London, December Z. MIR. Palmer
it will be remembered was the English
man who, while Il guest ut the Queens
Royal Hotel, ut Niagara on-the Lake.
July Is, drove off the hotel pier into
shallow water, striking on his head and
fracturing his spine. His entire body
was paralyzed so that he was unable
to stir a muscle. The best of medical
aid was rendered the man and his back
put in cast He was taken to the Gen
eral hospital at Toronto, and after two
months treatment and careful nursing
recovered sufficiently to permit of his
being carried about. He was taken to
New York and thence across the At
lantic to his old home and his wife.
In writing about the death of her
husband. Mrs. Edith Palmer said it came
suddenly. Mr.. Palmer had retired. feel
ing about as usual Friday night, Decem-
Der T. About l o'clock he became very
restless and began choking, gradually
growing worse. Physicians were sum
moned ut , O'Clock, but before they ar
rived Mr.. Palmer died, the whole upper
part of his body becoming paralyzed
This is the first instance of /, man living
so long after Il complete fracture of his
Suinal column
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
A WINTER NIGHT ON THE FARM.

~ there aught In life we prize
Like the light of home that lies
Ever US, when winter shakes
WI IRON the North his frosty flakes,
Mnen the chill winds at the pane
sheat tnelr Icy wings In vain!
IN Ihere any JOY on earth
ny me hre-light, snug and warm,
~ IKE IKE 70 mat which findetll birth
~ .ne Ola nome on the farTnI
ohdIsturDed, and far from town,
VIZ aihDitipns narrow down.
10 nest OF small desires.
Bounded by the evenings fires:
al the passions Of the year
fass away in laughter here,
Where the saiicy kettle sings,
-, And the sturdy black log fiings
The defiance Of its glance
10 the winds, az, they advance, ~
Here the magic popcorn snaps ~
INTO little snowy caps,
For the chubby hands that ache :
In their rapture to pnrtakc:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25

Slaughter of the Deer in Montana.
Deer arc hring slaughtered by the hun
urcc'ls by hunters and Indians in the Bad
Lands of the Missouri, and it will be but
Il few years when these pretty and harm
less creatures will be rs scarce rs buff
1alo arc. Percy Dorkngs, who returned
last Sunday from the Missouri river, re-
ports that band of Indians, in the short
distance of forty miles. between the
mouth of, tn. Alusselshell and Rocky
pointU had knled. 100 deer, and would
have Killed more had they not been run
out of the country by the cowboys. Bet
ter laws for the protection of our large
game should be passed at the coming
session of the observation-disclosures
Mon D,,msn.r,,t
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
A Famous SPORTSMAN.

Wifrid Kennedy and his brother. Myles
Kennedy. and Gordon Smith caught up
ward of 1866 pounds weight of large sal
mon. not including a large quantity of sea
frid Kennedy and weighed SO pounds.
and was presented by him to the Bergen
museum, the next largest salmon being 81
pounds, caught last year by Myles Ken
ncdy. his largest this season being 1917
pounds, and is now being mounted at the
Bergen museum for Mr.. Kennedy. Will
frid Kennedy was very keen sportsman.
forgotten that he returned from India in
1885 with one of the largest bags of big
game ever shot in the Cachmere valley,
including six serow.-Iand and Water.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
Stop Chewing Toothpicks

"Stop chewing toothpicks, young man,
if you value your life.' said physician
ly swallow little shrcls Of the wood, which
are not digestiblc and which become COM
pact in the stomach. Finally You are an
noyed by a hacking cough and the splitting
of blood and you do not know what is the
matter with you. You imagine YOU have
consumption or some similar atfiiction,
when it is only the foreign substance in
your stomach that makes the strongest
protest against your carelessness or ignor-
;lnce in allowing it to accumulate there.
Stop chewing wooden toothpicks and swal-
lowing quack nostrums, and by takin,
ordinary care of yourself you will live
out the allotted three score and ten years.
Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
Home Crushed to Earth

Will rise again in the bosom of dyspeptic
Wise enough to substitute for the pseudo
tonics, which have bamboozled him out OF
his belief in the possibility Of cure the real
invlgorant and stomachic, Hostetter's StoHr
a'h Bitters. The bilious, the nervous. the
dSsreptic, the rheumatic alike derive speedy
benefit from this helpful botanic medicine.
Persons suffering from indigestion will gain
no positive permanent good from the fiery,
unmedicated stimulants of commerce. too
often used recklessly. The Bitters is i'm
measurably to be preferred to these as a
tonic, since it's pure basis is modified by
the conjunction with it Of vegetable ingredi-
ents of the highest remedial excellence. Ma.
laria is prevented and remedied by it. and il
infuses vigOr into the weak and sickly. A
wineglassful three times day is the average
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
A Russian Device.

No one drives horses in Russia without
having a, thin cord with a running moose
around the necks of the team. When an
animal bolts the cord is pulled, and the
horse stops as soon as it feels the pressure
on it's windppe. &, ...-......-.
A WOman's Wit Saved the Ship
Capt. Williams, commanding the
schooner Isaiah Hart, now in port from
Trinidad, laden with asphaltum, tells of
novel but unpleasant experience had
OH his voyage north to this port. which
caused them to be without lights for
three nights, the result of an accident
to the barrel containing the Kerosene
oil. At shutdown, when the steward went
to fill the lamps, he found the bung out
and the barrel empty, the contents having
run down into the hold. 1879 S IS. 95.r
% This was on the night Of November
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
FOR THE: FARMER.
SHOW SOng.

-. -, ]. Snow Song. II. z ss.
Over valley, over hill, ~
HNrk, the shepherd piping shrill!
Driving all the white tiOcks forth : i
From tho arsfOlds Of the North. ~' ..
= Blow, Wind, blow; :
Wierd melodies you play, <f:@
Following your fiOcks that 60
Across the world today. -
How they hurry, how they crowd,
When they hear the music loud! .s>.1
Grove and lanefand meadow full -,
Sparkle with their shining WOOL
Blow, Wind, blow
- Until the forests ring;
Teach the caves the tunes you know,
And make the chimney sing! =,
lIither. thither, up and down
livery highway Of the town,
Huddling close, the white Hooks all
Gather ut the shepherds call.
:: Blow, Wind, blow ~ - g.
;Unon your pipes OF ,joy:| "a H.
~ All your sheep the flakes OF snow
Aud You their shepherd boy!, -
Frank Dempstcr Sherman III st. Nicholas
for December =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
Animal Ownership of Land.

The pretty poem of Joaquin Miller in a
former issue is pretty as poetry, and it is
Il pity to have to bring in cold prose to
server of nature to admit that birds and
other creatures apportion the earth among
themselves just about rs man does. A
bear has his boundaries beyond which his
fellowbear does not trcspass with i'm
punity--the wild rabbit you see on your
lawn in the moonlight is the same inno-
cent little creature you have been seeing
every night all the summer timc-and
even the robin that gathers the early
worm for his breakfast from your gar
den will show fight when another comes
marauding on his preserve. Nor does
this last a year only, for there is a good
evidence that the same bird will come
back to the claim staked off the year pre-
yiOus.-Mechan's Monthly,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
IIOcusts and Honey.

In 1865, when | was staying with the
Habab tribe, in the Ad-Temariam coun-
try, to the northwest of Massowah, 1 ate
after Wings, legs and exuviae had been
removed. So far as l remember, they
were harsh to the tooth and oily to the
tongue, and it would be going rather
far to call them palatable. l may add
that wild honey Of peculiarly delicious
quality is a9 = I'd 1t in the same district
0uoriea
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25

~, and i'll Il seu alive with passing craft.
Ine Hart was in imminent danger of
being, run down ut any moment, but the
daylight came Capt Williams thought
he would have no trouble in signaling
passing vessel and getting a fresh sup
ply, 10 his astonishment, when daylight
came the vessels had Ill disappeared.
There was not the sign of IL sail, and
night fell once more. The next morn
idea of making oil from the pork drip
pings. Of what is known on shipboard
as slusl. which is used for oiling the
masts. And this was done.-Philadelphia
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
Australians Burning Mountain.

One of the most remarkable sights in
Australia is burning mountain at Win
gen. New South Wales, 2O4 miles from
Sydney. 1t is 1920 feet high, and is sup
posed to be a large coal seam which has
in some unaccountab!e way become ignit-
ed. and has been burning for many years.
The course of the FIRE can be traced a
considerable distance by the numerous
depressions or chasms caused by the fall
ing in of the ground from beneath which
the coal has been consumed. Smoke is
continually issuing from the sides of the
mountain, and in the vicinity of these
openings, the surface is hot. and has a
dry. parched appearance. while sticks
thrust into these openings are ignited al
most immedia tely
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
Somna Inbultstic Trained Frogs.

1T will he remembered that few weeks
ago an item was printed about a number
Atchison was training to take with: a cir
Gus next season. The training went along
all right until few days ago, when
suddenly the. frogs went to sleep, and
could not be awakened. The frogs are
still: asleep, and will probably not awaken
until next spring. The only frog which
has stirred since the sleep began wax Ike,
and he did q very wonderful thing yes
terday. Ike got up in his sleep and did
MI the tricks which Morgan had taught
him, with his eyes closed. He then IN
turned 70 The place where hs had been
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
"A Juvenile Chesterfield,

A small boy was at table where his
mother was not near to take care of him.
and lady next to him volunteered her
services. '1Let me cut your steak for
yot," she said: IF can cut it the way
you like it." she said. with some degree
Of doubt. '"Thank you,' the boy responded,
accepting her courtesy: II shall like it the
way you cut it. even if you do not cut it
the way I like ."-Argonaut. ..s : !.
Mrs. Edmund Yates, It is said. cnr-
ries about her the ashes Of her husbunl
in 4 casket fitted into little travelling
bag Of special design. 7s7s,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
1nterfered with the Work

tusa What sr the % ge s x e'f G
formerlyY' Washcrwoman Because
YOU have been making pencil notes on
them" Gent-"What difference does
that make?" Washerwoman-"'rhe girls
waste so much time in trying to make
them ont DE Amstertlammcr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
Gives the Best Fee at Night.

All through winter especially, the heav
lest feed of every kind of farm stock
should be at night. Enough should be
given ut each meal, but in the evening
it may be of richer quality. and more
tempting to the appetite. This is needed
in cold weather to keep the animal
warm, as the process of digestion is a
slow combustion of food which furnishes
heat for the body while it provides nour.
ishment for the blood AS the process of
digestion goes on with less interruption
during sleep, heavy meal at night is
less likely to injure the stomach than
if given at any other time. Besides, un-
less farmer feeds after dark ut night
and good while before daylight in the
morning. the interval between feeding is
longer through the night than through
the short days of our Northern winters.
A better feed ut night is, therefore, need
ed OH this account.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
Generals Not Gard PLAYERS.

AS general rule, warriors are greater
adopts at whist than doctors But there
are always exceptions. DR.. Anal, ply
slcian to the third Napoleon, was a skillful
player, and pitiless to the faults of those
who associated with him in his measures
lie was playing at the Tuilleries with a
sen. A, who committed every kind
II whist enOrmity 1t was soon observed
hat at each blunder the doctors annoy
incc increased. and that as instances Of
mbecility, occurred, he fdgeted more and
more on his chair: twenty times. at least,
checked any further display of his indig-
1ation by supreme effort
At last the general crowned the edifice
II his folly with so dreadful brioche that
he doctor lost all patience Looking fix
idly at his partner, he Kissed out the
words, with sufficient loudness for the
whole OF the company to hear: Eyes. int
s very clear that it is not very difficult to
become general"-The Atademy
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ss
IrrAS CnT-NTv 90

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of +. !.
Cheney & Co.. doing business in the city. Of
Toledo. county and state aforesaid. and that
said firm will pay the sum of ONE Hun
DRIED DOLLARS for each and every case
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A. D.
1856.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
Popular Indeed.

Have you received an invitation to the
Bachelors Bali?" Yes, indeed I'm to
be the only girl there WHAT Yes:
really. You know the bachelors only had
an invitation apiece to send out, and I've
received one from each.'-BaZar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25

That is almost as necessary us life
insurance. 1t means reasonable care and
occasionally little medicine-not much.
A Kipans Tabule is enough in most cases.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25

The trouble with these fur ..vsrs-.att-
that you never know whether rhs- w-1r"-
is Russian prince or variety sisr.7v a,!
vance agent--New York Recorder
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25

Send your full name and afdrey= .
Dobbins' Soap Mfg Co, Philata. Pa
by return mail. and get. Free IF all Cost
coupon worth several dollars f Hssd ~
You to its full advantage Don't st.-!uy,
This is worthy attention.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
Inventor or a Popular Phrase.

Many men have claimed to have i'll
vented the phrase. Grand Old Man," as
applies, to Mr. Gladstone. Now it is
suggested that G.: O. NJ. may have origi-
mated with Mr.. Bradk,ugh. In the life
of the late lamcnted member for North
ampton, just issued, Mr.. J. NJ. Robert
son. referring to speech which: NJ.
says: Tin this particular speech he used
the phrase. that grand old man., Of Mr.
Gladstone. It. was probably he who set
the fashion "--WeStmnSter GaZettc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25

-"Col. Spouter claims that the
women supported him during his cam
paign, if the men didn't Yes: his wife
took in washing and his mother plain
sewing Buffalo Courier.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25

Keep up that Raspins Cough at the
peril of breaking down your Lungs and
Throat, rather let the afflicted resort to
DR.. D. Jayncs Expectorant. which cures
all Coughs and Colds, and amelioratcs
all Lung Complaints and Throat-ailS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
che value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
Not Quick Enough.

.E How did Smithers get along out
West?' mot very we'll" "Hc was II
remarkable fcllow-so quick at repartee."
"Yes, that's how the trouble riz Ef he
had been not quite so quick at repartee,
an u little bit quicker with gun, he
might be ini'yin' this climate yit."-De-
frnif E,ren prnSs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25

-Hetty Green complains that conspira-
tors want to kill her. Why not let them
20 ahead, Hetty? Look at the board bill
you might save.-Cleveland Plain Deal
or
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p is-s-ts - - ~ -
AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

Q the cash Of the halliday bills-the bills.
Q the cash ofsthc holiday bills!
They come IN Il white and dishearteninr
train! = h
The silver falls out Of our pockets like rain:
All" II Won't help Il fellow one bit to cou.-
. the cash Of the holiday billss
Atlanta (tOnsf1tutinn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25

First Flea-'I don't know how / am
going to make living" Second Flea
'.Have you tried it OH g?'-Detroit
Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25

ton an unfailing medicine--F. Il. Lott.
1903 Scott St., Covington. Ky, Oct. l,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
Wild Cattle in Oregon.

\ herd of wild cattle has been roam
ing the mountains between Rogue river
and the south fork of the Umpqua in
Oregon for twenty years. and it now num-
hrs iii the nrighborhood of 500 cattle.
They are wild as deer and difficult to
a.rrr"ach. The practical harm they work
Is that gentle cattle belonging to farmers
are rnticed off and Join this wild band,
1t is proposed now to round them up
and Kill thrm.-San Francisco Bulletin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25
Leaves for Bedding.

There are probably localities where little
grain is raised, and forest leaves that can
be had for the trouble of gathering them
are the only available bedding for animals.
These leaves have about as much etficien-
cy as an absorbent as has chopped straw,
but the latter, when it can be had, is usu-
ally much better. as it has Il greater manu-
rial value. There is both potash and a
small percentage Of phosphate i'll grain
straw, while the leaves of forest trees, be-
sides their carbon. have very little except
potash. Leaves from fruit trees in orch
ards contain considerable amount of
phosphate and more potash than do leaves
from the forests. But it will rob the
trees to use orchard leaves as bedding.
They are generally so scattered that it is
not possible to gather them, and are be-
sides worth more to rot under the trees
than to be removed as bedding where
straw can be grown or bought. There is
not lack of straw to he used as bedding,
though it is very unevenly distributed.
Thousands of farmers have every year
more straw than they can make profitable
use of. AS it has some feeling value, it
may be bailed and sent to the localities
where straw is deficient, SO that what is
not used for feeding purposes may be used
for bedding after stock have eaten what
they will of it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25

-Persimmons are ripe and plentiful
about Independence, and there is hardly
boy in town who can call dog
Topeka State Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25

Senator Wolcott of Colorado and Rep
resentative Clark of Missouri are men Of
one kidney. each having had one of those
organs removed.