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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26
Asked for More,

Our rector. having married tie ,|auCh
ter of one of the pillars of his church.
received among the wedding presents Il
check for $1,000 una CINE the aulihi:.
smile that ran round the congregation
when. on tho first Suni;,! he otiiciat"l
after his return from his bridal tour, he
read the first two lines from III" hymn:
Ten thousand blessings we receive, and
still we ask for more"-.Juder
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26

Lord Charles Fitzgerald. a brother of
the Duke of Leinster. lives in il small
cottage in Simpson street East Mel
bourne. He is married to Il sister of the
actress Miss Athena tlaudiuS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26
ON THE ROAD

to recovery, the
young woman
who is taking
Doctor Pierce's
Favorite Pre-
scription. In
inaidenhood, wo-
manhood. wife
hood and moth
erhood the " Pre-
scription " is a
supporting tonic
a n d nervine
that's peculiarly
adapted to her
heeds, regulat-
Ing, and strength
ening the system
and curiuu fho
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26

Mrs. Mary Stewart has su"t! Mrs
Elizabeth Darrell al GAINESVILLE, O.. for
saying u house the former owns is
haunted
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26
WOMAN OF TUE FUTURE.

love the coming woman;
u love her pretty ways.
with music and with sweetness
She fills my fleeing days.
l Kiss her laughing dimples,
And stroke her hair Of gold,
Tor my dainty coming woman
is only four years old.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26

a successful rcmcdy.-M. +. Dieter, 81
Throop Ave, Brooklyn. y. y. Nov. ii,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26
Linen for Tinopc

There are no laundries on board ship;
tney take up too much room. so the
chl't steward lays i'll thousands of pill
low slips, sheets and towels. These
come on board tied up in bales of dozen
each' and are stored in the linen locker,
cubbyhole of Il place. on the main
deck: the ventilator pipes from the
rhSlneroom run through it and keep it
hot.
There is no danger of linen getting
mlldewed there. The linen which has
been used is thrown into another room.
provided with the same atmosphere, and
is kept thoroughly dry. Where there are
ciean napkins every day, frequent
changes of statcroom linen and an ever
lasting replenislling of towel racks, the
demands upon the linen locker are very
extensive.
A liner like the New York puts to sea
with about 5000 scrvicttcs, 10000 tow
els, 5000 or 1000 sheets, 5000 pillow
Slips and about 1000 table cloths. Most
OF these find their way to the soiled linen
locker III the course of the voyage.
When the vessel arrives they are carried
OFT to 4 laundry-Tid-RitS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26

That Assistant Secretary Of State E. +.
TIL is very popular among Nicaraguans
is evinced by the fact that that govern
mcnt has named IL banana district in
his honor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26

Mrs. Winsiow's SOOTHING SYa"e fox c,!.-
dren teethiny. sottens the gums reduces inlarn-
nation. allays pain. cures wind collie 2,ci bottls
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26
To Keep 1Oun.

needs no magic elixir. 1t emily 7cqnir,s
a little daily care of the health. KipanS
Tahules reduce Iovtorins to its invest
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26

The Bank of England issues notes to
the value Of $50 900. 600 eycry laE
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26
Kindly Widows.

!. a want long felt has been met by a
"retinc!l widow lady, in Boston, and now
wives III the Hub can, us it were. store
their husbands for the summer and de-
part for seashore and mountains in full
confidence that the family hreadwinncrs
VIII be well looked after. The refined
widow lady, who can give and will re-
qulre the highest references, offers for ii
consideration to lodge and board re-
spectacle husbands. look after their
linen. give them Il mothers care if ILL.,"
Everything will be done to amusc and
interest them while under her care,
while at the same time discipline will hc
malntalncd and no atchkeys will he al
lowed. Wives need have no apprehen-
sion on that score. There will positively,
says the prospectus. "hc no funny bust
ness \ look, a word will, it is thought,
be enough to quiet, and. if needs be,
break the spirit of the proudcst and most
bullying of husbands. Hundreds of GER
tiiicates AS to the refined widowed
lady s. skill in handling desperate cases
can be had
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26
BEST IN THE WORLD,

Beecham's pills are for bill.
iousness, sick headache, diz-
illness, dyspepsia, bad taste
in the mouth, heartburn, tor.
pid liver, foul breath, sallow
skin, coated tongue, pimples,
loss Of appetite, etc., when
caused by constipation; and
constipation is the most fire.
quent cause of all of them.
One of the most important things for
everybody to learn is that constipation
causes Moro than half the sickness in the
world especially of women; and it can oil
be prevented. Go by the book free at your
druggist s or write B. F. AllenCo. ,365Canal
ST., New York. Pills, 1ot and o5e box.
Animal IN es uoye I /, n e. nm M h,xe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26
Joke on EOuGhliDhan.

Hogan-"Oi have Il joke on Houghl-
CHAN. They WAS a fely KEN into his place
an took three drinks in rapid succession
av his whisky an thin pulled a gun an
shot hmsclf'
Grogan-"Oi think the joke is on the
man. Fwat for did he so to the trouble
av usin' gun afther three drinks av
Houghlighan's whisky:' Cincinnati
Tribune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26
AMBITIOUS WOMEN
MAKE HEROES OF MEN.
She Will Brave Anything for the
Man She Loves.
ESPECIAL TO DUB LADY nfApfRa1

When an ambitious woman loves a
man she will Spur him to heroic efforts
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26

California canned fruits and preserves
are considered the best in the Bombay.
India. market, and arc by far the cheap
est.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-21

of the other eleven tents is determined
with mathematical precision, as the
heart determines the rest of the body
out of the way, you boys says
Hunt, tape-Ineasure in hand, and he
starts forward to measure the long di-
ameter Of the Big Top" Two men trot
beside him. their arms filled with iron
rods two feet long and pointed at the
end. The others help him with the mea-
surement, holding one end of the tape
while he runs out the necessary distanc-
es. He locates first the four center
poles of the big tent, an iron rod being
driven at each point. Then in the same
way he marks the circumference of the
tent, indicating the points where the POS
side poles will stand. A little red or blue
flag futters at the top of each iron rod
and makes the plan of the tent stand out
on the SOD like a geometrical problem.
The Big Top 40 feet by 1880 being
thus laid out, Hunt and his !Hen hurry TO
the site of the menagerie tent, the Iarg-
est ever erected, which is connected with
the main tent by a neck of canvas They
mark this out in the same way. The iron
rods here being topped with white flags
All this is done with incredible rapidly,
the two great tents being clearly outlined
on the sod within eight minutes from the
start.
Hurrying away TO other parts of the
field, Hunt and his men lay cut the dress
ing-room tent, the two hOrse-tents, the
wardrobe tents, the side-ShoW tents, the
freaks dreSsing-room, and a half a doz-
Sn smaller tents for the blacksmith shop,
the repair shop, etc. Back and forth to
right and left, over the ten acres they
make their way, rods and measure in
hand, moving in straight lines, in curves.
in triangles, in quadrilaterals, in eclpseS
and hurryng always.
BY o'clock Jack Hunt, who never
went TO college, has disposed of enough
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-21

gang, TO begin striking. The. seven men
stand in a circle around the stake, their
sIedges ready Each man swings his
Sledge through a full circle, the heavy
hammers coming down on the iron head
OF the stake in regular and rapid sue
cession. Each man strikes about one
dow a second, so that the stake receives
seven blows second. So skillful are
the men that they never miss a blow,
never strike another sledge and never
vary va. from I'M a regular musical rythm set
by the, leader, The blows have a well
marked accent or beat on the third or
fourth stroke so that they seem to be
striking in three time or four time. and
this all over the field where other gangs
tents.
Raising the Center-Poie.
me whistle sounds again and a large
gang is summoned to the menagerie tenn
where the pole riggers have already laid
the hYe center poles in position on the
long diameter, each pole equipped with
blocks and tackle and having a flag pole
JOinted at the top, while attached to
me me head OF each center pole are three
long and heavy ropes, called the main
guys. At the foot of the first pole Jack
Hunt, crow-bar in hand, stands waiting
to give the order
All ready on the main guy. Now lift
her. Immediately twenty men at the
end Of the 200 feet rope begin straining
70 raise the load while twelve poleriggers'
Iifung the heavy pole mast from the
ground at the small end stand under il
and then advance slowly toward the base
which is kept from moving by the crow
bar Hunt holds against it. Steadily the
fifty feet high rises in the air
while the crowd push round in admira-
ton. q
Get out of there, you boys" shouts
jack Hunt, motioning them back for
if an accident came or one of the main
guys broke there would be death in the
crowd where the heavy timber fell "P,IH
away-slack her-hold her."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-21
A GLIMPSE OF SHEFFIELD.
That Far-Famed Place "Where the
Knives Come From

The Oldest firm in Sheffield, England
engagedfin the cutlery manufacture, be-
San business nearly 175 years ago, the
workshops being in the rear of the
dwelling of its two partners. Although
they made at that time only the plainest
sort of goods, the principle they adopted
of using nothing but the best quality of
steel has given them reputation on
six continents. The amount OF work
turned out now would have been con-
sidered fabulous twenty-five years ago.
There were a few years ago twelve tons
OF goods IN weight shipped annually to
the United States To the American the
horn room" is an interesting one, al
though not pleasant one in which to
remain. twenty-five tons of elephant
tusks are here worked into handles each
year: In saving these tusks the air is
hlleld with white spray of dust from
the saws, and are not especially redolent
with the door of the midas. The best
quality is African, the second East India,
and each tusk contains eight different
qualities, the yellow part near the center
being the most valuable. Every bit is
utilized, the sawyer being paid according
to the economy he practices The OUT
side of stag horn is also used at the rate
of zoe pounds per week for pocket knives
the inside being utilized for the stiffening
OF cloth and as fertilizer.-From Hard
ware. TfE
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-21

points where the canvas has begun ~
lift around the center poles. 1t remains
to lift the main body of the tent into the
air, no easy matter, for the weight OF the
| canvas added to the air pressure on it's
great expanse is only to be calculated in
tons. This task is accomplished with the
one thirty-eight feet in length, and paint
ed red by universal custom. On each side
OF the tent fourteen of these neaVy roles
lie at IIo--- angles to the circumference
beneath the expanse of canvas. Al sig
nal from Hunt gang of fifteen ren
place themselves in line at the foot Of the
Of the tent gang of fifteen men stand
in line outside the corresponding quarter
pole. Each gang of men hold Il long rope
with an iron ring at the end.
go ahead with it boys" comes the or
der and Immediately the first man at the
rope faStenS the ring over a hook at the
has been lifted so that its upper er1 fits
into a socket in the canvas. From this
the socket, now about ten feet from the
ground, the two poles slant away toward
the center of the tent, making an acute
angle with the ground. 1t is evident that
II the bases of these poies are dragged
along the ground towards the edge Of the
under the sockets, the tent must rise in |
the air at that point reaching the full
height of the quarter pole Wnen the latter
has been dragged back far enough to !
form right angle or nearly one with the |
ground. 1t is this dragging back of the |
quarter poles that requires the SlTenSln |
of fifteen men each in the menagerle tent |
and the strength of two horses in the
big Top tent.
The quarter poles in place three men at |
the blocks and tackles easily lift the GEN. |
ter of the canvas to its full height on the !
center poles and the tent stands COM |
plete, covering an expanse of ground $50 |
feet by 160, the largest menagerie tent in |
the world. All this has been done with
in three-quarters of an hour. from the |
time the stake wagon reached the lot;
Now the work proceeds on the smaller |
tents, it being the rule of the circus that /
all the stakes for the twelve tents of the /
agerie tent and the two-horse tents COM
pletely erected before the men go to their |
breakfast served sharply at o'clock. /
This gives them usually two hours in |
which to accomplish what could not be |
done as well in a week.-Mrs. is no exag-
geration-by any equal number of men
not educated to the work. To such an |
extent is it true that the men employed |
in circus are skilled laborers.
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rise three chimneys out of which black
smoke is pouring. This wagon holds the
15-toot range, where fires were started
the moment the wagon was unloaded
from the train Already willie rolling to-
wards the circus grounds the ten COOKS
are making active preparations for break
Iast, which must be served within two
hours to 700 hungry people. The COOK
wagons draw up at the site of the COOK
tent, and at once three butchers with
heaYy cieayers begin work upon the sides
OF beef legs of mutton and loins OF pork,
800 pounds in all, that must forthwith be
changed into steaming steaks, chops and
Outlets. The boiler is set up, steam pipes
connected from IL with the big urn which
must furnish 1000 cups of coffee shortly,
and with the warming pans on the tables
where the meats are served All this is
raising the tent, building the twelve long
tables, and unpacl1ing the twenty large
green boxes that contains 5000 dishes and
countless utensils for cooking and eating.
Meantime Jack Hunt is overseeing the
unloading of the stake wagons, the pole
wagons, the canvas wagons and the tool
wagons, which have come across the
fields drawn some by four, some by six
horses. Now he puts his whistle to his
lips, and sounds three shrill calls, which
summon all the Big Top gang to the
fine hearty fellows, with bodies all muscle
and special skill for the work before
them. They are divided into two groups,
about thirty for the sledges, and the rest
where they are to be driven; to lay the
side poles and quarter poles of the yari-
Gus tents where they will be raised. and
then 10 assist in raising the center poles.
spreading the canvas, securing the guy
ropes, and finally in lifting the great
tents into position.
Driving the Tent Stakes.
First comes the driving of the stakes,
no slight task since each stake is four
or FIVE feet in length, two or three inches
thick, and has to be driven three-fourths
of its length into hard ground. Between
200 and 800 blows of the sledge are re-
CURED to get d stake home. The sledges
have handles three feet long and heads
that weigh seventeen pounds. They must
be swung high in TIDE air and be brought
down with the full force Of a pair of
strong arms AS there are over 1000 OF
these stakes to be driven that means
$4,000 blows of the sledges and without
special skill this work alone you'd take
the men half a day, but they will do it
now easily in forty-five minutes. They
begin with the menagerie tent, which is
marked out 40 feet in length and $50
feet in width. There are 80 stakes to
be driven here, and four gangs of seven
or eight men each are charged to drive
them. The leader of each gang places
the stake where the iron rod was, taps
it two or three blows to make it stand
alone and then With a nod signals the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-21
BY CLEVELAND MoFFErr.

copyright, 1888. by S. S. Mcclure Linn
ited.l
At $50 a. IN. there is cry Here they
come" and presently numbering omni-
bus drawn by two horses moves across
the fields crowded with brown-faced,
strong-arned men. It stops, and twenty
men springing TO the ground, stand about
n leader whose face shows quick decision
and who proceeds to strip off his coat
for work. It is Jack" Hunt, the boss
canvasman, with the advance guard of
his workmen. A few years ago Jack
was himself a member of the common
gang, working for $50 a week, but
ability tells in putting up tents as in
other things, and now he holds one of
the most important positions in this most
perfectly organized OF all armies, the
modern circus.
A quick glance over the ten acres and
Jack Hunt" has decided on the loca.
ton of the main entrance, which in a
general way is the point of departure for
everything else. Having settled where,
the Big Top will stand, the location
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-21
PECULIAR SHOWERS.

A correspondent of the Glasgow Herald
writes that. on the road at Lassodie. near
Dunfermline, he had been overtaken
about noon by a shower and had shelter
ed himself at the side of an unpointed
stone wall by the roadside. The shower
finished, he found on the road a. consid-
cradle number of the smallest frogs he
had ever seen. Another correspondent,
that, when four days out from Alden. on
his voyage to Bombay, his officer drew
his attention TO a dark cloud which was
coming in their wake. A part of the
cloud struck the ship, when it was found
that from stem TO stern the ship was
covered foot deep with live locusts.
NThe newspaper in question winds up
On Abe subject, in which the writer states
fha e Major Forbes Mackenzie, FodderE,
RossAshire some years ago, found a fi4d
partially covered with herring fry; also
that hArrings of a larger growth b o
bse, <o&,ud at Skye and other III
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angles, circles. dianeters and radii to
drive a professor of mathematics frantic
Ard ne has made no mistakes There is
circus for mistakes. Half an hour after
the bus arrived a thousand iron rods
mark where the tent-stakes are to be
driven. and thousand little dags OF va
riots colors, according to the tent, are
dutteifng over the grounds in lines and
curves as if some curious game of crick-
es a. polo were preparing. All is now in
readiness for the larger gangs of work
men who have meantime made their way
lFonl the train On foot.
breakfast Set Cooking.
Al z:05 shcat from the crowd indicates
fbe approach Of tbs three huge cook wags.
Obs weighing twenty tons and drawn by
kix horsas each From The first CT these
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The writer of the leader in question
considers that such a phenomenon as a
shower of frogs is not impossible. for
why should not young frog or a colony
OF young frogs "a very juvenile frog is
up by whirlwind or cyclone?
The unfortunate thing he adds
about frog showers, is that none of
them has ever been reported to fall upon
the roof of a house. or down a CHIMNEY,
or on some spot which could not be
reached by a frog by the ordinary peripa-
tetlc means. Notes and Queries.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-21

The pole having been brought to an
exact perpendicular the main guys are
made fast. Then with a rush the two
gangs take their places RESPECTIVELY at
the second main guy and undet the Sec
ond pole, which is lifted in the same way
and so until five poles are in place.
Spreading the Canvass
At the foot of the poles are six rolls of
canvas which will form the covering of
the tent. the roof being laid on in six secS
tons. From the head of each pole pulley
blocks let down ropes that hold at their
diameter. to which the canvas must he
lashed. At the word of command forty
men lay hold of a roll and opening if IN
floor of the tent $50 feet across. The 9th
er rezls are treated in the same naanner
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onward Others meanwhile run along the
lines where the six sections join, roplng
these together in long seams, while 9TH
ers see that the quarter poles are proper
ly placed under the canvas, where they
will be used presently. Now all is ready,
the five center poles held immovable IN
their places by eighteen main guys drawn
taut and the immense canvas wrought
into the single piece.
Before closing the seams at the bale
rings the five gangs of pole-riggers slip
ground beneath, where they stand inyisi-
bic with hands on the tackle ropes wait
ing the word to haul away. The word
comes, and at five points around the five
center poles the canvas begins to lift
slowly, while the pulley blocks creak at
the mast heads. The bale-rings are lifted
about eight feet in the air, and then the
order comes to stop hauling, for no hui
man strength could lift the canvas to the
tops of the center poles by the aid of
these pulley blocks alone.
Rearing the Quarter Poles.
Around the circumference of the tent
lie 100 side poles about ten feet long, each
one placed inside the point where each
away from the five centers now and lift
ing these side poles under the edge of the
canvas fix them in place by guy ropes,
fastened to the stakes. While one set of
outer circumference, another set draw
the lengths of side canvas around the
tent. each length covering the distance
between two of the side poles. From daily
practice the men have acquired such deX-
terity in this operation that almost be
fore one realizes that they have begun
the entire 100 side poles are erect and Sc
cured by two guy ropes each, while the
side walls have been placed around one
half the circumference of the tent. The
other half is left open so that the menag-
erie wagons and the elephants may pres
emily be driven inside.
Now the tent resembles a huge cauld-
ron, its edges ten feet in the air, its ilte-
rior fiat on the ground, save at the five
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-21
AN oBsERyANT CHILD.

Elsie aged 6)-Alamma, tell nowhere
were you born?
Mamma-In Edinburgh, darling.
Elsie-But I was born in London
wasn't /?
Mamma-Yes. dear
Elsie-And papa-where was he born?
Mamma-Oh, papa was born in Dublin,
! l. think But why do you ask such ques-
Elsie Crefiectively)-What funny
thing that we should all have met
together like thisI-Tit-Bits.
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The tent is now carpeted in brown. and
gangs and gather at the foot of each CEN
ter pole closing around it in what seems
to be a scrambling mass. Really they are
proceeding without confusion in the work
Gus bale-rings that will soon lift it heay-
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some distance from the sea- 1t is also re-
corded that, during q severe gale, a
quantity of herrings was transferred
from the Firth of Forth to Loeb Leven,
and that fish three inches long fell before
an English officer in 1883 within the space
of a cubit at a sp6t not far from Cal
cutta.