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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
ELoQUENcE.
1t is of the Green Isle Variety and Wins
Walk

1t is of the Green Isle Variety ana Wins in
Walk.
The proprietor of large building in
London, which contains several flats on
the upper floors, says that he never sue
cecded in renting these apartments read-
ly until he employed very eloquent Irish
woman as his agent. -:
Several times the graceful "blarney"
of this excellent woman has secured a
customer, where a less-gifted agent would
probably have failed.
"Kinvayiences, is it?". says she to appli>
cants for the rooms. Sure, it's hot an
could wather at all hours of the day an
noight, agrayable to yer tashtc, an scul-
lery coppers that wud made a washer,
woman of the duane of England by prif,
ference"
Are the rooms comfortably warmed ?"
asked an inquirer.
Are they warmed!' with a surprised
air. Sure, wild a sloight turn O. yer
wrist, We have amy degray O. temperature
known to the thermimether.'
But the staircase. Is that easy to 20
up?' 0
Now. thin," says the eloquent agent.
as if she were reaching the climax of all
the wonderful advantages of the building,
the staircase is that aisy that when ye'er
goin' oop We would well behave that yer
comm down.
The intending tenant usually capitulates
at this DOlnt.-AnSWerS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
How to Clean Mat:ressos

Mattresses are source of vexation to
many housewives who cannot afford to
send them every year to the upholsterer
to b" renovated. The thrifty German
woman, who never considers any kind of
h"nsework too laborious to be under
taken by herself or daughters, empties
the mattresses to be cleaned, sees that
every particle of hair filling is picked
apart and shak free of dust. Then.
after washing in strong soapsuds and
rinsing i'll lukewarm water. the filling is
squeezed as dry as possible and then hung
up to dry in the sun and air in large bags
made Of mosquito netting. In the mean
while the ticking has been washed or A
new on" substituted, and she is ready
with her long. strong needle and Irvine to
sew together again as well as any up
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
Useful Scraps of Silk.

Never throw away scrap of black
silk. An inch strip OF black silk is Il
boon sometimes. After ripping up the
old gown take three or four old kid gloves
and put them to boil in a pint of water.
Let them boil for an hour. strain through
Il cloth, and put in the liquid quart or
more of::hot water and a tablespoonful
of horax. Lay your silk fiat on per-
fectly clean table that has no seams or
cracks in it, and rub every inch of the silk
with the mixture, till it is thoroughly sat
uratcd and all spots are removed. Then
fix tYh of warm water, in which put
liberia quantity of borax, and pick the
silk up by. the corners and dip it up and
down in the tub of watet.' Dip and din
until it is we'll rinsed, then take out to
the line. where YOU have pinned long
strip of cloth about Il foot wide. To the
edge of this cloth pin the silk by tho ex-
treme edge. stretching it SO that it is not
wrinkcd and does not droop. Let it
drip dry, and it will need no ironing Do
this on a bright day. when there is no
wind. Black ribbons may be cleaned the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
Journey of n Pin.

Mrs. Arthur Williams. wife of Prof
Williams, principal of the Dwight school
ut Mount Vernon. had black japanned
steel pin removed recently from the inside
of her left leg. The pin entered the out
side of the leg two years ago. At the
time it caused Mrs. Williams some little
Inconvenience. but, after two weeks. the
swelling subsidized and she thought moth.
ing more of the matter. Recently she
felt sharp point sticking from the flesh
on the inside of her leg and tried to get
hold of it. She succeeded in doing so
and pulled the pin out until only the
head remained in the flesh. To remove
this the services of physician were
needed The pin was considerably cor.
roded. Mrs. Williams has experienced
no i'll effects from the pins trip through
her leg.-New York Tribune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24

In the south of Europe the rosemary
has hong had magic properties ascribed to
it. The Spanish ladies used to wear it as
an antidote against the evil eye, and the
Portuguese called it the 'Elfn plant and
dedicated it to the fairies The idea of
the antidote may have been due to a con-
fusion of the name with that of. the vir-
gin, but, as a matter of fact, the Kos
maripus' is frequently mentioned by old
Latin writer's, Including Horace and
Ovid. The name came from the fondness
of the plant for the seashore, where it
often gets sfrrhikled with the "ros" or
due OF the sea--that is to say, seaspray.
Another. cause of confusion, perhaps, was
that the leaves of the plant somewhat re-
semblc those of the Juniper. which in
medieval times was held sacred to. the
Virgin Mary. =,
In the island of Crete, it is said, Il bride
dressed for the wedding still calls last of
all for a sprig of rosemary to bring her
luck: And now we come to find rosemary
in close association with both marriage
and death, just as the hyacinth was, and
perhaps still is, among the Greeks 1t is
interesting TO trace the connection by
which the same plant came to have two
such different uses.
One of the earliest mentions Of rose
mary in English literature is poem of
the Fourteenth century called THE Clio
rious Rosemaryne," which begins thus:
This herbe is callit rosemaryn,
OF vertu that Is code and tyne;
But all the vertues tell ne can
Nor, I trowc, no crthcley man.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
INDIAN SELLS HIS DAUGHTER.
Pretty Young Squaw will Appeal to Presi-
danf

Pretty Young Squaw will Appeal to Presi-
dent Cleveland.
Rosa Whiteface, pretty young Indian
maiden now a pupil of the Caddo Indian
school, has been sold by her ia Their to her
sisters husband for fifteen ponies, says
Wichita (kas.) dispatch The Indian
whose wife she is to become is 20 years
Old and already has other wives. She is
but II. The girl has appealed to Prof
Montgomery of the Catdo Indian school
to save her from such fate, and he is
eXertlng every energy to assist her. He
mas made an appeal to the citizens of
ri Reno and a popular subscription is
belng taken up in order to raise sufi-
Gent sum to pay her travelling expenses
to Washington, where she desires to go
that she may make personal appeal to
PRESIDENT Cleveland. The girls father is
ineXorable and her aged lover insists
upon the contract being carried out.
Miss Whiteface could bring her griev-
ance before Capt. Woodson, the local
indian agent, and he could annul the sale,
but the only way in which he could posi-
would be by making her forever sever her
tribal ;rela TONS This she is unwilling to do
under any circumstances, as it would COM
pei her to give up not only her friends,
but to relinquish her valuable allotments.
Col. NJ. Bryant, late commander of Fort
Sill. |. T., states that polygamy is still
practiced to Il considerable extent in the
ArapahOc tribe, and that it is an every
day occurrence for a bride to be sold by
her father for ponies or trinkets. The
case has attracted much attention at FL
Reno and has excited great sympathy for
the pretty young SquaW.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
Warned by the BARN.

The christening, or, as it is generally
called in various parts of Scotland, the
''baptcesement" of a child, has been an
event in the life of many ii loving father;
but it seldom happens that the BARN
plays conscious part in the administra-
ton thereof. A clerical gentleman tells of
an exception to this rule, which only took
place the other day
a son was born to a scafaring man of
his congregation while that son of Nep.
tune was in foreign parts, and in compli-
ancc with his request prior to sailing.
baptism was delayed until he should re-
turn, so that he might act as sponsor to
the child. But he did hot come back I'M
til the boy was 2 years old, and able to
prattlc very nicely
The ceremony took place in the vcstry
of the church, and all went on famousIy
until the sprinkling of water took place,
when the baptisee. noticing his rever-
cncc sprinkling more than his head, CON
vulsed the company by looking up at the
minister and wailing out:
you'll catch it! That was clean
penny (pinafore) this morning! ''-Scottish
NiyhtS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
What Sixty Years Of Life Mean,

l am indebted to thoughtful old de-
scendant of the Spanish nobility for
some interesting figures concerning the
life we lead. He has spent the last ten
years in studying the subject, and these
are his conclusions: Sixty years of life
are 525,6O0 hours. The first five years
we have no knowledge of existence,
therefore the time lost must be deducted
As, 800 hours. In fifty-fve years we
sleep 14O,525 hours, an average of seven
hours a day, including the time we
sleep when ill. What he calls the pun
ishment of school robs us of 219O hours,
or two hours a day, from the age of I
to II: .Heprobahy considers the sc six years
as time wasted. Our severe illnesses are
estimated at one hour day-2O,O75
hours. Our unhappiness and moral suf-
ferings deprive us of two hours a day
4O,15 hours. These little triaes sub
tracted from the grand total of life
leaves 27S,86O hours, or thirty-two years,
three months and one day, more or less,
as the time man of 60 years actually
lives. The person that dies at 80 lives
only fourteen or fifteen. years; the one
who dies at 20 lives only eight or nine
yearS.-NeW York Press
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
GOSSIP FOR THELADIES
81
81 fhAEBest of Life.

III fhasBest of Life.
Not TIL lfc's heat is cooled,
The headlong rush slowed to a quiet pace
And every purblind passion that has ruled
Our noisler years, at last
Spurs us In vain, and, weary Of the race
We care no more who loses or who wing
All! not TIL all the best of life seems past
The best of life begins. :.
TO toll TOR only fame,
Handrlappings and the tickle gusts of praise
For place or power or gold to gid name
Above the grave whcreto
All paths will bring up, were to lose our
days. 5:'f -: 'IrTft+1 5.
We, on whose ears'yoGth's passing ben las
tolled, "
LII blowing bubbles cvs, as children do
Forgetting we grow old
But the world widens when
Such hope Of trivial gain that ruled us lies
Broken among our chilhood's TOYS. for
We win sef-control!
And mail ourselves In manhood and there
rise
Upon us from the vast ami windess height
Those clearer thoughts that are unto The
What stars are to the night.
Spectator
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
GOinG One EIlrf n or

\ landowner in Ireland named Con-
sidinr, who took great pride in the con-
dition Of his estate, had at one time one
of his farms to let. A man from the
coming tenant. MY good man. said
tonsidin", II don't think you are the
man to take Il farm like this. 1t is not
like your miserable Kerry land, where
a mountain sheep can hardly get enough
to eat. You don't know how the grass
grows here; it grows so fast and so high
that if you left hcifcr out in that field
there at night you would scarcely find
her in the morning" "Bcdad, yer
bonor.' replied the Kerry man. "there's
many a part of my own country where,
if you left lcifcr out at night, the
devil Il bit Of her you'd ever see again.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
"PO1O Jim" will be Missed.

A cakcwalk without 'Polo Jim" will be
"Hamlct' with Hamlet left out. Jim was
probably the best know negro in New
York. Even the opera could hardly get ON
without him. He was the caller-out after
the driver who failed to listen and obey.
In his uniform Jim was a handsome man
tall. straight, athletic, polite, agreeable.
All liked him. Jim liked his tOddy too
well. however, and burnt himself up.
When pneumonia set upon him he was
too weak in the lungs to resist, and he
will never compete in another cakewak,
York Press
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24

A woman whom l dearly love as the
embodiment of much that is sweet and
gracious in womanliness was talking to
me the other day about her trials in
learning to ride wheel. 81 have paid
out Il lot of money to learn" she said.
"and | can manage beautifully when
l keep under shelter of the roof of the
riding school, but the moment l get out
on the street l grow pancky and can do
nothing. One must take their heart in
their mouth and their soul in their hand
to ride wheel in PUBLIC; I am about
money and taken great deal of valuable
time In learning to ride, but I think I
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
Wedding Customs in Turkey.

The lowry of a Turkish bride is fixed
both by law and custom, and must not
exceed sum equal to $1.7Os7in United
States currency. On no prctext can this
amount be much greater or less, even
though the parents be extremely poor or
immensely wealthy. The wedding is in
yariablly set for Thursday. the festivities
Wasting four days. The merry-making
is carried on by men and women separate
ly, and each day is distinguished by a
change in ceremonies. On no account will
Turks allow spoons, forks, knives or wine
on the table when celebrating q wedding.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
Disgraceu.

THAT there brother of mine back
East said Rubberneck Bill, "has simply
been disgracin'~ the family. l see by the
paper which | git regular from the town
he lives in that he has been and got
arrested for shootin' with intent to kill
Dear me, that is too bad" said the new
minister
81 should say it wuz too bad. never
shot with intent to kill in my life. Il
either killed or didn't shoot. "-Indian-
anOlis Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
Havre's Gift to Mime. Faurc.

The gold bracelet which the munich
pality of Havre is to present to Nine.
Faure when she and her husband 20
there has been exhibited ut the jeweer' S
in the Place de Ia Madeleine, in Paris.
1t is, our correspondent says, in the Ital-
ian Sixteenth century style and is re-
pousse, and finished by carver. The
inside is plain and bears an inscription
stating the date on which the presentation
will take place, and the high. affectionate
and respectful esteem in which the citi-
zcns of Havrc hold the Presidents wife.
Nine. and Mile. Faure arc not to so to
Rouen and Havre in the presidential
train, but by the express, and will return
by it.-London Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
AOer the Battle.

First Trooer-"By Jove! You should
have seen that fellow Higgins in the
cavalry charge today! Regular dare
devil. that man is. Never saw anyone
in my life charge in such an utterly rcck-
less style as he did,
Second Trooper-'"That's easy enough
to account for"
First Trooper-"How's that?"
Second Trooper---"He used to be
plumber before he joined the cavalry."--
Harper's Bazaar.
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fishing for age and long experience that
respect for which Indians are remark
able, the new officer waited on the old
one for advice. Having stated Il variety
Of cases and received satisfactory ans.
swers. he at length propounded the fol,
lowing: wv hen Indians get drunk, and
what YOU do den% 'Hah! tie nm all up,
and whip UNI plaintiff, whip um PENDANT,
and WhiD um Witness -"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
Late Foreign Fashions.

American hairdressers are behindhand
with the new coffures. Everyone wears
the hair:a la Pompadour abroad The
parting has gone the way Of all fashions
--shelved to await a resurrection. Very
few women attempt the high or severe
roll. The, hair is loosely combed back,
and slightly waved to give it the nctrs
sary prominence. Some women let slip d,
few short curls that soften the line.
However, you are in the Partisan mode
II you put your parting ont Of sight at
once.
This style may be accounted for by the
now Prevailing Marie Antoinette craze
Empire worship has answered for it's
moderation with its life and Partisan fol
lowers OF fashion, and what French
woman is not from a hlauchisseus.. ~ Il,
mondaine, are discarding all that reminds
them of Josephine, and are running
wildly after the manners and dresses of
the Austrian woman
The beplumed and behowered hats are
worn back on the head, small parasoIs
are covered with violets, roses, pet,nia,,.
popples-any thing that lends Il rot of
color to them, and the same passion car
ried out i'll neck gear.
Don't touch artificial flowers with i,
! ten-foOt pole to use an old expression.
They are eXecrable form.
The American women are wearing too
few straps over the shoulders. But the
fashion will come in with Il rush when
the leaders get their trousscaux from
abroad. They are creeping on tc the
evening bodlces. whose exaggerated 1890
cut seems to sorely need a support to keen
the body from coming through the court
line of the neck.
AS you know, these short straps ar.
placed to cross midway. between shoulder
| and throat. the top of the sleeve dropping
on i line with the bust.
| They are not confined to evening gowns
but are attached to visiting and house
dresses. The guimpc is made Of CON
trasting cloth and these straps arc use,
with the sleeves hanging as far off the
shoulders as in decollete bodice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24

as you would yith pin, and the other
the broom straws on f the back Of P the
habby places, until they stand stiff. The
belly band of the heart kite is must then
be adjusted you will find that it is
good high flyer.
The steering kite is a little harder to
build, but any boy can make one is he
it. Take three light sticks, 2 feet
long each, cross them exactly in
the middle, and tie them firmly
with thread. Then tie piece of
thread to the end of one of the
sticks and then to another and another,
until skeleton just like the figure is
made-a six-pointcd star. In putting on
the thread every time it crosses another
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
BIG STURGEON AND AN EAGLE.
Fishermen and Il Small Boy at Burling
iol isla

Fishermen and Il Small Boy at Burling-
ton Distinguish. Themselves.
At Burlington, Ia, two remarkable
captures were made. One was Il black
sturgeon weighing 100 pounds and meas
uring six feet in length. He was hooked
at night, but wore out the fishermen
and they were obliged to make him fast
to pier Of the bridsS. In the morning
they lowed him to $he city, where he
has been exhibited alive to great crowds.
The other capture was that of IN eagle
on North Hill, the fashionable residence
part of town. Il boy saw him flying
low and threw stones at him. The bird
seemed bewildered, for it flew against a
small house. After struggle in which
the boys flesh and clothes were torn by
the beak and talons of the bird capt
ure was effected. The eagle measures
four feet across the WINGS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
"A Rise in tho Art Market,

eff you don't take that oil painting to-.
day. mum, at Sc, l shall raise the price
next week to $S," said the man who had
4 collection Of alleged works of art fol
sale.
"Why will you raise the price,
"Well, mum. that picture can't he re-
produced for the price I'm asking, since
oil has got to be so dear"-pittsburg
Chroniclc-Tclegraph.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
shall give it all I'D. lam Mad

sI'd11 give tt uI1 UP. III sCdIHu -
the moment | get OH the street"
| said to her: MY dear Il am glad to
a woman to ever be show bcyclist. 1t
is all very we'll to ride a.wheel along eoun-
try roads or suburban bouleyards, but it
calls for something that is not included
in your makeup to exhibit yourself on
crowded thoroughfare. Far be it from
me to say there is anything out of the
way in woman's- riding wheel if she
wants to. | only say that there are
women, thank heaven, who can no more
educate themselves to it than a fawn
could educate itself to be dentist. or a
bit of lace could serve the purpose of
cOrdage."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
"A Boston TrOubadOur,

In one of the tiniest Of back rooms on
Anderson str:ct, ut the west end. there
live. i st tut, jolly old colored man whose
cole 81 light in life is the festive guitar
How he lives nobody knows, but he's al
ways happy and more than well fed. One
is getting midcr, is to take his guitar
out for an airing o nights, and quietly e?
whistling an old song, he will accompany
himself on his loved instrument. He
plays it like n Scvillian with a tenderness
and lathos that saddens many a heart
His route is generally down Revere street
and back again, and the jewellers in that
decaying portion Of BOston's famous hin
have learned to leave their windows open
between and o'clock, and to listen for
the jolly old negro and his guitar.-Bos>
tDu IRA ynIJnr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
An Indian MAGISTRATE.

"Waban in Newton" says the Boston
Transcript, twas named from an Indian
chief of that name. He was u magis-
tratc, and the following is handed down
as Il warrant issued by him: You, you
big constable, quick you catch um Jere-
miah Offscow, strong you hold UNI, safe
you bring um afore me. Thomas Wa
ban, Justice Pence When Waban be-
came superannuated, younger magis-
trate was appointed to succeed him. Cher
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
GREAT PROPERTY ROOM.
The imp e: Iheater Department

Russia Is of Vast Proportions,
The Imperial theater department of
Russia at present manages six theaters.
four at st. Petersburg and two at Mos
COW.
1t may be of interest to state that there
are seven distinct companies of actors
at the Cars disposal, and seven orches-
traS, of which two have 100 musicians
each, two s. and the other three to-
gether arc 100 strong. One of the great
costume stores alone contains 135 600
costumes and 10000 pieces of armor.
There is a dramatic library of $4,000
volumes. and an opera library with nearly
5000 operas complete in every detail. The
dramatic college is practically board
stables of the department have a com
plement of 100 horses. The resources are
simply enormous, and the staff is liter
9llV an army
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The Bashful Student

eyes, sir, my son is about to sit for his
matriculation. but must tell you that he
is afflicted with kind of intirmity-eX.
traOrdinary bashfulness. He knows
quite we'll everything he must be asked,
but he is so shy that---and then
The examiner, with Il smile, betraying
Kindness blended with experience, re-
piled: "And what is he particularly shy
inY'
The mother, promptly: I'm Greek.
Clip ~ N Enr,loiS
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thread or one of the sticks, tie it, so that
when completed the frame will be strong
and firm. Lay the frame on a piece Of
tissue paper and cut the paper just a
little bigger than the frame. Then turn
ana paste them down with good flour
paste. This kite is not flown us others
IRE. You have got to have two balls Of
string ind two belly bands or brides as
they are called, on It. You must be