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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
The Tarantula Killer.

1t has a bright blue body. nearly two
inches long. and wings of golden hue.
AS it flies here and there in the sunlight
glittering like flash of fire, one moment
resting on a leaf, the next Oil a granite
boulder, it keeps up an incessant buzzing,
which is caused by the vibration of its
wings. No sooner does the tarantula hear
this than he trembles with fear. for well
he knows the fate in store for him when
once his mortal foe perceivcs his where
abouts. This it soon does, and hastens
to the attack.
At first it is content with flying in cir
cles over its intended victim. Gradually
it approaches nearer and nearer. ~
last when it is within I, few inches. the
tarantula rises upon his hind legs and at
tempts to grappie with his foe. but with
out success. Like IL flash the giant wasp
is on its back. The deadly fangs have
been avoided. The next instant fear
full sting penetrates deep into the spiders
body. Its struggles almost cease. A
sudden paralysis creeps over it and it
staggers. helpless, like drunken man,
first to one side, then to the other.
These symptoms, however, are only of
short duration. While they last the wasp,
but a few inches away, awaits the result:
nor does it have to wait long. A few sec
onds and all sign of life has disappeared
from the tarantula: the once powerful
legs curl up beneath the body and it
rolls over dead.-Chambe1s' Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
THE GOOD THAT ONIONS DO.
They l'urify tho Blood and Even Cure an
E,arachc. ~

They furify the Blood and Even Cure an
r. Earache.
One of the healthiest vegetables, If not
the healthiest grown, is the onion; yet,
strange to say, very few people use it
us literally as they should. Boiled onions
ussI frequently in Il family of children
vii! ward off many of the diseases to
which the little ones are subject The
principal objection to the promiscuous use
OF this vegetable is that the ouor eX-
haletl after eating is so offensive. A cup
OF strong coffee taken Immediately after
eating is claimed to be excellent in coun>
teracting this effect. Although for a day
or so after eating onions the breath may
have 4 diSagreeahle odor. yet after this
time 1t will he much sweeter than before,
For Group onion poultices are used with
success, provided the child is kept out of
draughts and a sudden chill avoided. The
poultices are made by warming the onions
on the chlds feet or chest as hot as they
can be borne. Except in very obstinate
eases, when taken i'll time. the Group
readily yields to onions. This. although
an old-fashioned remedy, is Il good one,
as any mother who has brought up
family of children can attest.
Onions are. excellent blood purifiers,
and for eraaicating hoils or any of the
blood humors are very cthcacious. They
are good for the complexion, and
friend who has wonderfully clear fine
complexion, attributes it to the liberal use
of onions as food,
. People suffering from nervous troubles
are much benefited by using these veget:.-
kles frequently. either cooked or raw.
When troubled with 4 hard cough, if a raw
onion is eaten the phlegm will loosen al,
most Immediately and can be removed
with very little effort. Those troubled
with .wakefulness may insure good
nights rest often if, just before retiring,
they eat 4 raw onion.
There are few aches to which children
are subject as hard to bear and as pain.
full as earache. One of the best remedies
we know of is to take out the heart of
an onion Ia red onion is the best if it
can be had, although lacking this kind,
any other can be used and roast it.
When soft put it into tine affected ear as
hot as it can be borne. Unless the cause
is deeper than ordinarily the pain will
cease i'll Il very short time and will not
return.
n cough syrup in which onions form an
important part is made by taking one cup
of vinegar. one cup of treacle and one
half cup of cut-up onions. Put on the
stove and simmer about half an hour,
or until the onions are soft. Then remove
and strain. Take teaspoonful of this
frequently when troubled with a cough,
and unless very deep-seated the cough will
not last lOng-FOreign Exchange.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
Telegraphing Under Difficu t,as

>. One OF the most elevated telegram
lines i'll the world is that reported from,
India. On the Gilgit line two passes
have to be crossed, one 11,6OO feet hich
and the other 13,5OO The snow often
lies at a depth of from ten to eighteen
ieet and the poles used are, thirty feet
long. Yet this necessary length is a
danger, as it means more leverage in =
gale. and if struts and braces are mt
up they. afford a chance for the snow to
accumulate and bring greater pressure to
bear. Strong deodar poles are used. and
the telegraph line consists of a solid
homogeneous steel wire of the greateS d
strength made: One break was, how
ever. caused by the heavy snow made
wet by moisture from a lake not far
away, but in the other pass the snow is
dry and slips from the wire easily. The
poles are planted close together. Offices
of observation are close by, in each of
which two Europeans are stationed. Lead
ing life with which that spent at sub
marine cable stations is riotous and
crowded. For many months the passes
are cut off from mankind by the snow
blockade, but the empire must be main
tanned and commerce go on. So the
exiles with their snow shoes, rations anu
instruments, hold the telegraph fort,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
CUTTING TIMBER.
There is a Proper Time for Telling Every
Variety.

When to hew timber that the best re-
suits can he secured has been vexiny
question to lumbermen. For strength,
beauty and durability, I have found Au-
gust, September and October the best
and February, March and April the
worst months to cut wood. a red maple
cut i'll September will keep in round log
perfectly white and sound until the next
August while one cut in March will begin
to blacken and decay by the middle or
last of June. This is not copied from
any scientific work. but is what | have
found to be a fact by many practical
tests. Good birch cut in September will
keep in good condition until the next
September, if left in the woods cut in
four-foot lengths. while if cut in March
and left in the same way it will be nearly
worthless by August at least such is
the result on my land. White pine. like
red maple, keeps white much longer if
cut in September than if cut in March.
and is not injured by the worms so much.
have found that wood dried slowly in
a low, cool place is better than dried
quickly In the hot sun, even though cut
in summer. May this not, in Il measure.
account for wood being better cut in au-
tun1n, it having. cold winter to dry in -
English Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
A WOODEN RAILROAD.


Neither Rails Nor ssiIs Are Hadc of
Metal.
Work is about IT, begin Oh 4 wooden
railway i'm Florida.
Some time ago rho citizens IF Avon
Park and HaineS City. Fla. believed that
Il transportation route connecting them
would be Of great advantage.
The country * sandy and nearly level.
company was formed, bHf the people
lacked in capital what they made Bp i'm
enterprise.
1t has been derited to buiJsf the rus,d
with wood rails. whirh are large enough
to he laid that they will he half Pm
bedded i'll the sand, without Gth~r bal
last.
They ar" to be held in position by
wooden pins two inches in diameter and
eighteen inches long. wh'ir tine ends arp
connected by plank "oupIers placed M
derneath and held by pins
Not pound of metal viii be used IN
construction of the track. although the
line will be forty miles long-
Most of the rails will be furnished
gratis by property owHers along the ri--hT
of way.
The company believes. says the NaTfrr-
facturers' teTorf. that in few years tn"
fruit. vegetable and passenger FrJIsirs.-<
over the route will pay for regular <t.-si
rails. when the others will b.. used fer
ties. \ small steam dummy will fur
nish power for the Avon Park IL HaigpS
City road
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03

brought under the hammer III London.
~ consists Of the first and rarest editions
of the Greek classics iii unusually good
copies, Aldines, Juntas. Stephannses. OF
Homer there are 100 copies, of Anacreon
on. Among the books are Racine,s Plu,
tarch, Henri Etienne's Aldine Thuey-
diaes, Melancthon's etiito princeps of
L emosthenes, Ill With manuscript notes
of their possessors Besides these there
are la4 lots of Ryroniana, including the
original manuscript of English Hards
and Scotch Reviewers" g s.E
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
Pooling the Busy Bee.

Mock bees and spiders! A writer
shows that some flowers form a striking
exception to the rule of cross fertiliza-
ton. The bee and fly orchids, for exam
PIE, which would be much more COM
monty seen on our English chalk downs
but for the ravages of greedy collectors,
be bothered by buzzing h;.-5 and flies.
So a cunning device has been resorted
to. No bee will enter flower in which
another bee is already at work, therefore,
to protect the entrance, the lip is enlarged
into process exactly resembling the
headquarters of a bee tin the fly orchid
1t resembles a large fly. TO the spider
to have occurred how still more trying
shock might be administered to the
nerves of troublesome insects, SO it dis
plays in its orifice the likeness of large
spider.-London Daily News
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
Cinnamon Vine.

Many times the past summer as INV ewes
wandered over the bowery heights of
this climber did wonder at the fact that
it is SO little known and less used. In
deed, my mental brush is incapable of
painting this rare beauty in a manner to
display all Of its excellent qualities. The
foliage, which is its chief attraction, has
a russell underestimate with upper surface
strikingly rich and green. So sheen-like.
too, that close inspection of new leaves
suggest the application of wax or var
nlsh. Their opposite arrangement is on
strong. dark brown runners which obtain
growth of ten or twelve feet but are
trast from the axis of these heart.
shaped leaves is cluster of brown;sh
tubers, SO clean and meaty in appear.
ance us, almost to tempt one to taste.
Ihey are recommended as being good to
eat, yet l am content to let them stay
in their original places till the first Of
october, when l select some of the larg-
est ana put them away to plant the fol-
lowing spring. Each tuber produces one
strong vine and when shade is desired a
sufhclent number must be planted. Left
in the ground they multiply something
like the roots.of the Madeira. The flower
l mention last. Really, to call it flow
er seems misrepresentation of name,
little deceiyer, | would term it, for when
l grew it first was deceived. Leaning
against the front stoop about which f
was tenaciously climbing. I perceived a
faint aroma, and glancing up, beheld
myriads Of panicles composed of delicate
little white balls which 1 supposed were
buds and would soon expand into lovely
flowers, but they did not. Though I
felt a disappointment at the time. their
quaintness corresponded so charmingly
with leaves and tubers that my final de-
cision pronounced them superior to omen
intiorescence: For tullis work, it is yery
desirable. For wire arches it has no
equal that l have ever seen. The leaves
crown so gracefully the top of an arch,
while underneath the tubers embellish
with odd profusion.
Recognizing it's many advantages over
other vines am 10th to close with this
RENEWAL, but feel assured that when the
cinnamon vine is more generally known
it will command position of beautiful
worth among all lovers of clean, attract
i've vines.
flowers are the grandest things that
God ever made without putting an i'm
mortal soul into them Beecher.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
Mannera for Raya

Fopr fellows! How they get hectored
and scolded and snubbed. and how con-
tinual is the rubbing and polishing and
drilling which every member of the fam
lily feels ut liberty to administer.
No wonder their opposition is aroused
hand is against them, when after all if
they were only, in quiet way, Informed
of what was expected of them, and their
manliness appealed to. they would read
lily enough fall into line.
So thought ''Auntie NJ" as she pointed
out the following rules for a l2-year-old
nephew, who was the light of her eyes,
though a good-natured, amiable boy in
the main, he would offend against the
''proprieties'' frequently.
First come manners for the street:
do you do?"
Hat lifted when offering seat in Il
car or in acknowledging favor.
Neep step with anyone you walk with:
Always precede a lady upstairs. and
ask her if you may precede her in passing
through Il crowd or public place.
Hat off the moment you enter a street
door and when you step into a private
hall or office.
Let lady pass first always, unless she
asks you to precede her.
In the parlor, stand till every lady in
the room is seated. also older people.
Rise if lady comes in after you arc
seated, and stand till she takes Il seat.
Look people straight in the face when
speaking or being spoken to.
Let ladies :spass through door first,
standing aside for them.
In the dining room take your seat after
ladies' and elders.
Never play with knife. fork or spoon.
Do not take your napkin in a bunch in
your hand.
Eat as fast or us slow as the others, and
finish the course when they do.-Gootl
Housekeeping.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
have made him lie still. But when the ri
flames had singed his hair, Hercules III

flames had singed his hair, Hercules
awoke, and grasped his club to assail the
enemy. But no one could he see.
Then the Pygmies set up n great shout
Ing, and looking down, Hercules saw the
little people. He had thought their shout
Ing the chirping of birds. and his wonder
was great to see that it came from
human beings Stopping, the hero nickcd
up one of the generals and held him III
the palm of his hand. 81 .,' '':5
he said. s#s= q, 's8s
ssIyrant!' shouted the Pygmy. ssyo,,5
have killed our noble friend Antaeus, and
! challenge You to single combat. Re.
venge, reyengei' ss9gl
+ MY good FRIEND" said Hercules, 81
regret that have gricved you. have
seen many wonders in the world, such as
winged dragons and, 0ne-eyed Cyclops,
but your people are more wonderful than
all. And to show you how you have inl.s
pressed me, and also how I respect yOllr
bravery, I will leave your kingdom and
never return" - rs 81
And in ten strides, Hercules passed
oyer the boundaries of the kingdom Of the
Pygmics. 80, 80 -,
It is down in the chronicles of this
brave people, That Hercules, the wonder
of his age, was frightened from the king
dom" by their great and noble general.
who. in honor thereof, was next day
made klng.-Philadelphia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
A Famous Man Again Heard From.

Mgr. Capel is the Catesby of Disraelis
"Lothair," and converted Lord Butte to
the Catholic faith.
He got under a cloud. however. in some
way, and was sent to the Cuitcd States
i'll a sort of exile. The clergy of this
country did not take to him much, and he
swung lecturing tour circle. finally be-
taking himself to California, where he
bought a large ranch aud went in for
raising fine horses and blooded stock gen
orally. "A priest who knows him well
Informed me that he has grown rich.
Formerly the pink of perfection in dress.
he has grown Indifferent to his garb and
dresses and looks like a typical ranch
man. He is man of rare culture and
elegant accomplishments. He is of inn
posing presence and imperial bearing.
His dark. blue-decp eye flashes from
seemingly fathomless depths. His hand
is as perfect as Trilby's foot. and he
has way Of laying 1t across his manly
chest that fctches the admiration of the
Gazette
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
YOUNG FOLKS COL UMN
a Nest Of East OF. Eggs.

SO
The hen eggs-erts herself Just now, IS
She eggs-udes eggs most ample,
She just eggs,ists to show us how
To set her good eggs-linple! G i:
Her worth VIC can t eggs-aggeratc, ) 81
From blame she earnh eggs-emltion,
Her eggs ourselves eggs hiiarate--- .5.s
From hunger they re redemption.
She "lays for u.s. and she'll eggs-ult
BY cackling, as II caution, == -.
Her eggs-ile Is not difficult
Her eggs-it no eggs-haustion. =
Eggs.alted Is her task, in fact, t.
II we .eggs-amine keenly. ~
For In her laying she's egss-act, t..
Egss-nberant and cleanly. >@1s
Her eggs we now cggs-htbit here
!, For your eggs-aminatiOn, =
And we eggs-hort you not to fear -
Her "lay out" for the nation. p.
Our price Is not eggs-orbitant
To raise eggs-asperatlon, -'.@.
But If good Easter eggs YOU want
They're here on applications! ~.
Printers Ink
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
RAINY LAKE GOLD.
Another Big Strike is Reported at the
M8delaine

lA0elalne.
Alex. NJ Robertson, one of the sure-to>
be millionaires of Rainy Lake, was down
from the Madelaine or Lucky Coon mine
and reports big things up there, says the
Rainy Lake Journal of April 4. The
stampmill started to run last Saturday.
Last week Robertson and Hugh Steele
went to investigate a ragge(l-lookine
quartz vein between shafts No. 1 and
NO, on the property heretofore consid-
cred not worth looking at, and were per-
fectly astounded at the result A few
shots exposed body of ore six feet wide
that is literally charged with free gold.
Robertson says he never saw anything
so rich in all his experience The new
Vein will be called No. 5, and it is to be
developed at once:
Jack Bedford went up the Seine last
wee week aRtt reports another big strike by
;Messrs. Nolan and Black on a mineral
-foca ton on the main land on the shore
of Shoal lake, between Scott Island mine
and the Wiegand mine that shows up in
a; wonderful way. The Journal was
shown lot of specimens fleckcd with
gold, some of the nuggets being as large
as kernels of wheat The vein is three
feet wide on the surface, and the quartz
taken from the property resembles that
taken from the famous Weigand mine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
Under the Ran

Frances Parliament stands in dan.
of cXcommunc;. ton. which. if c-Irri., III
10 effect. will be without prrcpfisrIt in h.
tory. 1t seems that one Gf the ah,eS WIN
sits in the Chamber Of Deputies for =
rural constituency. has introduced = bill
to punish and prohibit duelIin-. and unrisr
Il Iapal bull how in existence. anyone WIN
opposes the bill must be accommodated
as encouraging this particular fnran- ~
murder. That is to say. if the ritamher
reject the bill the clergy according t" TIM,
terms of the rapal ediet in question. hav
10 alternative but to place them un.lpr
the ban of th,, church
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
Awakened by a Brass Ligament.

The study of etymology causes no end
of trouble among that class of school
is limited to words which figure in the
ordinary street conversation. and many
curious results have followed. The Gus
tom usually observed by the teachers
is to require first definition of the
word, then it's derivation and finally a
sentence in which the word is properly
lot of a rather diffident boy recently in
the Camac grammar school, at Thir-
teenth and Norris streets. He defined it
properly as "a band," but followed up
the correct derivation with the remark
able sentence: Il was wakened up last
night by hearing a brass ligament going
down the Observation-Disclosures Record
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
"A Snake in the Sea,

This will sound rather like tall
story, but nevertheless it is true. Hook
or, an eX-coastguardsman. was strolling
on the esplanade ut SYNDICATE one after
noon recently, when on looking scaward
he cspicd long. lanky form in the wa
ter. Nearer the waves brought the OBJ
iect toward him, and more and more
Hooker thought at last he had really
seen the sea serpent. 1t was not that
wonderful reptile, however, but some
thing desperately near it.. Judge the ex-
coastguardsman's surprise when he
found washed on the shore an immense
python upwards of thirteen feet in length
Hooker secured the prize and the pos
scssed himself of the beautiful marked
skin. 1t is not every day snakes of this
size and description are washed ashore
OF course the reptile was dead. Where
did it come from? SYNDICATE has lacked
Il sensation of late: now it can boast of
Il snake story.-Folkstone Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03

they have just measured the baby's eye
iashes. And how long do you suppose
they are! You'd never guess. ,fhey
are precisely one inch. Never heard Of
anything like it in my life, did youy'
No, ! never did. The chief, who is
doctor OF medicine, has built up In
crative practice. being both able and non,
ular.-~NeW York Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
Trouble with a Drummer.

Every day for long series of months
there passed the window German band
headed by a tall, hatchet-faced cornetist,
and ended up with a little dumpy bass
drummer. Such was always the order.
and always the Saunterer wondered at
the ever-diminisbing cornetist and at the
ever-incgeasing drummer But at last
the drummer appeared no longer FINALLY
he mustered up courage and asked the
cornetist the reason for the drummers
disappearance. al
der drummer" queried the lank Te,l-
ton. 'Ach Himlnel! He grow so fat he
could not hit der middle of der drum, so
We discharge him. boston Budget. sz@E
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
San Francisco,s Cheap Meals.

W Its probable that the cheapest meals in
the world are served in San Francisco. A
kindly gentleman has established a restau-
rant for girls in the heart of the manu-
fucturing quarter. Excellent meals are
served there ut the rate of cent per
dish-whether of meat, of vegetables of
at this price the food is paid for. and
that the deficit, which he makes good
each month, is paid to the account of
fuel. service and rent.-San Francisco
Argonaut. s....s.z.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
why She Didn't See Him.

"What time Of night was it you saw
defendants attorney in recent suit.
about 3 O'clock" "Was there any
light in the room at, the time p s.No,
sir. 1t was quite dark could you see
your husband at. your side?' mo sir.''
Then, madame" said the attorney, tris
eumIthantly, please explain how syolt
could see the prisoner and could not
see your huband." MY husband was mt
the club, sir."-philadelphia Call. 5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-03
Mandy's Art Education.

Mandy was one day escorting friend
through the library. to show her the beau
ties of her new place. They thought
they were alone, but the owner heard
the following conversations:
."That's a fine picture, 'Manda.''
'"rhat amt no picture, gurl!''
"'Ain't no picture? Go way; Whatever
call it?'
'"rhats a scratchin', that what it u.s."
"A scratchin'Y'
Yes, indeed" replies 'Manda, "that's
what l heerd 'em say, as twas an itch
in, or a scratchin', one of 'em two. but
faint no picture. New York Morning
Journal