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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-08
Daughters OF the Revolution.

\ novel and charming feature of the an
nual celebration Of the New York city
chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution ON the annivcrS;,-
ry of Washington's wedding. was APP
propriatc to the occasion. and al
so carried ont the old English GUS
tom of twelfth day" or old Christmas
\ huge wedding cake. frosted and bear
ing twelve lighted candies. was borne be-
tween two long lines of the young ladies
Of it's chapter. who held red. white anil
blue ribbons, and moved from the en-
trance to the ballroom and formed Il re-
gent of the chapter before the platform.
where Mrs. Mclean surrounded by her
officers. in Il few so!icitouS remarks. invit
cd the Sons of the American Revolution
to step forward and cut the cake, which
they did to the strains of Men,lelsshon's
'Wedding March," The cake was then
distributed, the long tri-coloretl ribbons
cut into pieces and given us souvenirs.
During the afternoon string,d band
played national airs and popular music
and little white wedding bells. suspended
from rod. white and blue ribbons. We're
presented to all the guests. This was said
to be the most brilliant function ever
given by that body of patriotic women.
1t was only the occasion Of formally an
nouncing the intention of founding chair
of colonial and revolutionary history ut
Barnard college by the chapter.-Phila-
tlelphia Ledger
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-08

clear moonlight and the waltz of wander
ing stars But either ty Gay or night
the winter landscape has interesting char
acteristics peculiarly its own. 10 enjoy
these it isn't nee, SSary to travel afar.
but only to be 4 lover of one OWE neigh
borhood. There are few fields and fence
corners but have weeds sticking mp
through the snow and where the weeds
are there the little birds do love to con-
Gregate. These patches of weeds arc ma
lures sranaries for the birds. From the
bird standpoint they are substantially
grain elevators and warehouses where the
grain G" seeds 70 mt up in little pouches
or bags. then hoiSted above the drifting
through tho agencies of Jack Frost AMI
wintry Winds or on bills of lading present
ed By the birds themselves.
Who has not been familiar. at one time
or another. with these little ScurTyin:
iiockS? They give life and interest IN
our wintry fields and woods rs they mrrrl-
~ chirp and fit from point to point. Evil
of pluck and chccrfulneSS. these animated
little atoms in waiStcoat gray ar" thu
best of gymnasts. whether afoot or awlnc,
alike brcastiu- wind and snow. now -yra-
ing around and around some branch #
hidden insect or cocoon, now burrOW n:
with fiery Impulse into the snow. next
balancing itself OH some weed. it Sway> in
the wind as it fcaSts upon the See,iS. then
skipping lightly over the surface of the
snowy spread beneath. it there gamers the
crumbs that had fallen from its previeus
repast. only leaving behind. as it flies
away. scattered bulls. the tracery of its
dainty little footprints. and pcrchanec the
exquisite thrilling impress of its vibrat-
ing winEs.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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"LOye After Marrilge.'

Glove After Marrilge.
The poets have been called upon to
uphold the opinions of various contrnver-
sialists in the Glove after marriugc dis
'uSSion. One writer says:
Any one VIII" doubts this should read
James Whtcomb Kilcy's little poem. An
Old Sweetheart Of Mine" Could loye fol
IL wife be more dc'icatcly and ,devotcdly cx
prosaic married life has killed the unpro
sale prcmat rimonial feeling! On the CON
trary does not the poem :h"T an ,d nrr"a ns
people will agree with me that it does.
JAMES Nice. ALTON.
All of this would be very good argu
ment if Mr.. Rilcy's poem were not dis
tinctly written about an "old sweetheart
who became a wife. If all the charming
sentiments the poet expresses had sprung
into being after marriage it would b.
true that he at least believed love born
after marriage /; possibility. But. on til,
contrary. the poem is concerned with Il
constant. long-laStinS affection.
The next correspondent who calls upon
the poets to help him in his argument
writes as follows:
1t seems strange to me hat ere this it has
not been suggested by Some of your "corre
spondents' (0 that You print Shakespeare
10th sonnet as cvitlcucing somewhat the
marriage. and as bearing upon the question
in your paper, which l believe reads, Does
love come after nIarriage?' | give it entire
LET me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impcdiments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
Oh. no. it is an ever-fiXeu mark
That looks on tempcStS and is never shaken
1t is the star to every wandering bark.
Whose wOrths unknown. although his
height be taken.
Loves not Times fool. though rosy lips and
checks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and
weeks,
But bears ii out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error. and upon me proved,
| never writ man ever loved.
J. Il. {.
This poem seems open to the same OBJ
lection as the last. shakespeare. al.
though he might be taken to mean that
love does not die with natrimony. GER
tain]y does not say that it springs VI
after matrimony.
The last letter takes the opposite view
of tho case. The writer says:
wish to say that cordially agree will
those who say that love cannot arise afte
marriage if it has not existed before. Per
feet tolerance, comraleship and mutual in
terests do not mean love- They may be borI
of marriage. but not that elusive cOmbna
ton of desire and worship which is callet
love. A. b. e..
New York World.
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:. Now, the longer live the more be
proud blood, humble blood, honest blood
'ti'ieving blood, heroic blood. cowardly
blood. The tendency may skip IL genera
ton or two, but it is sure to come out
az in Il little child you sometimes see IA
similarity to Il great-grandlathe whose
picture hangs on the WALL That the
physical and mental and moral qualities
are inhcritable is patent to anyone who
Keeps his eyes open. The similarity is so
Great families, regal or literary, arc apt
to have tn" characteristics all down
through the generations, and what is
more lrrccptibl" in such families may be
seen on smaller scale in all families.
n thousand years have no power to oblit-
crate the difference. The large lip of the
house of Austria is seen i'll all the de-
Sctndants, and is called the Hapsbury
mp. The house of Stuart always means
and scnS''aity. Witness Queen of Scots
Witness Charles |. and Charles II. Wit
ness James |. and James H., and all
the others Of that imperial line.
Scotch blood means persistence. Dutch
blood means cleanliness and good breed
ing. English blood means reverence for
the ancient Welsh blood means relgi-
oSity. Danish blood means fondnrss for
the sea. Indian blood means roaming
disposition. Celtic blood means fcrvih-
ity: Roman blood means conquest.
The Jewish faculty for accumulation
you may trace clear back to Abraham.
of whom the Bible says, "Hc was rich
in silver and gold and cattle" and to
Isaac and Jacob who had the same fam
lily Observation-Disclosures r. De Witt Tai
mage in Ladies' Home Journal.
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One of the odd purchases Il rich Amer
lean girl. just home from a long Sojourn
i'm Europe, displays with great pride.
is an entire trOuSScau of seven or eight
gowns with shoes. parasols, hats. gloves.
stockings handkcrchiefs and under
linen, all to match, and bought from the
wardrobe of the pretty. wcl-dressed
appears. spends more on her wardrobc
than any feminine sovereign in Europe.
has all her good gowns from Paris and.
like the princcsses in fairy tales, never
uses pair of stockings twice: her
gloves make two appearances. at most :;
and as her hats shoes, parasols and
handkcrchicfs arc sent to match every
gown, they arc laid aside directly the
Queen has had some three or four wear
her ladies in waiting to either wear her
gowns, entirely rrmodelcd, or to sell
them to persons who will never wear
them IN the Queen 5 presence. Now as
this thrifty American girl had spent
nearly all her allowance in travelling
about Italy and had not tho heart to de-
mand additional funds for shopping cx-
petitions in Paris, she turned to ac-
count some information she received of
n very private sale to be held from the
Queens wardrobe. Through her Ital-
ian maid. who had once been an assist
ant in the palace, she attended the sale
and at one-half the sum necessary for
the purchases in Paris she filled her big
trunks and has. with the assistance of
an alteration dressmakcr, turned herself
out for the season in frOcks as fine as tho
most fastidous could desire. .
Zone doesn't mind. you know" she ex-
plains to the envious friends, wearing
the cast-ofs Of q queen; In fact, for an
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Not unfresIuently is the statement made
by the advocates of the advanced school
That women are harshly and unfairly treat
cd by the laws which have been hitherto
enacted in all cases by men. This yjt.u
of the subject is altogether prrOnpouE;
rect and practical legislation of the conn,
try women may gain, it will b. employed
not in the more merciful bui in ,h.. more
severe ana illberal Legislation agains,
their own sex. In the recent cases, even
those of cruelty to children, that have
come before the courts it is generally found
that womcn are the aggressors They are
not from cruelty or from the desire t..
intict pain an! severe punishment. but
from the enheavor to stamp cut the i'll that
is befor" them. This they 60 without SUI
iiri'nt]y recognizing the justice or rxpedl
rncy of the acts they are committing.
Whether we look back at the many
prosecutions wlrch are on the historical
record or pass down through all the phases
OF life till we come to the Judgment Of
Mrs. Grundy Of the present day. we tnti
that the Most intolcrant prosecutions. BOTH
political and social, are those that ar
supported by women. In the matter of
religious persecution, the two sisters.
Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. "er:.
undoubtedly the most intolcrant of EngliSi,
Sovtrei gns, although, historians of England,
! being mainly of the one creed. say much
| about tn" prosecutions OF one "n'l cor.
paratively little about those Of the other
London Queen.
Disconnected Married Men,
! But she that liyeth in pleasure is dead
| while she livetl." WAS the text chosen by
the Rev. Madison {. Peters of New
York i'll Il recent sermon rebukng fash
| iOllablr women
"rhc woman whom these words de-
Scribe he said lis bein. who lives to
dress, to dine. TO Wine, 10 dance, I" 90
qurttc, to idle away hours over trashy
| fiction, ANA frivolous talk.
She who brd,s.ks herself with jewels,
and dresses, the annual cost Of vhici.
would support several Of our charitable
institutions. becomes not only nothing
more than an advert st nlent for the jewel
or. miilincr and drcssnaktr, but forg,tS
herself. shows poor taste. bad Judgment
anu compromises her dignity
Two other rrasonS given why Wnis,",.
shGil!d avoid the vortex Of fashinnaiIr lite
were" that health is thereby almost uni
| fOrmly sacrificed :,n.! that married men
become hissatisird
ut is quite Il luxury, he continued. ''t'
see Il fashionable young woman in til;
enjoyment Of vigorous health with {:
fresh. natural color and Symm.:;i"a
physical development. These, so-s7.ll.d 81,
'ial duties and pleasures in tim" max.
quiet Of the home ,ististcful and ii,c:,la,
tate the mind for serious thought. 4
husband finds that the expenses of mar
ricd life arc far greater than hi. anticipates
and Ill" comfort less RS the expclri +,
increases. and that his children ar, grow
ing up with notions of life which he can
not satisfy. We need not wu1nl,.r thai
great 'hs'"ntent prevails among man,
! men,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-08
His Son.

Kate Sanborn tells, in abandoning an
Adopted Farm a story of big boy in
a country school, who was clever enough
in some studies, but hopelessly deficient
il. mathematics. The teacher. man
who had little mercy for stupid pupil,
one day lost patience with him entirely.
The boy had failed to do a simple sum
in subtraction, and the teacher rubbed
out the figures on the slate, put down
six ciphers and six more under them. He
drew line, handed the slate back to the
dulard, and said, gravely:
There! see if you can subtract that
The poor boy gazed stolidly ut the new
sum. 1t looked queer and hard. He
tackled it aloud, making hideous grmaccs
as he progressed.
''Nawthin from nawthin leaves-naw-
thin Nawthin from nawthin leaves naw-
thin. Nawthin wthin-lcaves
nawthin. Nawthin from nawthin leaves
-nawthin. Nawthin from nawthin leaves
-nawthin!'
There he paused, confused, but rallying
all his brain power, he exclaimed:
IF I'm ever goin' to carry, I've got to
carry now! Nawthin-fronl- thin
leaves one!'-New Orleans Picayune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-08
The Tarantula as a Weather Sharr

The Iarantula as q weather Sharp.
p. 3. Baker of Trayer made IL trip to
Panoche grade last week and on his re-
turn told of some weather signs pointed
out to him by an old Mexican Of that
section.
The Mexican showed him number
of tarantula nests that were built in III,
unusual manner. The tarantula digs or
appropriates Il hole or 8 inches deep
and nearly an inch in diameter He Their,
makes Il cement wall from bottom to
top of the hole and about IL sixteenth Of
an inch thick. On the top he fits lid
so nicely that when it is closed the nest
is impcrvious to the elements. He raises
and lowers the roof of his mansion by
means of a fiber hinge, which he has
dcftly placed on one side. The walls are
always built up half IN inch above the
ground, but the popularity about them
this year is that they are built up or )
inches above the surface of the ground on
which they are located.
This is one of the many instances that
have been observed in which animals have
been prompted by instinct to protect
themselves against Indictment weather,
and it is regarded as all unfailing sign OF
a very wet season.-Selma Irrjgator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-08
Ten COFkerS.

La
days ago. says the Washington Star
which pleased Henry Cay Rarnaht.c
much that he proposes to tel it as his very
own. 1t is the story illustrative OF Tnt,
undyinG master Passion at tn" actor Al
actor who plays juv"nIf. roles met i Lad
Ing main on broadway. The leading man
; was dressed in deep black There was Il
! VIDE band of Grape on his hat. and he
had ,liS,ar,ie,! tn" patent leather shoes an
actnr loves for shoes with Il Suh'iueei pol
i>h that spoke of -r.et.
/ What is the natter: asked the juve-
nile
! MY fiji Their is dead" answered the lead
ing man in Il heart broken v"lcr.
| The juvenile expressed his sympathy.
When die! he de-" he asked
Last week W., buried him tn-slay-:l
nice funeral" answered the heart-hrnken
voice.
Large attendance" asked the juvenile
| \ smile IF enthusiastic delight flashed
over the m"Urnrr> face.
Large attrn.tancr. he cried. My
| boy. we turned them away"
| Story of an Old Shoe.
am an old shoe: all of my buttons
are off, and hole in my toe; but once |
had all my buttons on and was as nice :is
any shoe. Perhaps you would Ike to hear
my story. Well, one morning | was hav-
al
when 4 rich la,!y and her little girl. Bessie
came in. and after looking over I number
of shoes. she decided TO take me for Bessie.
She took me home. anil Bessie WAS Is
proud of me as she could be. She wore
me to school. and had delightful time.
Bessie WAS sweet little girl. and | was
always willing to take her wherever she
wanted to go. When / was nearly worn
out she gave me to Il poor little girl who
had no shoes at all. and who went bare
footed all winter. I was sorry for this lit
tic girl. so l willingly went with her Bur.
oh! the Areary times have had since l
left BESSIE. had to- 60 with her in the
summer time to pick bIackbcrrirs. and
the thorrs tore me all MP. So when got
so torn up that | could no longer keep
on her feet. ] was east aside in dark
corner ami heard the little girls mother
say she would have to burn me M. So
will have to end my iife.-Ncw Orleans
ricayune.
4 Thrifty Bightkcsper-
Some twenty years age. says Mark of
the Cape. when war prices prevailed. Il
man from Camden WIS appointed keep
err Of Il small light in this state. At the
end of every quarter he received \ check
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Russian railroads have abolished FIRE
passes. zas ST IS 81 ..sss
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GOSSIP FOR ELADlES
Lovers Still.

His hair us Wintry snow is white;
Her trembling steps are slow;
His eyes have lost their merry light;
Her cheeks their rosy glow.
Her hair has not It's tints of gold;
His voice. no joyous trili:
And yet, though feeble, gray and old,
They're faithful lovers still
Since they were wed, on lawn alIti lea,
OFT did the daisies blow,
And oft across the trncklpSS sea
Did swallows come and go:
OFT were the forest branches bare,
And OFT in gold arrayed:
Oft did the lilies scent the air,
The roses bloom and fade.
They've had their share of hopes and fears
Their share Of bliss and bale
Since first he whispered In her ears
A lovers tender tale;
Full many n thorn amid the flowers
Has lain upon their way;
They've had their dull November hours
AS we'll as days Of May.
But firm and true through veal and woe.
Through change of time and scene,
Through winters gloom, through SUMNER
glow,
Their faith and love have been;
Together hand hi hand they pass
Sercnely down life's hill
In hopes one grave in cllurcl,yard grass
May hold them lovers still.
-MAgdalcn Rock in Chambers Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-08
4 Thrifty Lixhtkc:pcr--

~ NfSFI0NS-~PSf-
Some twenty years ago. says Mark of
the Cape. when war prices prevailed. Il
man from Camden WAS appointed keep
err Of Il small light in this state. At the
end of every quarter hc received Il check
for $40. He Kept the light eight or
ten years. at the end of which time he
had every one of these checks. uncashed.
stuffed into an old coffeepot. How did
he live? Why. the cows. hens. pigs.
iishing boariefs and tips by visitors
more than supported him. That was an
Old.fashioned slap.-Lewiston Journal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-10
Ohio Nnnf. a Ship CanaI.

AKRON. o.. Aug. "a proposition has
been made % the Ohio Board OF Public
Works by the Winifrei Coal and Coke
Company. OF Philadelphia. 70 purchase
from the State the Ohio canal. chief I'm
gineer Of the Board g. T.. Perkins, or
this city. is In correspondence with {. A.
Wright. the company's president. regard
ing the matter.
II Is the intention. II the deal Is made.
10 widen and deepen the waterway which
extends from Portsmouth 20 Cleveland,
90 permit the passage OF boats one nun
drel feet long. twenty-five feet beam. and
seven 10 ten feet draught The Winifred
Coal and Coke Company has extensive
interests in the Kanawha Valley, ana
sends much freight by tortuous route
20 the West and Northwest. IL Is esti-
mated that the cOmpanys plan would
reduce It's expense by at least one-halt-
Boats would DE ioated 10 the ohio river,
thence TO Portsmouth. and thence 10
Cleveland by canal Here they would De
taken ia tow by tugs, and cheaply moved
20 any point on the great lakes.
The board has no power 10 act in the
matter. but IL will come before the Leg
islature in this next session. Two Things
doubtless will be- considered. The canal
for years has not paid expenses. Win
this route as an iniucement, ohio hopes
10 secure the proposed ship canal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-10

3 200 People at the Opening of Marvin
Grove Gathering.


FREDERICKSBURG VA, AUG. g.
Srec.al-Mar,iu Grove camp -mecun, in
Ilcamond county. was opened with three
thousand people in attendance. ana sim
continues under the most favorable aus
uices. Evangelist j. ". Lee Is con-
Quoting n seryiee5 lid. ..,o ,.u maxi.
his future home here, has been visiting
The city. lie has Teen elected 10 e.
professOrship IN the city Collegiate lnsu-
tute.
X. $. Chew Camp. $. C. ". has APP
pointed "a committee TO organize q ladies'
auxiliary, with view 10 raising funds
for the Davis monument.
Grand Commander JAS. L. Corbin ana
AIR A. h.. Bolts. Of ihls city, Will attend
the Grand ConclaVc of knights Tempiar
d Boston Old Dominion COmmandeIy.
OF Alexandria, has offered IT'S services as
escort 90 Grand Con mandcr Cobb
Officer John II. Robinson left mere to-
dav for Hartford. Conn, 10 bring back
Frank Phillips. the noted coloreo foiger.
The Southern Foundry and Machine
Works have so many orders IN that the
plant IS compelled 10 take on more hands.
and has had to caution agents against
taking orders.
Miss Mary Gordon Wallace, niece OF
Judge a W Wallace ard daughter OF
the late Dr. =. Gordon Wallace. OF inns
city. died at The Johns Hopkins Hospital
I'm Baltimore. and was buried mere TO-
day. from ST. Mary's church
4 charter has been granted 70 the
John c. Hurkamp Co, 10 Manufacture
leather. sumac. etc. william II. hui-
kamp is president and treasurer, Charles
IA Hurkamp. secretary and general man
aver and William III. Hurkanp, 'haries
IL Hurkamp. and Virginia Hurkamp the
Board OF Directors.
The barn Of Mr.. James Bledsoe, prom
inent farmer I'm Orange county. contain
ing 40 bushels Of wheat, ~ bushels or
oats and all OF his hay and farming I'M
nlem.nts was entirely burned on We'd
nCsday night
The Western Union TELEGRAPH Company
has made twenty hve-year contract TOR
telegraph service for the Chesapeake and
Western Railroad Company.
Count Castor d'Odhemor chevaiier OF
the Legion Of Honor. member Of the
French Geographical Society. and invent
ar Of a telephone system. has rented the
historic Moss Neck farm. and moved
there. with his family. with the intention
of making n his future home.
A considerable stir Is being made IN
Srotsylvania about the Democratic can
didate for the House OF Delegates. and
CAPTAIN McCracken. Mr.. James l.. Raw
lines. Councilman r.. ID. Cole. Mr.. b..
L. Willis. and Major T. L. Wallace are
all spoken Of.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-10
TOBACCO EXCHANGE.

RICHMOND, VA, Aug. y, IN''.
Offerings al auction on Change to-day
hv Mr.. George Haynes. 80 packages o.
suu-cured tObaccOs. one package Hoiu
at SiI. one al Slu.25. one AZ $50 one al
s. -. one at 30. two az IS. one az $50,
five al s.. one at SG.I5, one al rb.r' -FOUR
al SOS. three at s6 three az SOU ohr
at $40. four AT -. two at >4.tu' one ~
$50. three al S4.lo, TWO az -, one "l
g. So. two at $3.50, one az 500, one al
So 90. one at $40, two al SZW. TWO az
s2SO one at $40 one at 500, TWO al
s. 80 one al $50. two al - az.
Private sales reported 20 the secretary
of the Richmond Tobacco Trade to-day .
Vrappers. - hOgsheads. filters. TO. cut
fers .. leaf Oarkl. 20, luss dark, .
Total. ~ hogshcads.
The tobacco Inspector reports To-Day 3
InsuectiOns Bright. 10 hoeshcads, dark.
4s hogsheads and - uercrs lteinsptt-
nouS-Bright. - hoesAeals.
Myers Virginia. CrrnfhaW 8, Ncal $,
Planters. Allegheny oli dominion anu
ShOckOe tobacco warehouses report io-
day. Receipts l01 packages, DELIVERIES
G} packages.
United states internal revenue collec-
tions for he city ~ Richmond y a., on
tobaccos to-day: Cigars and cigarettes,
ST.. 1880. plug tobaccos, 50, lf'uo' ioiai'
Ss..sI0~.
Registered ~ the TOblcco Exchange
to-day. b. Carter and a. e.. fHppo. caro-
Inc county. Va. a. j. Foster ). A.
Daniel. and Watkins Turner LOUISA
county, Va. o. Wempie. banville' VA.