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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
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Murder Il Sequel TO Lynchine.

The killing of one man in the Poydras
market, New Orleans, and the probable
fatal injury of another make a sequel to
the assassina ton Sof Chief of Police Hen
messy and the lynching of eleven Italians
four years ago. e. Ssts.$ss q S5as3 :. I'll.
One of the bitterest prosecutors of the
Italians on their trial for the murder of
Hennessyswa Dennis Corcoran. On the
day of the lynching he was one OF, the
first to enter the prison with gun in his
hand and he has number of times
since boosted with satisfaction of the
work his gun did that day.
:: Just after 3 o'clock, III the.smorning
on Saturday last Corcoran was sit
ting at asfE coffee stand Il in the
podyras market when Tony Levia
and Tony Fulca, two Italians, passed be-
hind him, and without warming FI4evia
jerked out Il pistol and shot Corcoran in
the back and again in the arm, gemptying
his weapon. .Corcoran wheeled about,
drew his revolver, and returned tile fires
Fulca handed Levia /, second pistol
when the first had been enptied and
Cofcoran was wounded six times One
of Corcorans bullets penetrated his as
sailant's breast and Levia died si1 three,
minutes. Corcoran is desperately wound
ed, but may possibly live. 81. IS
The attack Of the two Italians is as
cribed to Corcoran's activity ii, the
1ynching of 1901, ! and is deemed remark
able here MS being the first time since the
murder of Hennessy that Italians have
attempted vengeance Oh any person not
of their own nationality. &
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06

the nut under the trap, SO as to be easily
reac hea, and Il jar OF water, the only
beverage used during the meal, stood
within reach. BESIDES rice, stews OF
beans or cracked wheat with thick soup
or sauce poured over them Id the great
central howl are also i'll fashion. Spoons,
though sometimes vided, are often
wanting pieces Of thin bread, doubled
served insteads Knives sansls forks salre
M,knayals and us there is no. special ilin-
ing roam there is no furniture suited for
one. IIenee tables and chairs are never.
seen. So fur, indeed, are Orientals from
thinking It strange to dip their fingers
into common dish that it Is Il SPECIAL
act. Of politeness to grole in it for the
visitor and lay nice lorsels before him.,
or even to insist on putting them into
his nouth-Rn AilYartisnr ..z..sa..sasss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06

ssSIs
ically less rapidly than others; and it is
tor those slow ones that plead. These
children are often allowed, by the negli-
gence or Infringement Of parents, to be {
made the butt of jests on the part OF
other members Of the family. This ii
wrong. Many times these slower chill
dren are sensitive to remarks on the
subject. and are not only made misers
able and lnhapi, by it, but their Inen-
tal Developments and growth are retar-
ed by the encouragement aud fear
Of asking questions that follows. Lives
are embi differed hy the cruel jests OF
brothers and sisters far oftener than
cnreless people Imagine, and what is n
natural peculiarly Of Il certain child.s
constitution is spoken of as il 1t were a
fault or crime to be ashamed of or hid
den. The seeming dull boy of ii family
I'., aasgin lha pass he family
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
HINTS FOR CYCLRRS.
sono sug sestions Regarding the Caro-
sss& zI5sF fhA Whaa1 -


Some sug sestions Regarding the Caro- of
the Wheel. sests IS ~
The most common cause fer the .sbuek-
ling of steel rims and tho cracking Of
wooden ones is loose spoEes. Spokes
/ become loose Without apparent cause.
Steel and wood may he never SO we'll
treated in manufacture. bnt they can
laWs, The best Of materidlsin n wheel
VIII Shrink and expand ulider changes.
OF Weather Again. steel smokes, even
those made of hardest piaiao wire. ands
''cold swagetl. which means drawn our
from the center and butt-enaed, win
wood rims. where they are fastened.
are slack Of their proper tendon Wheel
is out Of true. After the recent changes
OF weather every rider, should go over
his .spokes, testing their tension with his
fingers. a good way is to snap them as,
s99ye,t ~, harp strings md notice
Whether they give notes s, OF tug same kew
ei.isariy Sahe same ~ ltjspeciatiy IS such such
attention Required the part of those
ssNhos keels heir Inachines n a warm
room ut home and ut thenI stand iii
lisslse for Meekssataa time. 8<5: E!
Truing up a wheel By tightening the
,spokes ais piece of fine w0rk. which.
as 4 rule, should be given TIA master
hand. For those of mechat,ical benz,
who are willing to- give the Gre and pa
tience, and prefer doing it themselves,
tit3is advised that they prOceed very
slowly. After drawing upssthe spoke.
which seems necessary, by Burning the
nipple at the rim, try the wheel again.,
and so so on, retesting the Wheel after
each spoke that is, indicated hpSthe pencils
markings. Tighten very litt1esat tlmS.S
Usually half OF three-quarfer turn sof
the nipple is about all it is safe to .giys.,
The NIPPLES of some" wheelsare mlde
With fiat sides, or shoulders, so that
hesused SforE frightening IS Where this les
not the case. Il clamp fors key specially ;
nla1eato fit the nipple can bessbought of
atheamaker. ! Us sis
Something that is not tanghfSin bicycle
schools. and which comparatively few
riders have learned to use, issthe ankle
metion. 1t is employed by keeping only
the toes and ball of the foot onthe pedal,
bending the foot at the instep with every
reyolution. following fhe MEDAL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
"A Fair Blacksmith.

~ A pretty girl who makes horseshoes
was the star attraction at a recent
church entertainment at Topeka, Kas.
She is Miss Adele Pollock, II years old.
who for amusement studied the work in
her fathers machine shop. At the en-
tertainnlent, says the Topeka Capital.
she appeared in a match with two of the
most expert Sblacksmiths in the city.
Three portable FORCES were placed upon
sthe stage. Each contestant was allowed
a helper to blow the bellows. Miss
Adele wore very workmanlike garb-a
corduroy skirt and leather apron. Her
competitors smiled indulgently at her
when time was called, but became anx-
ious, then alarmed and finally discounted
when she turned and cast a perfect
horseshoe before the judges in less than
four minutes. The curtain dropped on
the pretty picture of the flaming forge,
and Il few minutes later Miss Pollock ap-
peared among her friends daintily clad
=, x1,b;fo
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
l.ss&a&ss. -. All sssA ts.ss&ss3
''The cork displaces 4 volume of ~,

Cork displasEeess af< volume oifaes 81 water
eequalt to- it's own.ssNs hichl.of cosltse weighs
Now Without IL trying q be very ri sciens
;titic; We know u that the ssrk is forced
upward Until tie part that IS immersed
shits, definite volunle:~z This sSnlumes of
water must weigh. Just as, much as the
piece Of cork. n otter words "a float,
ing body displaeess it's. awaa weight of va
ter Is that all clear?'' -fsE$S
Yes, but don't see why ?''43
Well: it would take. us. away: from
our subject to stop to explain it. but it is
Fcan use it in many ways. Suppose we
want to- weigh sd iscargo of grain. We
simply find the volume of that portion
2of the vessel Under the W;tfer Zine riu
cubic, feet sand inches; multiplying BY
/ the weight of one cubic foot Of water
gives Euse the totai weight ofsthe vessel
sHows does it ',s5s; <s,Ass 7sst sss
why, Itjuststold you that the amount
of waters displaced is equal to the weight
of ii. the floating body /: Ut .-,n.,
l 'sOh,& yes. 5s'sfEi
Z, Then after the grain is taken out the
displacement is again measured. This
gives the weight sSof' the vessel Sub
! citing this from the. first gives the
weight Of the grain. To make it a little
clearer let lis: try a practical example.
Suppose a loaded vessel displacess 1900
cubic feet of water and when selnptietl
only 10000 cubic feet: the difference, or
1000 cubic feet, is caused by the weight,
of grain. Well. a cubic foot of water
weighs G2115 pounds, therefore the total
weight1of the grain is 2O0OS times 621s
pounds ,.- a.. .s@2 s..7 -
Now. you understand what specific
gravity is. and that when one substance
is Immersed in another the lighter viii
ascend. If mercury is immersed in wa
ter, the water will all be on, top, and if
iron is immersed in both water and MGR
curry the iron will be on top Of the mer-
curry, but at the bottom Of the water,,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
HOW IT FEELS TO BE WOUNDED,
Gen. Miles Tells of His Sensations from
Gonshot Wounds.

Gen. Miles Tells of His Sensations from,
Gonshot Wounds.
You have been wounded several
times: general. How does it feel to be
Eshot?'' - s.
THAT depends upon where the bali
strikes YOU, replied Gen. Miles eff i;
passes through the feshy part of the
half mile away before you realize that
you are shot. If it meets with resist
a a. however. You get the full force OF
the bullet, and it strikes you like sledse
hammer. l was shot in the neck The
ball cut along the side of my throat,
under my ear md passed on. At Char
celforsyiile d ball struck my waistbelt
plate, and then, DETECTING. went intoa the
body. The blow paralyzed me. I eould
not move for weeks. from my waist
downward, and everyone thought
would die. | was taken home to Massa~
chusetts, and after a few days l SUR
prised the doctors by moving my right
foot. They took this for a sign thai
the ball rWas in the opposite side of ~the
body. and probed for it. laying the bone
of my hip bare. They found the bone
broken and took out nine pieces. leaving
one, which they failed, to find. The:
found the bullet several inches further
down tina n these pieces of broken bone.
At another time. /. was wounded in the
shoulder BY the half OLA bullet. i was
holding my sword to my shoulder whel
the bullet struck the edge of the blade
and was cut in two, one-half of the bull
let flying OH and the other half going into
my shoulder. At another time l was
wounded in the foot. the ball striking 4:
Mexican spur that 1 was wearing and
going off into my foot. By the way.
think 1 have the spur Here the gen,
eral opened drawer in his desk and
pulled out big Mexican spur, which
was broken on one side. The break was
caused by the bullet striking the spur.
Bloomington QNl Paragraph.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, BY, more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
! the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because il acts on, the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs il for sale by all drug
.gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you viii not
accept any srhss.:tutc if offered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
How to Get Thin,

Limit your hours of sleep to seven and
take no cat-naps during the day. 49,
Take Il cold sponge bath every morn
ing and FIVE minutes exercise with wood
en- tlunIb-bell Z sos so.
Sleep. lack Of proper physical exercise,
sugar, starch and liquids are the most
Ride wheel or a horse and go in
for long walks or any exercise that
agrees with YOU. For reducing the hips
hicycling is@lhe, best exercise ...
Abstain from hot breads, potatoes. but
ter. sugar. olive oil and sweet Witnesses
peciallS ,chanpagne-and liquors. and
take us little of any liquid as possible,
Eatsplsnts Of frs, fresh fruit and such sal
Sliced calcunfbers. fatlishes sor scresses in
season. squash and turnips. none of
which contain starch. No oil must be
used to dress them. n. n. -. - ! y 6.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
Born on Hershel Island.

An American baby. has been born on
iershel island. It's mother is the wife
sCt..Capt- A.-C. Sherman of the steam
whaler yBeluga. In anelkelihoods baby
never saw the light of day on Hershel
island before. ut is 4 barren spot sin the
Arctic ocean. The island lies north sof
the boundary line. being in the extreme
northern portion of Alaska and the ex-
IRENE northern portion of British North
America. -. 49,. -. 20
If it were possible to follow an an
line from Sitka to Hershel island the
traveller would have to journey 1900
miles straight north before he could see
the. headlines of , Hershel island. The
of American babies was brought here by
Capt. Mason of the steam tender Jeane,
1t seems that Capt. Sherman and his
wife had passed one winter at Hershel
island. There was great to do about the
birth of the baby. There We're four
women at Hershel island to idolize tie
little .one. They were the wives of tile
Whaling captains The whalers. most
OF. whom had been away from home
for more than eighteen months when
the baby was tborn;s sent many presents
to the happy mother. There happened
to be d clergyman Of the Church Of Eng
land at the camp. He had been sent 10
that odd corner of the globe as a mis-
sionary. his lame being Rev. Mr.. String"
er. With all the, formality that was
possible in Il barren island he christencd
the child Helen Hershel Sherman
The baby has taken very kindly to
the mild but perpetual daylight Of the
summer at Hersfel island and bids fair
to. thrive there through the long, dull
winter months / & :S-f7! 80
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
:: THE IDAHO HORSE QUEEN.
She lis an Interesting aud attractive

She lis an Interesting aud attractive
yr4zs-,l ,>xf5 ri Young Woman i. s:::
Miss Kate c. Wilkins, who enjoys re-
nown throughout the West as the: Idaho
horse queen, is. described as an attractive
young woman, not more masculine in
appearing than is now quite correct for
a girl to be. She journeyed from her
home to St. Louis recently to sell 5000
horses. and the dealers. who met her
found her a tall, stately young person,
with blue eyes. blonde ,curls, tailor
made gown5that bore the stamp Of Lon
don; and bonnet that was plainly a
product of Paris :S$s III ~ !,
q Her father was cattle dealer, and
Miss Wilkins used to accompany him
when sheswent& tossen his horses. 4. Soon
She learned to drive better bargain
than he. Since his death she has man
aged the ranch, which embraces thou
ssa nds Of acres "a long The Snake river;
has Superintendent the farming on several
hundred acres, sand has attended to all
the details of buying, selling and raising
the horses. * At the same time she has
sthee mplishpents of well-educated
girl and is not yet 80 years old. IL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
LEADS THE WORLD.
The Largest Nickel Mine is Located on til,
Canadian Pacific

On a little branch of the Canadian Pa
cific railway, near Sudbury. Canada, is
a nickel mine that produces more nickel
than the entire market of the world calls
for. 1t is found at a depth of about 800
feet below the surface.
Immediately the mineral is hostei
from the mine it is broken up. and cal
cined, or roasted. for the purpose of
eliminating the sulphur it contains
When this process is completed. the re-
siduum is conveyed to the smelter Aft
er the dross ofethe molten metal flows
off. the nearly pure nickel and copper is
blended together. forming an alloy. 70
per cent. of which is nickel and 30 per
cent. copper. which is drawn Off at the
base of the furnace and allowed to cool.
80 When cold the product is shipped to
Swansea. in Wales. and to Germany.
where the constituent metals are Separ-
ated and refined by secret processes.
known only to the manufacturers. and
jealousy guarded. The present output
of the mine is stated at 1000. tons of
nickel annually. Il
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
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NV is the water, I the iron, M the mer-
curry: The same thing is true Of gases.
II air is taken as the standards, we call
it's specific gravity one, and hydrogen
whose specific gravity is only: seven o11e-
hQndredths OF. one will float upward
when released IN the air. Any gas viii
do fh,s the as same if it has specific gravity
sA Ar, you going to explain the balloon
eyes, the balloon is a light bag. filed
with gasWhOse specific gravity is less
than one: This bag. displaces a, certain
volume of air. -Nows II the total weight
ofsthe l,el leeNs with its passengers efc.II
IS less ha,,d than that Of the displaced ar
e why are balloons so dangerous pa
For a great Ii many .lssss reasons In the
first place, mo satisfactory method Of
steering has eyer come into use. Then
the upper atmosphere is <trayersed by;
not very thoroughly understood. but but one
Of the greatest difficulties lis the differ
ence III the density Of the atmosphere
at different heights Yun know stliat the
air becomes much less dense as we 90
,lp.:.A Now, how would you think this
fat fty would tnId sfest the balloon from What
+ Cuu w t1IJ
"Why, as the density of the atmo-
sphere decreases it gets nearer and near
er to that Of the gas in the balloon. so
that the latter will keep ascending more
and more slowly aud finally stop: soto
overcome this the s. balloon is supplied
with bags of sand before it begins Ia
ascend. When lit begins to go slowly
the aeronaut throws out bag, of sand.
This SO lightens the weight Of the bal
loon that it fairly leaps. upward, and
this action can be kept up untilsthe sup
ply of sand is exhausted @sf - 60.
t@"Yes, but how can they come down.
q '.They cannot increase the weight of
the balloon, so it becomes necessary to
let out some of the. gas, Asegsoon .as
this is done the volume of air displaced
becomes smaller and soon the dangerous
descent begins" .:.>@ i: -: = !.
:'.Do You think we, will ever. be able
= .hayevery grave doubts. z .. =.
Z "Wby - - 81. s i. GlE., s5,...[. & ~
Because the obstacles to be overcome
are so many. AT least two very inn
portant things are necessary in any sue
cessful, flying machine. First. some
form Of motor capable of lifting its own
weight second, an absolutely II safe
method of steering. Of course there are
many other necessary things, but these
two, it seems to me. are of first impor-
lance. Thousands of flying lnachines
have been designed and patented, but
still we do not fly. Most inventors have
tried to follow the principles by which
birds and insects fly, but the one that
has attracted most attention, perhaps,
Mr. Maxin's machine, is more on the
principle of kite Here is d kite. K.
s is the string leading to the ground. &
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
PATHOs AND MELODY.
How Love and disappointment
Gave Birth to Two Popular
- - Songs

Many tileater-gOiIlg people are familiar
with the air Of two. songs, both written
sys the same author, which attained
great popularity during their run. The
two songs are The Marriage Bells are
Ringing md Ms Dream OF Love is
Ger. Behind these songs lies one Of
the pathetic tales of the stage such as
are seldom heard, because hidden from
public view by the glare of the foot
lights and the tinsel and sparkle of stage
craft. The story was related to group
OF actors by veteran Of the stage one
afterne8n resntiy in shnp-town afe.
sWHsn 4hs name of Alice oater Il
nept iened it will recall uothing but hiss
tory to Che mind of y0unger genera
tiont but the older oi1ek who remember
the fheater OF a score of years ago. will
at sonce remember the Englishwoman
who reigned in comic opera and bur-
lesque quarter of century ago. 1t
was to her and the hopeless infatlati0n
for her by rnpsieiaRpf 20 mean abil.s
lty that these songs traee fheir birth.
when Alice Oates first made her
"siesutS-eH Il the tage in England she at
once attracted by her gracefulness and
sympathetic voice. She appeared at one
or the larger theaters in London aud had
fiattering reception. The leader of the
orchestra, bright young Englishman,
VINO bad an excellent career open TO him.
and thafsloye wash ruin. E YOU want
:to know his name look upsthe author
ship .eitherSof the songs me,Itldned
ION MW find name written there
ItlS also grayenM0n q plain stone slab
mn graveyard just outside OF San Fran
Cisco where he Sleeps his last sleep
Alice Oates either did. or pretended to,
reciprocate the affection of the young
musician. Itsswas in the days when
vent to his feelings in the song which
has .sinees beenesungs around the werid..s
and has found an echo in SO many hearts
All thespent up JOY and happiness of his
life burst forth in the wOrd6zan fuslsit.
eof the ssong. THE Maria 81 BeIlR are
| Ringing He dedicated tfies.s0ng to
her and she sang it with fine effect. The
to make it popular. and soon was be
ing whistled and sung all ofer Esiraae.,
The popularity zdf Alice Oates greWs:
and she seemed fogtgW ont of taesWerIds
in which the author of THE song liyed,
She became moresa3ld more distant Ia
him, and then o1ie day dismissed him
altogether. s:s ~ se2
1T was then tllat he sat down and
wrote the companion piece to. the. song
named the new eeeMys Dream Of Love
Is Der and as before dedicated it to-
sxAlice Oates. She accepted the song and
coquettishly sangsif. knowing that IN
every note was the despairing cry of a
man. she had taught TO lore her only to-
crush him. The song was success at
once and We'd with the other melody for:
Supremacy. The young MUSICIAN, gave
up his position as leader of the orchestra
and became WlndereF He sf0ok tof
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
OLDEST WOODEN BUILDING.
It is in Japan apd Has Lasted lively,
- = - = Hundred Years.

- - Hundred Years. - . So,
Japan possesses what is probably the
oldest wooden structure in the world.
It contains the art Urea s,lres 5of the
Alkato, and Is situated in Nara, which
for some years was the imperial resi-
-dence.# The building is oblong in shape
and is built of triangular shaped logs
OF. wood. 1t rests on piles The wood
f used is of a native growth and shows
extraordinary lasting power, considering
the trying climate it has had to endure
for over 1860 years. A peculiar feature
about the logs of which the building is
constructed that, in the part most
exposed to the weather, the logs are
thinner than ms those in az more shell
tered position, the wood having grad
ualiy worn away. The treasures which
the storehouse contains ARE of great
antiquity and have been seen by Eu-
ropeans during only the last three years.
They consist of rare and beautiful fab
turkish manufacture. and ancient ar.
ticles from all parts. of the world. Sc -