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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
North Carolina Gold Nuppots

A 2-pound nugget was found August
% at the Ingra ham mine, in Stanley coun.
ty, N; e. It is next to the largest ever
found in Cabarrur, and weighed thirty.
six pounds.
Richard Games, .Ir., superintendent IF
the Crawford gold mines carried to
Salisbury, n. c., August a. fifteen Or
twenty pounds of gold, most of which
was in nuggets, One Of these weighed
1t was found OH the 22d. Anothar
weighed about two pounds, and the
others were from that weight down.
This mine has averaged over one po,1nd
of gold for every day this year at n
cost of less than $50 per day. An 8.
pound bounce nugget from this mine
was reported in June.-RichmoniS (Va.J
Disratcll = ''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
Walking on the WAITER.

Frederick J. Vogt of 100 North Bond
street has invented pair of shoes for
walking on the water. They are shaped
like boats, and are about four feet long.
On the bottom is sort of paddle, which
folds when the foot is moved forward
and projects when the foot is planted
on the water, so as to secure grip. MIR.
Vogt gives an exhibition of walking in
his queer shoes each evening at Chase's
wharf, and a large crowd of people are
attracted thereby. Mr.. Vogt has also
constructed a suit in which it is possible
to float on the water and propel oneself
by the arms.--Baltimore American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
"Winding the Chickens Up.''

There is Il pretty little girl Of five
years in Northwest Baltimore who has
been tenderly raised. Her mother has
guarded her against witnessing acts Of
violence Or cruelty, and she is in gnor>
nee OF the methods employed in killing
fowls for the table. 4
Several days ago, unknown to the care
1ul parent, the little girl straycd into
the rear yard Of her home, where 4,
servant was killing a number Of chickens
for dinner by wringing their necky, The
child watched the proceeding with great
interest for several minutes, and then IN
Il glow OF excitement ran to her mother
+ Mammal she cried, Just come and
see the fun: Mary is winding. the chick.
ems up.'-BaltimOre Sun. :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
Vest Pocket Dinners.

DR.. George Plumb, one of the chemists
of the University of Chicago. says that
the time is soon coming when hot water
and food tablets will be the sole accoutre-
ments of a kitchen. He says the essential
food elements of 12OO-pound steer
can be got into an ordinary pin-box. One
of his tablets the size of Il pea makes
large bowl of soup. A ration case of
his planning. which weighed eight ounces.
contained the following supply: Three
tablets concentrated soups, equal to three
quarts; four tablets beef, equal to six
pounds; one tablet milk, equal to one
pint; two tablets wheaton grits. equal
to two pounds; one tablet egg food. equal
to twelve eggs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
thus obtained is far superior to any cast

This huge fy-wheel is driven at speed
OF 240 revolutions per minute, or peri
pheral velocity of about % miles per
,m o., l1:'o feet per second, approximate
age speed of, any express train i, the
world. The, length of wire upon such a
CONSTRUCTED fy-wheel would be about $50
miles. The use Of paper is also rega rded
with favor as face for large fiy-wheeis,
the tensile strength of paper being enor.
nous, and it is Quite possible that some
OF the new big 9y-wheels will be built up
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
Sea Training,

Those who sneer at Secretary Herbert
for recommending the construction of
two sailing vessels of moderate size for
the use of the naval cadets only show
their own unfamiliarity with the condi-
tons of the naval service. 1t is true.
of course, that sailing vessels are out of
date in actual warfare; but it is also
true that even men on steam vessels
stand in need of practical instruction
in seamanship. and they can acquire this
better by drill of the old-fashioned kind
than i'll any other way. Military masts
offer no such training as the square
rugged that are meant to be used. and it
is by skill in handling Il vessel under sail
that quirkness and confidence under 9TH
er conditions of naval life are best
gained.-rrovidence Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04

second cont had just been put on. I
was across the road in the barn when T
saw the old gobbler start at one end of
the porch, and run across its entire
length, followed by everyone az the
Others before | could stop them. The
painting had to be done all over again.
4 couldn't be persuaded that that pesky
gobbier hadn't acted from pure ctissei-
ness, SO | killed him. Since that time
none Of the turkeys have ever been seen
on the piazza. New York Tribune :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
Ancient Pear Tree Still Fruitiug.

An Old, huge and wonderful pear tree
is located upon the Dice tract, opposite
Kaskaskia, ILL.,, and it is estimated that
it contains fifty bushels of good. large,
pears this year. The tree has from
time immemorial been landmark of the
vicinity. and the oldest inha bitants can.
not remember when the tree looked 9th
erwise than it does today. It is said
that away back in the latter part of the
Eighteenth century. just after the close
of the revolutionary war, a quantity of
pearseed was brought from France hy
persons who located at Kaskaskia. The
seed was distributed among the neigh.
bors. and today large number of pear
trees of the same variety and apparentIr
of the same age, with immense trunks
and limbs of great dimensions, are stiD
in existence about the old town. The
tree in question is undoubtedly 100 years
old. and that it should still be burdened
with fruit is something almost beyond
ho1iof
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
A Biz Fly.Whcei of Wire.

Among thu most recent and novel ap-
plications of wire, perhaps none has
greater interest to the mechanical world
than that presented by the wire fy-wheel
lately erected at the Mannesmann Tube
company's works, Germany. Heavy fly
wheels, driven. at high yelocities, obvi-
ously present dangers of breaking asun-
veloped. The wheel at the factory men
toned consists Of a cast iron hub or boss,
to which two steel plate disks or checks,
about twenty feet in diameter, are bolt
ed. The peripheral space. between the
disks Is filled in with some seventy tons
of No. steel wire, completely wound
round the hub, and the tensile remittance
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
OVER 400 PERFUMES.
White Flowers Have 1877 Varieties that
Yield Agreeable Odors.

Yield Agreeable Odors.
It is an interesting thing to know
that 1900 species of plants are gathered
and used for commercial purposes in
Europe. Of these 420 have perfume
that is pleasing and enter largely into
the manufacture Of scents, soaps and
sachets.
There are more species of white flow
ers gathered than of any other color
1924. OF these 1877 have an agreeable
scent, an extraordinary large proper
ton. Next in order come yellow bios
SONS, with 951, II of them being per
fumed. Red flowers number S23, of
which 81 are scented. The blue flowers
are of 594 varieties, "a of which are per
fumed, and the violet blossoms number
3OS, IL of which are pleasantly odorifer-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
Corean Methods Of Coi1ect;on

= The Corea n law reads: zone who owes
money, and at the promised time fails
to pay it. whether the debt be to hid
Majesty the King or to another person m
other persons, shall be beaten two or
three times a month on the shin, and this
punishment shall be continued until the
his relations must pay that debt or be
beaten two or three times month o.,
the shin. Mrs. Minis Queer Korea. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
She I'iticti the Poor Man.

Mrs. Jacob Weyinr, wife Of farmer
living near Akron, o., had compassion
on tramp who applied to her for aid
yesterday. She not only fed him. but
let hin, take hath and Il suit of her
husbands castoff clothing I'pon her
husbands return she learned the pockets
of the trousers she had given away CON
tanned 5000 he had hidden there All
efforts to locate the tramp have proved
futile.--St. Louis Globe Democrat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
Weight in Gold as Wedding Gin

"A tine-looking Westerner strolled into
the Mint one day this week and asked
Maj: Woman to have the equivalent
OF us pounds avoirdupois figured out for
him in gold. He was introduced to
Cashier Leidy, to whom he said that his
daughter was to be married to an Of
tumwa Qowa) man, and he desired to
make her wedding present equivalent
to her value in gold. Mr.. Leidy figured
that the future brides worth in gold
was 5000, and the man, who left his
card. said he would draw a check for
the amount in favor of the bridegroom
to-be, whose name he also left. He had
thought of securing the actual gold but
sensibly concluded that check would
Call,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
Hereditary Tvrants.

An excellent example of the good
things said by children is to be found in
London Woman. "Grandpapa," said n
little girl of Z to her governess, has
it means, but mother is now the aboml.
nnble Mrs. S." That, as far as we
know, is the best outcome of Lord Rose,
bery's last batch of hereditary tyrants.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
A Crank in Clothes.

. Paul MERCER, a wealthy and eccentric
citizen of Paris, was found dead in his
house d few days ago. For seven years
no human being except himself had
crossed the threshold of the building,
which III all that time had not been aired.
One room was found filed with cast.
off clothing, as the old man never called
upon the strong hands Of washer.
woman, hut bought new garments rs fast
as the old ones became dirty. Mercief
was formerly u publisher. A number Of
chests were found in the house, containing
vlInn bic antiquities. The man was 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
Why the Train was I,atc.

An impatient traveller was questioning
the agent at 4 small station.
"What time do you think the train will
be along?" he asked, with ill-natured
emphasis. -.
'Well," answered the official, cts pur-
ty hard to tell. Since Bills tree was cut
down he finds heap o trouble making
"Bill's tree?" -..g-.-s -
Eyes, Bill. He's the conductor, you
know. The tree was speakin' of stood
alongside the track about thirty miles
come along and the shadder of the tree
laid across the middle of the top rail of
Buck Johnson's fence, Bill knowed he
was on schedule. Now they've cut it
down, and all Bill has to 90 by is his
guess. The company was talkin' some
of putin up u pole where the tree used
cinnati Tribune y" - ~. - y, r.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04

Mother Digby, an Irish woman. has
just been elected in Paris Mother SUI
perior of the congregation of the Sacred
Heart. She is daughter of Kenelm
Henry Digby, anthor of the Broad Stone
of Honor, and her brother, Kenelm
sDigby, who married Miss Groesbeck of
Cincinnati, has represented Queens coun-
~ III Parliament.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
A Big Blackbird Roost.

Efforts are being made to break up a
great blackbird roost in, Gaysport, pa.,
which has become a nuisance to the peo-
arc bolnharded with shotgllns, ind black
bird potpie b common diet with the
gum Times
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04

Yes, that old turkey gobbler was the
cuIlningest bird ever saw" said the
had 4 streak Of the Old Nick III him,
but for NIL that I hated nightly to kill
him. IL he hadn't been SO downright ma
licious wouldn't have cared But TINT
tracking up the pi,ixza set tied 1t. Z huds
q hundred turkeys, but never saw one
of them oii front porch Fore that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
Shall Women Paint9

The summer girls complexion is not
the same source of JOY to her that it was
when she surveyed it week or two ago.
Tan and freckles present quite differ
ent appearance when one is living "close
to nature s heart from that which they
show in the mirrors of civilization. The
summer cir. !cngs for lilies and roses,
and sometimes, alas! she attempts to
force their temperance by the aid of
the apothecary.
1t is common enough for even MICE
women to powder. They say they do it
to take away the shiny look" PerhaDs
that is true. Sometimes they succeed in
taking away a human look, and present
the appearance of galvanized corpses to
the world. Sometimes they merely tone
down and refine too high coloring or
give a needed downiness to the skin.
Later they pay for this by all the ills
That follow in the wake of clogged pores,
but at the time they seem more or less
justified in their course But what can
De said, in this day and generation, of
the woman who paints?
a painted woman is one of the most
hideOus objects to be found in a DAVIS
journey. All color except the inimita ble
hue of health gives it's wearer an appear
ance so unnatural as to be positively dis
eased. Rouged cheeks are followed by
1ous me OF lllS-Dy plmpleS, black
heads and blotches. They are unlovely
themselves; Nothing is more beautiful
than the shifting color produced by the
healthy action of the blood beneath n
delicate skin, but nothing can be more
distasteful than the totally different, I'M
changeable color laid on from without.
There is another aspect to the question
of rougeing. The woman who nuts on
paint only in the evening, when she is
to meet people whom she knows and who
know her, is foolish, of course. and is, of
course. distiguring herself. But she is
not laying herself open to such misundcr
standing as the woman who paints and
then appears in the public streets. Paint
has too long been the badge of women
who do not care for their regulations to
be worn with safety by the young won
an who does not expect to encounter mis-
understanding and rudeness.-Philadel-
phia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
Bumblebees as Opium Fiends.

The argument that dumb brutes shun
the beverages and drugs that man uses as
a stlmulant will not hold water as far as
Bucks county bumblebees are concerned
Some of them have been led sadly astray
and art. addicted to hitting the pipe SO
to speak.
Bucks county's opium joint is located
on Finnhook farm, about mile west Of
Doylestown, the trial grounds of a Well
known Philadelphia seed house. In one
portion of the farm are several large beds
OF poppy plants. 1t is here the bees get
drunk: The peoples are not the poison
Gus Chinese variety from which opium is
obtained, bnt they contain enough of the
seductive juice to make man dizzy after
spending some hours in the patch. Guam
titles of bees can be seen lying about in
the cup-shaped flowers. A recent visit
to the farm was very interesting. Bees
were to be seen it every stage from par
tial intoxication to death itself, the beau
tiful cups holding the dead bodies of
many.-Philadclphia Public Ledger
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
A Rapid Mixer.

IS remarkable milking machine has lust.
been brought over from Seot Iand. 81 t
operates on the principle Dc suck iii and
can mill t,yent We COW twenty
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
JOHN JACOB Aston.
Cost Of Metropolitan Property in Oidcn
and Modern TfIneS:

Cost OF Metropolitan Property in Oiden
and Modern Times.
The original John, Jacob Astur during
his richest days lived ih d two-stbry brick
house with durmer windows. The brcs.
ent John Jacob has just built a palace
OF stone, covering a lot 100 feet on the
avenue and $50 feet ON the street. This
lot cost $500, 600, and the building will
not be much less. Passing to Sixty
sixth street one beholds continued evil
dence OF great wealth and taste. The
corner is occupied by the palatial MAIL
sion recently erected by II. 0. Have.
meyer, the colossal sugar king. while OF,
the corner next above is George Gould's
residence. Passing on to the next corner
one sees the elegant house built by
Charles L. Ierkes, the Chicago million
are. On the next corner (Sixty-eighth
street, stands the Mary Stuart house.
which was sold since her death for $500,
OOO. The upper corner of the same
square is occupied by Ogden Mills ;son of
ID. o. Mills), and then passing another
square we arrive at the Lenox institute.
which crowns that appropriately termed
s'millionaires' avenue The Ogden
Mills property cost $3.50 for the 10,
alone, which contains one-eighth of an
acre; George J: Gould paid 1865, 600
for his house, which sounds very moder.
80 t' AcnheS VII 80 $SVOVUC DeyOn0
him and still be within reasonable bounds
for such locality. How strange it
seems that Robert Lenox paid only S1Ot,
the acre for his farm, which now forms
a large part of millionaire avenue, bu,
that was a wild. desolate tract five miles
out of town. These palaces await their
owners return, but are safe from bur
glars. for each is occupied by house
keeping family, which keeps up vigilan,
watch, and this is the only reliable sc.
curity.-New York cor Troy Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
Figs in Oregon

Mrs. La Forest of Oregon City has
now ripe on her trees in her garden
quite Il triumph of home industry that
figs of the size and quality of these
should be ripened in Oregon this early
III the year. Mrs. La Forests trees
have heen growing in the garden at Ore
gon City for the past twenty-five years.
A second crop is coming on and third
crop is expected before the trees stop
work for the season. Those who hare
tasted the figs pronounce them of very
fine quality Dregonian.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
Preservation OF Youth IN tina Ea..


One consequence of the full exercise
OF oil the iaciai muscles, and of the
trophic results of vafyihg emotions, is Il
remarkable interference with the time
records which are nsually SO visible on
the human face. In fact, most actors
maintain d somewhat boyish aspect until
late in life, although the suggestion of
callow iMmaturity is at times startling
ly cohtradicted by the expression Of the
eye. In ladies who adopt the stage as
a profession, true youthful appearance
is, rs rule, much better maintained.
Until the physiological principles which
account for the phenomenon are under
stood, 1t must remain very puzziing
fact that an actress life should be more
favorable to the preservation of good
looks, and even of girlish freshness, than
the life led by women who occupy their
natural sphere and W no cultivate las
they think all physical and moral viz
tues. 4 successful actress must work
light and In a gas-befouled atmosphere.
Her hours for work, meals and sleep
are all utterly bad from the hygienic
point OF view; and not infrequently she
makes bad worse by falling into those
bohemian habits which are an immemo-
rial tradition of her class. Her secret.
apart from the laws regulating the cx-
preston and nutrition of the face above
stated, consists chiefly of avoidance of
monotony and petty worries-thosc arch
enemies Of feminine good looks and good
temper. Her work, if arduous, is gener-
ally performed both with earnestness
and lightness of heart: and. above all.
she gets Il sufticiency of bodily exercise.
Of the kind (although not under the con-
ditions) most conducive to health-yiz.
exercise involving quick and general
movements of the muscles, combined
with a certain amount of mental excite
ment.-Dr. Louis Robinson in the Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
LARGEST Freight WAGONS

The largest freight wagons in the
world are now, it is asserted. made in
San Leandro, Cal, for steam frcighting
in connection with traction engines. the
capacity of these wagons being sixteen
tons each, and with sufficient wheel sur
face to sustain that amount without in
jury to the roads,-San Francisco Call.
Hood wrote the Bridge of Sighs''
in. it is said. a single afternoon. An.
other account declares ii to have been
written in a day, and that much time
subsequently, spent IN revising il.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
A Hot Spell.

A Hot Spell. Fl. II.
What's the use Of .diggin'? IS
The world won't stOD =
II we take to hammOcks Us +
And let work drop -
''Folks as won't labor
Needn't eat. they say; F@4@ -"
Like to know who wants 10,
s On such dry.
Too hot to hoe;
TOO hot for fishi1,'.
Wish you We're d bickerel? Pshaw,
I'm too hot for wishif'.
--Aghes McEele lii the Century.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
How I Came to Write Ben-Hur.

When l began upon my subject it
seemed dry to me. l searched for some
way to make it bright, to give it color
OF OF passt,me, and yet to keep, it. interest
birth of Christ, and determined to 20
on to the end, but obstacles seemed to
hem me in on every side. 1t has been
said that one should never start without
being able to see the end from the be-
ginning, but in this instance the inter-
mediate state doomed up before me- like
2 ad giant OF despair: l had my beginning.
beautiful than the birth of Christ? No
book ever had been published with
theme fuller of romance and poetry.
saw my conclusion. A climax, which, in
it's tragic intensity could not be
surpassed, What could be more stu
pendous than the crucifx? But what
was l to DO with the eighteen or twenty
years which had elapsed from the time
when the Child was taken to the Pass
over, and when He had become Man
with mission! l at length decided to
use that interval to show the condition
OF the country at that time, and of the
need for the Christ-Man. There was no
lack of interesting features, life was full
and joyous, but with the exception of a
suggestion of religion.
L was fully aware that to make my
work acceptable it must be painted in
actual colors. The Greeks, Romans and
Egyptians must be real characters, and
the only way to accomplish this was to
make constant reference l thoroughly
examined books, catalogues and mans,
and when [ began writing, had Il chart
before me which showed the sacred
places, and the country which | was to
describe. Travellers told me of animals,
and gave me local cOlOring, and constant
reference saved me from mistakes. NV
greatest obstacles seemed insurmounta>
BILE. A Christian world would not toler-
ate novel with Christ as the hero. Yet
realized the necessity of writing of Him,
OF keeping Him constantly as the lead,
ing figure, yet with no sermonizing. It
is noted fact that few books which
have been written by preachers have
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04

5 Pineapples ~ ithstood the Frost.
ltor hike is sill De Soto county and
arol1nsI mud neslr ii about lsG0 pilfs.s
apples mont bern s