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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-27
ROBINSON cRusoE's ISLAND.
rlie Scene Of the Immortal Komance
'.-@-5,z e. ~. IDaui41 he Rna EEs.E

fhe Scene of the Immortal Romance Of
,.* Daniel De Foe. {%z -
There has been received during the
past thirty days news from Chill which
will not be regarded as joyful intelligence
by the friends of Daniel De Foe. Poor
old Robinson Ctusoe's hut ON Juan Fer
nalidez island is to be torn down, and in
its place will be erected prison station,
to Ire used as an auxiliary to the Chris
tan pehif tertiary at Santiago. B g L
Selkifk, ii h said, used the top Of this
bluff as a signal station, and for four
years be patiently watched for passing
ships. At the base of the cliff long
reef runs seatFatd, marked here and
there by sharpTpointed rocks over which
the surf dashes necessarily. p, -
One nofa about Selkirk himself. Eng
lish record Keepers and historians aver
that the man was d seaman, who was
marooned for mutiny, but sonth Ameri-
cans claim that he deserted from an Eng
lish trader inbound to Valparaiso and. aft
er stealing a boat, sailed for what he
thought was the mainland. He landed
OIL Juan Fernandez, and there found a
semi-fcrtile island, visited frequently by
heavy rain showers, the home Of water
fowl, and anything but tropical para
disc stich IS De Foe portrayed in his re-
markable record of human imagina ton.
The interior of the island was very rocky,
and the fora and fauna of the island were
of that limited character ascribed to
Treasure 1s1aKd" by Robert Louis Ste
yens0n.-San Frdhcisco Bulletin.
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FALL OF A STAR TO EARTH.
Blazing Meteor Passes just Over Bing
hanltOu, y. Y.

Blazing Meteor Passes just Over Bing-
hamton, y. Y.
Residents III the southern portion of
BinkhamtGtl, n. T., are congra tulating
thcfnseltfs oyer their escape from Il
tf, th2t dSSgG,;dfd do T. Z heavy storm
th1iideF storms PASSED Syef the city in
quick successihn: At the height Of the
last one the city Vas suddeKE disturbed
by a loud defamation.
Many citizens arose to Investigate,
thinking their houses had been strdtk.
A great white light filled their apart
ments. Each of the persons lived in Il
different part of the city, showing that
the strange effect was not confined to
any particular quarter.
A policeman on duty in the southern
part Of the city said that with the report
ball of fire, resembling d star, passed
oyer the city and seemed to plunge into
the eartli a short distance away.
crossed a patch Of Woods about two
miles south Of: the city lite, and came
upon q spot Where the ground had beer,
torn up :ahd d tree partially upr6oted.
cut away, while the fotiae &c of the under
brush was scared and sc6rched. a large
hole which had been plowed iii the earth
was partially filled by the caying-in Of
the loose forest soil
I It was evident that this was the spot
where the meteor fell, cutting it's way
through the branches into the ground.
Local science students will dig for the
fallen star. Not long ago the people of
Lisle were startled one night by a SINH
lar report and several persons saw star
descend. They were confident it would
be found in an adjoining field, but no
trace could be discovered.-New~ ork
Press.
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COUNT CASTELLANE's TRIANoN.
Anna Gould's Husband Falls Foul of q
French Critic.

French Critic.
Of the young Count Castellane's 1.-THE
Gould Castellahe) plan to reproduce the
Trianon, Il writer in the Franco A1ileri-
caine Revue makes the following eriti-
cism: 1.-THE Trianon is to be Reproduced
in the Avenue du B0isi Proof Of evil
dent taste, proof also of empty brains
and of u generation weak and incapable
of creating anything new! We confess
now, and it is his excuse, that in the
position. of Count Castellane we would
perhaps have yielded in the suiiie way
before the Incidence, the idlehess and
the routine of which proof has been
given by all the elements, such us mod
ern architects, painters, furnishers, car
penters and locks1niths necessary to such
an enterprise. Nevertheless, it would
have been a good piece of work to have
attempted, and to have imposed on this
extraordinary OCCASION. a new style, con-
sisting of beautiful lines, chaste, sim
pie and comfortable. Instead of that
the count is buying millions worth of
wainscoting, tapestries and bronzes, all
very old, it is true. They have even
brought to him wrought iron siding of
Il safety bicycle from the Chateau
d'Anet'
Further on the writer adds: Ellis cs-
adjustment, being situated SO far from
the center of the city, will have this adj
vantage: The. friends of the count who
come to admire his pretty possessions
can always ask for an introduction to
his neighbor. Groult, if they wish to
profit by their trip and see something
really beautiful" ;:%s=. ~ - ~ 5
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BRED IN THE FIRE.
A Plague of Bugs Follows Forest Con
Hagration.

A Plague of Bugs Follows a Forest Con-
fiagration.
There are some bad bugs and worms in
the Southern forests, but there are Ger
tainly none that are quite equal in endur-
ance and toughness. to thez.yorm that de-
veloped himself from the great forest
fires of the Northwest Scarcely had the
fires cooled sufficiently for the owners to
make inspection of losses when they
found that this new worm had got there
first, and was already completing the
destruction of what the flames had
spared - --z.z.
Both standing and cut timber was at
tackled, and the most vigorons measures
have been resorted to and With only par
,tial success. This worm seems to have
evolved from the heat, and SO far the
cold and SHOWS of the winter do not APP
pear to have affected his health or less
ened his yoracity. He certainly is Il
new and unpleas int feature insthe timber
question and a nut that scientists have
mot yet cracked.-Chattaneoga Trades
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became somewhat negligent of his busi-
ness and wondered what was the mat
ter with himself. His companions no
ticed it and rallied him about it, and
behind his back expressed themselves
in the customary village slang and Cos
sip. '.>,.~
''There's no more fish in the sea for
Reub," they said; ''he is setting his line
on dry land, over at the Champernow,ls::
pretty dry it is. Small catch there; a
big name and not enough cash to go with
it. He is too good for her, anyway; but
[ hope he will get her. if he wants her
and come out of his Dumps - =.r-.-
Reuben did not: recover his usual spir-
its; his good old mother insisted that he
was not well and needed pliysic, which
she believed necessary for every man,
woman and child at least once year,
and which she prepared every spring for
all the members of her own family and
some of the neighbors. III, ~.
There's Akerman's folks,'' she would
say in support of her faith. II don't sun,
pose they've physicked for three. years.
and sec the whole of them; what u
peaked, yellow lot they are" .%.., 81.
Reuben took the medicine. being n
good deal Of a child under his mothers
roof, obcying and yielding. to her in near
/ ~ all Of her wllimsies, which were leav-
encd with much shreWdness and knowl-
| edge of human nature. a. s.55 sz 1 IS 2
Mother, said he, ut does me no good,
but I'll take 1t to please you" 81.
My son, you just wait: you've been
Ibehindband somn time. and it will take
la while to get You beforehand again.
These herbs never fail in my experience,
| and I've had d good deal of sickness Of
one sort or anOt her. u
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with her. His brether fishermen, how.
eyer. Thought 1t was all OH account Ut
his htt WGftiiig white h,ittehs when he.
set and hauled his trawl lines, It beihs
in that region of fishing the universal
belief or superstition that white mittens
ter trawling.. But Reuben paid no at
tehtion to what he. thought was n mere
fancy, He felt ra ther that he was work,
ing with half-heatted energy, and all
OIL account Of his dubious relation with
Rehecct, He determined to see he.
again dhd arranged to See her when her
mother Wis absent.
y have ebine. to see you otee ltote, y y
had b1ttti: Hot ,eUfiiX asaiii:S :,
'Why?" said Rebeces; ::iirS you Hot al:
ways welcome, Capt. Gagc?' =
Yes; we never Qllarrel-and we never
get any farther along from one time to
This was more than he had ever been
able to say before in regard to their per-
s &c ,; rel9'tion, and he was frightened
what he thought was another point; yet,
as ont Of the. ftl!ness of the heart the
mouth speaketh, he couli not help be-
traNing his TRUE feelings.
Ih not getting OIL very we'll how; no
luck; ITO money, nid the Alina Slteafe
Cutting in debt. 1 Thought t would tcll
you; Though do not know as yotl will
catti"
Yes: :. t do tate-efty .ii;ugh: gapt:
Gage. l knew Something Was the int:
ter, and [ heard from one of the village
gossips it was because you neglected or
sneered at the custom of wearing white
mittens as the other fishermen do when
setting their travis. Do you think it
is q silly superstition?' -.
Eyes, l do, in the MAN, ~-
$50 do / when l reason. At other
times l half believe in it. There is some
thing ut the bottom of all common Gus
toms and beliefs which, when harmless,
it is just as we'll to accept. Our little
s Slase W2na BE- tho very dull and unintcr
white nlittehs,'' Reuben replied, sonly
did not happen to have any, ~.
Il thought as in1tch YOU would wear
thetn, if YOU had theth p ,s~11.55
why, yes, / sh5uld:,' =.
Rebecea qiSapheared for d: moment
11d fea} '|ffSSE holding ut bait ef snow
:.Therc, / ,h1ade them for vol. / had
to, guess at the size. in6st girls w6aiIdii't
who, have-brothers' she said ifehiy;
"Let me try theih 6ii;;'' ahd she Ijuile;di
one over Reuben's hand; bit Before
she could adjust the Sther his hands III
entwined about her waist, Then they
sat down and completed the trying .6n
again and again.
They fitted; but Reuben never WORE
them afterward. He hung them up as
a sacred trophy over the little mirror
in the cabin of his vessel, And he had
thereafter good luck enough. -
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CAMPING BOYS FIND GOLD.

Strange O4tcofte Of a Legendary Story
About q Treasure. =
Frank Slevin and George Jeffreys, who
have been camping out on the AnglaiM
river. near Defiance, O., returned tneA=
pectedly and displayed six gold coins
bearing date ranging from 1884 to 1906,
which they had found in an excavation
at the foot of a bluff at place called
Jackson. A searching party found two
Spanish dotbleons at the same spot and
the freshly sNintered remains of all old
takeh, chest: 4 spade. pickaxe and "a
steel tat were also discovered near by.
On the face of the bluff near newly
opened hole, and PARTLY covered by moss,
was a cross with strahse charac tiers ben
meath it carved in the stot'e. For years
stories have been circulated iii Defiance
about buried treasure credited With be-
ing gold for the payment of British
troops Two strangers who We're here
last week were told the story. and as they
have disappeared it is believed that they
have made a quiet but successful search
fhf fh& f0Id = - :
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FOR THE FARMER.
!perfsct Woman.

Oh s. l,,effect Woman: sss#
She was q pkaii iif odhtI ,2df delight
WheM first she Eleaned upon iIy sight;
4 A lovely apparifioii, sent g. 80 s5
8 70 be moments ornament REes 5s
q Tier eyes US stars of twilight fair:
Like twilight, too, her dilsky hair. =
#nut Ill else about her drawn S @=s.iir. 4
II FROM AlaytlMe and the cheerful dawn:
danclng shape, III image gay %. 49, u
4e hAt to Htartle. and Waylay.
u #sayY llef. ,tiituli iiearef View. -
& A spirit; VI II wliiiaiis tao; 81 r
Her fttuseltfld tnBti0Iis light and free. =
cdgiftshanet iii Witch did flftet. r.. -~
!. sweet reeOltis, promises as sweet; -
. 4 Fer Mln,fH HlatutS,s daily food;
For; tfatslhIit sorr0ws; simple wIles,
ffalse. Plane; love, kisses; tears and
Ana nioW see WITH eye serene =.
f a being tbfe6thfng thoughtful kreath,
( a traveller betWi&t life and deGtli;
me reason firm, the temperate wilt,
:Enduranoe. foresight, strength and skill;
A perfect woman, ,noblX, planned,
IO.WafI, to comfort and command.
{ And yet spirit still hIId bright,
{ With something Of an angel light:
- William Wordsworth
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-27
THE MAN AND THE MAID

h
Where are you going, young Mal,?" cried
the Maid. s$ sfE i53Essss$$$
m going a cycling, Miss." he said
z"Alay come with you, young Man p asked
the Maid, 4
why, ysse.es, Il you feel IKE It. Mlss," no
'.lHut-why do find you like Man mr.,
"oh, knickers are cumfy. young Mani" she
"Btt tfe, heys Win chcyss you, Miss, i'ii
'Vwhss ,daes that mattef, youhs hishs" SHE
..Are ySu; s sc6fcher, young ManS" asked
..Nothiag SO Vulgar, fair Mlss!. he said 3,
Then NJ a aa|,1 think mitch Of you" Knocked
Neither does AIRY, sweet Miss!;. lie ssSid.; !
What is, your Ideal. young Man?''' said the
Maid. .s5sar>-, :. r; q.:.. .:.~e
"A won.anly Woman, fair Miss." he, said,
Then ! can't marry you, Slf"- cried the
"Thank heaven for that, manly Aiiss;,, he
said. .- =. Pinch
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GREAT BOOK FREE.

When pr. r. v. Pierce, Of buffalo, ii. ",
published the first edition Of his work, The
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser,
he announced that after $4,000 copies had
been sold at the regular price, ST. so per
copy, the profit ON which would repay him
for the great amount OF labor ahd money
expended in producing Il, he would dis
tribute the next half million fasr. AS this
number of copies has already been sold, he
is NOW distributing. aosoiHfelp JaeA 500, 900
p p'sss ut sess coUPoN ing es and fe ss
liable common No112 sense med
ical work ever S1 -, :: published
to him, at the above address, this little
COUPON with twenty zone (ail cents in one
ing onir, and the Book viii be Sent 81 mail.
1t is veritable medical library, complete
in one volume. It Contains over 1000 pages
ant, more than 400. illustrations, The Free
Edition is precisely the same as those sold
ct 81 SO except only that the books are
stead Of cloth. Send NOW before ali are
given away. They are going off rapidly.
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An Importa mt Ina ustry,

John Ell Parnell, brother Of the ia
nous Home Rule leader, recently elected
to Parliament from South Meath, was
formerly a resident of the South. After
the death of Charles Stewart Mr.. Par
nell moved from Georgia and took pos
session of the family estate at Ayondale,
waters,' celebrated by Moore. with
his American experience us a guide, the
new owner has built mp Il novel and
profitable industry. in which he has lit
tie or no competition. The estate now
supplies Il lnrge number of the umbrella
handles used iii the United Suites, the
#f,lrze bushes which abound in TINT dis
stricts being utilized for That purpose.
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THE STORY OF A CUP. !!
Seized ny Soldiers In Virginia in 1862, It
s2@& y IL to be Restored = ste,s - I

Seized by Soldiers in Virginia in 1862. II
Z IL to be Restored. ..~
Capt. Thomas r. Upshaw, a civil on,
gileef, residing ut 1884 Mississippi ave.
nlt;, yesterday obtained certificate OF
Identification from Mayor Waljbrjdge for
the ptirpbse Ut tttlaihing silver cup, a
relic =, which was taken ,froin his h0me ii,
Yak YAK y ty the hand" Of All attorney III New
When d, Confederate flag fIoatcd oser
Fort Sulmter, ahd Charles Fl. Riddick, a
cousin Of Mrs. Thomas e; utsbaw, was
going away to the, war, Miss Mary Up,
shaw, then d child Of 6 years, Was Pre-.
sented with a handsomely engraved silver
cup. octanguIar, in shape; and inscribed
with the initials of the donor, Charles
Suffolk aha the immediate country was
from both armies. In fgsa; When ~ C rai
Upshaw was fighting under Geii FLEW.
art, the cup was taken by Union soldiers
Last September there appeared in Suf-
folk Va.) newspaper a card signed by
Mayor Frank 3. Kent, late of the Thru
d NsW a5R xnsf ;s, t 1T sS wc R %nsts
and Which was supposed to have iwen
taken front some fahiilly iii Suffolk.
Mayor Kent seemed 14sir6tis Of, restoring
it to the original p6ssess6f, md gave his
Address at. LILO SpIth Fourteenth street,
ately recognized IN, :fhe, description the
cup presented to, Miss Mary; h6W Mrs.
Mary Harvey, who WAS 6yerjay6a at the
prospect Of recovering it: After se't't4fa;
mdhthss,s. correspondence Capt. Upshays
was ,jhfdfi1eA that the cup was III the
hands Of James o. Kl| E son Of the
Mr.. Kent did not wish to part NTH il,
because it had been preserved by him as
a memento Of his mother, who priced ii
highly and allowed no one to drink from
it but herself. Since it is his fathers
will. however, he has written to Capt.
Upsfa,w informing him that upon the
pre$entati6h Of proper credentials the cup
Wit bee stiFtendetfd. Capt, Upshaw has
fGTr n ifdea official docahiehts establishing
his Identify: ahd, iii d few days expects
to drink out Of the CLIP Which, has been
missing for thirty-thfee years:-St: Louis
Globe-Democrat.
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Lived Under Every President.

An event Of great interest was cele-
hruted in the village of Fayetteville, Fri
day, when Peter Johnson reached the
Tooth anniversary Of his birth. Mr..
johnson has lived under all the >Presi-
dents of the United States, being born
when Washington had served six years
in that office. His first vote was cast
for james Monroe, and he has voted
for every President since then. Mr..
JOmson's mind is clear. and he is in
good health. Sixty descendants sasselll-
sbIed on August is In his honor His
wife is So years Of age, and they hase3
been hurried sixty-four years. NJ Il.
s,Iohnsoll's hrst wife died, and u 1881 he
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4, Potatoes as Stock Feed.

The farmer who grows potatoes does
not have much time to spare in growing
other root crops. But in every large
crop of potatoes there will be q coIsid-
cradle portion that is too rough or too
small to sell. and these can be protitably
fed. no kind of roots is economical us
the main feed. They are only used i'll
small quantities as an appetizer. and for
this purpose the small potatoes unfit for
market are IS good as roots of any kind.
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HOGS Need Fresh Water.

Of something to drink than does the hog.
The slop and milk which are commonly
given to pigs confined in the pen are
not good substitutes for water. The
slop thrown into the swill barrel from
the table has too much salt to make a
good drink, and the milk is too solid
to be Il substitute for water. Try the
pigs ut least once Il day with clear, fresh
water, and you will be surprised to find
how much they will drink of it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-27
Queer Uses for Cards.

In strike among bricklayers and ma
sons in Vienna, Hungarian wOrkmen
were employed to take the place of native
workmen, but great trouble was expo
ricnced. owing to the absence Of inter-
prefers, and the difficulty Of giving Oh
6ers to the foreigners.
Finally, recourse was had to n pack of
cards, and, as the workmen of every ma
tionality understood these, system of
signs and signals was established which
answered every purpose.
h quite frequently ~ ys convey S M
occasion Il prisoner in Paris prayed to
have pack of cards lent to him. His re-
quest was refused, whereupon he OBJ
tanned sheet of paper, drew blood from
his arm, and made fair imitation of Il
five of hearts. He was caught in the
act, and confessed that at next visiting
day he intended to have passed the FIVE
to friend, and that every card in the
pack had distinct meaning.--Pearson' =
WceE1v
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THE AWFUL BLUE SNAKE.
A Marvellous Phenomenon Witnessed BIZ
Kar.aaio.,s fton,srxS..

A Marvellous Phenomenon Witnessed by q
veracious Georgia Drummer.
4 Georgia drummer was talking to
crowd of the famous blue snake of
Florida. The drummer said:
II was worki1l' i'll the field one day
with, a nigger-and niggers are scared to
death of blue s1lakes-when he give a
yell, Blue shaker and went fyiii'. /
didn't know which way the snake was
comm, so took after the niger, and
we went out of that field like two streaks
of lightning, leaving our hoes standing
up in the furrow. What became of the
shake 1 don't know, and didn't 20 back
to- see until next mornin', and, by gum!
what found there surprised me about
as much as anything had met with In
Florida: The snake had hit my hoe
handle plumb in the center, and it had
swelled up so that / got Il thousand
shingles, 10000 feet of weather board
in. fouf cords of frewood, 100 fence
rails, enough fooriu' for the Baptist
church and 500 barrel slaves out of it."
The listeners expressed their belief Wig
orously.
"Aild," concluded the drummer, when
he could be heard, that hoe handle was
still! swellih' when we got it to the saw
mill. ATLANTA Constitution.
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Was born ii 1850 There = ar no i've e Mio
afeil Twink, afd the grandchildren are
fWeRty;twB i'll Number, and the great
gfahde hildfeh are, twenty five, the eldest
being IA years Old, MI. J6hfIsoiI is able
70 walk supported BY two canes. His
fet6lletti6ns Of early times ate very In
terestihg: md he remembers historical
events OF eighty years 8gS easily.-U tfca
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EtittiifG and Fading Fiddler.

5 A sbeaker at an Iowa Farmers IN
stitute gives the following account of
his success iii handling and feeding fod-
DEF By Using IMPROVED machinery:
believing they were better THAN the corn
knife: / cut Twenty-Five acres and put
twelve hills ,squafe in Il shock: We cut
the fifth aid sixth rows first. When we
had cut twelve hills we stepped off be-
hind the machine and set our fodder
together, one of us holding it while the
other tied the top with Irvine string,
and after we had cut through to the
end of the row we cut around until the
.roW Of shocks was finished. then cut an
other in like manner, etc. Toward even
ing we would stop cutting and tie the
shocks already cut with binding Irvine.
One @huiidfed shocks we thought was Il
days work: [ built a platform 1Ox1G
feet on my truck wagon to haul it in
with, then took the sulky pl0W wheels
and built a derrick on them with lever
to hoist the shocks on the wagon. We
tied this derrick behind the wagon. We
used the lever, part of the time on one
side of the wagon and then on the other.
l find the derrick works better with
the shocks is feet square than when II
feet square. | secured Il husker and
shredder, aud by this means | husked
my corn and stacked my fodder. The
livestock ate this shredded fodder up
clean. The shredder was run by horse
power. Ny neighbor used threshing
machine with engine and made better
time, but had more help. l think the
shredder is the best. as it leaves the
corn on the ear instead of Smelling it.
With two years experience and results
shall use corn fodder instead of hay.
1t is cheaper and better food l think
the barn is the place to put the fodder,
but it must be we'll cur I'd or it will heat
1t will keep we'll in the stack if properly
topped out with wild hay or some ma
terial that will turn rain. The cost to
shred and husk the corn is about 81 per
acre.
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Russia proposes to celebrate Jenner's
discovery of vaccination, the Tooth ami
versary of which occurs next year, by Of
fering prizes for works on vaccination,
by publishing histories of the practice of
vaccination in Russia and in Western
Europe, and by a commemorative meet
ing and exhibition of objects connected
x,-ifl, tim