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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
THE BASILISK.
A Harmless Creature; Formerly Cunsid-
4fed dis d Monster;

A Harmless Creature; Formerly Cunsid-
efed dis Monster:
THE basiiisk is il lizard cbi,imun to
Sbitth .Ainerica: The, iiaiiit; basilisk, u
king" was ,giveti it becaiise of the ftil-
cifii1 Resemblance Of it's pUiiitsd 6ctiijital
crest TO Il royal crown: 1t, is from
twenty-five to thirty. inches iii length: i'll
Guiding it's tail, which is much longer
than its body: It is Of i ciileTeoiis broswti
color, ana is distinguished by ii broad:
wing-like exbaiisi0n,, rising from tile bcci-
put and inclined backward; afid furnished
at certain distances with intervenient
radii analogous to- those i'll the wings Of
the flying lizard: -.
Although i is formidable iii appeaf-
ance, it is hai, 1liless cfeattire fhat feeds
on insects and leads a Htiiet sylvan life:
Yet the antients Considered tie basiIisk
"a monster to b; greati$: dreaded As:
cording. to POPULAR 6piiii0i; it's bfeatli
filled the air with deadly ijoisoii aild
burned up veget alton: aid the glante Of
it's eye was fatal to both nlaii aid beast.
By ancient aid ilediaeval writer's it IS
frequently called ''tocka trite" did king
Of dragons" 1t was believed to statd
in great awe of the cock; aid it was Said
that the cock was the oily creatiife thii
could face it and live: Therefore: trav
elers We're advised to carry ':lbiid=crtjw.
ing cocks with tleiii to friEhteii away
the basilisk, SHOULD Die happeii to bt
even in heariiig ,distai1ce of thehi;-D: =;
E. in Philadelphia Titles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
The Best Mother.

In herdic the other day manly lit
tie fellow got up from his seat by the
door and moved down to the other end,
to make place for a. one-legged old gen
tleman, whose crutch would have made
havoc of the dainty dresses. 'eThank
you, my son." said the old fellow. "You
have good mother ''Best ever was,''
was the smiling response of the little
fellow as he raised his hat and then took
the fare to put in the box. That was
boy in thousand, and his stockings
were darned at the knee, and the h IN
let out of his short knee pants, so that
must think sometimes, when riding in
public conveyances. that ''good moth
ers'' are a scarce article, or "better boys"
boys with improved manners, would be
more frequently met with.-Washingto
Stow
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Russian VS.. Native Oil.

By the steamship Altmore, which ar
rived here from Japan few days since,
came 1000 cases of Russian coal oil,
shipped from Yokohama by Samuel
Samuels: This oil is shipped from Odes-
and is expected, after paying 40 per
cent. duty, to compete with American oil
for this market. The oil is said to be of
good quality, and to stand fire test of
125 degrees. Some 1000 cases of It are
now stored in DUNES warehouse, and it
with load of it in time for next falls
trade, so people who use oil may expect
to be furnished cheaply for next winter.
1t is strange that oil can be brought SO
far and pay SO much duty to compete
with American oil, but this is not 50
strange as the statement that American
Oil is sold cheaper in Yokohama tLan
here. The ways of commerce are mast
finding Out.-POrtland Oregonian.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Cannot Leave England.

The lord chancellor is the only member
of the British cabinet who is not allowed
to 90 outside of Great Britain. This is
because he must have the great seal in
his personal custody, and to take the
great seal outside of Great Britain
would almost be mi act of high treason.
When Cardinal Wolsey was lord chan
cellor he took it with him on a visit to
France, and thereby FASTENED, his fall,
III. the opinion of mnny. The great seal,
which is Il double silver die into which
molten WAX is poured when IN impress
sion is required for state document,
was once used for culinary purposes.
While Lord Chancellor Brougham was
staying, IN 1888, ut Rothiemurchus. the
Scottish RESIDENCE Of the then Dowager
Duchess Of Bedford, the ladies' Of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Mortar from B,.icktiust,

\ French chemist says this Is coming
into use as II substitute for hyiraiilic
cement. Blocks about three-hfths of an
'nrh thick, composed Of hfickdust anu
0n'ekliue, were found capable, after re-
naming fbhr months Under water. IF
supporting j weight bf 10000 kilos to
every three inches square; without break
ing or cracking; TEN pei cent: ST brick
dust added to ordinary hiortar makes it
remarkably cohesive The first men
toned compound is especially useful in
building drains, reservoirs, cisterns; etc,
fake one part Of brickdust to one IF
lime and two parts of sand; mix While
dry. and then add the requisite quantity
of Water--Scieititic News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

IN his arms and was holding It as though
he would never let it so again.
'tOh, Kari, I thought no one would ever:
come. and my foot hurts ME so Then
two arms crept up about Ixnrl's neck and
for awhile the darkness and the storm
were forgotten BY the two there alone
Airiam's horse had thrown her as she
was returning, and for several hours she
had been here by the roadside with a.
terrible pain in her ankle and chilled and
wet by the storm. And then the dark
ness had come, and the girl had given
up MI hope of rescue for that night, till
she had looked UP to see karl's fright.
ened, gray eyes and felt his kisses on
her lips. How she got home that night
the girl could never have told, but there
was always the dreamy consciousness of
her lovers white. anxious face bending
over her.
But Mar] Just TT, tbRk How o. will
ing, II few days later, as. she, was lying
on the couch by the. open fire. whose
ruddv CLEAN was making a hundred fan.
tastic shadows in the little room and
making the sweet. girlish face there
among the cushions more beautiful than
ever, as Karl. who was bending over it,
"You know those girls will never get
through teasing HE. And was sure,
too! Why did you do 1t, KarlY this
last with teprOach fttl glance from her
br3Yh eyes that makes her lover answer
softly; us he bends and kisses her: -
"Why; jtist BECAUSE 1 couldn't help 1t,
dear" :
Aud, strange to say; this illogical all.
swer seemed, 4tiits satisfa ttdry to the
college girl, though iii all her studies in
soning had ever beeii f6iihd;
The next mornings mail brought d
package to Mary Sanborn, and as. she
held up to view a dozen pair of gloves
she said, critically:
II always knew Miriam Westcott had
good taste in gloves. "-Chicago News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Icing Vegetables for shipment.

- = :
"One Of the most remarkable new de-
partures in the freight business" said
Omar HI. Bartlett, general agent of the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad" is the
idea of icing vegetables for shipping long
distances. 1t has been tried spasnoii-
eatly in other years, but never until this
year was the plan carried out to any
extent. Now the New Orleans shippers
are icing their vegetables right along.
We have already this season hauled
twenty-five cars to New York city alone
that contained iced vegetables. and the
Shipments to Boston, Buffalo, Pittsburg,
Baltimore. Philadelphia, and in fact to
all the Northern cities, have followed
out this new idea. You know the ship
ments Of cucumhers, cabbages, beans,
and all kinds of garden stuff have grown
very rapidly in the past few years, aud
now the producers have found It neces-
:sarS to ice them. The process of pack
ing is quite interesting" Orleans
Times Democrat,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Growing Pea ches in the North.

Every few years the extremes of tent
perature during some one of the winter
months proves fatal to peach buds. Such
was the case last winter, and this is one
OF, Gonnecticut's ,beachless years. Hith-
erth no practicable method has been de-
vised to protect the trees and prevent
this injufF: But Massachusetts gem
tleman, j. +. Parmenter. suggests Il
plan that; Sd far rs know. is original
with him., Being 50 simple it seems n
wonder that it has never been thought
of before, Instead of bending down the
tree every winter and covering it as
Is done Id Minnesota and some other
states, the new method is to set out
the young tree on a slant and train it
to grow in horizontal position and quite
close TO the ground. The trees may be
planted: fifteen feet apart each way,
and leaning toward the south. A cheap
trellis may be made about foot from
the ground, and the new growth tied to
it from time to time. When severe
weather sets in covering of straw and
evergreen branches will effectually pro-
tect the buds. In this way it is be-
lieved that peaches may be obtained ev-
cry year, regardless of the character of
the winter. The method is one that
seems to commend itself at once to hor-
ticulturists as worthy of trial.-Hartford
VNinoc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
FAMINE AND CHOLERA.
Twin Plaques Ravaging once p

Twin Plaques RavaginE \ Once Pros
perous District In China.
San Francisco, June 17.--A terrible
famine which threatens to plunge the
most prosperous portion of Tonkin, Chi
ma, into the direst misery for many years
is desolating the country. The harvest
has been 4 failure and the natives
throughout the whole of the country are
IN the most miserable condition. LII
Hanoi, the other day, a mother offered
her three infants for s cents. preferring
TO hand them over to a European rather
her arms. Inhabitants emigrate from
the country en- masse to the cities to beg
for sustenance, while many others are
going about pillagihg and perpetrating
acts of the grossest violence. Several
cases of cholera are reported from the
prov inces where the famine has been felt
mOSt Say6pt,lv
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
When Good Meat was Wasted.

In 1914 Cincinnati journalist wrote
that John Shays, the father of the pork
packing business here, put up pork in
1927, and l we'll recollect carloads upon
carloads of spareribs. such as could
not be produced anywhere at the East,
or beyond the Atlantic, drawn to the wa
ter's edge and emptied in the Ohio to
get rid Of them. The influx of Germans,
and the rapid increase of inhabitants
from 1880 onward, gradually opened a
market for these delicacies, as they
would be esteemed if they were scarcer
and costlier, and obviated such scan
dalous waste, but even yet man may
get market basket filled with tender
loins and spareribs for a dime Gin
cinnati Price Current.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

During the storm last week a large
red elm tree in front of Tom Darden' s
house, near town, was blown down.
This elm was perhaps the most historic
tree in the county, and was known as the
"Dickerson tree" 1t was situated on
the grounds wherein the famed Jackson
Dickerson duel was fought, years ago,
and under the spreading branches Dick
erson reclined, awaiting medical atten-
ton, after being mortally wounded by
Gen. Jackson. The trunk of this old
tree measures only four feet in diameter,
while its branches measure 100 feet
across. Mr.. Darden greatly regrets the
uprooting of this old forestry landmark.
-Adairvilln (Kv\ Rannor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

\ hunter had all adventure With a
panther in Curry county, Wash, He
had secured two deer and was about to
Their He had only two cartridges left:
with which the animal was Knocked
from the tree hut not killed. The dog
tackled the panther, and was getting the
worst of it. when Lowcry drew his knife
and took Il hand in the fight The ami
nal was finally killed, but not before
l.owrey was scratched up and his clothes
badly torn. The beast measured over
: feet in length
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Wounded Porpoise and Its Pursuers.

'"rhere isn't anything much more en-
citing" said fisherman, ethan the
chase of wounded porpoise by other
porpoises that want to kill and cat it..
Sometimes people, going outside for II
days sport bluetishing carry along a
shotgun, or rife, and if the bluetisll
don't bite take shot at a seagull or Il
fishhawk or maybe at porpoisc. \
wounded porpoise makes straight off
shore for the open sea. going like chain
lightning, with all the other porpoises
after it. Occasionally it comes to the
surface to breathe. expelling the foul air
from it's lungs with one sharp, quick
puff. taking in II supply of fresh air and
tlarting on. Sometimes it jumps clear of
the water, and sometimes it's pursuers
in their eagerness jump so high and so
far that, graceful and powerful as they
are, they lose their balance in the, air
and fall Hat in the water."-New York
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors arc reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler. So and So
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook" free on request.
., O oa H 8, = Milwaukee, ditching
ton clutch; +. +. ldc, Eau Claire, arma-
ture for dynamo-electric machines; Peter
J. kroehnke; Thiensville, bridge guard: r.
); Perry, Fond du Lac. carbon manifold
Milwaukee. beer cooler Antiswetsol com
pany. Milwaukee. medicated shoe-pads
(trade-mark.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
A TWO-heaCied Turtle

l.. Il. Hudson tells Gameland about a
freak turtle he found Oh the shores of
Lake Ontario among lot Of newly
Matched turtles.
This turtle was just emerging from it's
shell. There were two heads and two
necks to it, and each head was apparent
ly independent of the other, and each
seemed to have contrary ideas as to the
be asleep when one would wake up and
start the body off according to its own
ideav. That would rouse the other head
and then there would be Il mix-up of
motions. 1t died after awhile. !
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

An orange tree. it is said, will bear
fruit until it is $50 years old; and there
are recorded instances of orange trees
bearing fruit when 500 years old. In
Malta and Naples $1,000 oranges have
been picked from single tree, and one
i'll the Sandwich Islands was estimated
TO bear 10000. In two instances in
Southern Europe, $4,000 were picked
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Rome Wasn't Built in a Day

Neither are the obstinate maladies, to the
removal Of which the great corrective, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, is adapted durable
In an hour. To persist in the use Of this
standard remedy is no more than just
Bliiousness. constipation, malaria, rheuma-
are among the complaints which it eradi-
Gates
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Chickens in the Rain.

On rainy morning good deal of wis
dom may be learned from the chickens.
If it is to be soggy, rainy, drizzly day
all day-the chickens will get out and
stand about in the rain with an utterly
Indifferent manner. They look Just as
human beings feel. And they keep it up
but few hours the chickens will stay
under shelter. They cannot be kept out.
They hurry under cover when disturbed,
and stay there till the fair weat her
comes-.which it does presently. And
then they go out and enjoy the sunshine.
The chickens know Chicago Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Gold in Georgia.

? BY the new chlorination process, it is
found that gold ore at Tallapoosa, GA,
which has been considered worthless,
and has been lying unused, is panning
out $40 to $50 per ton and 40 tons i day
#are now being crushed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

1emdle complaints SO little understood
by physicians.
All womb and ovarian troubles,
irregularities, whites, bearing-down
pains, displacements, tendency to can.
Ger and tumor are cured permanently.
~ feel as if 1 owed my life to your
Vegetable Compound. After the birth
of my babe | was very miserable.
had drawing pain in the lower part
OF my bowels, no strength. and terri
BILE backache. Every day / failed. NV
husband said if would try bottle of
your Vegetable Compound, he would
get it for me. The change was won
derful. After I had taken the first
half bottle began to have great faith
in it. When had taken three bottles,
was well and growing stout. It is
pleasure for me to write this to you.
only ask women in any way afflicted
with female troubles to try it.''-MRs.
ANNA 1voR, Pittsford Mills, Rutland
Co.. Vt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
ANNA IVOR'S REQUEST.

Personal letters reach Mrs Pinkham
by thousands; some asking advice, and
others, like the following, telling of
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done and will ever con-
tinue to do in eradicating those fearful
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

Neglect of the hair often destroys Its
vitality and natural hue, and causes it
to fall out. Before it is too late, apply
Halls Hair Remover a sure remedr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

TO make a sympathetic or invisible
ink, take equal parts of sulphate of cop
per and sal ammoniac, and dissolve in
water. it writes colorless, but turns yell
low when the paper is heated; or COM
mon salt dissolved in water, will turn
brown when heated.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

Story, the Sculptor, Left a Fortune.
The inventory of the estate of William
W. Story, the sculptor, has been filed in
the Suffolk probate court, showing that
he left property of the value of $212,S39.
Of this sum $49,S39 is personal and
$4,000 is real estate.-Boston Tran
script,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

-Ex-Gov. Boies of Iowa has a farm
Of 2500 acres, and makes farming pay.
He is worth nearly $500. 1000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

Sir William Harcourt is rapid
reader, and never so happy as when he
has the latest book in his hand
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

Prof. James Taft Hatfield. of the
Northwestern university has accepted
the chair of German in Wesleyan uni
versity, Middleton Conn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

Nj. Thiebaut, formerly consul for
France at New York, has been appointed
first secretary of the French legation at
Washington.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

A grandnephew of jacquard, the in
ventor of the loom-and the last of the
tamlly-has just died at Lyons, where
he was Il concierge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

Pisos Cure for CONSUMPTION has saved
me large doctor bills.-C. L. Baker, 1928
Regent So, Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 8,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price Is cents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
A Child's Idea of Marriage.

Marriage, from the child's point of
view, is 4 kind of contradiction. The
law of love, according to his: experience,
is rooted in intimacy: 1t is right for
brothers and sisters who live in the same
house and have the mutual knowledge
of daily companionship to love one an
other but how can two strangers love
together? A boy of seven once said to
his mother: II don't see why husbands
and wives must be so fond Of each 9TH
er. They are no relations at ALL A
husband Is just a man you pick up any
where" This boy, a smart one, as his
language suggests, probably expressed
widespread chill dish perplexity. The
thought is amusing. because of it's igno-
rance of the meaning of marriage, but
even as we smile do we not half feel that
the child's way Of looking at human re-
lationships is In sense the right one,
and that marriage. however necessary,
is in a manner eminently uhnatural?-
National Review,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
A Noisy Bali Of Fire Comes Aboard

.
Capt. Dickson of the British bark Eu-
dora reports an unsual electrical display
during a storm iii the South Pacific. The
Eudora left Junin, Chill, ON February
%, and while beating down the coast
toward Cape Horn the storm was seen
approaching the vessels stern. swapping
and sizzling like wall of fire, but travel
ing only at moderate speed, the wind
being light at chat time.
When the storm struck the vessel it
blew with the force of hurricane, and
for a time it looked as if the masts
would be blown out. There was a great
electrical display all over the rigging,
and a great ball of fire foated near the
mizzenmast and exploded with IL report
like that of a krupp gun. The crew
were dazed and nearly blinded, but for
no one was seriously hurt The
vessel labored heavily in the sea. and the
wire rigging was ablaze with electricity.
The storm soon cleared away, and the
sea at once became as calm as before
Philadelphia Record
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

Buy 81 worth Dobbins Floating Bora1 Soap Of your
grocer send wrappers to Dobbins Soap Mfg Co. Phil.
adephia; Pa They will send you free Of charge post
paid, Worcester Pocket Dictionary 29S pages, cloth.
bound profusely illustrated Offer good till Aug. only.
Fits.-All Fits stopped free by Dr.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer No. Fits after the
first days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise
and $500 trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send
to Or. Kline. 931 Arch St.. Philadelphia. Pa
Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for chill
dren teething, sottens the gums. reduces infam
nation ,allays pain cures wind collie :.5ca bottle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

Of course it's inflated
anything good always is
that's endorsement, not a
pleasant kind, but still en-
dorsement. HIRES Root
beer is initiated,
Made only BY The Charles Z. Hires Co., Philsdelnhia
zoc- package nates6 gallons. Sold evsryvSwe,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

Rpans Tabules are sold by druggists. or by mail IL
The price $50 cents box is sent to The Ripas Chemi
cal Company, No 10 Spruce Street, New York Sample
Sial, 10 cents.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-05-16

The berry and pea crop will be
short in this section.
Miss Emma Reed, of Harborton, is
visiting Mrs. R. A. burlington.
Mr.. R. A. burlington is at the head
of the list on potato sprouts. He has
out $4,000.
Mr.. James n. burlington is spend.
ing the week in Baltimore with his
son, DR.. Leonard burlington.
Two of our young men made call
on their best girls the other night.
While hitching their horse close to
the hencoop, the gentleman of the
house thinking they were rogues,
quickly called for his gun. The re-
suits was hasty retreat and the call
has not been made yet.
Mr.. William Salisbury, of Ohio, a
trainer of horses of - years exper-
fence, during which he has handled
some of the finest horses of the coun-
try, such as Jas. R., Wilson Boy, Prince
Almont and others, is now located at
our Grange Fair Grounds, for the
purpose of training horses on the
Eastern Shore. He has already sew
eral fine ones under his management
but will take more. His P. 0. is Fair
Oaks.