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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
A Merry Act.

A gentlemanly person, who had seen
better days, but still had good suit Of
clothes on his back, once ordered most
recherche dinner in a Regent street
restaurant. The walters were most OBJ
seGuious to one of such excellent taste.
and pressed him to take liqueurs after his
banquet; he obliged them. and still. with
q handsome fee i'll prospect, they begged
to know what more they could do for
him; Be 50 good, he said, s'as to
fetch q policeman He had not cent
to pay his bill, and he did not want to no
kicked out, which might have damaged
his apparel, but desired to- place himself
under the protection Of the civil force.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
Invented Addresses,

Its generally understood that such
dramatic speeches as great commanders
are reported to have addressed to their
troops before battle were invented for
them in after. times by historians aud
others; and, indeed. fromssthe limited
scope of the human voice, were ilnpossi-
bic under the circumstances. a naval
commander has, however, Il better chance
of being heard by his ships company,
and q few stirring words on the eve.
OF an engagement have often had a
good effect That was the view Of h.
gallant seaman known in the feet as
Old Naples, who commanded the Peli-
can in 1S14 As the enemy,s ship, the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
To Kill Whales by Live Wire

~ AAAAA W AoASo w 1.-Two "1Tcs~
That the field for the application of
again demonstrated by a seafaring man,
who proposes to go out and kill whales
with it: -
The salt had SO much faith in his
scheme that he engaged an electrician to
build a dynamo that would generate an
alternating current of 10000 volts. That
dynamo ne will have rugged up in his
ship and then he will sail away to the
North to capture the whale in fn-de-
steele manner. EST szsS.. t. .:.. SSs4=. -
Capt. Charles w. Hershell Of Halifax,
owner and commander of the whaling
ship Rosalie, is the man who intends to
wipe out the customs and traditions of
the whaling industry with a small wire
and large dynamo - S@Sx .~...
AS to the method of application, the
captain explained it to New York writ
er as follows: ;. i ~ -. IL. - r.
Il am going to place the dynamo on
the whaler and not put it in operation un-
til the whaling grounds are reached. On
board l will have a big reel Of heavily
insulated wire. ..zzz :. rs +. !. =. T. -,
boat, in which we 70 out to meet the
whale We shall have several thousand
feet of wire OIL the reel One end will
be connected with the dynamo, At the
other end, which will be in the smaller
Doat, VIII be hard rubber stick about
four feet in length. The wire will run
through that stick, SO that it may be
handled easily and safely. <ss s.
:" At the end of the stick will be at
tached piece of metal "a inches long
and one inch in diameter. The point
of that needle will be sharp, SO as to
penetrate the flesh of the whale easily
The hard-rubber stick and the big
needle will be used just as we use the
harpoon today. When near the biz fish,
as near as we can get in the old way,
the harpooner will throw the electric
barb. 5.z 81. :.5Zs
=. At the time there will be current OF
10000 volts running through the wire.
When the point of the needle strikes
formed with the dynamo and the whale
will get the full shock of the high voltage
and be dead in the fraction Of d Sec
ond. Boston Globe. as
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12

Argus, approached, Old Naples thought
he would make 4 rousing true British
speech TO his men-his hearts of oak,
So he struck up:
Send all hands aft. NY lads. there's
3 the Argus. no doubt abont It. And now,
my lads. if YOU don't take the Argus,
my lads, why then, my lads--Nhy then,
my lads, the Argus will take you. Pipe
down. SIS ~
After all few speeches have been more
to the point. III usehold Words.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
1ndia's Pawnshops.

{ India is a nation of pawnshops, &C
cording to Gen. Booth. The people
think that the clevercst man is he who
deviscs the largest number of ways by
which to borrow money. They put in
pledge their lands. oxen. jewelry. them
selves. their children and their grand
children. and cases have even been
known where father. to obtain money
to defray the expenses of his daughters
wedding. has pledged as collateral the
first child yet to be born of the union.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
Choosing Graduation Finery.

a winsome personality is that of the
young graduate. Her attire, ideally SIM
pie, is suited to her girlhood and to the
demands of the occasion. The wearing
OF all white is as much q matter of senti-
ment as of fashion. Often. however, the
necessity for touch of color, usually in
some delicate shade. is imposed by the
wearers complexional characteristics.
The material may be silk, wool or cot
ton, according to taste, there being an
embarra ssment of riches in fabrics
adaptable for this purpose Figured
white China crepes,. GAUGES. among
which mousseline de sole and chiffon
reign, have not only beautiful lustrous
surfaces, but in texture are soft, hex-
ible and comfortable to present modes.
Among the woolens are plain and figured
mohairs, satin-striped canvas, finely fig
-ured etamine, crepon and fayetta. Silk
warp crepon is much admired, and SO is
/, new linen-and-silk mixed dotted gazine,
"A fabric not easily distinguished from
silk. Silk null is also worn, but it really
gives no better satisfaction than French
Organdy, nainsOOk, dotted Swiss or India
null, the favorite cotton textiles. Rib
bon, lace, embroidery, some simple gimp,
and, of course, flowers, are the decora-
tons most generally employed.
= The hosiery is white Isle thread or
silk embroidered or in openwork. The
slippers : OF Oxford ties are of white,
glace kid. White Suede gloves are in
order-mousquetaires when the sleeves
are short and buttoned when they ex-
tend to the wrist. The couture general
ly worn is by all means that which
should be chosen for graduatiOn.-Phila-
tlelDhiu luOUirer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
HE HATES RAILROADS.

Jake Stotdard, a Kansas Farmer, Has a
Grievance.
Passengers on the Burlington Railroad,
in ,Doniphan county, Has, often laugh
at a sign which can be seen close to u
farmhouse near the track as the train
approaches Tanning, Il small station near
Atchison.
The sign is crudely painted in black
letters on board one foot wide and five
or six feet long. 1t reads:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
Cannot Always Tell.

1t is never safe to- say things to the
ragged, unkempt men one sees and meets
a-6shing by some mud pond or stream:
This truth is illustrated by the case of
Daniel Webster. :. -
Webster was fisherman and had
sloops and smack in which he used to
enjoy the pastime. He was not over
fastidious in his fisherman's dress. If
he tore his clothes he did not take the
trouble to have the rent sewed up, and
when enjoying his sport he was d toll
erably rough looking customer, accord
ing to Rochester paper whose reporter
interviewed Mrs. Dawes, a resident Of
Marshfeld in Webster's days.
Webster and Mrs. Dawes uncle were
bay, when a stylish young fellow, a Wis
itor at Marshfeld, tumbled head over
heels into the marsh. The tumbler
yelled at Webster, asking how much he
would take to haul him out and carry
him over the mud.
"a quarter!" answered Webster, and
the deed was done. Whereuponz the
quarter was turned over and Webster
had started away, when the mud
stumbler asked: =se=s.s "-sf5ss
TO whom am indebted y Sd 50 ' S.,
"Only Daniel Webster
The man said afterward that he apOl-
Ogized for his superciliOusness and did
not reckon other people up according to
the number of tears and patches and
mud on their clothes. IL
Left in Mid-air. =Gs7z@}. -
An amusing incident occurred in the
Mediterranean, OH board of one of her
majesty's ships. The commander is a
very particular man about the men s din
ner time. Directly eight bells strike,
whatever they are doing. the men have
to knock off and 60 below. The COM
mander's wife was on board, and, being
rather stout, whenever she went ashore
a whip and chair were rugged from the
yardarm to get her off and on board. One
day she started about two minutes to 12
eight bells). Tho chair was put over
the side. the lady hoisted half way up,
when the quartermaster struck eight
bells. The commander ordered and the
boatswain piped "Belay!'' The lady
was left one hour in the chair while the
men dined Weekly Telegraph.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
Farming by Electricity.

Israel Hogeland, formerly Of this city,
now Of Chicago, has had patented de.
wise which will allow a farmer to plough
his field, harrow II, put III the seed, and
when the crop has grown, to harvest it,
by electricity The power is brought to
to The farm from q power house that
serves IN entire community within ra-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12

"A handsome silver loving cup was
presented the other evening to Asger
Hamerik, director of the Peabody Cons
sservatory Of Music, Baltimore, in recog-
milton Of his twenty-five years Of service
9as director. & PISS 3s$.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
Got His Commission

n. J. II. Dana. whom Mr. Cleveland
recently nominated to be first deputy
commissioner of pensions, has the record
OF having been one of the best officers
of the Federal army. He entered the
army as a captain in the regular service,
and quickly rose to the command Of u
Minnesota regiment, being afterward ap-
pointed to a brigadier- by
President Lincoln. He was a strict dis
ciplinarian, and the men vino served ur-
der him were specially fond of telling
anecdotes of Dana which were not al
ways flattering to his vanity. One of
the best of these relates to his trip to
his promotion. When Mr.. Dana pre-
ferred his request. to be. appointed
brigadier-g general. the President cut him
| OF with the statement that he wanted
| recruits more than acknowledgements.
This decision did not phase Dana.
But, Mr.. President" he argued, Il am
sure you did not hear my full name,
Napoleon was a great man." said Lin
coin. "and if he We're here would put
him in charge of the Army of the Po-
tomac. But. as l said before, We need
| recruits far more than we do briga-
diers."
'Mr. President" he said. 81 did not
Ege you my full n name; which is Napo
Il will admit" said the President,
chat Jackson was great soldier, and,
as l said about Napoleon, if Jackson
were now living, l would be glad to
appoint him commander of the Army of
the Potomac, but it is not brigadiers we
need at this juncture so much as re-
cruits, to end this cruel war;"
But [ did not tell you my full name,
Mr.. President persisted Col. Dana, ac-
cording to this interesting story. ''It is
Napoleon jackson Tecumseh Dana"
Lincoln turned to his private >secre-
tary.
make out Col. Dana's commission as
brigadier-general,' he said; ~"his name
will strike terror to the hearts of our
enemies, if nothing else. ''-Washington
Post
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
Adventure with a Raar

James Clair of San Leandro, who is
visiting friends in the mountains a few
miles from Chico, had a thrilling ex-
perlence with a cinnamon bear several
days ago, and he will have big story
to tell when he gets home, says the San
francisco Call. During the present
spring cold weather and FREQUENT storms
have caused many wild animals to seek
hiding places and food around the foot
nils, and quite often cinnamon bears are
seen numbering off through the woods,
ouch Dig game was, however, the last
thing young Clair was looking for when
he started out with rifle on the day he
met Bruin. He had shouldered the
weapon at sun up and began tramp
through the foothills. As the forenoon
wore away he resolved to return to the
house house OF MS friend, despairing Of taking
nome a mess of squirrel or wild fowl.
Clair had just started on the back trail
Wnen he saw a cinnamon bear tearing
the bark from a dead log lying on the
ground about seventy-fve feet away.
He raised his gun and fired, the ball
striking the beast in the flank.
with a roar of pain the cinnamon
wheeled and started toward Clair, who,
realizing that he had dangerous animal
shells into his rifle and firing. Continu.
ally roaring, the bear approached the
hunter, and when near raised it's huge
body upon it's launches. Clair during ali
this time had stood firm as a rock, but
as the bear reared up the young man
discovered that his last cartridge was
gone. His nerve fed, and dropping the
rifle he began race for Powellton. ;
On reaching camp Clair's breath was
too short to tell the story directly, but in
short time it was made known, and
and 6npS q rfp Sfo rfn
the bear. On reaching the spot, the ami
NAL was found dead. On examination
seven bullet holes were found in its body
and legs. Ten empty cartridges Law on
the ground where Clair had stood when
shooting.
The bear was weighed and tipped the
scales at 40 pounds, which is the larg-
est that has been killed in that section
for some time. 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
Indiana Grammerl',. !.

The "Baboo" of England S Indian EN-
pire rs the most impressive handler of
the language since the days Of the fa-
journal has been printing some Baboo
gems. For example: Mn or- tlolno,
the chief woman ID q family. Sea-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
Uses Of College TRAINING.

i 1T is not entirely safe to claim that
every kind of success, even of legitimate
success. will be promoted by a college
training writes Rev. Charles II. Park
hurst. d. D., in Ladies' Home Journal.
IF | had boy for whom it was INV
supreme ambition that he should become
rich | should not send him to college. So
far from helping his prospects in that d.
rection it would probably damage them.
Money-maEing is Il trick. The easy ac-
QUESTION Of it is a knack. 1t involves
the condensation of interest and faculty
row line. There is nothing to hinder q
very small man from being very
wealthy one. Shrewdness does not i'm
ply -mindedness. | might say with
good deal of assurance that it implies
the contrary. And shrewlness has more
than anything else to do with the acquisi-
f n,anv OF th gain. .h There are great
the man who does not know tou
whose intelligence is concentra ted
at single point or along single
line. The mechanic who has come to
be known among us as the Wizard
would: perhaps, have been more of man
If he had gone to Harvard, but it would
prODaDiy nave spoiled him as q wizard.
Genius is presumably always species
of mania, and liza Bile, therefore, to be-
come something very ordinary If success
fully subjected to the processes Of the
asylum. They had better be kept away
from college if the design il to make
them experts. College will be able to
give them character Of 'all-roundness,
but knife, cannot be round and sharp at
the same time: neither can a boy. 4 :
If we are going to do large Intelligent
work the prime condition is the posses
sion of an intellect trained and stocked
i'll the same general and comprehensive
way. College training is simply the
process of intellectually getting ready,
not getting. ready for this, that or the
other specific mental service, but simply
getting ready-plant down broad
foundation of preliminary big enough to
support any breadth Or height Of super
structure that there may be need or OBJ
portunity to put upon it. The college
course and the requisite perpetrators
training. costs about seven years of the
best and most possible period of a man $
life. But if young man hopes to do a
large. solid work in the world, work
in which intelligence of broad kind is
to play any considerable part, and there
is no antecedent obstacle in the way, he
makes all irreversible mistake if he con.
siders seven years too much to pay for
q liberal educa tiOn.s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
Had Heard it BEFORE.

A travelling man.. we'll known in the
bottoms, had occasion to pay business
visit to Lebanan, O., one day last week.
He was accompanied, as usual, by a
large and varied assortment of trunks
and grips. When he >alighted from the
train he Immediately set about to find a
drayman to haul the trunks and grips
to the hotel. He hadn't long to look
for a veteran, gray-haired son of Ham
approached him and solicited the job.
The baggage WAS loaded on the old,
rickety dray, and the drummer jumped
on TO ride up town with his goods. On
the way the man with the order book
and hardened cheek cracked Jokes and
jollied the old driver as only a drummer
can. Finally he asked his name:
'My, name. sab, is Gawge Washing
ton"
George Washington repeated the
drummer; .'why, that name sounds fa-
miliar., I believe Eve heard it before
somewhere" =" w..
II spect you has. sah," the old darby
rejoined. Use been dribin' dis heah
dray5 for twenty-seben years, sah." Not
Il muscle Of the ebony face relaxed, and
he looked straight ahead.
The drummer says the story is always
good for big order.-Cincinnati En-
Quirer 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN
Both stranded.

Both Stranded. &.
week ago,
When cash was low, E$I
tlunned a man I'd trusted:
But he babe me watt
The cool migrate
TIL he got q big bill busted.
] called today
To get my pay.
When he, with cheek incrusted,
Gave for excuse, 8ss
With words prOfnse, zs:E
both bill and he were busted.
Ss. Il -Lewist0wn Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12
Lady Burton's Romantic Marriage,

The memories of Lady Isabel Burton,
widow of the great African explorer and
Orientalist, recently published in Lon
don, gave an interesting account Of the
romantic marriage Of two extraordinary
characters. He was like gypsy, but
she was ready to go anywhere with him
and to do anything he did. If she
him she grieved about it.. The wilder
nesses of Iceland, of Dahomey, of the
tropics; of Brazil and of scores of out
of-the-way, dangerous, unwholesome
regions were their stamping grounds.
She was an Arundel, of one of the
Oldest and proudest English families, but
she was delighted when gypsy pro-
phesied that she would be of the Ro-
many ilk. Said the dusk seer: ''You will
proud of it. You will be as we are,
Your life is all wandering. change and
adventure. One soul in two bodies in
life or death; never long apart"
This seemed impossible, yet one day
the vision she had nursed of the coming
husband approached her-a tall, thin,
swart, weather-beaten Arabic figure,
with brow of god and the jaw of a
devil. That was Burton. He stared
through her. She whispered to her Sis
ter: 'That man will marry me-
She was completely magnetized. She
tells the rest of the weird story. He
made the first advances by chalkinc up-
on the wall: "May / speak to Won -
considerably leaving the chalk hard by
for the answer. 1t was unpropitious at
first: "No; mother will be angry" but
this was only another way Of saying,
II shall be pleased For mother
herself had afterward to listen to this
confession: "The moment 1 saw. his
brigand, dare devil look, I set him up
as an idol, and determined he was the
only man l would ever marry"
He went away to Africa for six years,
no doubt to help make name that
might overcome the resistance of her
family. When he came back he pro-
posed. He was not kept waiting for
an, answer. Il would rather have a
crust and tent with YOU" she said,
than be queen of all the world y
Your people will not give you to me-"
he. said. Il know that" she answered,
but | belong to myself give myself
away"
But when all was arranged, off he
went, seized with the passion for travel.
He sent his shadow to her to say good
by, that he would return in three years
and that he was her destiny. When he
did come back he was as one who had
peeA ued9' ne mao >nad *tWenfy-olle'
attacks of fever. had been partially pa
ralyzed and partially blind. He was O.
mere skeleton. with brown yellow skin
hanging in bags, his eyes protrudiug
and his lips drawn away from his teeth.
Never did feel the strength of my love
as then. - The marriage came at last.
Then, after seven months of .nninter-
rupted bliss, he had to take up con
s,llship.:on the west coast Of Africa and
to leave her at home. When he re-
bear the thought of a further separa-
ton, and she insisted on going back with
him to Fernando Pc. Thereafter, her
saying was the old one, "Where thou
goest, 1 will co. s--'ss..@.r
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-30

A SUBSCRIBER asks for instructions
how to make and operate a horse fid-
de-" He wants to celebrate and to
serenade his Popocratic fellow-citizens
early on the morning of the 4th prox.
A horse fiddle, according to the best
musical authorities, consists of a large
dry goods box-open at one side or
end-and a long piece of scantling. 1t
is operated by pushing the scantling
across one edge of the box and pulling
it back over the opposite edge, having
previously applied plenty of powdered
resin. The music is weird and males
tic and on calm, still night can be
heard considerable distance.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-30
HARRIsoN'S SPEECH.

x-President Harrison closed his
weeks campaigning in Indiana in a
vigorous speech in Indianapolis before
vast crowd of enthusiastic sound
money men of both parties.
He began by denying that he has
ever received nickle for campaign
speech and said: II received today a
clipping from paper in one of the
silver states, suggesting that l was re-
ceiving large pecuniary rewards for
the speeches that was making during
this campaign; that received for my
address at New York the large sum of
$4,000 My friends, / have never
made political address for money.
In the campaign that have made
about this State, no contributions have
been levied upon the towns through
which / have passed. loud applause
(Which Bryan is doing.)
"This campaign is one of the most
peculiar that has ever been conducted
in American politics. There is moth
ing peculiar about the attitude of the
Republican party. Whatever there is
of popularity or grotesqueness relates
to the condition of the Democratic
party. The Republican party now, as
always in its history, stands for the
public faith and credit, for the integ-
rity of the national administration,
and for the integrity and honesty of
our public finances.
"The Democratic party is in a singu-
lar state of disorganization and dis
ruption. It's convention has been
sired by those who were not the old
and trusted leaders of that party, but
men (Populists, fiatists and anarchists
who have recently come into promi-
hence. It's old leaders Qike Cleveland,
Hill, Palmer and Carlisle) have been
swept to one side, and new men Qike
Bryan, Altgeld, and Tillman) have
taken the direction of the party, and,
if we may believe the statements of
those to whom we have been accustom-
to look for the correct and authorita-
tive expressions of Democratic senti-
ment, those now in control of it have
turned it completely aside from Dem
ocratic traditions and from Democratic
principles.
"The result of this has been a re-
volt, and we now have the instructive
and reassuring spectacle in this couu-
try of large body of influential and
conspicuous Democrats throughout
all the country repudiating the repu-
diation platform adopted at Chicago,
repudiating its candidates, and making
a plea independently-at whatever
cost it may be to themselves plea
Independently for the integrity of the
Democratic party and for the princi-
pies of its old leaders" (Appplause.)