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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
SERVING MEALS:
what is necessary to Make I, Diihei. ali
Artistic Feast:


Artistic Feast:
Order and pr0mptness do more toward
making Il iheal enjoyable than all the
slbveiily manner aid twei1tE minutes aft
err dinner has been aiinoiincetl Do not
ring the: bell ulitil everything is ready for
the table; and see to it that every dish
is imma culate and }iiade to look as appe-
thing as possible: Cold iheats or salads
may always be garhished So as. to form
an attractive spot ON the table: 1t is
wonderful to what degree an artistic
arrangement of the viands will tempt a
tagging appetite:
See that bread is cut iii, dainty slices.
neither too large nor too thick; and that
it is laid iii a. dainty pile OH the plate.
See that the butter is fresh and clean
cut. Keep the "left-bver' bits for cook
ing.
See that the salt cellars are evenly
filed and that the Openings of the pepper
box are not all stuffed Tip.
Have the dessert all served on the side
board and keep the coffee. hot in the urn.
A careful housewife will not allow her
table to bec6me mussy dlring the meal;
she avoids this by quickly removing soup
plates and dishes after each course.
simplest dish as to be hardly recbgniZa-
able. Veal outlets served plainly are
good. hut veal outlets Dreaded and served
with tomato sauce are excellent and so
very little more trouble.
Rrniled becfsteak is good. but broiled
hcefsteak dressed with butter ami flour
rubbed together is Il dish for the gods.
Whenever it is possible use garnisIeS of
grecn.-I'biladelphia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
THE WORLD rs NEW

WHEN. sktIp' s With iaSidsE tsndetnesa;
Our happy, flow r-bedlzclen earth: !, j, =.
Win Eject lis, I'll I'll tie Tie ce'intffys. Wa$s,
What Eden; ioNs caanlf bask ,agAlii ,onr,
The little wistfiil ;maea4;; mS,f friend;
Aud see the hillside orchard White
With hlossom,ail the fervent night, X,
The cottage panes will glow at, dusk,k
The darkness gather, sweet with ,inusk.
And weary kline, with tagging feet,,
Pass lowing down tho village street.
And then, at llasbreak, hank, OH hush!
beneath thr stars the early ,thrush
pplng, while heaven .glimmels gray
His morning carol. clear and gay...a
He sang that self-same song. you know,
In Paradise. long years ago, .t-s,.
And Keeps estranged fEom all regret
His warm, brave heart, ulvanquished yet.
For him. for us, the world il new. !.
When dafsied meadows glcam With dew;
All! not to us the times seem late awe.
Who come but now toilOve and mate;
Content to deem It IL most, wise. e.
To watch life out with acknowledges
To kiss warm lips, and win thereby
a little comfort ere we die.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Bananas for Typhoid Patients.

William G. Usscry. NJ. D.. of st. Louis.
says that the best food for those suffer
ing from typhoid fever is the banana.
In this disease, he explains, the lining
membrane of the small intestines be-
comes intensely intlamcd and cngorged.
Eventually it begins sloughing away in
spots, leaving well-detinrd ulcers. At
these places the intestinal walls become
dangerously thin. A solid food, if taken
into the stomach, is likely to produce
perforation of the intestines and dire
results will follow. Therefore solid foods
Or foods containing Il large amount of
innutritious substances. as compared
with nutritious substances, are danger
Gus and are to be avoided. The banana,
although it may be classet as a solid
food. containing as it does 95 per cent.
nutrition, does not possess sufficient
waste to irritate these sore spots. Near
" the whole amount taken into the
stomach is absorbed and gives the pa-
tipi,t more strength than can be OBJ
tanned freiH other food. u
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
NIanuring in the Hill.

1t is much less common than it used
to be to put forkful of manure in the
hill even for the plants that most love
heat, such as cucumbers, squashes and
melons. In most seasons the manure UNI
der the hill dries it up and thus does
more harm than good. There is a much
better effect if the manure is spread over
the whole surface some time before the
land is plowed, so as to have some of its
soluble portions mixed with the soil. If
anything is needed in the hill to give it
Il quick start some commercial nitrog
enous fertilizer will do this much better
than will stable manure, and will not dry
up the hill as the latter will. 1t is often
forgotten that running vines of the melon
and squash families will root at the
joints if slightly covered with soil, and
this makes it necessary to manure the
whole surface if the vine is to be made
to produce all it is capable of doing.
Some of the most prolific vines of melon
and squash arc treated in this way, lay
ering their joints in as many pieces as
possible and giving liquid manure where
each set of roots puts forth. If very
large. single specimens are wanted. they
can be secured by picking off all the
blossoms except the earliest, and concern
trating the entire vgor of the vine upon
that.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Buy 4 NEW WHEEL:
No Money is saved 81 Riding .old MA
Ghinas-RannirS Ana GnsAi.. y.

No Money is Saved BY Riding old Ma
ehinss-Repairs Are Costly:
After this / Shall set a new Wheel
every year." said Il man who is now en-
ioying his second season of the sport:
EARLY, i'll the, ,spring I was in doubt
as to the utility of exchanging my old
wheel for 4 '96 model, although I should
have had to pay only $45 in cash. How
ever. my OLD one was in such good con-
,itioM that / decided to keep it. Before
long needed q new pair of pedals and
they cost me IS. Then tire wore out
and it cost me Sc to replace 1T. NV
front tire is going, and, in the course Of
few weeks l shall have to buy an
otheE Lam dissatisfied with my saddle
and l shall probably imy - for one that
suits me. L also want "a wooden handle
har, and that will ymean perhaps SIS
more. Besides my wheel shows some
signs of wear. and I, cannot, make it
run quite as easy us new one would,
The changes in this years model are not
radical, yet | should have had the BEN
rft of them if l had got new wheel.
then feel Il little out of date with a
last years bicycle, just as one would
with a silk hat that is over a twelve
month old. Altogether, l made an UNI
fortunate decision, and hereafter every
spring will find me with a brand-new
bi,.vt.le -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
SAW PITS GREAT FUTURE.
Rapid Development Uf the San Juan
G6id Mining Properties, Which Are
A!hoils the Richest i'll that Wonders


G6id Mining Properties, Which Are
Asiioilx the Richest ii, that Wonder.
fai Rsgi6h:
Durango; Colo; May .9G; 1SgU.-js 9.
& W: S: Rueklet; Plankiilt6ii Block, Mill
waiikee: Have sampled Ahilie vein: As
says gave front ten to six htindted dol
'''' ~ Richard Keller.
The foregoing is d veritable seHuel to q
st6fy of many years Standing, f6E it is Of
by no iiieans. fefeiit knowledge that San
Miguel county las beeil ki9wl, to e6h-
Bit Id the earlicf days Of the discovery
this vast aid fn6iliitain6us fegi6h ,Wafi
inaccessible save to mule power, whicli
sive: Hence; hone but the wealthiest
dare Venture oh siich dii INVESTMENT, aid
even such weFe thatf aid hard to he
foiiiid.
Bit how the complexion Of affairs has
BECOME ,aitbEethrr changed, once dgain
scieite has prevailed over natures Seems
iilglS impehetra'le businesses, have, be:
come subservient to mans skill; and the
irbii horse throbs ahd pulses through
theft winding ways. Today; as q G0nse:
quehce, the very heart of this WILDERNESS
has been penetrat ted; making with its iin;
told GlcheS one more FACTOR IN the grand
iiiarGh, of progress, y: j.,
Iii the very midst Of this wea1th-pro>
diicihg sectioii lie the, mining properties
Of the San Jiian Gold Milling tompaty
Of Milwaukee,; which are certainly; from
absolute proof, furnishing the most as
tbnishing RESULTS:
THESE people. own iilif1es-not PROSPECTS
the same being located ON, trtie IFS
sure vein which has ,pr6dueed seveii t6ii=
tinu0hs shipping and high paying miles;
besides seventeen others which have al:
ready demonstrated ability to Ship pRy
Ore, aid are NOW rapidly developing BY
tunnels, funning directly to a point
where ore is already located by, Shift
The ore body Is absolutely located by
ineahs of these tunnels and shafts; one
Of the former having been already sunk
TO the depth Of two hundred feet; the
work continuing with change Of shifts,
both day and tight
from the foregoing brief bit pertinent
Statements it Will readily be observed
that San Miguel t6tinty therefore pUssess-
es the combiiied possibilities for ali i'll
testnieht Offered by hew gold fields, with
the facilities of the most advanced gold
camp:
Nj: W: S: Buckley, who is largely in
terested iii these properties; leaves for
Colorado Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Mrs. GARF1ELD's INCOME:
The Widow, Of the Assassinated President

The widow, pf the AsSasStAated President
Well Provided For.
Mrs. Garfield is living quietly 1T her
old home at Mentor, in the suburbs Of
cleveland, and the place has been much
Improved. X 1t is now one Of the most
beautiful land comfortable farm resi-
dences IN Ohio, an ideal place for Il, quiet,
retired life. 1t is only fifteen minutes on
the cars from Cleveland, and less than
half an hours drive from Painesville,
which is an educational center, and one
Of the, most attractive las, we'll .as 9ne, of
the, most cultured communities in the
Mrs. Garfield Is q rrich. woman ma now, hut
her, wealth came. with: her sorrowa Her
early days, and, in fact, all her life,
even up to the death Of her husband,
Was passed In the closest economy. and
she was often deprived ,of the comforts
and 's y T Sn that usually pertain to peo
had anything but his salary. He was
an open.handed man, generous and eare-
less with his money. and was scarcely
ever able to make both ends meet. But
Mrs. Garfield now has an income of $16,.
GOO as interest from the fund that was
raised for her by Cyrus W. Field after
ths assss ST s and S Rsns'SSn n ftsm
600 a year to use, us she pleases, and
she does not spend one.flfth Of It. Al
Of the children are we'll fixed. Mollie,
the oldest child. is the wife Of Stanley
Brown. the. representative of the Alaska
Commercial company at Washington.
James ana HAIRY are practilcihg law in
partnership at Cleveland. and are rapidly
James is a member of the Ohio state
Senate, with ain excellent record They
are both splendid fellows, and promise
to be useful and famous men.
Gen. Garfield hnd more money few
days after his hoiliinat ton than he ever
had at any other time in his life. He
!, xention with just $50 in his poe eti
That represented all the wealth he had
in the world except his mortgagcd homie
at Mentor. =, KNOWING this circumstance;
Sylvester r: Everett: the. well:kn0wn
Cleveland banker; iii whose house he was
guest, started out 6ne morning With il
little subsctiptioii PAPER, and CAME back
with ten $1,000 checks one Of which bore
his own signature, He fixed up d. bank
put them all III an envel6Pe; and: at the
first opportunity handed the, Package to
Garfield, with i remark, that there w;s
a little pin money for his pefs9nal en-
penses during the campaign; and an eX-
PLANTATION that not Il, penny Of it was to
be spent for political purposes:
When the general ,fealized, the amount
and the. hature of the Gift he fell upon
Everett's neck and wept like, d child.
He said that the greatest load he had
to bear had beeh taken from him, for
he had been lying awake at flights Won
dering how he was going to meet his
PERSONAL expenses during the cailipiign.
He said, too, that he never had So much
money before iii his life:-Washingto
Post,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
FOX THE FARMER.
. Work ns best we Car

Work rs Best We Can.
We would have Inward peace,
Yet will not look within; - L..
We would have misery cease, -
yet Will hot ceHse from sin;
We Waiit ill ftladsailt ends, but will Use no
s55s4as iatsH means. T.. %....">- ~
z. what MAS The wise t.ian's planf
Through this sharp, t6il=sGt life
. I'd work MS best lie eali,
And viii what's won by strife
But We NH easier way to cheat cur pains
have found:
"a, Is 1t SO small Il thiifg
81 40 have, enjoyed the stflf,
#5f 70 have lived light Iii tie spring,
Is TO have loyed, to- have thought. to
H. i have done; H.
TO hsys advanced tgttee, friends; and beat
81 down bafffing foes?
St sass: Fed: hot! Life stlil
Leaves human effort scope
E, But since life TEENS with Ill,
Nurse Ito extravagant hope:
Because thou must not dream, thou necd'st
IT hot then despair.
= f'' Matthew Arnold
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Unifnrms of Merit.

The officials of the Joliet Gll) pcui-
tentiary say that they are going to try
IN interesting experiment. They will
have three kinds of suits for the prison
ers, indicative Of their department.
Green suits will be worn by prisoners
OF good behavior, cadet gray by those
who are less orderly, and red by those
Who afe extremely unruly. 1t is be-
to The, prisoners to conduct themselves
properly, and will doubtless be success
full The officials think that it will help
the men to win back their self-respect,
and in many cases will be the means of
reformation, especially for those that are
just starting in crime. It will give the
convict the idea that he can make an adj
vance of his fellow-man's opinion even
while confined behind the bars.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
CALIFORNIA PRUNE ORCHARDS.

Thinning and Pruning td Produce De-
sired Uniformity in Size and Shape:
\ ride through one of the vast prime
orchards when the trees are in fill bloUin
is an experience never to be forgotten.
500 acres, contain $4,000 trees, their
ages varying from 5 to 10 years and
planted in regular rows FROM ten to
twenty feet apart: No pebble nor clod
nor blade of grass can be found among
the friable soil of the miles-long aislcs
which intervene; tessellated by tile flick
cring shadows Of the sWaying snowy
petals which project ON either side from
1ower-laden branches: Bird and bee
and butterfly are alive to the Situation
and puncture the perfumed air of ii
cloudless May morning with song; buzz
and vOiceless wing.
walks the alert, intelligent orchardist,
watching with the trained eye of an
artist the development of the tiny bud
of the embryo prune upon the tree un-
til picked at the prime of it's perfec-
ton with the deft hand Of an expert.
In order to produce the desired uni
formity of size and shape each fruit
bearing bough is subjected to such thin
nlng and pruning that there lie scattered
about the base of. a tree often more
rejected prunes than are left hanging
upon its branches.
AS the Eastern plum pest, the curculib,
is unknown in California, as scarcely d
drop of rain falls upon the trees from
May until November, and as there is no
scorching sun to shriyel the delicate skin
of the prune nor rough wind to mar its
contour, bough of ftill-ripened clusters
represents one of perfect pruncs.
In an area from q to 10 miles square
planted with fruit trees $4,000 acres are
in prunes alone. They cover the bill
lowy surface, of the majestic foothills,
as we'll as the plain, with beautiful
irregularity impossible to describe. At
plucking time thousands of busy hands
are at work. chiefly those of boys and
girls, preparing the luscious fruit for
curing under the rays of the midsummer
sun. The average yield from the crop
is about eight tons per acre. The av-
eerage cost of caring for the orchards,
harvesting and curing such crop is
$50 per acre, leaving net income per
acre of $21O.-Harper's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Goat Farming Profitable.

There is profit in the goat business
according to the belief of Irwin. Smith,
and his conclusion is based on his ex-
perience in handling goats for year
past. He began business on the head
quarters of Shotpouch, in Benton coun-
ty, near the foot of the peak, last year,
with herd of ninety goats. The in
crease was over Is per cent, and when
he sheared a few weeks ago he had 15S
goats from which to sell wool. Some of
the Hkeliest kids sheared as high as four
pounds of mohair. He has now a stand
ing offer of So per head for his goats,
from which it is seen that the increase
alone Melted him over 5000. Nor is this
all. He sold s. l.. Kline Monday from
his goats 572 pounds of the mohair at
3eB cents per pound, and that Melted
him $2O9.19, or a total of over 800
profit from his original band. He did
not give during the year a single pound
OF feed to his goats, and bestowed no
further trouble on them than merely to
take good care of them in lambing time,
and to furnish them with warm, com
Portable sheds to occupy at will during
the Winter.-COrvallis Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
BLISTERED FEET.
Should be Bathed Before Retiring with
Strong Salt and Water.

Should be Bathed Before Retiring will,
StrIhg Salt and Water.
Blistefs which ire necessarily so very
puihfhl, should he bathed on going to
bed with Strong salt and water. for
which: if they are tender. it is an excel
lent thing to add just # very little vine
People Who suffer very much in this
way will always do well to wear rather
thick-soled boots. having them especially
iiiade, as it is most impor tant for any
one who has very tender feet that their
boots should be perfectly fitting. Into
these boots d pair Of lambs wool socks
should be thickly spread over with soft
soap OH the inside of the foot of the
socks.
If the blisters come Zip very high it is
wise to let out he accumulated fluid by
running ii dariiihg needle through tho
upper surf ace of the blister. If it is al
lowed to break the surface Of the skin
it is apt to become very sore, sometimes
being very difficult to heal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Aged TrinletS.

The death in PENNSYLVANIA of one of
the remarkable triplets has occurred,
and the aged trio, who have lived almost
eighty-two years, are now separated.
Mrs. Amos Barnlt. who resided in
Marlboro township, expired Friday. She
was daughter of Rev. George Keller,
deceased. and was the first of the trip
let's to die. The survivors are Tobias
and Jesse Keller. Her age was 81
years. II months and 8 days. She was
the mother of sixteen children, ten Of
whom survive her,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Watering Horses at Work,

Horses hard at work need water be-
tween the morning and noon meal, and
also between noon and time for closing
the days work. If Il handful of oat-
meal is thrown in the pail of water, it
will prevent any danger of injury, and it
will also give strength as well as re-
freshment. This stimulation has no
bad after effects, and the horses waterel
thus in the middle of the forenoon and
afternoon will be less likely to iujure
themselves by drinking at noon or night
of cold water while they are heated and
exhausted by the labors they have per-
formed. 1t pays to give the horse good
care, for the more he.can be made to do,
the more effective will be the hired he!p
that works with him,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Kill the Runt PirS.

In every litter of pigs there is likely
to be one and sometimes two that are in
ton that the SOW. either because i'm
mature or improperly fed, is unable to
furnish food, enough to supply the whole
number. and it is natures effort to get
rid Of the suberffuoaS one or more that
she is not ;ib1t, to. take care of: Sonic
times this rdnt pig IL lead when born.
That ought to be considered IN advall-
tagc. for it relieves the farmer Of the
expense of trying to bring it uD TO aver
this ourselves. and have so uniformly
failed that whenever in our later farming
experience we found a decidedly inferior
pig in litter. we took its life as soon
after it's birth as possible. as being the
best and most profitable use that could be
made of it.-American Cultiyator
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
American China.

Few people know that the very best
china made in America today is made
from Maine feldspar mixed with fine
clay from other fields, but it is fact
One-ifth is feldspar and four-fifths is
clay. The feldspar is ground up finer
than -four and is mixed with clay and
water and strained through silk cloth
stuff falls from this sieve it resembles
milk, and the water is strained off by
means of canvas bags. Then the moist
clay is made into the desired forms.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
.a1Iy<k2,
SZl:341$x'

Mrs. e. E. Patterson, writing
from Bridgeport, Jackson County,
Alabama, June 3, 1885, says: Being
Northerner by birth, it is not an
easy thing to eat comfortably food
prepared in Southern style, and
consequently one suffers from it.
One day, feeling great discomfort
from that cause, an old negro re-
tainer said to me: Scuse me,
Missey, but my old woman knows
something powerful good for dem
pains. l disremembers the name,
but it's Rip sometin', and it just
rips the pain out. Old Aiilly ill
tell you bout it. TO please him
called on his wife in their little
cabin, and will try and give you
her account. You know all fall
and winter l was powerful weak
and couldn't eat nothin', and one
day l was lynn yere in terrible
stress and german knocked at de
door and says: NANNY, can
have some water for myself and
horse:' Deed you can, Marsa;
but 1'se too sick to get the things,
l hab such awful stress all over"
why, Nanny" he says. I've
just the thing for you that l bought
IN Washington for just such pains"
SO he gave that medsin and de
stress am all gone and l eats
eberything, and l goes ebery where;
so, Missey. knows day will help
you So after writing down the
name 'Ripans Tabules. l babe her
good day and went home. Milly's
name is Mrs. John Jackson, care
of I. B. Patterson, Bridgeport,
Ala"
Kipans Iabules are sold by druggists. or by mail
he price go cents box is sent 70 The Ripaus Chem
al Company. No. 10 Spruce STREET, New York Sapipi
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plan Of securing seed that has been fest
ed and giving it plenty of room. From
a single grain Of oats or barley from five
to twenty stalks may be produced ul-
der favorable circumstances. What is
needed ~ do this il that the soil shall
be very rich, so rs to promote root
growth, while the leaf and top growth
shall be checked SO as to encourage the
spreading Of the top growth. ald MA king
1t put out new shoots in place Of those
set back. Very early seeding will do
this 10 some extent. especially il frost
follows when the leaf has appeared
above tho surface. If the seeding is
done after time for freezing has passed,
the same purpose can be accomplished by
dragging Or, rolling the ground after it is
up. The object is to bruise the leaves,
checking their growth, and thus induce
the plant to send up three Or four or
more shoots for every one that is de-
stroyed. When thin seeding has been
practiced two or three years this habit
of spreading growth becomes hereditary,
and the thin seeding will give Il still
larger crop.--A tfftfieah Gultiyator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Thin Seeding is Best.

Small grain is almost always too thick
IL seeded. This is partly because too
little care is taken to secure seed whose
terminating powers have not. been inn
paired. 1t is calculated that all the seed
will not grow, and thus an excess is
soWD, III order to have u sufficient stand.
As u matter of fact. most of tile seed
with impaired vitality will germinate.
The result is "a crowd Of weakly plants,
each injuring the other, and making Il
large crop impossible. Far better is the