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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
LIFTED BY HIS BABY.
The Mortgage ON Old Seneca Haines' Farm
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\ club composed of wealthy New
York men has about closed bargain for
the purchase of the old Seneca Haines
homestead, two miles from Shandaken,
n. Y. They will use it as Il private
fish and game preserve, and will erect
4 costly clubhouse on the commanding
height, from which there is one Of the
finest views of mountain and valley in
the Catskills. The estate comprises 45O
acres of the widest kind of land, EN-
bracing lofty mountain peak and a val
ley, through which meanders an almost
ice-cold stream, Astounding in trout.
1t is an ideal spot for a club to locate,
being SO near railway accommodations,
and yet SO isolated as to make the Wis
itor seem as though he were miles from
civilization 1t had been abandoned for
years, when discovered two years ago
by Charles Il. Coutant of Kingston, who
purchased it with view to using it as
the site for clubhouse.
The place was once the home of one of
the largest families in the county, and
an amusing history is attached to it.
Nearly a century ago Seneca Haines,
then newly married, bought the tract on
credit from Il large landholder, made a
small clearing and erected rude log
cabin. To this home in the wilderness
he brought his young wife, Hannah,
and in this little cabin twcnty-one chill
dren were born to- them. Although the
clearing was made larger year by year;
and the number of workers in the family
grew larger as the children grew I'd,
still the cost of finding food for SO large
a family was heavy, and Seneca Haines,
work and save as he might, was never
able to lift the mortgage from his farm.
He and his wife were getting old, Mrs.
Haines being IS years of age, when one
day, just as Haines was making excuses
for delay in paying the interest and cit
ing the size of his family, the holder
of the mortgage said to him: Seneca.
I'll tell you what I'll do. If you and
Hannah have one more baby I'll cancel
that mortgage
In about u year the twenty second
baby arrived, and the holder of the
mortgage did as he agreed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Monkeys as Gold Miners.

Capt E. Moss, who has just returned
to London from the Transvaal, tells the
story of the monkeys who work for him
in the mines: Il have twenty-four mon
keys said he, ''employed about my
mines. They do the work of seven able
bodied men. and it is no reflection upon
the human laborers to say that they do
a class of work man cannot do as well
as they. In many instances they lend
valuable aid where 2 man is useless
They gather up the small pieces of quartz
that would be passed unnoticed by the
Workingmen, and pile them up in little
heaps that can easily be gathered up in a
shovel and thrown in the mill. They are
exceedingly adept at catching the little
particles. and their sharp eyes never es-
cape, the very things that the human eye
would pass over. When l went digging
gold l had two monkeys that were ex-
ceedingly interesting pets. They were
constantly following me about the mines,
and one day noticed that they were
busily engaged in gathering up little bits
OF quartz and putting them in piles
They seemd to enjoy the labor very much
and would go to the mines every morning
and work there during the day. 1t did
not take me long to learn their value as
laborers, and decided to procure more.
So Immediately procured number and
now have two dozen working daily in and
about the mines. 1t is exceedingly inter-
esting to watch my two pet monkeys,
teach the new ones how to work, and,
still stranger, to see how the newcomers
take to it. They work just as they
please, sometimes going down into the
mines when they have cleared up all the
debris on the outside. They live and
work together without quarreling any
more than men do. They are quite meth
odical in their habits and go to work and
finish up in the same manner as human
beings would do under similar circum-
stances.-Boston Evening Transcript.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN
Thronxh the Wand

Through the wood, the green wood, the wet
~ wood. the light wood,
Love and went Maylng Thousand lives
s&% ago; FL NJ r.
Shafts Of golden sunlight had made a golden
bright wood
In my heart reflected, because l loved
you so.
Through the wood. the chill wood, the
brown wood, the bare wood.
alone went lonely no later than last
year,
What had thtnned the branches. and
wrecked my dear and fair wood.
Killed the pale wild roses and left the
rosethOrns sere? ~. ~->,.
Through the wood, the dead wood, the sad
wood, the lone wood,
Winds Of winter shiver lichens old and
gray.
You ride past forgetting the wood that was
our own wood,
All our own--and withered as ever a
flower Of May. e. Nesbit.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Buried Beside His Dog,

Robert Winn, an old and eccentric
character, died at his home on Harris
creek, KY, recently. "Uncle Bob,' as he
was familiarly called, lived to bury two
wives, and, not wishing to slight either
on his dying bed he asked that his re-
mains be buried by the side of his faith
full old dog, that had but few days pre-
ceded him. The request was granted.
The death of "Uncle Bob" recalls an in
cident in his life that is decidedly out of
the ordinary. During the opening scenes
of the late Civil war "Uncle Bob" was
anxious to join the Confederate army.
His wife was opposed to his doing SO,
and used every argument and effort with
in her power to prevent it. One cold
winter morning, after "Uncle Bob had
abandoned the idea. as Mrs. VIM sup
posed, of joining the army, she asked
Uncle Bob to 60 to the woodward and
gather some wood with which to kindle
the fire. "Uncle Bob started, but in
stead of gathering wood he walked
to Mississippi and joined the army, and
for four long years fought for the cause
of the Confederacy. At the close of the
war he returned to the home he had
suddenly deserted. Entering by way of
the woodward, he gathered up an armful
of wood, and, entering the room, he
found his faithful wife, who had con-
tinued to remain at the old heme. Walk
ing up to the fireplace, he carelessly
threw down his armful of wood, and,
looking into the face of his now dumb
founded wife, coolly remarked: "Heres
your wood after which he proceeded to
make himself at home as of yore..-Lo,lis-
willie Commercial.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
TO PROBE HINDOO MAGIC.
Hermann TO Investigate the Famou
Tricks of India.

Tricks of India.
Hermann, the "magician," is about to
make search for new tricks in the East.
He hasn't time to go himself, so he and
an Englishman have decided to jointly
send commission to India to investigate
Hindoo magic. When asked about this
commission he said:
II am determined to find out if the
Hindoo fakirs do the tricks they are said
by many travellers to do, and, if so, how
they do them. A retired English officer,
who is my partner in the commission,
claims to have seen these miracles in
India. He thinks that he was hyp-
Noticed, but wants to look into the mat
ter more carefully. The other members
of the commission are my agent in Lon
don, who understands every trick that
has been produced on the stage for the
last thirty years. a photographer,
scientist and newspaper man. Perhaps
there may be one or two other people.
Two persons go from this country. They
will meet the others in England and sail
from there on June II. They are free to
use as much time and money as they
choose, provided they are back before I
open here in November"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
A Love Song,


Love, the moon Is overhead,
All the misty woods are still;
What was that my lady saidf-
u will never wed until
Some Some great 1 nero q that ! meet
s9 Well! humS'ly We ny deeti"
! will wait some ether day.
Once again the moon IL new
Like a broken band Of gold;
New or old. my heart Is true.
But my lady see,nelh cold.
When the mellow planets shine,
Shall ! ask her to be mine?
Well-a-day! Weil-a-day!
What II she should tell me nay?
l will walt another day.
So0th think she'll drive me mad
Yet l thought. when passing by,
That her blOssOm-face was sad.
And tear was in her eye
Can 1t be If / should sue
l should find her heart was true?
Well day! WelI-a-day!
What II she should tell me nay?
l will wait another day.
Not n shred Of moon above,
And Of starlight there was none;
But | met my lady-lOve.
And wooed her, and l won.
Shyiy, sweetly, did she own
That she cared for me alone.
Well-a-day! Well-a-day!
Yet she might have told me nay
Had I asked her yesterday
Hattie Whitney In Llppincott' s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
A Social Sign of the Time.


In the May Ladies' Home journal
Edward w. Box edtorially discusses
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's recent utter
ances in regard to existing social condi-
tons, or, more definitely stated, to the
effects upon society of woman's exercise
of Enlarged privileges Mrs. Howe
comedies that the manners Of polite So
ciety' today are not quite so polite rs
they were in her youth, that young wom
en- are losing in tone and culture and
dignity, and young men in esteem and
Difference for women, with the result
OF a general cheap-and-easy standard of
manners Notwithstanding this damage
to society. Mrs. Howe believes that SUI
perior external benefits have accrued;
that women are leading nObler and bet
Box assents to Mrs. Howe's first propo-
conclusions. ~ ? The fact tfi is" n he
says, that women of every mind are on
all sides beginning to reckon the cost
OF this movement for the extension of
their privileges Even those who were
strong adherents in the faith at the be-
of enthusiasm. 1t is not alone in the
circles of fashion that the poisonous ar
rows of woman's enlarged sphere have
entered, but in every grade and walk
of our social life. And, in each in
stance, absolute damage has been done.
I'VE, need not 90 so far as to
say that as men and women we
are. deteriorating, or that the So
cial structure is in any danger of col
lapse. 1t is not 50 bad as that. But
it is bad enough. New ideas have been
intcrjected into our lives. and they have
brought forth new conditions. A
new sense of self-reliance has been i'm
bibed by women. And what is the re.
suit? Men have tacitly inferred that
women scorn the sort of consideration
which at one time they felt was their
tribute to womanhood. Naturally, DO.
likeness has become lax, the grace of
homage is often forgotten. Happily,
however. a quiet revulsion of feeling on
this question of the sexes has slowly
become noticeable, and the opinion is
general that there has come distinct
turn in the tide.
Unfortunately, we have not outlived the
possibility of a speedy and healthy return
to that halcyon condition of things when
the surprising charm of civilization was
the Difference paid by men to women
Then the woman was the superior of the
man. For time now she has descend
ed to be his equal. And SO let us hope
that she soon will be again upon he,
| old pedestal. In the minds of clear
thinking men she has always beer
there"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05

stinacy. 1t appears that during the last
Nile campaign, when descending through
one Of the cataraets ON board river
steamer, he got into a discussion with
Lord Charles Beresford us to the proper
channel that should be taken. Each OBJ
stinately- defended his own course, hut
in the end that which Butler insisted
upon was adopted and the steamer got
through without accident. a
'Iou see, I was right" cried Sir Red
vers; mime was, the proper channel.
THAT was mine, too," coolly replied
Lord Charles; II only recommended the
other because I knew that you would go
against whatever / said"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05

tect the latter; but under the test of OK.
sperience,. zinc though protecting the iron
and steel, has failed to recommend itself
as 4 material capable Of maintaining
clean bottonl--the formation of insoluble
salts on the zinc by the action of sea
water soon causes serious roughness on
the bottom and tends to fouling On the
whole, therefore, the conclusion has been
arrived at that the extra cost of external
is sr more than repaid on subseauent s 1rv.
ice by economy of coal and mainten-
ance of speed. What remains liz to find
the most durable and economical method
of mounting such copper sheathing on
iron or steel and to neutralize the ten
dency to destructive galvanic action upon
the iron or steel.-Ncw York Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
An Irish Bull.

Representative Northway of Ohio is
credited with the latest Irish bull perpe-
trated in Congress. 1t was during the
debate in the House on the bill giving a
pension to the widow of Gen. Thomas
Ewing; It was earnestly opposed by
several members, who did not consider
that her husband occupied a sufficiently
conspicuous position or had rendered
sufficiently distinguished service to en-
title her to gratuity of SIS a month,
but Mr.. Northway, in the heat of de.
bate. declared that Mrs. Ewing "was as
much entitled to pension as the widow
of any living man upon the face of the
orf1 -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
An Obstinate Man

Sir Redvers Butler, who halls from
the great West-of England family to
which Mrs. Yarde Butler (nee Miss
Kirkham Of California, the heroine of a
sensational divorce case now in progress
in London) belongs, is TALL sc-ioint-
ed, heavy man, with a most peculiar
nose, high cheek bones and a somewhat
sardonic mouth and smile. Very brusque
and abrupt in his manner, he has made
many enemies thereby. He is extremely
utation of being the most obstinate and
opinionated% man in the entire British
army. <;. .~.is @
a good story is told concerning this OBJ
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Proud of O'COnnell.

A story is told of how Daniel O'Con-
nell received the grateful blessing Of an
lrishman: During the course of his cir
cult in Ireland, he was able to secure
the liberation of young son of Erin.
who had been charged with some Of
Tense or other. On second turn round
the country, O'Connell again saved the
1rishman from the arm of the law. The
prisoner, overwhelmingly grateful, went
up to the advocate, shook him by the
hand, and in the .fullness of his heart,
exclaimed: And may the Lord save We
to defend me always, Mr., O'Conn.ll." =.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Pleasure and Health in Gardening.

In a garden we can forget much and
learn more. The narrowing cares that
eat into our hearts and cloud our brains
are thrown aside as we watch the SPUR
rels run along the branches and note
how the shy little field mice come peep
ing from among the grass and leaves.
their shining eyes alone betraying their
presence. We forget the china broken
by the maid and the dinner spoilt by
the cook while we listen to the birds
singing overhead-the sweet melody of
the linnet and the holder cadence of the
thrush, with that loud strong note of the
blackbird, like trumpet calling to arms.
In garden we can dream back to the
carly days when we first saw this and
beautiful world of ours began to unfold
themselves one by one. In garden the
dear playmates Of our childhood fit
across the grass and the young lovers
hover shyly in the shadow of the lines.
Father and mother and the heroes of
the long ago steal out from the dark
beyond and pass like radiant spirits once
that once we cherished, and then saw
slain by fate. reappear like faded pic
lures on which the warm sunlight falls.
In garden we are emphatically COM
panioned though alone. Each growth
and bud and blossom, each separate fra
grant odor, each tree that rustlCs and
every bird that flies, the bees and the
butterflies, the dragon flies and the little
ephemerides, radiant and innocuous, all
arc our intimates, all our books and our
children. He who has a garden need
never want for occupation or for pleas
ure; and even if now and then comes the
chill blight of disappointment, on the
whole grand amends are made, and the
joy far outweighs the sorrow even of
the lost snowdrops and the devoured
crocuses-the stolen fruit, and the desc
Grated tracts of green and color-Phila-
delphia Times
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
A MARK FOR BEGGARS.
Mail of the Emperor of Germany Full of
Begging Letters.

The Emperor of Germany has re-
ceived recently so many letters from
children begging for presents of various
kinds that he has issued through the
minister Of instruction an order to the
public school teachers to discourage the
writing of such letters by pupils, except
in cases of necessity. In one mail, a few
days ago, His Majesty received four let
ters from Berlin school children. One
wished new violin to take the place of
her old one, two desired sewing ma
chimes, and a fourth asked "the dear
Herr Kaiser to give her 20 cents to
buy coal. His Majesty sent one of his
officers to see the various families be-
fore answering the requests. The child
who wished money for coal was found
to be the daughter of a widow who had
little or nothing. \ large load of coal
was sent to her, us well as present in
money. The musical child was ordered
to a professor who was to give her les
sons, and, if she showed talent, she was
to receive the new violin. One of the
children who asked for the sewing ma
chine was found to belong to well-to-
do family. She was told not to repeat
her offense. The other little one, how
ever, received promise of sewing ma
chine on condition that, when she fin
ished her schooling. her record proved her
to be deserving of present from the
Emperor. William II. might deplete his
purse if he undertook to reward all Pc
titioners so literally as these three.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
The Best Sheathinc.

In treating of the divergence of opin-
ion as to the best metal shea thing to be
used on iron and steel ships, Sir Will
liam White, communicating to the Eng
fish institution Of naval architects, ar
gued that the advocates of copper and
points to urge. Galvanic action between
iron and steel and copper, in which the
former would be the Sufferers. had been
feared, whereas it was pointed out that
zinc, in it's relatively electrical position
to iron and steel, would practically pro-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Eighth Wonder of the World.

NJ. Felix Faure has returned to Paris,
delighted, says the Paris correspondent
of the London Daily News, with what he
saw at Eerdun and the other fortified
places of the Mouse. Verdun is the
greatest entrenched camp in France. 1t
commands the plain lying west of Metz,
and has with its ring of detached forts
After the discovery of melinite and
cordite. it was decided to make under
ground galleries, wherein the civil popu-
lation might take shelter. They are
proof against all projectiles. NJ de
Freycinct, who visited them not long
ago. pronounced them the eighth wonder
Of the world. He was one of the few
these shelter galleries is kept close Sc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Never Satisfied.

Yes my eldest daughter married for
money"
She is happy, of course"
Far from it. While she has every
thing one could wish for she is far from
happy. She loved another"
your second daughter also married,
did she not?"
Yes. She married man for his good
looks
Il suppose she is happy:"
Indeed. she is not. While her hus-
band is a good provider. he can't afford
to give her what her elder sister re-
ceives, and, consequently, she is unhap-
py."
"And your youngest daughter, the one
l always thought SO much of, is she mar
ried?"
"Yes. She married man for love-
"Ah. sensible little girl"
"But her husband is very poor"'
"Still, With all her poverty, she loves
the man Of her choice and is. of course,
happy"
mo. indeed. She is the unhappiest of
the three"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
BETTER than Locks.

There's story of Marion county
planter who, just after the war, had his
smokehouse robbed on an average of
once a week. Trap guns and formidable
locks were powerless to put stop to the
depredations of the deft thieves. Final
ly the planter secured human skull
and cross bones, which he nailed above
the smokehouse door. He threw away
his locks and took the door from it's
hinges. and his hams and bacon were
never touched Observation-Disclosures
Times Union. 81. 80 !.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Preservation of Timber.

Observations upon the preservation of
timber have shown that, the more warm
and humid the atmosphere. the more rap
idly the wood deteriorates, also that tim
Der felled in winter is more durable than
that felled in summer, and that timber
raised in cold climates is most durable,
while the best timber is produced on
meager soil. When under water, the
most lasting woods are oak, alder and
pine, the least so being birch, linden and
willow, in the air, timber is exposed to
the ravages of insects, this being the case
with sap wood more than the heart
wood; woods rich in resin, like the elm
and poplar. are not so much troubled as
those like the adler, willow, birch, yoke
elm and red beech, which have an album
dance of sap and are rapidly deteriorated.
Timber construction which is protected
from heat and humidity is only endan,
gered by worms, and, on the contrary,
that which is in damp and badly aired
place Injuries by rotting, which is really
the result of microscopic vegetable
growths. The primary cause of the de-
cay of wood is the presence of albumin
old substances in the sap and incrusting
materials, these naturally affording nour-
shmcnt to insects and microscopic vege-
tatiOnS and their destructive work