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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
HUNTING WITH BEAGLES.
The Best Packs in This Country Are Found
in MARYLAND

The Best Packs in This Country Are Found
in Maryland.
Maryland boasts the best beagle packs
to be found in this country today, and
it is there that the sport has been
brought almost to perfection In that
state number of packs are hunted
without the gun, and are trained to
run their rabbits to kill. These hounds
are followed on foot and the chase is
most interesting and exciting. A sue
cessful pack will kill fairly on the
ground half the rabbits it starts. and
the scores made by some are far better
than that. 1.>.''ss.s ,
These beagles run with dash and
speed rarely seen in those which are
hunted to the gun. They know that
there is no time to waste, that they
must press their quarry every instant
or he will escape them. They drive at
full speed and overrun but little. When
checked they cast in different directions,
bark to one another instantly, and
throughout the chase work with wonder
full precision and intelligence. ..,-.s.-'y~. H. s..
Such a pack is not made in day.
1t is the result of years of careful Sc
lection and breeding from the best stock,
and it's training is the work of mas
ter's hand. Only a true lover of hounds
and hunting can bring such a pack to
perfection, and when once it is formed,
constant care is necessary to keep it
from falling below it's high Standard
Outinp --SI,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
The Alfalfa Crop Of Nebraska.

The alfalfa crop in Nebraska has
grown to be- an important factor in the
agricultural interests of the state, and so
suddenly has this new crop industry
sprung into a position demanding public
recognition, from commercial and mon
ey standpoint, that even our own people
have: not been able to keep up with its
rapidly-spreading acreage as it has wild
ened: out over farm and ranch. The
acreage Of only twenty counties was re-
turned last year at 81 ,O1O. Estimating
this at $40 per acre for the seed and
hay. would give a value of over $1,000
GOO to the alfalfa crop Of those twenty
counties named. This at the lowest
possible estimate than can be placed
upon the acreage, not included, will bring
the alfalfa crop value of Nebraska up
to %z.5OO,O00 for 1895, with prospective
increase in acreage for 1896 that will
place tile money value of our 1896 alfalfa
crop at $4,OOO,0O0. In every county
where alfalfa has been tested the acreage
is to be increased from Is to $50 per
cent.-Omaha (Neb.) World Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
Pennies in juneau.

The old-time Yukoners who stayed in
Juneau SO long that the first of The in
coming rush reached the Alaskan me-
tropolis before they started for their
summers work in the interior got an
dence Of Eastern ciyilisation through
the introduction into Juneau's fractional
currency of what the Mining Record
scornfully calls the "humble penny.
piece" The Yukoners regard the silver
quarter as the smallest national coinage.
They despise dimes and they. think the
nickels an outrage on humanity, For
factory vocabulary OF denunciation.
They prefer rather to deneunce the per-
sons who use it, and such denunciation
usually includes the entire genealogical
tree of the unfortunate offender. The
only possible nse q Yukoner has for a.
penny ID to treasure II al curiosity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
The Bloe,ner Girl,

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Some observing mans discovered
(HoW I've never thought to ask,
That Kentucky maiden's boomers
Have pocket for flask; ..
That the cycling girl Of Texas,
Az she. rides Is not afraid,
She provides pistol pocket
That the bloomer gifl In Boston,
j. Always cool and wisely frOwiilrg. q
Has a pocket In hef. blOUmefs .
Where she carries Hubert Browninsi
That the Daisy Bell OF KANSAS,
VIM has ,donned the cycling breeches,
Full 81 wanlaii safftase sbSesese;kes;
That Chicag0's wheeling woman,
When her cycle makes rotations,
Has a special bloomer pocket
Where she carries pork quotations;
That Milwaukee's cycling beauties.
AS they pedal day by day,
Have tiny secret pocket
Where corkscreW's slowed away:
That the Gotham blOomer damsel,
Whom Manhattan dudes admire.
Has a tutti-frutti pocket
Full OF gum to mend her tire.
Chicago Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
Sentimental Valuation.

Sentiment or affection in connection
with articles of property has 10 value"
says Maine man who complains of
what he deems a defect in our laws.
Except i'll breach of promis. suits and
actions to recover for family portraits
and heirlooms, our law sits down in
most prosiac and matter -of-fl~t manner
on sentimental values. 1t * true that
the rule of damages uses the rather loose
term. articles of Affection in describing
what may be valued at more than mar
ket price, but the court practically limits
this to family portraits Or heirlooms
priced for their association with the
dead. A mans family horse or his pet
dog. for instance, tn lose which causes
real distress to the owner and his famil-
ly: may, be taken 10y any wrong-doer,
who in damages will suffer only the price
the animal would bring in open market "
Il n,1,iStnia M Ini1rnal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
A Scrubbing Machine.

An ingenious machine for scrubbing
floors is in use in England, which is
something like. a lawn mower. 1t runs
upon four wheels, and above the two
front wheels is a tank which contains
clean water, which may, of course, be
heated if desired. The water is sup
piled to rotary brushes at the bottom
of the machine, and these, rotating in
an opposite direction to, the motion of
the machine itself, scrub the floor. At
the back of these brushes and over the
two back wheels is another tank in
which the dirt and water are carried
The Wiping apparatus consists of an end
less band of absorbing material made
especially for. the purpose. This band
is pressed upon the floor by rotary
brushes, so that the cloth accommodates
itself TO the inequalities of the floor.
The cloth is rinsed out mechanically as it
leaves the floor and passes through the
tank at the back. It is mot necessary
to sweep the floor before scrubbing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
Mary Anderson's Reason for Abandoning
the Stage.

To be conscious that ones person was
a target for anyone who paid to make it
one; to live for months at time In one
groove, with uncongenial surroundings,
and in an atmosphere seldom penetrated
by the sim and air; and to be continu-
thoughts in the same words-that was
the most part of my daily life. and it be-
came so like slavery to me. that l re-
solved after one more seasons work to
cut myself free from the stage letters
forever.
Returning to America, resolved to retire
to private life, the sudden failure of her
resolve. The final scene Of her re-
ton in March Of 1855. She writes:
'There have been so many conflicting
reports about my illness that season
which was only the natural result OF
overwork-that l am glad to be able to
give an accurate account of those last
nights of my stage career. The. strain
Of living SO many lives in one. added to
the wear and tear of constant travel,
was beginning to tell on me.
The first scenes of "A Winters Tale
went very smoothly: The theater, was
gayly s as ever. but after the eEertion fell
fainting from exhaustion, and was car
ried off the stage. l was taken into the
dressing room. which in a few moments
was filled with people from the boxes:
Recovering consciousness quickly. l
begged them to clear the room. Realiz-
ing then that l would probably not be
able to act any more that season, though
there were many weeks yet unfinished,
| resolved at any cost to complete the
nights work. Hurriedly putting on
some color. passed the groups of people
discussing the incident, and before the
doctor or my. brother was aware of my
purpose, ordered the curtain to be rung
up and walked quickly upon the stage.
Gas I did so heard a loud hum. which
l was afterward told was great burst
of applause from the audience. The
pastoral scene came to an end. There
was only one more act to go through.
Downing the statue-like draperies of Her
mione, l mounted the pedestal. Ny
physician, formerly an officer in the ar
my, said that he had never, even in the
midst of battle, felt so nervous as when
he saw the figure of Hermione swaying
on her pedestal up that long fight of
stairs. Every moment there was an
hour of torture to me, for I felt myself
growing fainter and fainter. All my
remaining strength was put into that
last effort. descended from the pedes-
tai, and was able to speak all but the
final line. This remained unuttered, and
the curtain rang down on my last APP
pearance on the stage."@s-- $50
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
TO THE FRIENDS OF Gambler"
Newspaper Women Offer Them u Chance
to Help In Her New Plan.

newspaper Women Offer Them u Chance
to Help In Her New Plan.
X Amber" i'll her last sickness, sent to
the president of the Chicago Newspaper
Woman's club the following message:
If ,l come s,, out Of this conflict alive, have
room i'll the best hospital in Chicago for
newspaper women, and we will have a
special clause that If any poor soul Of a
and falls sick she will have to but show
her credentials to be taken into our city of
refuge.
amber" is dead. but the strong. cour.
ageous spirit still lives and inspires her
fellow-workers. At Il special meeting of
this dearest wish of her heart was dis
cussed. and n project grew into being
through which should come it's perfect
ful1llment. An "Amber' memorial was
held ut the Palmer house two weeks ago,
at which several hundred dollars were
pledged toward the endowment of this
room. which should bear her name. Not
less than $4,000 will be required for the
purpose.
The plan of the Newspaper Woman's
club, which has the work in charge, is
to complete the endowment with pop
ular subscription from the friends of
"Amber.' wherever they may be scat
tered over the country. And to that end
they solicit subscriptions of any sums
small or large. depending entirely on the
wish of the subscriber.
1t is the intention of "Amber's" friends
to make the room as beautiful as posi-
bic, to decorate it in cheerful colors, and
to leave III it some mementO OF the dead
Writer-something which may link her
living labor with the weary women
whose burdens she so steadfastly tried
to tighten. This will be her most fitting
monument. for every girl or woman who
shall be received there, every pain that
shall be lessened, every hour that shall
be frightened. every moment that shall
be made happier, will be not alone the
continuance of her good work in the
world, but all expressed recognition of
her labor on the part Of those she has
comforted. So that. however small the
contribution may be, each contributor
may feel his hand and that of "Amber''
clasped at the bedside of pain and both
dedicated to the task of making that
pain a little easier to bear.
The fund will be SO invested that it's
earnings will perpetually maintain the
Amber room,' and insure food, nursing
and medical attendance for all time.
There is little doubt that an early re-
Spouse to this invitation will be made
from every part of the country.
Money or checks may be sent to Orson
Smith. vice-president Merchants Loan
and Trust company bank, Chicago, who
has kindly consented to act as custodian
of the funds till the room shall have been
endowed. The contributions and the
names Of the donors will appear in the
Chicago dailies from time to time
Ex-Gov. Peck. Wisconsin,; Fernando
Jones. Benjamin A. Fessenden, p. L.
Mckinnie, Col Nate Reed. advisory
board; Mrs Laura Dayton Fessenden,
Mrs. Celestial Grey McKinnie, Mrs.
Henry Parker Newman. Mrs. Norah
Gridley, Mrs. Victoria Adams Barber,
Mrs. Grace Duffie Boylan. Mrs Rosa
Sonneschein, Mrs. Frank l.. Hubbard,
committee Times Herald
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
Crera Ms Bic wheaIt FIe.at &.

The prorsked building of an iron bark
for the Oregon lumber trade again
brings up the question as to. why Ore
gon should not have few grain vessels
as well as lumber droghers. But few
people outside Of those directly interest
ed in the shipping business have very
definite ideas as to the Importance Of the
grain carrying trade from the North
west. During the past eight months
go grain cargoes have cleared from
Portland for foreign ports, and st that
number only 2 were carried by Ameri-
can vessels. The rest Of the fieet coli
sisted Of ~ British ships, 20 British
barks, German ships, 8 German banks,
i French bark and 4 Russian bark.
These vessels received an average Of
nearly 1000, or a total for the fleet
of $13OO,O 900, freight money. This, Of
course WIS not all taken away from
Oregon. ToWage, pilotage, stevedoring,
supplies aud other port expenses ma
terially reduced the sum total, but It is
safe to say that nearly 81, 600, 600 Of the
gross amount will be lisbursed in for
eigns lands. With iron, timber and coal
in unlimited quantities right at our
doors. we should make an effort to send
Oregon wheat to market Id Oregon
ships Portland Greg tiian.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15

drawing the fire OF the latter by spring
ing up, waving their banners, and falling
prone again IN time to escape the shower.
OF bullets that followed. The eagerness
of the Soudanese was such that they
could not be made to see that the object
of the dervishes was to cause them to-
exhaust their ammunition. Mai, Mac
donald exhorted, commanded, sWore in
his finent Arabic, and I'LL To no purpose.
The blacks would loose off, ut heir
enemies. So, ut last, the situation be.
coming desperate, lie ran forward, and
walking down the front of the firing line
he shouted to his men, Now, IL YOU
must fire fra thr0urh mat, tss7 ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
The Mud Wasp.

For centuries the mud wasp has built
these. cells the female lays it's minute
egg. building its mud home just the size
that the young will be when grown. Be-
fore closing its mud-walled cell the wasp
catches a suitable-sized spider. injects
into its body a fluid that causes it. to re-
main torpid through the winter, until
with the warmth of returning spring the
young wasp grows and consumes the
spider for food, thus gaining strength
to break the mud walls and emerge into
the outer world a ftll-winged insect. Yet
no mud wasp from the beginning has
eyer seen its young.-Popular. Science
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
SPREE OF A TURTLE.
Drained Half-Pint Flask of Whisky
but is Wiser Now.

Drained Half-Pint Flask of Whisky,
but is Wiser Now.
AID. Philip Schmidt is the proprietor
Of the leading hotel in Germantown, N.
T., where many of his constituents gath
er each night to discuss social, political
and other matters. Mr.. Schmidt has an
educated mastiff puppy whose perform
ance viii probably be excluded when the
Raines law comes into full operation.
The dog is only Is months old, weighs
2O7 pounds and can be made to per-
form many clever tricks.
He was entertaining an audience re-
Gently when Philip, Jr, returned home
from an expedition for trout, bringing
with him twenty-four pound swapping
turtle. The turtle was placed in close
proximity to the dog, over which all con-
new companion.
The surprise was mutual. Both eyed
one another for a while, then the dog
let out a howl as he jumped around the
newcomer in playful glee. The snapper
became Infatuated and watched his op-
portunity to grab the dog. Several times
he caught the animals paw and the dog
would set upa cry of PAIN
The turtle was in a fighting mood
when the mastiff was willing to retire.
The crowd, however, had not enough
fun and poked sticks at the tortoise,
which he viciously grabbed in his teeth,
and chung to as he was lifted from the
floor.
Someone procured half-pint flask of
whisky, which the turtle grabbed and
held until the bottle was empty. The
''firewater" soon had it's effect and the
turtle leaped about furiously. The
creature snapped at chair rungs and
cuspidors and made the scene one of
turmoil as he upset everything in sight.
When his intoxication reached the stag.
gering stage the turtle was placed in an
icebox.
Next morning bottle of seltzer WAS
rendered him, but the turtle refused to
imbibe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
He Gave the Countersign.

Stephen Girards will prevented clergy
men from passing the door of Girar1
college. On one occasion physician.
whose white tie and clerical-looking coat
misled the janitor. applied for admission.
ITS against the rules" protested the
janitor. You can't come in
1.-THE HI can't" retorted the doc
tor
'.Oh, that's ali right rejpined the now
convinced janitor; 'shass right along. -
Washington Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
A Cat from Karnac.

A lady who recently returned from
Egypt brought with her, q terra Gotta fig
.ure sof cat which she saw with her
own eyes dug mp out Of the ruins Of
Karnac. She paid n good price for it,
md was delighted with her purchase.
.Unfort unately, the other day il. was
knocked down ant1 smashed. Its head
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
Shrrial Kid Gloves.

4 Button Ranniger in all the leading
shades. Embroidered back, every pair
warranted. at $1.O0.
? Clasp genuine p. X: Trianon Gloves.
Embroidered back, at 81 10 pair. War
ranted.
Send for samples of our New Dress
Goods. Bargains.
. A postal card with your name will
bring you our New Spring Catalogue.
ESPENHAtN DRY GOODS CO.
milwaukee,. Wis,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
Whiskers from Hair CLIPPINGS.

Albert Patlson. deserter serving Il
sentence on Governors island. New
York. escaped recently. He was EN-
ployed as barber and saved all the hair
clippings of the same color as his own
hair. made himself some false whiskers
and easily passed the guard
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
A. Woodchuck,s BIG lean. .

s. One day last week Fred Acomb and
another man happened to be crossing
the 7 railroad bridge at Stony Brook Glen
at the same time in opposite directions,
bridge-a woodchuck was seen in the mid
die of the bridge. It was badly fright
.ened, and after running back and forth
Il few times it gave "a leap and went
down, down to the bank below at the
SWafer's edg a distance o fully $50.
feet III an instant it sprang up, and
.eraMled up the bank into the woods and
ont bf In hts hest days SIM
c0nld Ilatle sue a me
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
Pure Iron valueless.

Strange as it may seem, remarks a
writer on metalloids, chemically pure
iron is of no use to the manufacturer, it
being the. Impurities in iron which make
it the most valuable and important of
metals. These impurities, the San Fran
cisco Scientific Press explains, are metal
loids,. and of particular interest to the
foundry are such metalloids as car
bon, silicon, manganese, sulphur, phos-
phorus, and a good foundry pig iron for
general purposes should contain from
1926 to 3.5 per cent. of carbon, from 3
to 3:25S per cent. Of silicon and from 5
to IS per cent. of manganese. though the
phosphorus may run rs high as / per
cent, but sulphur not to exceed .O5 per
cent. The blast furnace that supplies
the pig iron to the foundrylnan is sup
posed to analyze it's iron, and the foun-
dryman, if he carries on his operations
according to modern practices, orders
iron with reference to carbon, silicon
and manganese suited to the nature Of
the metal it is desired to put into the
casting.--New York Sun. -.:z s j ri: s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
Master of a Single Art.

, OF one art the Boer is master-the
management of oxen in wagons. 1t is
an art which is little understood, or
despised by most white men except
Dutchmen, but, for all that, it is an art,
and the Beers practice it to perfection
and love IT,
L have seen a span of oxen hopelcss,y
stuck in the middle of rapid river, the
oxen at right angles to the chain, the
wagon apparently fixture until the riv-
er should come down stronger and sweep
it away, Two Beers appeared, and, as
they usually will, if civilly asked, gave
their help. They walked up and down
the span, and changed the places of near
" all the oxen; such one was evidently
a wheeler, an after OK; another, from
his marks, was accustomed to pull on the
other. side; another must be put further
up or further down the span.
The span rearranged, the Beers, with
mighty clap from their whips, whoops
yuuks, Atland, Blomveldt, Jacoop-sonor-
Gus yells to the leading oxen, with many
a back-handed wrist cut and then flick
in front, steering the Wheelers with the
butts of their whips, guiding the leaders
with the ,lnerring lash, started the span,
kept it pulling straight. and in two
minutes the wagon was strnding on the
other side Of the river, the owners and
the oxen equally puzzled to know how it
got there.--Pall Mall Gazette. :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15

was discovered three feet under the snow
in Metwin. Alaska. on Christmas day.
An immediate search was made in the
snow for cream and silver spoon, but
without success, and greatly to the dis
appointment of the finder. an English
missionary
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15
An Accidental Banana Party.

Recently the ladies connected with one
of the local churches at Knoxville be-
came imbued with the idea that they
ought to hold small church supper.
Accordingly tWenty-seyen of their num-
Der were appointed Is committee to make
the arrangements and have every thing
in readiness at the appointed time. his
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15

pect to make q fortune out of the idea.
as they say there ID a. yearning desire
for glass collins oil over the country.
which thus far has had to 20 unsatis-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15

coquetry other than this pIuming Of her
person does she attempt to please her
future lord. - -. +
Inevitably the man scorns tl,e worn-
ans intellectual life. An English RET.
Element worker said to me, when I
demonstrated at his having Sunday
afternoon meeting for men only: If I
said bring your wives and daughters the
men would not come. It would be i'm
possible for me to convince them that
the mere presence Of the women need
not make bur meeting oily ut for