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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
CALCULATING MACHINE.
1t will Typewrite and Add Figures at the
Same Time,


A machine has been invented for tyne-
writing and adding figures at the same
time. The invention is described as being
intended to quickly and accurately add q
column or columns of figures. and. at the
same time and by the same manipulation
Of the keys to print these figures upon Il
sheet of paper or blank book in the
order III which they are added. so as to
form a proofsheet. which will verify the
correctness of the addition. The ma
chine. by special adjustment. may be
made to print at the end of the column
the sum total of the figures. and to do
this in vertically descending or vertical
ly ascending or horizontal progression,
Additions can be made either to the right
or to the left. The printing is in full
sight. The machine works with the
ease of q typewriter. and it's speed is
only limited by the skill of the operator
1t subtracts by reversing arrangement
the registering disk running one way as
readily as the other. Its construction is
simple, considering the variety and ex-
tent of work done. 1t is adapted to print
ing on passbooks. which it does as read
lily as upon ordinary platen and sheet
1t can be used to add without printing
Or to print without adding. If mistakes
are made. they can be seen ut once
Boston Transcript
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
TALLYING PINEAPPLES.
Quick Work Done In Handling the Fru
on the WhHryes,

Quick Work Done In handling the Fruit
ON the Wharves. =
The pineapple season lasts from about
March to about August 1. New York
gets pineapples from the Florida keys,
from the West Indies and from the
Bahamas: some come III steamers, some
i'll sailing vessels. Pineapples from Ha-
and crates; pineapples brought i'll sailing
vessels are brought mostly in bulk, not
thrown i'll loosely, however but snugly
slowed. so that as many as possible may
be got into vessel.
On the wharves here pineapples
CELEBRITY. Men in the hold of the vessel
I'LL bushel baskets with them, and hand
the baskets up on deck where they are
passed along and set up on the string.
piece of the wharf. The trucks in which
they are to be carried away are backed
down handy. \ box Of, suitable height,
and which is as long as the truck Is, wide.
is placed at the end of the truck. A man
standing near on the wharf lifts
the baskets from the stringpiece and sets
them up ON this box. Two men stand at
the box. each with II basket of pine
apples in front of him, to count the pines
and throw them into the truck. which
are placed across the end as the load
rises. Two men stand in the truck to
level the fruit as it comes i'll to them.
The two counters are experts and they
work with great rapidity and steatliness,
keeping pineappes going all the time.
Each man picks up two pineapples ut Il
time, one with each hand, and gives them
Il toss into the truck. both men counting
Zone" Two" three" -four" 1--WE"
and so on up. each count meaning two
pineapples. When they strike zone hun
dreh." the tallyman makes Il straight
stands for two hundred pineapples.
While he is making the chalk mark the
other counter keeps right on and he may
have got up to 1.-TWO" or three again,
for it takes Il second or two to make the
chalk mark. but by that time the tally
/ man is ut it again Ginning in with
-four" and away they go together again.
counting up rapidly toward another hum
dred. If man on the load finds Il
specked pine. he drops it over the side of
the truck into Il basket that stands there,
and says: Zone out" The tallyman
losses in one without counting. to keep
the count good.
AS fast as the counters empty the bas-
ketS they push them off the box. and the
man at the stringpiece sets up Il full one
pineapples going without cessa ton. At
the fifth hundred the tallyman makes a
mark diagonally across the four he has
already made. in the commonly used
method of tallying freight; but these five
marks here stand for a thousand pine
apples. On double truck there are
usually carried from 1900 to $500 pine
apples; on a single truck, from 1000 to
31OO-New York Sum-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Sits Down to Walk.

The Western Indians. although not
fond of work. do not approve of indolent
white men. The heap good white man..
in their estimation. is the white man
who works hard: and to sit by and watch
him as he tolls seems to afford them
never failing pleasure.
Some young warriors of the Black
foot tribe sat in the shade one day,
watching a group of laborerS who were
constructing grade for branch rail
road in Montana. They were comment
ing upon the workmen and their work,
when hicycliSt, the first that they had
ever seen, came riding along the newly
completed grade. He had got off the
train at the last station. and was going
to the fort little further on.
The Indians watched the wheelman
without Il word until he passed beyond
a knoll which hid him from view: then
they expressed their sentiments concern
ing him.
NO good white man" Que remarked.
'NO." answered another. with great
scorn. heap lazy white man-sits down
to walk!'-Youth's Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

of immense size. The entire ,,eiuhbot-
hood u puzzled Tor il reasoliab bic theory
NJ to how the bones of this monster az
the waters got to such d depth Under
the ground. Our informant also sfatid
TINT the Wrll wns dug ninety;eight feet
before fe..SiiAg Water, and when winter
Wns struck It rose jill the well ut SO
rapid ii rlte that the man who was
digging had 10 abandon the well quickly
to plnyent the MATER from coming over
him. AT u depth Of forty feet the water
began TO drain ont through a. crevicc in
the side Of the well, thus preventing a
further rise. --Butler (AIu.) Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
The Oldest ROsebush.

The oldest rosebush in the world is
found at Hildesheim, small city of
Hanover, where it energies from the sub
soil of the Church of the Cemetery. It's
roots are found in the subsoil. and the
primitive stem has been dead for Il long
time; but the new stems have made a
passage through crevice in the wall,
and cover almost the entire church with
their branches for width and height
of forty feet. The age of this tree is
interesting both to bota nists and garden
ers. According to tradition, the Hide
sheim rosebush was planted by Charlie
imagine in 1888, and the church having
been burned down in the Eleventh cen.
fury, the root continued to grow in the
subsoil. Mr. Raener has recently pub
lished Il book upon the venerable plant,
in which he proves that it is at least
three centuries old. 1t is mentioned in
Il poem written in 1890, and also in the
work of Il Jesuit who died in 1673.-Sci-
entific American. x"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Let Growing Children Slice,

Few mothers realize the value of sleen
The tiny, child is encouraged to take ali
he can, but by the time he has reached
the age Of 10 he is allowed to curtail his
actually requires eleven, if not more
Different natures demand "a VARYING
amount of rest, but safe general rule
allows nine hours out Of the twenty-four
to all persons not over 20 years Of age,
Between infancy and that limit the more
sleep it takes the better chance the indi-
yldual stands to become Il vigorous,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
1t Costs to Learn to Sing,

The charges of eminent singing teach
ers in Paris vary greatly. Marchesi de-
mands $40 Il month, and will take no
pupil who will not begin with her from
the very rudiments Of the art. Nine
Lagrange has So Il lesson from profess
SIGNALS. and 81 from amateurs. Mime.
Rena Richards charges 81 lesson. NJ.
Bouby asks $40 month. Nine. Xiska
charges So to professionals and 81 to
amateurs. Spriglia has So lesson.
The rule is from IS to 50 a lesson. or
pected to take three lessons week.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

stead of screaming and running, she,
with the help of her dog, forced hruin
mp q tree, whore she left him till she
could go to one OF the neighbours for
help. A. ID. McDeugall went with her
to the place where the bear was freed,
Miss Duckett herself cut the tree down.
and when it fell they succeeded in cap
fine cub and is very lively -Co:y;lls
lWOShl Index IA 81 IF ~ 1885
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
"A Moon on His Neck

The queerest birthmark which tho
authorities tell anything about is on The
back of Joseph Rothermans neck. To-
seph is resident of Connellsyilc, Pa,
and his odd mark is a moon. When the
moon is new the mark is hardly notice-
able, but by the end of the first ounrfer
it is an angry-looking crescent, daily in
creasing in size. When the moon Is 1T
the full Rotherman's Hbirthmark has also
attained it's maximum size. It decreases
as the moon wanes and by the time Of
old or new moon is again scarcely no.
ficoah1o III
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Never Keep a Secret.

''How disappointing Marguerite can he,
shall never trust her again.
she is trying. What has she done
now ~ :
last week l made her promise not to
repeat a piece of gossip [ told her. ex-
pecting of course that everyone would
know it before the day was ovcr-it's
5Marguerltc,s way, you know. And Sat-
urday, when I thought the thing would
have taken effect, I found she had never
told a soul: How can one depend on
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
SmOkeleSs Powder

''There are many who imagine that in
the use of smekeless powder the United
do away with smoke on battlefelds. :"
said a military man. "rhere is no opin-
ion more erroneous than this. as the
smokelessness of the now powders is
merely II secondary consideration. The
old black powder was found to he in
efficient TO produce the necessary veloc-
ity for the new guns. and experiments
We're made to get Il higher explosive.
When this was put in use. the discsv-
erers of the new explosives were sur
prised to find that very little smoke fol-
lowed its explosion. Smoke is often very
useful OH battlefield, and no deliberate
attempt was made TO eliminate it,
Philadelphia Call
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Watched Hnhl,y

Founders "a. D. 1920. Wildly tearing
and dashins. it into fragments on the
pavement Great Scott!' =. - =
E Saunders h-what's the matter?''
Y. Round D.rlash that wife Of mine!
Shes put d negative bulb III my pocket,
rugged it's positive to the spectrophone,
and by CAD she's had her eyes on ME
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
What Victoria Reads.

Her majesty has during the recent
months been busily reading the works of
various poets, beginning with those Of
Mr.. Henley. The great lady positively
delights in the earlier novels of William
Black. ''rhe Princess of Thule" was at
one time her favorite book. and she is
devoted to the works Of George Eliot.
Although the Queen. in her literary as
well as her musical taste, is inclined to
be somewhat conservative, it need not be
said that she neglects the work of newer
writer's. She much likes William Viii
sons poems. and has read and re-read
his "Lachrymae Musarum." ashing-
ton Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

occasion. it is continually increasing it's
really fine collection of old signs Some
of these are very elaborate and bulky.
and all are interesting. Prominent
among them is the boldly -sculptured sign
of the Three Crowns, from an old house
on Lambeth HILL East-cheap.
Others await their turn to be in
cluded in this collection of city curios:
that small hut tincly-chiSelcd white swan
on the front of the oldest house in
Cheapside at the corner "f Friday street,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

The settlers are given until September
q, 1893, to make their first M nlent, and
by that time tho first crop will be- on
the market. The remaining payments
are TO be made each year thereaftsr.
every settler in the two new towns has
ayailed himself OF the opportunity to be.
gin q pineapple farm, 80.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Chief Justice Taney,s Old Honse

The mansion on the Mantz estate, at
Frederick, Md, which was once the
house of Chief Justice Roger Brooke
fancy Of the United States Supreme
court, is about to be sold. 1t is, an old
terror arranged and finished according
to the fashion of the early part Of the
century. The deed says that Roger
Brooke fancy conveyed this property to
Peter Mantz, February q. 1923. In it's
earlier history, when Chief Justice
fancy lived there, it was probably Il
beautiful place, but the wear and tear
of years have told on the mansion.
Judge fancy is buried in the grave
yard Of the Frederick novitiate. -Balti-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

London city to pass away from it's at-rtls-
toned place is that queer device. which
for long years decorated. in whimsical
fashion. til" old inn. the Goose and Grid
iron, i'll St. Paurs churrhvard The inn
has been recently demolished. to make
room. doubtless. for toM rrlng ware
houses and frcqurli'crs Of that neighbor-
hood know it no more.
A different treatment was accorded the
old carved stone which serves both as a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Was Very Bad.

"You We're having quarrel with the
prosecuting witness. were you not?" said
the judge in an effort to straighten out a
complicated case.
''Oi wor," was the reply.
And it was a very. severe quarrel"
+. ut wor. An it KEEP gettin' worser an
worser"
Can you give me some idea of how
bad it was?"
"Well, yer honor, at wan tonne OF
t'ink it wor most as bad as what's been
goin' OH bechune the, lawyers in this
case" -Washingto Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN

"A Pl1a.
Oh, give me not the ..marble heart. g. 49,
Nor yet the sicy mltt, ss
Nor treat me to the "frigid fist"
b n Nor answer me with init. - 3s.
Don't make me stand upon my head, =
Nor "t'row ME In the air.
Is Nor pass me up" nor turn me down.
Nor give the CLASSY stare.
But II you must reject my suit 's
Why please to let me know 2 =:
The SORROW of my lonely fate,
BY simply saying ''No, ~
.5s - =, Detroit News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

of the Seventeenth century would perish
at the hands and hammer of some ,in-
sympathetic maSon The Guldhall mu-
scum authorities speedily sent round to
make inquiries. and. if possible, to secure
the stone fur their collection: but with
out avail. for it has ts1range IL relate,
been preserved. and rebuilt into its old
site.
But though the Guldhall museum
failed t" add to it's treasures On that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
What Mr.. keener Found in His wen.

z We are informed that while digging 4
well iii the southern part of the county
recently T.. +. keencr ,lneafthed file
skeleton Of Il large shark ut the depth Of
something over ninety feet from the sur
face Of the ground. The bones Of the.
skeleton We're all in the proper place,
and were in a state Of almost perfect
preservation. Mr.. Keencr has some of
the teeth III his possession, anl they are
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
"A Good Bargain

arthur. DEAR" she said, II do wish
you would not use cigarettes"
"Why? s.
Because you don't know what is il,
them!' :" ~a
'Oh, yes, do. Why, for the trifling
sum cigarette costs you get nicotine,
valerian, possibly a little morphia and
any quantity Of carbon" ~
She looked up into his eyes and muir
INJURED:
IS Arthur, dear it does seem like a bar
gain, doesn't it ?''--Judge. :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

a Young Girl and Little Bear. Il
A few days ago Miss Grace Ducke:t
had quite an adventure. While rettrii-
neighbor's Miss Grace met bear. III.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

parish and company mark III Robin
Hood court. where. th" parishes of ST.
Bride and ~. Andrew. IInIlnrn. meet.
and here the tipld<nlithS' ."G,aiy have
property. as is s;ioy;: !y it's shield of
arms carved Oh the stone. Recently. in
the course IF much rebuilding that haS
been carried OH in thai corner the wall
in which thi; iuark WAS fixed was aiken
down. and 1t SEEMED likely that this rpiit.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
How We Nav Know a Lady,

A company of women was discussing
lately how to know u lady i'll Il casual
encounter. You may tell her" said
one, .by her boots, gloves and handker.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
OLD LONDON SIGNS.
Relics of the Days When People
Who Could Not Read Were
Numerous

There are still left, writes G. G. Har-
per in the Westminster Gazette, few
Of the many quantity sculptured signs
and devices that once made London
streets singular: but they are fast being
to-date" and eye-compeIiing advertise
ments. and one by one they go to swell
the collection, that may be seen by the
curious. housed in the darkIing crypt of
the Gujldhall museum.
Latest among the unusual signs of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

THE GOOSE AND CKIDlKUN.
st. rauls Churchyard.
and the deeply-cnt sign of the leopard.
now built into the passage wall of
house in Bulge Row. One by one the
watchful care of the city gathers them
in. to rest in security from the chances
they have endured. many of them. from a
date Immediately succeeding that of the
great fire of London
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

"A coroller's jury in London strongly
condemned the practice Of riding bicycles
without brakes. Sf u
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
The Deinoraiizihg Shirt Waist,


1t is certain that the shirt waist is de,
moralizing. With it. the average wuma 1
wears a made tie. which shows that she
has no appreciation of what is reali,
good form. from the standpoint of the
haberdashet. Then. nine times out OF
ten. the. girl who wears her shirt wais
carries her gloves. | don't know why
but / do know that this lack of trimnes.
is due to the influence of the peculiar
article of wearing apparel that cover,
her above the belt. And. gracious good
ness. look at the belt. 1t may be mar
row. or it may be wide: it may have a
plated buckle. that came from Chpa1
John shop, or Il gold one that came from
somewhere else. but there is certain
type of girl wearing a shirt waist. who
is going to make that belt cover nine.
teen inches: and nineteen inches only
or die iii the attempt; She doesn't die
for her temper. well-her temper is usu.
ally 12O Fahren heit. The other type OF
girl wearing belts and shirt Waists
doesn't care whether the belt goes over
Il margin Of forty inches, or whether ii
encloses f9rty=tw9 inches waistband
These are the people. who are looking fol
comfort. Ustla lily their skirts sag. and
the world at large knows whether the
skirt is gathered on to a band, pleatef
Oh to it. or. as man explained it. "ar
ranged in those funny rolls like sau
ssaages,' and by this he. meant godets
Men are very ignorant. but they do no
wear shirt waists. Some vices are to,
mean, even for men.
=, The shirt waist girl is never satisfied
She is accumulative: When she ha.
three shirt waists, she wants six. ant
when she gets six. she yearns for twelve
y fabric represents nothing to her ex
cept it's possibilities in the shirt wais
line: and in shop she stands staring a
a bit of cotton trying to see it made up
and deciding whether it's collar ought t,
he white or of the same material. Sh,
is reckless i'll buying belts and ties
But she will wear one skirt all summer
It may fray around the bottom. it ma,
be undesirable in every way. but if it i
mentioned at all, it gives her chanc,
to dilate on her economy in wearing GU
her Old skirt. making it useful by tn,
Intervention of the shirt waist.-Phila
delphia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Does Woman Earn Her Keep?


Thousands of women work in the
mines of Belgium. England and Corn
wall. In the first-named country they
formerly worked from twelve to sixteen
hours Il day. with no Sunday rest The
lincn-thread spinners of New Jersey. ac-
| cording to the report of the labor COLI
missioner. are ''in one branch of the i'll
dustry compelled to stand OH Il stone
floor i'll water the year round. most of the
time barefoot. with a spray of water
from revolving cylinder flying constant
ly against the breast: and the col,leS,
night in winter. as well as the warmcst
i'll summer, these poor creatures must go
to their homes with water dripping from
their underclothing along their path. be-
cause there could not be space or few
moments allowed them wherein TO
change their clothing" Yet women are
exempted from labor attended by hard
ship!
Despite these washer>vomen, miners
and linen-thread spinners. we are told
1t is womans privilege generally to be
exempted from the care of earning her
livelihood and that of her offspring
1t would seem to be time that this
libel upon woman should be scorned by
fair-minded men. From all antiquity
the majority of women have been faith
full workers. rendering Il full equivalent
in labor for their scanty share of the
worlds goods. The origin of every in
dustry bears testimony +" this In our
own era, while women We're still home
keepers. did they not earn their iveli-
hood? What was the weaving. the sew
ing. the cooking, the loctoring, the nurs-
ing, the child-carc. ''the work that was
never DONE" if it was not earning
subsistence? Even in these days. when
woman goes forth and receives the re-
ward of her labor as publicly as man.
she is no more worthy of her hire Her
ancestrcss-sweet and sanity soul!-d,I
not dream of recompenSc. But was it
not her due; and shall we refuse to
credit it because man was then self
sufficient ignoramus who deemed himself
the only one fit to acquire property? ,
Alice B. Tweedy in Appletons Popular
Science Monthly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
Her Quotation Book.


\ busy woman has compiled for her
own Use and qualification book of quo
tations. which so far surpasseS in clever
ness and quantity anything of the kind
that l have ever seen. and | was en-
boldened to ask her how she had NAH
aged to make her collection
My dear she said. that represents
the work Of years, yet done so gradually
that l have never missed the hours spen,
upon it. From the time that was a
girl i have made a habit of reading with
pencil and notebook at hand. and when
anything impresses me as especially
clever | ma ke a note Of it, Even in
ira yelling | always have tiny pencil and
sheet of paper in the depths Of purse or
bag. At any time when / have few
moments to spare at my desk jot down
book. and then 1t is mine forever.
although the books have read in
times past may not belong 10 me. the
best most pithy sayings i'll them can
never be taken from me- TO this vol
ume | often go for amusement. cheer and
consolation. 1t is all old friend. who
has something to say to fit any MOOD in
whirl: MAY find myself"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03

Hiram Maxim. the maker of ,nany
guns, is gifted with no little skill as an
artist. s