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Connecticut western news., 1896-08-27
,o.. o, the Ocean Maid.

LONDON, Aug. 26.-A bottle, which has just washed ashore at Arranmore, con- tains the following inscription, signed by T. B. Gilmore: Doe 27. Ocean Maid, New Brunswick to Liverpool, is founder ing in latitude 45 and longitude 57. 45."
Connecticut western news., 1896-08-27
M. Rfbot Coming to America.

LONDON, Aug. 25.-A dispatch to The Times from Havre announces that M. RI bot, ex-premier of Franco, has sailed for
Connecticut western news., 1896-08-27
Death of Leopold Herx.

LONDON, Aug. 26.-The Times this morning announces the death of Leopold Herz of New York,
Connecticut western news., 1896-08-27
D. R. FRANCIS CHOSEN
THE EX-GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI TO
 SUCCEED HoKE sMtTA.

President Cleveland Announced the Ap-
 pointment al Gray Gables-It Created
 Somewhat of a Surprise In Washington.
 Tn. Career of tho Cabinet onic.r.
 BUzzARps BAy, Mass, Aug. e6.--An- nounccment Is madc by President Cleve- land at Gray Gables of the appointment of David R Francis, ex-governor of Missouri, as secretary of the Interior. yioo Hon. Hoke smith, who recently resigned the secretaryship because of his financial views. Mir. Francis will probably assume office on Sept. 1. as that Is the date named in Secretary smiths resignation.
Connecticut western news., 1896-08-27
A sarpris. Tn washinKtes

.wAsHTNeToS, Aug e6-The announce ment that the president had appointed ex. Governor Francis of Missouri to succeed Mir. smith as secretary of the interior
Connecticut western news., 1896-08-27

Canaan Savings Bank.
 CANAAN, CONN. OoNuKNCxD BusINxss OCTOBER 1sT, 1874. JOHN B. RKKD, President DANIn. l.. FRKKNAN, Vice-Presfdenf 6RoRor 8. FULLER, Secretary JosKPH ". PKKT, Treasurer
 TRUSTEES:
 George 8. Fuller, deorge W. Oowdrey, D. L. Freeman, George l.. Parsons, J. A. Underwood. George 8. Dunning.
 AUDrroRs3 @. W. Parsons William Fl. Camp
 OFFICE AT STORE OF
 FULLER & PEET.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03
HOUSE OF ABALONE SHELLS.
1t Is Near Cypress Point and Belongs
q Chinese Fisherman.

1t Is Near Cypress Point and Belongs to
Chinese Fisherman.
Odd habitations are to be found all
over California. Sometimes there is Il
good reason for this being odd, but often
it is the result of some crank idea. On
the beach near Cypress Point, in Monte
rey county, there is one that cannot come
the last
The residence belongs to Chinese
fisherman, and is part natural and part
the work of his own hands The nat
nral portion of the house is a small case
in one of the many rocks that stick up
all over the beach. The other part is a
sort Of wooden shed that has been built
used is of the toughest kind, but the
esthctic Chinaman overcame this objec
ton by covering the whole outside with
abalone shells, the hollow side being
turned out.
The Chinaman evidently did that many
years ago, when the shells were plentiful
and had scarcely any market value. Ev'
or more nails have been driven through
them. according to their size. Some OF
the shells are magnificent in color and
enormous in size. There is one at least
Is inches in diameter, and duplicate in
good condition could not be bought III
San Francisco for any price. Most of
the larger shells, if they We're not punct:
for from So to IS apiece. But that
size cannot be had in the market now
and would be difficult to find on the
rocks of any part of the coast.
The general effect of the house. when
the sun strikes it at the proper angle, is
dazzling. The polished, pearly surfaces
sparkle with astounding brilliancy and
flash with all the colors of the rainbow
1t is a pleasing and surprising sight
and the only pity is that so many beauti
full shells were destroyed to produce it.
San Francisco Call.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03
HE LOST HIS BIG KITES.
Prof. Fntter's Aeroplanes Sail Skywar,
Never to Return.

Prof. Fntter's Aeroplanes Sail Skywartl
Never to Return.
The gaze of Washingtonians who hap
pened to be on the streets about t
O'Clock this afternoon, says the Even
ing Staff, was directed heavenwartl
The sight of three great, glittering
square things that looked something
like kites, something like balloons, and
yet were similar to neither, created
great curiosity. Many thought that the
problem of aerial navigation had been
solved. and much interest in securing an
explanation of the mystery was mani
tested. The queer things which were
Seen sailing along 2OOO feet above the
earth We're Prof Samuel Potter's ae-
roplanes, which had broken loose from
their attachments at Fort Myer and APP
peared to be making bee line for one
of the planets. "Aeroplane' is the name
given by the scientists of the weather
bureau to the kites with which they are
now experimenting in order to gain n
more thorough knowledge of the cond-
tons and currents of the upper air.
Yesterday afternoon the weather man
went over the river to continue the kite
trials, and. instead of the usual hempen
rope. there was attached fine steel
wire to the kites as they were sent
aloft. They had assembled to distance
of over quarter of a mile. when the
strain on the Wire became too great,
and it snapped. The kites continued
their upward course over the city. Peo-
pie stood on street corners and gazed
skyward at the strange objects. which
We're plainly visible, and from some
points of observation seemed almost as
if on fire as the suns slanting rays
shonc on their silken sides. When night
came the kites were still high in the
heavens. with no prospect of their COM
ing down to earth again.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03
Onc-sided Women.

Have you ever noticed" said man
about town. that nine women out IF ten,
when they enter street car, invariably
take a seat on the right-hand side of the
car? l have frequently wondered at it,
and solution to the mystery did not
occur to me until few nights ago l
boarded a Girard avenue car which was
entirely empty and sat down in the
forward left-hand corner. At the next
crossing Il woman got aboard and sat
down opposite me. AT the next street
two more women got on and took seats
alongside of the first. After time
there were seven women in the car, all
sitting in a row, leaving me to enjoy
the comforts of the left-hand seats.
Then three men jumped aboard and sat
down on my side. Finally another
woman Joined us. and, instead of taking
vacant seat near the door on The Ia
dies side she walked the entire length
of the car and sat down alongside Of me.
This eccentricity on her part impellod me
to watch her more closely than good
manners possibly warranted. but l solved
the mystery to my satisfaction. She
paid the conductor with her left hand,
She was left handed; see? And all the
women on the other side were right
handed, of course. Fact!'-PhiladelDh
Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03
The Nape of the Neck.

Very few women know how important
the nape of the neck is. If there is one
point of the body that the average girl
neglects and the wise beauty care for it
is this spot.
"Why. there is nothing" said a gor-
geous example of the sex, THAT finally
complete's beautiful woman'S triumph
as does the nape of her neck. If the
line is graceful. if the skin is pure and
the small accidental rings of hair that
fall are artiSticaliy managed. the spell
that this part Of woman cNerts over
a man is tremendous. | must say that
few women have good napes. a girl
to her hair will usually be dark and
una ttractive there. There's nothing like
the air to purify the SIX in. and the more
a girl lets her neck catch the breezes the
fairer it will get This is not generally
believed. but let any woman ask her
self if the few dark spots on her are not
where the skin has been constantly hot
and covcrd. Well. the nape of the neck
is peculiar in this regard. To be white
it must be kept free of woolcns and the
hair. Once given 4 good skin the rest is
easy. OF course the neck shows the
hest advantage when the hair is brushed
up and away from it. but there should be
some tiny little stray thistle downs of
hair falling away from the rest. These
must ne natural. mlnu. or At iCaSt JUST
separated and curlcd with the fingers.
Oh, the horror of the girl who has curled
that part of her hair with an iron.
And oh! the crime of the girl who has
made bang there! If the hair is skill
fully managed and the skin white, then
the only thing desired is the good line.
\ woman who presses her chin down
and holds her head stiffly cannot have a
good line ut the neck. The chin must
he raised little and the head carried
somewhat up and pushed forward This
gives a perfect angle from Just between
tho shoulders to the hair.-Philadelphi
'rip,cS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.
Professor Watson Makes Statement {
Intereat to Earmers.

Professor Watson Makes q Statement Of
Interest to Farmers.
The question of spontaneous combus-
ton has long been mooted one so far
as its relation to hay or fodder in a stack
or NOW is concerned. George c.. Wat
sylvania State college, in a bulletin soon
to be issued from the experiment station,
presents an irrefutable argument in sub
sanitation Of the theory in Il recent
happening at one Of the college barns.
Sparks of fire were seen dropping from
the ceiling of the COW stable underneat tn
the east wing of the college barn. In
vcstiga ton soon proved that the fire was
confined to NOW of hay. To pre-
vent the mass of hay bursting into flames
every hole was stopped up which might
by any possibility admit any draft and
the hay was covered with wet blankets,
on which water was constantly thrown.
Then. to- save the barn, hole was
knocked in the side and the entire NOW
of hay was thrown out, some thirty tons
III all.
An examination of the pile of hay
showed that the entire mass was so
thoroughly charred that it would crumble
when handled, and the whole of it was
rendered unfit for stock food. While
positive proof of the origin of the fire
may be lacking. the circumstances are
such that it seems safe to consider it
of spontaneous origin. There was no
fire near the barn, nor was there any
way by which an incendiary could get
in his work. For several days previous
to the fire peculiar odor was notice
able in the vicinity of the barn. which
was compared by many to that emitted
by burning grain. The bulletin pre-
scribes as the best way to act under such
circumstances. to save the building, is to
keep the hay as wet as pOsSible and re-
move the same from the building in the
quickest possible time, taking the utmost
precaution to at all times exclude all
draft or air currents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03
Rapid Advance.

An American who was living in Paris
went into fruit shop one winters day
several years ago to get something for a
little breakfast that she was preparing
u give to two or three friends. The pro-
prirt"r showed her three very beautiful
dollhouse peaches, which he assured her
We're the only ones to be had in all Paris.
She asked the price and was told that
they We're 20 francs
But that is very dear" she said. BE
sides. | am not sure at al! that the favor
is good
Let lis try one, madame" replied the
shopkeeper, and before she could prevent
him he had broken one of the peaches
and was offering her a half, while he
himself ate the other piece.
''Drlcions.' was her verdict. And
how much are the other two!'
'F"rty francs. madame answered the
smiling proprietor. You see since we
have eaten the third these that remain
are so much more rare than they were
before. Now, should we try another the
last one would be 80 francs"
Fortunately, she was possessed Of ar
abundance Of this worlds goods, so has
thy paid her 40 francs, lest they go up If
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03
QUEER LQVEMAKING.
South American Bird Which Wins Its
Mate by its Strange Dancing.

Mate by its Strange Dancing.
There is bird in South America that
makes love with its feet. 1t is hand
some creature, but walks clumsily, and
the only sound it can utter is hoarse
cluck, 1t dances, however, in way
that wins admiration from the female
Of its sex, though its antics only serve
as an incentive TO laughter to human
beings who see them.
This bird known as the cork Of the
rock. lives in the northern mountainous
portion Of South America 1t is about
the size Of large chicken.
The entire bird, body, head. wings
and tail, is blood red in color. with the
exception Of the tail feathers, which
them near tn" ends. which are tipped
with buff. On tn" head is a CREST Of
feathers Xix" !; great red BAIL which con
tracts Or expands at the pleasure of its
| owner.
When the mating srA>un comes seven
to ten males seek SOM secluded spot,
where there is a level patch Of ground.
and clear it Of any stick. stone, or
leaves, STAMPING down the dirt ill i, is
hard and level
Then they call the females. who stand
at he edges Of this novel arena. One 1T
! tim" the males then perform n most
curious dance. Each dancer will frs.
strut up and down 4 few times and then
to tn" apparent delight Of th. rest com
Inrii''" TO cnp"r around in al extremely
ludi"rou> mann"r. spreading his tail and
wings. pnfiiny up hi. crest. bowing to
tn" others. and 1T the same time keep
ing ~ hopping gait until be is cx-
hHuSte0.
When all The males have. danced each
female VIII chpo>" q mate. and the hap
py pairs depart to begin honSrkerping-
New York Morning Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03
JUDGES Mistake.

The judges at the cat show held in
New York last week brought the laugh
on thelnse Ives by an absurd mistake. 1t
appears that cat named Ncodemus
was entered into the competition. Nico-
dtmus had been an ordinary, everyday
BoWery cat until a wealthy family took
a fancy to the animal In the entry
\icodemus was named as male cat. 3
years and I months old. In this guisc
\icodemus appeared in class No. ., for
tabbies. and the price Of the animal was
put at $500 That was the price set
down in the official catalogue, and the
owners testimony was given to show
that NicOdemus was one of the finest
eats alive. 1t took prize last year and
another prize was awarded to Nicode-
mus a. this years show. But, alas, be-
tor" the formal presentation was made
This time the Judges felt called upon to
reconsider their award and it was re-
voked. The trouble appears to have
been that Nicodcmus turns out to be not
that kind of a cat 1t should have been
named Fannie or some such sweet femi-
nine name
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03
FORTUNATE MICHIGAN FLORISTS.
Grand Rapids Firm Makes a Hit with tho
Murella CarnafiOn


Hopp & Meinke, the Grand Rapids
(Mich) florists, have made Il tcn-strike
in the murella carnation. They have been
offered $4,000 for it by New York
florist on a basis of delivering 100000
plants. but not having the requisite num-
Der of plants to deliver the negotiations
have been hung up until next fall. The
murella is bright red, very fragrant, has
Il long stem, and the flowers are three or
grown for five years without showing
signs of deteriora ting. Like other car
nations the marella is an accident 1t
was grown from seed and proved to be
the one brilliant success, and several
thousand failures. Carnations grown
from seed do not follow the parent plant
and it is among the Seeding that the
florist seeks for new varieties. A grower
may. labor for years, paying special at
tention to cultivation. fertilization and
proper crossing. without improving upon
the varieties already in the market. When
Seeding does show an Improvement
over the old styles it is carefully watched
and attended, and if in three years it is
the same as when first brought out it is
looked uDon as permanent and valued
accordingly. The seedlings that show no
Improvement are thrown out and the
florist starts all over again. The ''suc-
cesses' are propagated by dividing and
roofing, and if flowers are grown for
the market at the same time this takes
five or six years. as in the case of the
murella. The purchasers of the murella
will have Il guarantee of exclusive rights,
but this guarantee would be for Il single
season only. The flowers are not pro
tectcd by patent or copyright, but the
slow processes of nature are the only
guard against infringement. AS soon
as placed on the market other florists
will, Of course, buy the plant and will
hurry the growth in every possible way
to have flowers and plants of their own
for sale. But before they could accom-
plish anything the season would be so
far advanced that nothing could be done.
The murellas are for sale in the Chicago
market. and command Sc and IS hun
dred when the best Of other varieties
sell for So or ST.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03

tract specified that they had to be turned
OH not later than fifteen minutes beyond
Il certain hour of the evening and might
be again turned off not earlier than if
teen minutes before certain other hour
in the morning.
Experience had shown that man
could walk about 400 feet in fifteen
minute interval, and turn ON or off the
ten lights within that distance, SO that.
for the whole 600 lights, the services of
sixty men We're required, which could
not be secured for less than 81 per week
per man, entailing, thus, the expenditure
of $24O per week, or $12,4SO per year.
The clock-switching devices, which did
the same work, cost $3.50 apiece, max
ing total for the 600 poles of only
$4,000, which investment, of course, will
not be yearly recurring one. What the
saving effected by the automatic switches
will be may be left to the readers own
calculation. The whole affords lesson
in central station economics in which
station superintendent ought to find
something decidedly interesting.-Cas-
Sicr'S Magazine for MDrrh
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03
Two of Them.

William }. Florence, the comedian,
had reputation for bright stories aud
practical jokes. The following one is
said to have been told by him at din
ner one night. when the converse ton
turned on travelling theatrical comoa-
MES: Wears ago." said Florence. II
was in a small company skipping from
town to town. We had met with ex-
tremely bad luck up to our landing in
the town of D.. There we found the
lowest ebb of all, for when the curtain
rolled up there were just two persons
in the audience. a young girl in an or
chestra chair and a young man in the
front row. of the balcony. We went
on with the performance, however, pos
sibly to warm ourselves more than
anything else. According to my part.
was helping the heroine to escape the
clutches of the william, and in one
of my lines I said. Have you noticed
that even the bright moon is rising to
light us on our way:'' Before she had
time to reply the young man in the bal
cony called ont. L am not so certain
about the young lady downstairs, but |
can see it all right "-Harper's Round
Table
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03
Norway'6 Cod Fisheries.

In letter to the Fishing Gazette, +.
Backcr, director of the Government Fish
e Tcnoe at o. Soq a,re tens
in relation to the cod fishery, which he
gins usually Immediately after New
Years at Lofoten and as early as Christ
mas at the outside islands. The storms
have been so severe since the breaking
up Of the ice at Christmas that it pre-
vented the fleet of 5000 boats, with their
crews numbering $4,000 to $4,000 men,
from going to the fishing banks. A few
trial trips were made. but they could not
even determine if the fish were ON the
grounds or not.
Every harbor along the coast is filled
with boats ready for Lofoten, and NOR
chant vessels which venture out, ais soon
as there is break in the bad weather,
are overtakcn by storms and must again
return to the harbor." There are hopes
that if it clears up a bit soon the usual
100000 of cod will be taken.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03
Gymnasium for Girls,


How much less essential to perfect
manhood and womanhood is physical
training than education? How much
more important is it that scientific rules
and principles Of health should be OBJ
served in the rearing of boys than in the
upbringing of girls? These are ques-
tons practically intelligent people have
is making to appear foolish many of the
theories and superStitions that have him
dered the progress Of the race. and given
the aspect Of crimes to certain sins of
omission that stupid custom had sane
toned. There is profound wisdom in
the reflections of Il discerning writer who
says: las intelligence advances man
sal application that which is now but a
struggling conception on tho part of a
few who belong to the noble army Of
fanatics and hereticS. viz. that physical
inadequacy is at the root Of far more of
the vices and s. MS of today than moral
delinquency and a Systematic intention
" a" S Sc ESGs %sc fGP inr%tic IS
and deficiencies resulting from a disre-
gard of the commoneSt rules of muscular
development and bodily perfection must
have their reflex in the spiritual and
moral character of the victim Strong,
active. physical health is rarely assoc
cla1rd win moral perNcrSlty IN the right
~ educated man or woman. In a vague
way this fact is recognized by parents
in masculine bearing, but an hered-
tary prejudice against whatever may
tend to make girls less delicate. less
dainty than is CONSTANT with the notion
of feminine refinement condemns woma n
to position that is in most ways disad-
vantageous to her highest and best inter-
CstS.
rThn tnrr;fv;nr thourht that nhvsica I
real daughters causes most mothers to
look frowningly upon the gymna sium.
They care to cultivate only those parlor
gruccs that narrow society has chosen
to regard as the evidence of gentility,
indifferent to the fact that they repre-
sent, generally, an inferior state of wom-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03
POTENT RABBITS FOOT.
With Its Aid He Recovered a $4,000 W
dict for His Negro Client.

u4CC lOT DIS negro CAenG.
TAX dat, Mars Towns Sh-! Hole
it clos! Sh-! Dat gwine to bring yo'
luck TO- sho'. Hugh! Dat am de right
TO- fut OBJ a swamp rabbit FIN ole Vir-
ginny,. sh..;;. 1t gwine to bring yo'
luc, dead sho'!'
The above was whispered in the ear of
Mirameau L. Towns, the poet-lawycr, in
the Supreme court, Brooklyn, hy Angc-
lima Stokes, the mother of .Alpheus Au-
gustus Stokes little black boy, who.
in August, 1894, lost a foot by being
run over by trolley car of the Brook.
lyn Heights Railroad company.
Mr.. Towns was a little nervous and
somewhat afraid that he. would lose the
case. His nervousness was contagious,
for Mrs. Stokes asked the cause. Mr..
Towns said there was a man in the
courtroom looking at him who was cross
eyed and who had red hair.
It was then that Mrs. Stokes whis-
pcred the words in Mr.. Towns ear, at
the same time placing in his hand the
rabbits foot
All the time he was summing up the
case, Mr.. Towns kept his hand in his
pocket and in his hand was the rabbit
foot from ''old Virginny."
The jury returned verdict of $4,000
for the boy.
Mr.. Towns is now firm believer in the
charm that rabbits foot is said to pos
sess.-NeW York Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-03
Throws a Fortune in the Fire

Mrs. Mcconnell, the wife of II section
boss on the Cleveland, Lorain 4 Wheel
ing railroad, living at Seville, neal
Akron. o., lost her fortune in u min
ute and is nearly crazy. She had saved
$4,000. This sum she kept in bills. which
made quite bundle. The bundle she
secreted about the house.
Wishing to 20 visiting for day and
fearing to leave her money in the emoty
house, she gave it to her neighbor t.
keep for her, without stating what was
in the bundle. In a moment of absent
mindedness the neighbor threw the ole
paper into the fire and it burned away
before she remembered it belonged tt
Mrs. Mcconnell. Both the neighbor ant
Mrs. Mcconnell are nearly frantic witt