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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-08
Locomotive Without a Firebox.

In the city of Marseilles, France, a
railroad has recently been completed
which possesses the original feature that
it's motive power consists of steam To-
comotives, without frebox. This Pc
culiar engine was adopted in order to eff
feet the passage of Il tunnel, half mile
long, without development of smoke
The locomotive consists of cylindrical
boiler, which is filled with hot water
under Il maximum pressure of 227.5
pounds per square inch. At the end of
the line the pressure decreases to 43 to
20 pounds. The water is then heated
again to 2O3 degrees, corresponding to
a pressure of 227.5 pounds, by means of
steam produced by the generators at the
central station. The boiler is 10 feet
long, 3.8 feet in diameter and holds be-
sides $50 gallons of water and p cubic
feet of steam. The steam from the gen
orators is uniformly distributed through
the water by suitably arranged pipes
After having been used in the cylinders,
the steam is condensed in Il condenser,
consisting of 1154 pipes, provided over
the boiler
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-08
Fads::
Woman is q creature of fads


We may not like, to admit it.. we may
wish it were otherwise. but the fact re-
mains that what is; a craze with her to-
day is forgotten: tomorrow: her stock
of superlative adjectives that are today
showered upon some passing trifie are
tomorrow applied with equal fervor to
some new fancy.
In certain respects this insta bility is
not to be deplored. for we would not
have woman worship always at the
shrine of the same rag-doll. There is /,
certain sort of merit in being able to
adapt oneself to new hobbies. and there
is always the possibility of the new fad
being of higher order than the old.
The most deplprab bic feature Of woman S
devotion to fads is the tendency it devel-
ops in her to make a fad of everything
The pronounced faddist has lost all per
spicuity; her religion, the training of her
children, her own intellectual culture
in fact every hing that ought to be near
and dear to her are placed on a plane
with her collection of Beardsley post
ers or whatever bthet fad she may have
i'll hand. Perhaps, this winter, she has
made fad of religion or culture or some
other good cause, but it has only been a
fad. and has affected her real PERSONAL
tyy Just as much as did her discussions
of Trilby last winter. Herein lies the
dangers of faddism. 1t takes us to ev-
cry new thing with an unnatural fervor
that soon burns out, leaving us with en-
ergies wasted and only few dry husks
in our possession. for all our feverish
excitement
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-08
How to Make a Room Inviting.

| have seen very ugly rooms on which
people had spent heaps of money, and
there are lovely ones which have cost
their owners very little beyond good taste
and the exercise of common sense and
care. In the first place, cleanliness in
room is in itself a great beauty. Make
war on every bit of dust, every cobweb,
every speck and stain. A perfectly
clean ROOM although quite bare of orna-
puts in her little individual touches, her
books on hanging shelf, which her
brother can make for her, or which she
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-08
A ReSular MOSsOaEk:

J. B. Darnell Of Odessa. Ky. 81 years
old. splits rails with wedge 300 gears
old, which his great grandfather brought
from Scotland with him. He hauls the
rails with his mule, Katy. 81 years old:
he shaves once a week with his razot.
forty-two years old; and has reaphook
forty-five years old. His prejutive in
favor of old whisky however can nSr-
ally be removed hy the tender IF new
whisky-when the latter is the only kind
Itailihle:
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No letters are published without tho
request of the writer. The strictest
confidence is observed. The following
letter represents thousands
II always enjoyed good health I'M
til six months before the birth of my
babe. Then was very weak; my back
ached all the time. My physicians
said would be all right after the birth
of the child, but I was not, although
at that time had the best of care.
The pains in my back were almost un-
bearable. I had leucorrhea in it's
worst form; transformations were pain
full.
"Any work or care would entirely
unnerve me. When my babe was II
months old, friends persuaded me to
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Before I had taken one
bottle felt the effects. My back did
not ache SO badly, and felt stronger.
After taking four bottles felt well.
Ny ambition returned, transformations
were painless, leucorrhea entirely
cured, and 1 could take care of nv
babe and do my housework shall
always recommend your Vegetable
Compound for all women, especially
for young mothers. 81. L.
GooLD, Oregon, Wis.
If Mrs. Goold had been we'll before
the birth of her child, subsequent
suffering would have been avoided.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound should always be taken before
and after birth, in order that the
system msy withstand the shocls,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-08
Fire from Steam Pines.

The burning of the Warren, r. T.,
cotton mill having been attributed to
the carbonizing of the wooden tagging
Oh the, cylinder of the large quadruple
possibility of wooden coverings to steam
pipes taking fire without the presence of
a spark to start the combustion, and
some recent investigations by the Boston
Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance
company are of considerable interest. In
a report of these Investigations, APPEAR
ing in the Providence Journal, several
instances, are given where wood cover
ings, although separated from steam
pipes by, several thicknesses of hair Felt
and other, coverings; betailie badly
charred and in several instances actually
took fire.
Edward Atkinson, bresidentof the: conf
pany, Says that it is sometimes held That
this finely carb6nized wood will not ig=
tact by spark or HaHne from ali outside
source. lin proof that charcoal iii Il pbr
Gus condition will ignite from the sudden
influx of fresh air, he cited an example
i'll his own experience.
Having had OCCASION to test heat-re=
tarding substances ON his own Behalf;
he once obtained sbme sections IF pre-
in thickness and of Il very porous uiali-
ty, which are made use of in the con-
str'lction of refrigerators His purpose
was to determine whether or not such
slabs could be used to prevent the es-
cape of steam from lamp oven. He
therefore raised the heat of the inner
oven, which is tight inner iron box
one inch distant on all sides from an
outer case made of v,lcani2ed and very
solid wood pulp, to a little tihder 400 de-
grees. In the center of that inner oven,
isolated from any metallic contact with
the. wall, was placed one of these slabs
and there left subject to heat at less
than 400 degrees for about one hour
He then removed the front of the outer
oven and opened the door of the inner
oven, letting a very quick and large sup
ply of fresh air into the chamber, in
which the oxygen had probaly been in
part. exhausted by subsection to the
hours heat. The slab of wood pulp
had turned from pure white to dense
black, having been converted into very
porous charcoal. In less than a minute
after the fresh air was let in it took
fire and burned to ashes. He repeated
the experiment with the same result.
-Four hundred degrees Fahrenheit will
be developed by a pressure of steam of
23S pounds per square inch, but the
same carbonizatioE ensues by lapse of
time even at boiling heat, or PIP de-
Grees, as has been nrOye1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-08
PICKING ORANGES.
How the Yellow Gi1bes Are Harvested
fiji No.

FIR Market:
The picking IF The orange in large
orange csnttrs. such as the San Gabriel
Valley: Pomona, Riverside. and Red
lands, is announced by an addition to the
floating population Gangs of piekers-
Mexicans. Chinese. Americans. men. aui
boys-gather from far and near. and the
groves are filed with laughter and song.
Everybody is at work, and if the crop. as
it is this year, is large, everyone is feel
ing cheerful. The orange grove of the
imagination is a stretch of trees filed
with golden fruit. where one can lie in
the soft grass and luxuriate in the sight.
The actual grove, when beautiful TO the
eye, is not place for lounging. as the
ground IL, Or should be, kept continually,
ploughed and irrigated. But the trees
| are attractive. Ever green. often show
SONS at the same time. they are an enig-
! MA.
A gang of them. under a leader or
| Ovprseer. takes possession of grove
bright and early i'll the morning two or
three inten being appointed to d tree. and
enable the pickers to reach the top
| branches. and each orange is carefully
cut from the tree; If it is pulled and the
| skin broken it will soon decay. The
picker. wears a bag about his neck and
| into. this the fruit is dropped. When
the bag is filled the fruit is handed to the
washer Or .scribber The latter. gem
orally Chinatnan. washes the black
sta in Dr rust from the fruit. polishing it
with cloth. after which it is PASSED to
the assorter. Sometimes a simple ma
chine is used, runway. so that the
oranges Of the. same size will all collect
together: This accomplished. each
orange is. wrapped. iii variously cylored
paper and placed in the box ready for
shipment. 4 counter keeps tally Of the
boxes:
In some groves various machines are
used. Thus one patent is knife on
long POLE. which. is CONNECTED with
canvas tube. The orange si,s,arated
from others. in this way drops ipto the
chute. and. by an arrangement IF traps;
drops from one to another. aud finally
rolls into a box uninjurt.d The. ordi-
nary method of picking, however, is big
| hand.
The orange-,ickers are usually jolly
lot. there being something about the
business, apparently. that enlivens the
spirits The Mexicans and Americans
labor in harmony. but an orange picking
team composed of China men and Anieri-
cans appear to work the reverse The
Chinese picker finds that his ladder gives
way without warming. dropping him into
the thorny tree or upon the ground He
| is bombarded with oranges from unseen
quarters. or finds his pigtail fastened to
a branch. In other words as a rule
his life in the orange grove is not as
pleasant as it might be. He is strongly
suspected by his fellows of working at
rates that will not support a. white map
| of family addicted to taXpaying-St
Louis Gl0be-Dembcrat:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-08
ShnG.Papefli,e Nlachihe:

:: An improved machine has been de-
sighed to sandpaper planned surfaces Of
materials for panels, doors. or any class
of work in street car construction re
quiring a perfect surface either for
vanishing or painting. 1t is heavy and
substantial. and made to work various
widths frotn 80 inches to 60 inches. The
sand paper, graded according 10 the
work TO be done. is placed Oh three steel
drums. The first drum carries a coarse
grade of paper, the second a fine grade
for smoothing. and the third a finer
grade for giving the material the pol
ished surface. Each has an oscillating
or Migratory motion laterally across the
material to prevent the formation Of
lines. which would result if the rrvov-
ing motion were direct. Each drum is
equipped with device for adjusting the
sandpaper around it. and giving It the
proper tension in the shortest possible
time: There are eight feeding rollers.
which are 50 placed that the material
will pass. between the upper and lower
sets. They will receive material 9
inches thick. Everything is cleaned BY
brush attachment as it passes flushed
from the mh chii1a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-08
A MOgul's Record.

One Of the new Pennsylvania railroad
mogul compound freight engines has al
ready made a record that will stand for
some time. Engine 1878, equipped with
the Richmond compound valve, and in
charge of Engineer Howard Dougherty,
made run with twenty-five loaded re-
frigerator cars from Altoona to Harris
burg, 1872 miles, in three hours and
thirty-seven minutes. The engine has a
scoop for taking water on the fly, and
no stop on that account was necessary.
Such performance is, when the weight
of the train is taken into consideration,
phenomenal, and shows that the new
type of engine will prove q success from
tho start
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-08
CALIFORNIA; Edible lizard.

There is living in the mountainous
parts of the Mojave desert a very
strange lizard, which often reaches a
length of over a foot, and which is nearly
as wide as ones hand and of a uniform
dark slate color, or even black, while the
tail is spotted with white and often
nearly uniformly white. At distance
this species, which scientists call Sauro-
malur alter, looks like ella monster.
and many people, unacquainted with the
latter, have supposed them to be the
same, and | think it is due to this mis-
take that many people believe the ella
monster an inhabitant of California. But
the monster being found in our state
Prof. Baird states that in his Pacific
railroad reports, on the authority of
Kennerly and Mollhausen, that it has
been found along the Mojave river, but
this must be mistake.
The chuck walla, as the black lizard
above described is called by the Indians.
is almost entirely vegetarian in it's hal,-
its, and consequently edible Several
specimens which were examined con-
tanned in their stOmachs specimens of a
little lotus an ephedra and Il few bits
of the gray desert tree, delea fremontii.
The Indians eat a great many of them.
and l, for one, can testify that although
very repulsive to look at, if one has not
had fresh meat for three or four months.
a nice, fat chuck walla is quite palatablp
if properly cooked. The meat is very
white and tastes much like frogs legs.
which are sold at such a good price in
our markets-San Francisco Chronicle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-08

A new mining camp has been estab-
lished at Palmer Lake. Col, where
quartz running $500 in gold per ton has
been discovered within one mile of q
lunchroom of the Denver & Rio Grande
railway. s7s gxsE g. a>s7s
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MY HEART SHALL ne rHY GARDEN

= 4 - er. /
MY HEART SHALL he THY GARDEN.
My heart shall be thy garden. Come, my
own,
Into thy garden; thine be happy hours
Among nay fairest thoughts, my tallest
flowers,
From root to browning petal thine alone.
Thine Is the place from where the seeds are
Sown =,
Up to the sky Enclosed, with all its show
erS.
But ali, the birds. the birds! Who shall
build bowers,
To keep these thine? 0 friend, the birds
have flown.
For as these come and Co. and quit our pine
10 follow the sweet season, or, ncw-com-
erS,
Sing one song only from our alder trees.
Ny heart has thoughts which, though thine
eyes hold mine.
Fit to the silent world and other sum-
merS,
With wings that dip beyond the silver
sea. Alice Meynell
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-08

The Last Chance mine in the Cornu-
copia district, Oregon, has been sold to
John E. Searles, secretary of the sugar
trust in New York city, and w. J.
Clark of Helena, Mont. The price is
$4,000. 5s.:. <s%S.t=ezzss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-08
Arizona Funeral Posters,

II am struck said well-known tray
eler the other day, with a few features
in Phoenix that mark no other town on
the coast. One Of them is the custom
of posting up black-bordered notices of
Invitation to funerals. I've seen that
done in some: of the little towns in the
Gulf states, but nowhere else, I know
it's a sort Of habit only from conycrs;-
ton | had with an old-timer. He said
that about twenty years ago, when tho
town was new, there were no uewsDa-
pers, and even later the only vehicle of
news was a weekly paper. There was no
ice to be had, and burials had to be done
quickly, especially in the summer time.
The only way to bring the news of the
death and funeral to the attention of
the public was by means of notices stuck
on the posts, and the custom has contin-
ued to this, day, when no necessity ex-
lists. '-Arizona Republican.
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can buy for 40 or 30 cents. her fayprite
engrayings, cut from illustrated pafefs
if she chooses and simply tucked On the
Wali, her pot Of ,priInr1ses Bp the .wlhd1w
sill, her toilet table. drai,ed with white
net over pink silesia; her plain scriin
curtains at the window tied back with
bits of ribbon, the ROOM will be dainty
ana pretty enough to please the most
tastidioils. If you have not mich to do
with, manage with what you have il a
good rule for girls to follow.
"A carpet IL by no means necessity
in any sleeping room. In fact, many
people prefer stained or painted flour,
with rug which may be easily lifted
and shaken. A small wooden rocking
chair, a table or stand for candlestick.
a two-leaved screen, which you can make
yourself, and little rack over your
washstand for your towels, and then,
with nicely made bed, the room will
be complete.
Ones own room is SO dear to every
girl that do not wonder she prizes it.
One must have hours when 1t Is pleas
ure to be alone. One likes to be by her
self at times, to think and read and plan.
After little space Of solitude we go
back to others rested and cheered.
Where sisters share the same apart
vided from the other part Of the room
either by curtains or by screens. SO that
when they prefer to be alone they may
be SO. In some schools which / have
known there are twenty minutes Or half
hour intervals during the day. when
every pupil is required to be by herself,
and in home life girls who can should
try to adopt a similar rule-Harper' S
Round Table:
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Always Look Yuuf Best

When as 4 people we learn that the
chief end and aim Of fash i0n is to make
pine. look ones: best we should be TN the
high road tp being the best dressed ma
tibh under, the sun: Parisiah wbmfn will
have what is becbming to them If they
can get it: ,Ahlericahl wbmen want what
Somebody else has: THERE'S the chief diff
ference. If the, PARTISAN fashibnah bic
woman looks best in a round waist she
never wears anything else, but follows
the. styles by adopting all their elegan-
ties of decoration. cploring. etc. 1t is a
liberal education in the art Of dressmak-
ing to get in behind the scenes and see
how the masters and imistresses Of dress
work. Ask. Paquin to nj AXE you a Dress
and say what shall | have?' Does this
Clever artist recall gown worn by En-
press this or Queen. that or Actress So
and So, and say such and such a thing
would be pretty Not at all. Your fig
ure is taken into consideration in select
ing. rough or smooth, large pattern or
plain goods. Your eyes, hair and skin
are considered i'll selecting the chief color.
Then, with a roll of the warp printed
silk for Il cue, Paquin will coil twist of
one color about it, and then another, and
the harmony and contrast are decided
upon, and when you are clothed in the
result of this cogitation you go forth in
the nearest degree to a right mind on the
subject of dress that: you have ever had
likely.-Los Angeles Herald:
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nurse.
''Me mother bid me bringin' th' onld
hat" said Matthew. ut dropned of
the girl that got hurried up at Pat Ma
hony's on Friday, and me brother
brought it home, but she SEE it might be
a loss to the crathur that owned it, SO
she sent me along wild it, and it's him
she'd right to ha' sent ~
BE the powers of smoker Dan ex-
claimed. Selling hold of the hat, ''that's
belongin' to Rosanne Tierney; she got it
new at Easter, and as proud of herself
IN it she was as little paycock, Sure
remember this tuft of yeller roses wild
red glass beads in them cooked up ut the
SIDE OF it; was tellin' her it looked for
al the world like one of our ould don
Keys ears; and was AKIN her why
match it,
For the matter of that" said the
nurse, there's dozens of uuare hats
goln' about the world, and all Of them
that deminted-lookin' you'd be hard set
to tell the one from the other. The
aquil of the outlandish gazaboes Won see
on people these times niver witnessed"
All! but [ couldn't be mistook III this
one be any Names" said Dan, continuing
to examine the hat. :" sure twas sittinl'
in front of me in the trap all the way
drivin' over from her place to our place
and back agin of Easter Sunday am
here it is the very same. Couldn't I be
seem the girl, ma am, just for a minyit.
for if she isn't Rosanne-'
But here a voice called loudly and
clearly through the half-open door:
"Don't you offer to be comm next or
nigh me, Dan MCLEAN. I'm no such
thing. Git away home to Maggie
Walsh it said, and Dams sunbnrnt
face grew two inches shorter at The
sound. "Glory be to goodness, it's her
SELF he said. "and me heart broke
thinkin' what had become of her ever
since Saturday morning. Sure, I'll not
De comm in if you're not wishful. jew
edge Of the door, but what talk ut ali
was that you had about Maggie
1T was me cousin, Martha Reilly, was
tellin' me all manner" said Rosanne,
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MRS. GOOLD'S GRATITUDE
HOW SHE WAS RESTORED TO
HEAlTH.
Condition Before and After the Birth
Of Her Child.

From every city, town and hamlet on
this vast continent, come letters from
suffering women; from those whose
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received from wo-
men is recorded.
and hundreds Of
volumes of cases
treated aid in fur.
nishing practical
information for the
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ROSANNE
By JANE BARLOW,

By JANE BARLOW,
Author of Irish Idylls," "Bogland Studies" Etc.
Copyright, 1896, by Bachelor, johnson &
Rachelle".
PART
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FALL OF A TREASURY CLERK,

THE END.