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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
No CALF THERE.
The Boy Knew What to Expect if He Re-
fnrnnh

The Boy Knew What to Expect if He Re.
turned.
The boy was starting Ui,t in the world
to ma Ike a living, aid possibly ii name
for himself, according to the Detroit
Free Press. His father had Eiveii him
some money and Il great deal Of id
vice. He had a situation in Dr0sDett.
and as he had never taken kindly to
farm work. it looked like good oppor-
tunity for him:
'Thurs one thing / Wahtef siy ter yc,''
the old man said as lie .ha ilded the young
ster his luggage oiit of the SPRING wagon
at the station. can l want yer to Under
stand tibet l say it in all Kindness Ycre
goin' away, from home weth purity good
prospects,
Eyes. dad"
can at the same time yerc goin' ter
move inter the neighborhood O the wick
ed whur yer foot's liable ter slip any
minute
Eyes, dad"
oval, Whut l wanter say is jes' this:
Homes goin' ter stay right here whur
We kin allus turn to it. But times hez
been mighty hard lately an this farm
never want no great shakes no how"
Il know it, dad"
$50 We might ez we'll understan' thet
eff ye come back cause We wants.r see
the folks ag'in, yell git yer wish. but eff
We come back lookin' fur fatted calf.
we're powerful likely ter get disapp'int-
cd"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
LIKELY TO BE MIXED.
A Difference in CALDER Between tn
Navy and Army Rifles.

Difference in CALDER Between the
Navy and Army Rifles.
One of the curious features incidentally
developed at the trials of the rifles for
the arming of the National guard of New
York is the difference between the cali
bers of the army and navy rifles The
former is the much-vaunted Krag-Jorgen-
sen rifle. The caliber of the navy
weapon is .26 $40, and the army rifle is
80 $40.
1t was generally conceded by the ex-
perts and members of the board that a
more asinine policy could not have been
adopted than that of having arms of diff
ferent calibers for the army and navy.
In the rush and hurry of sending away
ammunition, it was said, no amount of
care could prevent the ammunition from
getting mixed. This was one of the first
disasters that occurred to the French
troops in the Franco-German war 1t
has occurred over and over again III
every country, and it seems strange that
at this late stage of the art of war such
policy should be adopted.
Col. Shaw. chairman of the state ex-
aiming board, said to New York Tr-
hume reporter. speaking OH this point
"Let every state select it's own arms if
it will, but by all means let the ammuni-
ton to be used be the same Suppose
that lot of KragJ orgensen ammuni-
ton was served out to men armed with
the Lee navy rifle. why they could not
use il. Reverse the case and send Lee
cartridges to men armed with the krag-
Jorgensen rifle: nothing but inextrica bic
confusion and disaster could be the re-
sult -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Narrowing Spring Grain,

1t often happens that after spring grain
has been sown heavy rains follow, which
pack the surface of the ground and dry
ing forms crust which seriously retards
the growth of the young plant: HARROW
enough to break through this crust, is at
such times a great advantage. It in
creases root growth by opening the sur
face soil to the air. which enormously i'll
creases the supply of plant food in the
soil: The fact that this narrowing will
bruise the leaves, and for a day or two
make the crop look much worse than it
was before the operation, checks some
farmers. and they desist. But this buris-
ing. of the leaves, temporarily checking
their growth, is no disadvantage, but
rather the reverse. For each leaf checked
IN growth, two or more stronger leaves
will spring up and grow much more Wig
orously for the cultivation they have re-
ceived.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
fa1Il>k3
Nh 3Tf$S

Fl. J. Martin, of 7O2 T street, N.
w., Washington, D. c., in a recent
interview had with him by Mr..
H. D. Brodie, of the Washington
Chronicle, said: "Having suffered
for many years with dyspepsia,
indigestion and biliousness, l tried
every known remedy, consulted
many physicians with the hope of
getting cured or even relief, but
nothing seemed to relieve me.
After meals l would feel as If a
ball of lead was lodged in my
stomach, tired and listless, as
though life was scarcely worth
living. Finally I was attracted to
the ad Of Ripans Tabules, and con-
cluded to try them. After taking
the first two or three I was sur
prised to find the relief they gave,
and by the time emptied the first
box felt like a new man. have
never been without Ripans Tabules
since, nor have I ever suffered
since. heartily and earnestly
recommend them to any one suffer
ing as did"
Kipans TabuIes are sold by drugsists or By mail
be price go cents box Is gent to The Mpans Chem
'iaI. 10 cents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
PARALYSIS Follows Bioodessness and
Nervous Prostitution.
A PATIENT WOMAN AFFLICTED
FOR YEARS. 3sg
She Tells How at Last slie Was Per.
manently Cured.

she Tells How ut Last Elle Was Per-
nanently Cured.
From the Press. Memo York Citv.
For more than fifteen years, Mrs. A.
Mather, who lives at No. AZ East One
Hundred and Twelfth street, New York,
spite Of the treatment of physicians, grad
ually developed into nervous prostration
until finally marked symptoms Of paraly-
sis set in. Mrs. Mather gladly gave the
reporter her experience.
For many years." Mrs. Mather said,
II was a consta sufferer from nervous.
ness. 1t was about fifteen years ago that
my condition began to grow worse. Soon
l became so affected that l was prostrat-
ed and, until about two years ago, was
part Of the time unable to leave my bed.
l employed several physicians from time
to time, my bills at the drug store for
prescriptions sometimes amounting to as
did for me did not seem to help me at all.
My blood became greatly impoverished
and after years of suffering / was threat
ened with paralysis.
when l walked l could scarcely drag
my feet along, and at times my knees
fall down. Feeling that doctors could
not help ME, had little hope of recovery,
until one day / read in newspaper how
person, afflicted almost the same as l
WINS, had been cured by Dr. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. ! purchased
a box and began taking the pills. The
effect of this first box pleased me 80 mucl,
that / bought another. Before l had
taken all the pills in the first box l began
to experience relief and, after the third
box had been used, l was practically cur
ed. 1t was really surprising what speedy
and pronounced effect the medicine had
upon me.
IT always keep DR.. Williams Pink
Pills in the house now, and when I feel
any symptoms of nervousness find that
they give me certain relief"
When Mrs. Mather talked with the re-
porter she was dressed for the street, in
tending to go out for walk She looked
the picture of health, far different than
she did before taking the Pink Pills.
Mrs. Mather's daughter, Miss Anna
corroborated her mothers account, and
told how she herself had been cured of
chronic indigestion by these pills; and,
too, how her cousin had been cured of
anaemia in same way.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain. in a
condensed form, all the elements neces-
sary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They
are also specific for troubles peculiar to
females, such as impressions, irregulari-
ties and all forms Of weakness. In
men they effect radical cure in all cases
arising from mental worry, overwork or
excuses of whatever nature. Pink Pills
are sold in boxes at so cents box or six
boxes for $3.50, and may be had of all
druggists, or direct by mail from DR..
Williams Med. Co., Schenectady, n. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, So and SO
Loan and Trust building, Milwaukee,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook" free on request.
A. c. Goetz, assgr. Milwaukee. electric
ally operated railway switch; w. C. Henry.
as gr., Milwaukee, automatic track switch
for electric railways; Ole Johnson, Milwau-
kee, apparatus for eleyating. transporting
and discharging coal; Warren S. Johnson,
Milwaukee, pneumatic clock system; Faus-
tin Prinz, Milwaukee. dust collector two
patents); Frank Rock. Jr., School Hill.
South Milwaukee, air valve for pneumatic
tires; Gustaf Smedeman, assgr, Washburn,
car coupling; B: +. Sweet. Fond du Lac,
able candle holding attachment for candle
sticks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Drank His Health.

The German Emperor must have been
very much amused when he read the
Cameroons in proposing the "health Of
the Kaiser" at a recent festival The
speech was as follows: "The Emperor is
the wisest and most powerful man in the
world. He. sees the treasures in the
middle of the earth, and he has them
brought forth He spans the world with
them his words travel over space. He
has steamships that sail on dry land.
When mountain stands in his way he
bores hole through it; if river bars
his progress he builds a street in the mir.
Though the Emperor is the richest vt all
men, he has only one wife and though
earth, he had not anything to oV pay for
hcr."-London Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
CURIOUS BED OF OYSTER SHELLS.
On the HOusatOnic is an InexbaustfbIe
Deposit of Seeding Shells.

On the Housat0nic is an InexbausffhIe
Deposit of Seeding Shells.
On bank of the H0usatonic river,
opposite the old-fashioned town of
Stratford, Conn, is a pile of ancient
oyster shells that seems to be practi-
cally inexhaustible. For fifteen years
professional shell gatherers have been
digging away at the pile, but there APP
pears TO be no appreciative reduction
Thousands Of boatloads of shells have
been removed from the deposit, but the
pile looks to the casual observer as large
as it ever was.
These antique shells are used for
seeding" That is, they are taken away
in the spring and spread over oyster
beds. Oysters deposit their spawn on
these shells, sometimes enough for forty
oysters in one shell. How the bed of
ancient oyster shells came to occupy the
curious position it has held for count
less centuries nobody can explain.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
MR.. CLEVELAND INTERVIEWED.
ktttle Girl Puts the Third Term Question
to the President.

hUtle Girl Puts the Third Term Question
to the President.
An amusing incident. which caused
President Cleveland to SMILE occurred
during the last public reception ut the
white house, James Maloy. who is
editor of a paper at Mauch Chunk, Pa,
and his wife stood in line in the east
room waiting for their turn to shake the
Presidents hand. Their little niece, a
child of years. was with them. They
had been taiking while they were wait
ing Of the chances of Mr.. Cleveland
wanting IL third term. The little girl
overheard. and the third term con versa
ton was uppermost in her mind when
the President took her hand. He said:
"tlow, do you do, little grip
The child answered.: Il am very well,
Mr.. Cleveland. Is you looking for a
third term:"
4 smile broadened the Presidents face
but he made no reply and the little girl
added: Den. Mr.. President, hope you
will find it,"
Before Mr.. Cleveland could regain his
euuanimity and reply the usher. who no
doubt wanted to relieve the chief execu-
tive from such a direct thrust. took the
child'S hand and led her along
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Clean the Cellar.

If there is any portion of the farm
premises which more than any and all
others should be kept clean and neat it
is the farm cellar. In many places neat
ness is very largely a matter of appear
ance or of convenience, but i'll the cellar
it is primarily a matter affecting the
health and happiness of the farmer and
OF every member of his family. I'm
Numbered cases of illness, many of which
have terminated fatally, have had their
catses traced directly to unc1ean and ILL.,
ventilated cellars and there cum be no
doubt that a great many cases in which
the cause is 50 obscure that it is never
fully determihed, really originate in the
same locality. In many cellars the
grdtlnd Is wet after heavy rains and the
mir remains damp for long periods. Boxes,
barrels and loose boards are ih constant
contact with the damp ground and the
processes of decay are constantly going
Oil. Even the walls are damp and
monldy. and the whole room forms a
fitting place for the development of the
germs of malaria, typhoid fever and
many other diseases. These germs, how
ever; do not long remain where they are
formed, but float over the whole house
and into the open mir. while millions of
others are being developed to follow the
same course of distribution. and to carry
suffering and perhaps death to many in
mates of these DWELLINGS,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05

Tho Significance ora Gray Overcoat
Upon the tongue, yellowness Of the skin
andeyeballs, nausea aud uneasiness beneath
the right ribs and shoulder blade, Is tina,
the victim Of these dlscomforts Is bilious.
ihe proper caper" under such circum-
stances Is to take Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters, which also cures chills and fever. con
stipation. dyspepsia, rheumatic and kidney
complaints and uerYnusness
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
One on the Bishop,

Bishop Paret of Baltimore has been
telling a good story at his own expense.
He was recently on a train, and near
him SAL two drunken men. Presently
one Of the men remarked to the other
that some one had robbed him of a 500
bill, and lie proposed to find it if he had
to search the whole crowd OH board the
train.
AS it happened" said Bishop Paret,
Il had a $40 bill and that was ali, and as
was the nearest man to them, and the
first likely to be approached, felt lit
tie uncomfortable. Then it occurred to
me to pretend to be asleep. Sure enough,
in minute more I was accosted with,
l say, neighbour but made no answer.
Then the man grabbed my arm and
shook me, but to no use, as didn't wake
up. He kept on shaking, however, and
always a. little more forcibly. until at
last his friend interposed with: 4 say,
Bill, let him alone, will you; he's drunk
erin you are!'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Telephones in Sweden.

"Sweeden.' says native of that coun-
try who has just been visiting it. lis
building railroad, telegraph and telc-
phone lines everywhere. Every farmer
who has 100 acres or more of land has
a long -distance telephone. 1t is the most
magnificent telephone system l ever saw.
and is very cheap. News of great import
IS Mashed over these wires from the
urban to the rural districts, and the aver
age citizen is better posted On the current
events of the day than is probably any
other country in the world was in
Sweden all winter. and only two inches
OF snow fell during the whole time"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
The Greatest Medical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY,
DONALD KENNEDY, OF R0xBURY, MASS.

Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind Of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to common PimpIe.
He has tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He has now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
of its value, all within twenty miles of
Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit IS always experienced from
the first bottle, and a perfect cure is war.
ranted when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver or
Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being
stopped, and always disappears in week
after taking it. Read the label.
If the stomach IS foul or bilious It will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough of It.
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed.
time. Sold by all Druggists.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Cleaning BARNARD Corners.

Many farmers stop in the work of
drawing out manure when the large
piles which are most convenient for load
ing have been removed and spread upon
the fields. This, every year, leaves some
of the most valuable manure, that at the
bottom of the heaps, and the, scatterings
over the barnyard and in the corners.
Several loads of finely rotted manure
can thus be gathered together after, to
the eye of the average farmer, the barn
yard has been cleaned. This scattered
manure costs more labor to gather up,
but it is also more valuable load for load
than the unfermented manure in the piles
as they are pitched from the stable.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05

II, The butcher always insists, when his
opinion is asked, that the fattened calf
must be allowed to suckle It's dam, In
stead Of being fed. In this way it not
only gets new milk but It gets II warm,
and also more slowly than when the
the Gulf mikes more saliva with its mill
and that makes it more easily digested.
But If the fattening calf il fed new milk
as warm us 1t comes from the cow, and
through rubber tube with small aper-
ture, so as to let the milk come slowly,
it will thrive just as well as if it were
sucked; and it will be better for the
COW. The fact that the calf gets it's
tends to dry up the cow, and this tend
ency is Increased If towards the last
the calf stops sucking and leaves Il lit
tie Of the last milk. which is always
the richest, i'll the udder.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Take Care of the Ewes.

Do not do anything which causes
feeling Of weariness at the back of the
eyes that dull headache just at the rear
of the pupils, that heated feeling which
very readily becomes a chronic inflam-
nation of low degree, most disagreeable
to bear, and ruinous to the fine charm
and unspeak bic glory of the eye.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05

''How do you pronounce f-i-a-n-c-e?"
inquired the young man of his French
teacher.
IF the young lady has plenty of mon-
cy, then you call her .fee-ansay,' but if
she be very poor, then you make it 'fie-
an-say' nothing" replied the astute pre-.
ceptor,-The Waterbury. 80 -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Impure

blood, to take Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
prevent such eruptions and suffering.
Il had a dreadful carbuncle abscess,
red, fiery, fierce and sore. The doctor at
tended me over seven weeks When the
abscess broke the pains were terrible. and
l thought | should not live through it. |
heard and read SO much about Hoods
Sarsaparila, that decided to take it, and
my husband, who was suffering with
boils, took it also. 1t soon purified our
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Strongest Rome.

Given All equal number of strands to
make TIP the rope. and each of the same
circumference. it may be readily shown
that wire, twisted into rope form. will
make rope SO strong az to admit of no
comparison even with the best white
hemp rope. Twisted hcmuen cords will
sustain S746 pounds, if the rope be one
inch thick; but one-eighth of an inch in
diameter of iron will sustain more than
one inch in circumference of hemp rope
No rope. W hatever it's material. could
bear comparison with an inch rop, made
of piano steel wire. such rope being
or p'i neatis 120 tons. before it could 5 be-
torn by a dead weight.-Cincinnat En-
nllirpr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05

The effect of severe root-pruning of
corn late in the season is to check it's
growth ut the time it most needs all the
plant. food that it's full supply of roots
can furnish. Early in the season the
cultivator may be run more deeply be-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Morning in Georgia.

The lark was up to meet the sun,
and carol for his lay; the farmers son
took down his gun and at him biazcd
away. The busy bee arose at ) and
buzzed the meadows DER: the farmers
wife went for his hive, and robbed him
of his store. The ant rose early. his
labors to begin: the greedy swallows few
that way and took his lordship in. Oh.
bee, birds, and ants. be wise. in proverbs
take no stock; like me refuse to rise until
half-past s o'clock.-Athens Banner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05

It is often difficult to convince PEG.
pie their blood is impure, until dread
full carbuncles, Assesses, boils, scrof-
ula or salt rheum, are painful proof OF
the fact. It is wisdom now, or when
ever there is any indication of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
The Late Cahhace Cron.

It is very easy to grow crop of late
cabbages. No ho+beds are required, as
the seed can be planted in the open
ground, though it is better to do this in
bed and cover it with sash and glass
on cold nights, so as to hasten the early
growth. The bed for late cabbage plants
should be made very rich by using nj
tarte of soda literally. This will make
strong plants, especially if they are once
transplanted before setting out in the
ground where they are to grow. This
will not be until June or nearly into
July, and at this time of year oil fairly
rich ground will be found rich enough
to make good crop, as during the lat
ter part Of the summer there is a large
development of nitrates in the soil from
the fermentation of what vegetable mat
ter it contains.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Blood

built me up and restored my health 50
that, although the doctor said | would
not be able to work hard. / have since
done the work for 20 people. Hoods Sar-
saparilla cured my husband of the boils.
and we regard it wonderful medicine"
MRS. anna PETERSON, Latmer, Kansas.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Worlds Columbian Exnos;tion

"ofIuS CO1umDlan Exposition
Will be of value to the world by ilustrat-
ing the improvements in the mechanical
arts and eminent physicians will tell you
that the progress III medicinal agents has
been Of equal importance, and as
strengthening laxative that Syrup of Figs
is far in advance of all others.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05
Bushing Peas.

The old notion that peas should be
pushed when planted in gardens is going
out OF date. 1t is better to plant only
the dwarf varieties, which will do very
we'll without brush. The brush is har-
Dor for weeds, as it prevents hoeing close
to the vines, and after the peas are off,
it often prevents blowing the weeds un-
der, as should always be done, both to
prevent the weeds seeding and to save
them from robbing the soil of fertility
that the pea roots have created. Even
the large or medium varieties may be
grown without bushes if the peas are
put rather thickly in the rows. They
will fall down and smother the weeds,
and then turn up and bear nearly as
good crop as if the vines had been
pushed in the regular fashion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05

Lovely warmth of color, with traces of
pink and white. is the exquisite COM
plexion which follows the use of Glenn's
SULPHUR Soap.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-05

The largest wine cask in the world
is in the Paris establishment called the
Halle aux Wins" Its capacity is S710
gallons.