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ers VINO brave the midday heat, ana retain
habit Of inhibing brandy can, easily make
the acquaintance of a csmetety, however.
Within sight Of the city are beautiful is
lands, far out in the lake to the east, hav-
ing the painful interest. nevertheless, Of
containing colony Of lepers.,
A Magnificent Harhor.
The harbor is perhaps the best in the
country. The difficulty which needs to be
surmounted is that the entrance to the
lake. at the castle Of San Carlos. is so shall
low as not to admit vessels drawing over
about twelve feet Of water. There is prob
ably fine chance for some enterprising
Yankee to obtain a valuable concession in
connection with deepening and keeping this
entrance open. which entrance appears to
be more shallow than formerly, when Brit
fsh men-of- war made hostile visits to the
lake, as also did other vessels known as
buccaneers.
And 1t is worth remembering that two
British war vessels were captured in Mara
ca,ibo harbor. where they lay at anchor, by
Venezuelan cavalry, third one escaping.
The feat was accomplished nearly CEN
tury ago by the gallant cavalry leader,
Gen. Paez. He having hastily organized a
troop Of horse. and under cover Of darkness
swan out upon his horses to the vessels,
abandoned them and scrambled aboard,
surprising the sentries and securing the
two vessels nearest the shore. The other
slipped Its cable and escaped. This unique
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action saved the city from a forced con-
tribution CT from pillage.
Maracaibo, like most tropical cities, has
rarrbw and therefore more easily shaded
streets: its houses have thick walls and
high rooms, usually with an inner court
and tiled roofs. They are commodous and
airy as required for comfort in such a
Evening star., 1896-08-15
Almost Beyond Belief.
From the Cleveland Leader.

do you see that wona an there?'
"Yes, what about herr
Most remarkable case I ever heard Of
She got on a street car yesterday, and, see
ing vacant seat near the center went and
took it without standing in the door and
waiting for the other passengers to shove
along.''
Evening star., 1896-08-15

de-Pieta. in Spanish Monte-de-Piedad in
French Mont-de-Piete. always the noun
tain" which is literature and The "pety,"
which is. or ought to be. a solid fact
From mountain We perhaps get the
phrase to put up" eg., Il have pu, up
my watch. although the French now
say Il have hung I'D my watch"
Evening star., 1896-08-15
Patrons of the Great ''Mont-de-
Piete."
How THE GOVERNMENT LOANS MONEY
An Indirect Aid to the Rapacious
Private Pawnbrokers.
SELLING THEIR TICK EFT S
PARIS. July 80, 1891

ARIS. July 80, 1896.
7 N PARIS THERE
are no private pawn
| shops. One great
concern, whose ad-
minis alton is
watched over by the
gov ern ment and
whose profits go
largely to public
charities, has had
for more than a hun
dred yea ars I h Q
monopoly Of loaning
money on pledged
objects. The head
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Pawn Their Tickets.

necessity and folly go hand in hand, and
that greed and cunning are always dog
ging at their heels
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end are juicier than much Of the famed
Florida fruit and have thin rinds and few
seeds. And with steam by sea and land
our people might enjoy at times varieties
of delicate and strangely delicious fruits,
such as the soursop, the sa sapcdilla and the
mango. Perhaps these things will come
TO delight and benefit us when southern
North America and northern South Amer
lea, SO near each other, shake hands COM
mercially.
Other Valuable Products.
Meanwhile there are rare woods like the
mahogany, rosewood, valuable bitter cedar
and twenty other as choice varieties for
furniture and interior adornment, besides
those which bear stores of vegetable wax,
soap, ETC., which will make the lake region
and lame better known to us in time Ev-
erything along the shores will slowly
change, while the general features DOM
mated by the perpetual Andes, will remain
as they have been since the first Indians
built their lake dwellings within the scene.
And as the Indians are not there pater-
nalized by government, nor scrambled over
Ter their spiritual scalpS they will still
1erm the placid waters for excellent fish
gather wild bananas and other abundan MT
truit, raise pigs and fowls on extemporize,l
ISLANDS In shallow waters, and enjoy an
almost effortless life in cabins ten feet
above the water, with palm thatched roofs,
reed-woven sides and reed-carpeted floors
with notched log for a ladder up from
the softly tapping waves and their rocking
canoes; free from wild beasts, snakes, in
sects and cares Of all kinds relieved by
abundant nature from want and happy as
good-szed sunf1owers.
ALMONT BARNES.
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Beauties Of Lake Mataoaibo and It's
Vicinity:
VENEZUELES GREAT SEAPORT
An Ideal Home for Those Who Love
ldIeness.
LIFE IN THE GREAT LAGOON

HE GULF OF MAR
acaibo was named by
Columbus FL Golfo
Triste (the Gulf of
Sorrow, or Disaster),
because his little fleet
was nearly destroyed
there by a hurricane
during his third voy-
age of discovery.
Ojeda also visited
that inland sea, which
has the peninsula of
Paraguana, now Coro,
for it's eastern bound
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A Quiet Routine.

All goes by routine, and very quiet and
decent. The official at the window spends
his days In simply taking in the offered
articles and giving out the numbered brass
cnecks for them. Behind the scenes sit
five responsible appraisers, handling each
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
THE MOUTH OF HE'LL.
NnisiIy Threatening Death to Unluck,
Mortals Who Slip OH the Brink.

Nnisily Threatening Deatl, to Unlucky
Mortals Who Slip on the Brink.
Separated from the Great Caldron only
by a narrow bank of volcanic substance
is the greatest mystery of all, known as
the Muddy Crater"-horrible vortex of
boiling mud, fifty feet in diameter, nOisi-
ly threatening death to the unlucky NOR
tai whose foot may chance to slip upon
the brink. Strange to say, though, in a
state of perpetual and most violent ebul-
lition, accompanied by a sound resemb-
ling that Of tempestuous ocean, it
never rises above the level of the plain
The superstitious peasants call it Roca
da Inferno-the mouth of hell and
never fail to cross themselves whenever
they come within sound of it's seething.
Nothing will induce them to approach it,
and they give it wider birth than ever
since a young woman lost her footing
upon the treacherous bank one day and
almost before the first agonized Shrek
had left her lips was sucked down and
swallowed in the vortex. A few days
later heap Of charred bones were found
on the brink of the mysterious gulf, as
if tossed forth for a warning for others
of the children of men. If you have the
courage to hold a stick in this strange
caldron it is soon burned black and then
begins to smoke in your hands, and it is
pulled downward with such force that
you are in danger of being drawn bodily
into the abyss unless you let go, when
the stick instantly disappears-San
Miguel cor. Philadelphia Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
IN THE QUEENS GARDEN.


In the Queens gnrden sang the nightingale.
y The roses knew; the jashittles threw
Their hreutll about; great globes Of dew
Hung alisteningi Iii tile ,darkiing blue =
The cloud, paused drifting on his snowy
- sail. ~ 5<aE S7's:99y::aH e! "a :
And the moon hid behind her misty veil,
And all the dear dim world was passion,
Hearing the singing Of the nightingale. j..
And to the wayfnref beneath the wall,
With sweet dispute Of fancy mute,
- Tho wintf, upuii Its soft pursuit $~l
Brought the clear bubble Of d flute,
The cry Of gladness, and the silver fall
or slow full tears. aud the heart-stirrine
Of lovers. and the Joy Of song, and ali
While the Wild music fell behedth the wall
There was no singing of the nightingale !:
That he might bark where Iii the dark
OF want and woe, they only MARK ;. III!
The cloud-hung city's care and cark,
But still it gladdeped ali his deadly all,
And lightened half the breeding heaVen OF
bale, .r,.s 49,, - 1
TO know that where the pdppy's self grew
pale
In the Queens garden sang tile: nightingale
Harriet Prescott Sp0Hord Iii Hafpef's
% Bazaar. - :. sf&: ; SIX i II l.: s-:!%
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
XiSEOnAin Patents,

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, SO and 30
Loan and Trust building, Milwankee.
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
information required.
A. p. Boardman, WATERFOWL, polishing
machine: J. H. Edward, Whitewater, mowers
]: H. Edward. Whitewater. harvester: J. e..
Flint Milwaukee,, refrigerator; E. Forter.
Ing; apparatus; E. Lippitt. La Crosse. button
making machine; Il. McKin1on. Centralia.
SECTIONAL vehicle hub: Otto Messerschmitt,
ton. milktan protector; J. Randall and 4.
Kibbe, New Richmond, poison and fertilizet
distributor; j.. Kunkel, milwaukee,, device
RunkeI. Milwaukee. s' pHuematie cushion for
sliding doors; c. NJ: Stafford. Milwaukee,
vessel for liquids; G. H. Zeirfuss, Mlwau-
kee, ironing table
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
The Secret of Raising Early Lambs.

Raising early lambs is proving profit,
able industry to those who understand
it, says the Orange Judd Farmer. The
earlier lambs can be sold in the large
city markets, the higher the price. The
Cornell experiment station has made a
test of various breeds for early lamb
raising, extending over several years.
1t finds that the Dorset Horned sheep
breed earlier and fatten better lambs
than the Shropshires. Other things be-
ing equal, the Dorset ewes give the most
milk and breed earliest in the season.
There is practically no difference be-
tween beets and ensilage as a succulent
food for ewes rearing early lambs. As
a coarse fodder for the ewes and also for
the lambs, there is nothing better than
good clover hay. In fact, this is one of
the essentials to success in early lamb
raising. AS a rule. ewes respond more
literally to forced feed for milk produc-
ton the second year than they do the
first. but should not be forced for
milk production until the lambs are a
few days old. The market early III the
season does not require so large lambs
as the late market. The best early mar
kct commences as soon as the holiday
poultry is out of the way. usually about
the middle of January in New York
city. Dorsets may be slaughtered at
somewhat younger age than Shropshlres
and yet will dress little heavier. There
is no particular difference between these
two breeds in loss of weight by dress
ing, the shrinkage being II or IL per
cent. The price paid in the New York
market for fancy lambs varies from 30
cents down to 10 cents a pound, accord
ing to the quality and appearance: Early
lambs are usually sold by the head, at
$40 down to s. or less for carcasses
weighing 80 to 40 pounds. until Southern
or fTonnassee lambs come to market,
when the lambs are sold by the pound.
The exact time at which this occurs va
ries from year to year. Sometimes the
early lamb market continues up to the
last of April or even the first part OF
May.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
Queer Winter Guests at Hotels.

Has nobody ever made a study of the
people who stay at hotels during the win
ter months? They are not quite like
other people. Most Of them are old, and
they are all rich. OF young life there is
hardly a sign, except, perhaps. gra We
child here and there. who sits silently
through meals as if hop-scotch and hoops
had never been invented. The elders
nurse their little idiosyncracies with a
diligence that passes wonder. One old
lady has a separate brew Of tea because
she can drink only the China variety;
another always carries her own coffee
pot in to breakfast; third insists upon
dining each day off minced chicken; a
fourth will have nothing but bread and
milk for lunch; a fifth provides her own
whisky at meals One old gentleman
who composed Latin verses articulately
each evening in the smoking-room, who
never took walk without carrying a
French dictionary with him. and insisted
upon dining at 4:3O each day, confded
to me one morning that the great draw
back to living in a hotel was ''the num-
Der of queer people with whom one is
obliged to associate" st. James Bud
got
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
FOR THE FARMER.
A Clever Political POetp 10.

r a Clever Political Poem.
The pomp of courts and pride Of kings
s ! prize above all earthly things; 49,
I love my country, but the king, 3" "a
Above all men his praise / sing;
The royal banners are displayed,
And may success the standard aid 20:
! fam would Danish far from hence
The "rlghts Of man. and common sense;
Confusion to his odiOms reign.
That foe TO princes, Thomas Paine!
Defeat and ruin seize the cause
OF France Its liberties. and laws!
II the above lines be read continuously
they seem to express very loyal sentiments
But If you read the first line of the first
verse. and then the first line of the second
verse, you will find that they breathe the
spirit of rampant rebellion:
The pomp of courts and pride Of kings
J fain would Danish far from hence;
! prize above all earthly things
The "rlghts of man" and common sense
love my country, but the king
Confusion to his odious reign!
Above all men his praise sing,
That foe to princes, Thomas Paine!
The royal banners are displayed;
Defeat and ruin seize the cause!
And may success the standard aid
or France its liberties, and laws.
Arthur O'Connor, 1885,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
Early Corn Pays Best.

In selecting corn for next years plant
ing it should be remembered that earli-
ness to riDcn is the most important con-
silleration. The flint varieties ripen us
ually earlier than the dent corn, which is
mostly grown in the West and South.
We think. too. that flint corn in average
years and on average ground gives a
larger yield Of ripe grain. On poor soil
we have found the dent corn to give q
great many soft and imperfect ears that
can only be made of value by feeding in
the fall. Instead Of leaving them to dry
out and shrivel up by the cold of win
ter. There is much greater shrinkage
of Western corn from fall to spring than
there is in the flint varieties, which are
usually ripe and dry when husked.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
Covering Manure Piles.

It is often thought that little fermenta
ton is in progress during cold weather,
and that there is consequently little loss
of ammonia This is not the fact where
stable manure, especially that Of horses,
is piled in heaps. Even when covered by
snow the manure pile will ferment 80
rapidly that it's central portions will be
frefangcd. Much of the nitrogen i'll
such manure evaporates and is lost. A
supply of dry earth should be accumu-
lated in the fall and thrown over such
heaps as they are made. 1t will have
the further effect of preventing. the ma
nure from heating as violently as it
would otherwise do. Coal ashes are a
good substitute where the dry earth has
ashes contain little or no fertilizing prop
critics but used to absorb ammonia from
manure heaps they become a valuable
fertilizer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
Sock to Fe Il in Winter.

There is no longer any profit to East
erin farmers in buying stock cattle in the
fall of the year and selling them after
fattening during the winter months. The
rates Of transportation give every advan.
tage to the shipper of dressed beef, and
these have so monopolized the market
that it Is scarcely possible to sell fat.
tened cattle in Eastern markets, except
those which have come from the far
West. But with sheep it is different.
\ flock of breeding ewes. due to drop
their young sometime in early spring.
cab be made to pay. SO. too, CAN a flock
of 4-ytaf=eM thrifty wethers fit for fat
tenirg if the farmer who buys them un-
derstands feeding: sheep: \ little too
much food, especially II rich, will get
the sheep off its feed for several days
No one who HIS not had experience in
feeding sheep should attempt to fattel1
them without first laying in Il good SUB
ply of roots. These keep the bowels
loose and prevent indigestion, which al
ways follows exclusive grain feeding
American Cultiyator
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
Tee Houses for Farmers.

Every farmer who lives where ice can
be conveniently cut should own an ice
house. 1t will probably pay as large a
profit every year as any investment of
like cost he can make. Besides. it is
always convenient to have ice for the re-
fruits that would otherwise go to waste.
In the dairy ice is essential to making
good butter in hot weather and also to
keep it in good condition.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
Dea fness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
only one way to- t
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an intlamed condition of the mu-
cous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing. and when it is
entirely closed. Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever: nine
cases out of ten are caused by catarrh.
which is nothing but an intlamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars: free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
AN INVITATION,
1t Gives Us Pleasure to Publish the Fol-
lowing announcements. \ ,

IL SAves Us Pleasure to Publish the Fol,
lowing announcement. 4 ]
All women suffering from any form OF
Illness peculiar to their sex, are requested
to communicate promptly with Mrs.
Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. All letters
are received, opened, read and answered
by women only.
-, A woman can freely talk of her private
illness to = woman; thus has been es-
tablished the eternal confidence between
Airs. Pinkham and the women of Ameri-
Gu.
This confidence has induced more than
100000 women to write Mrs. Pinkham
for advice during the last few months,
Think what volume of experience she
has to draw from! No physician living
aver treated 50 many cases of female
Ills. and from this vast experience surely
the very knowledge that win help your
ca Sc.
She is glad to have yonSwrite or call
upon her, You viii find her woman
full of sympathy with q great desire to
assist Those VIII are sick. If her medi-
cine IS not what you need, she will frank
" tell you SO. and there are nine chances
put of ten that she will tell you exact
ing in, return except YOUR good will, and
her advice has relieved thousands.
Surely, any ailing woman, rich or poor;
IS very foolish if she does not take adj
Vantage of this very generous offer of
assistance.
. Never in the history of medicine has
the demand for one particular remedy
for female diseases eQualed that attained
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable COM
pound, and never in the history. of Mrs.
Pinkham's wonderful Compound has the
demand for it been so great as it is to-
day,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21

Capt. Alfred Sanford, 73 years old;
who has just been sent to the st. Louis
Of Gen, Grant, and when, the, latter
became President he made his old-time
friend surveyor of the port Of New Or
leans. Capt. Sanford earned his ii:
tie by bra We service with, the river fleet
that cut its way past Vicksburg IL 1853:
His father was. a major in the war Of
1872 and left his SON small fortune;
which has not &sufficed for his old age;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
Founder in Cows.

Cows will founder the same as horses
from being overfed with some food which
cannot readily be digested. AS it sours
in their stomachs cows will show the
characteristics of lameness which results
in horses when they are overfed with
anything. Of course as digestion is in
terrupted, the animal becomes feyerish
and her milk flow ceases. 1t will take
several days of careful feeding to put a
foundered COW in good condition again:
She should be kept in a dry place and
given all the water she will drink, and
light, easiy-digested food in small guam
titles until digestion is restored 10 its
normal condition.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
Rirht tn tho Point.

'Your wife is very successful on the
lecture platform, Binks." "YesT' "She
is. indeed. She speaks right to the
point. and never seems a bit afraid
"Glad you think so. I'm responsible for
that" "You? How?'' II sit in the
audience, and she fixes her eye on me
and fires ahead. She says she feels
Just as she does when she's got me in n
corner with something ought to hear"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
A State without a Governor

1t is curious fact that once every
three years the state of New Jersey is
without a governor for the space of
twelve hours. The state constitution
provides that the term shall commence
on the third Tuesday of January next
ensuing the election for governor by the
people," and END on the Monday pre-.
ceding the third Tuesday of January"
Gov. Wert's term ends, then, at mid.
Gov. ELECT Griggs will not be inaugu-
rated and take the oath of office until II
o'clock noon of Tuesday, January 2.-
Noxx, VOrI prasS
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A NEW FUEL.
Grease May be Substituted Tor Coal on
II - & Warship1. g"Sas II

Paul d'Humy, a. French naval CHI.
gineer living in Liverpool has succeeded
in converting petroleum and other oils
into hard, homogeneous mass, suitable
for Use as fuel, on hoard warships. He
claims that the cakes burn only IN the
surface and give an intense heat. They
can be made i'll any size or shape and
cannot evaporate or cause an explosion,
They require very little, draught and
make not more than from 2 to. 3 per cent.
of ashes. A ton of this fuel, NJ: d'Humiy
says, represents at least thirty tons Of
coal AID the cost is not more than from
s. to $40 per ton:-Argonaut:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
DOM Prime in Zero Weather.

Much has been said about pruning
trees during the mild days of winter.
Now wish to protest against any prunn..
ing until the zero weather is past. If
the young orchard tree has one central
trunk, and side branches eight inches
apart coming out at right angles, very
little pruning will be necessary.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21

The word Cotton MS" occurring
under several engravings signify that the
Illustration has been taken from col
ored drawing or illumination in Il manu-
script in the Cottonian library. This IL
brary was formed with great labor by
Sir Robert Cotton in the year 1903, and
is now in the British museum.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21
ALUMINIUM AND GOLD.
Amalgamation of the Old and Now Metal
In Jewelry.

Aluminium, which is daily growing
more popular, used in connection with
gold gives jewelry which is equal in
appearance to the genuine metal, and has
tons or alloys. Collar buttons of gold
aluminium are on the market. They
are made of one piece, no solder being
used, and are of such tensile strength
that they will neither bend nor break
1t takes metal expert to tell the diff
ference between this button and genu-
inc gold ore. 1t is guaranteed not to
blacken linen. The buttons are made
ey+ tone d heo Pass heno e