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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Retained the Animal.

Gilbert A'Becketts, in his Reminis-
cences. tells an incident in the campaign
at Astley's circus in London in which
Wellington met Bonaparte nightly.
Business had been bad and the treasury
would not permit the engagement Of
more than one quadruped. This steed
the rival commanders divided between
them: When Wellington appeared rid
ing the charger in the second scene. upon
which Napoleon had been mounted in
the first, there was shout from the
gallery, Of "Where did you get that
horse" The representative of Bona-
parte was equal to the occasion, and in
the next act appeared on foot to har-
angue his army, and concluded most
exciting speech with the words: But
what 1 am most proud of in We is that
by the prowess of your glorious arms We
have rescued from the hated thraldom
of the bloodthirsty British soldiery NV
favorite charger, who has on so many
occasions carried me-any veto vic
tory Then he produced the beast amid.
thunders of applause, and retained the
animal for the rest of the evening 49, ;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Thought Himself a Poet

According to tie St. James Gazette.
Nasr-el-din, the late Shah of Persia, was
a great patron of poetry, keeping poet
laureate at his court, and he even be-
lieved that he could write verses. In
this connection an anecdote was told Of
the Shah, who, having read aloud one of
his own compositions, asked the laureate
doned, but l think it great rubbish p
''Take the donkey to the stablesp' thun-
dered the Shah, and the poet laureate
was ignominiously carried off. A few
days after the Shah, thinking that his
critical taste might be softened, sum.
moned him to his presence and read
aloud some more of his verses. The
poet laureate said nothing, but made as
if he were leaving the room .sWhere
are you going? 2" exclaimed the monarch.
Back to the stables "Why?'' tsThey
are still great rubbish" The natural
kindness of the Shah asserted itself. and
the candid poet was forgiven and taken
back into favor. $
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
The Rambler.

.
Rambler. gossiping in the New York
Mail and Express of Henry Irving, Miss
Terry and things theatrical generally,
refers to q London weekly which has
been guessing at the profits of Sir Hem
rvs regent American tour, but does not
says, however, that it SIS commonly
reputed" in England that Sir Henry had
100000 well invested before he started
for this country, and that many of his In.
vestments ''bring him in magnificent
yearly return" Rambler also says:
Several persons have asked me why it
in his professional announcements.
presume it is for the same rea-
son that Sir Arthur Sullivan does
not, and his reason, SO close
friend sof his once told me, is be-:
cause in all such announcements he pre-
fers to appear before the public as an
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Which was 1t.

Rudyard Fipling and Frank r. Stock
ton met each other at a reception some
time ago. The latter informed the fa-
nous Englishman that he seriously con
templated a visit to. India
TIN glad to hear it, exclaimed Kip
ling enthusiastically. @7ts@.<s. 81 n, 5,.
you SCI" he went on, ~ know just
what We'll do with you over there when
we get you away from your friends
jungle, and have. you seized and bound
by our trusty wallahs., Well have you
turned over on your back and get. one
of our biggest elephants to stand over
you; with its forefoot poised above your
head. Then I'll say in my most iIlsin-
uating way, Come, now, Stockton.
which was 1.-THE Lady or the Tiger?5' >
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Solid Air.

!. # a liter Of LIQUID air is subjected to
as half a liter of solid air can be OBJ
tanned and maintained in this condition
for half an hour. At first the solid is a
stiff, transparent jelly, which, when sub
jected to the magnetic field, has the H.
}quid' oxygen drawn out Of it to
the poles, ri. This proves that :: sol
id air is Il nitrogen jelly containing IL
.quid oxygen. Solid an can only be be, ex-
of hydrogen, because it instantly melts
son exposure to the air, giving rise to the
Of an additional quantity of
air. It is strange to see a mass of
solid air melting in contact with the
atmosphere, and all the time yelling up
like 4 kind of fountain.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Economic Workshop Output.

The question of the ACCESSIBILITY of in
stalling new machinery in a shop should
be decided upon it's merits. If the re-
duction in the cost by the improved ap-
planes can be shown to represent a
percentage of saving greater than is av
eraged by the plant, the additional cx
penditure is justifiable. Some of our
pessimistie friends will argue that the in
creased output will be- more than the de-
mand will warrant. The fallacy of this
argument has been frequently and con-,
scltsively shown, for the decreased cost
results in u corresponding increased out
put, which eventually reduces the cost
to the consumer, and in that way in
creases the consumption.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
TEST WAS A FAILURE.
The Exhibition Of 4 Bloodhound in Ten.
nessee, = ~" -

Inc f1Xn1DltlOn OF bloodhound In Ten
nessee. - - ~" -.
Asst.-Supt. Ross of the Chicago police
department, Supt. Starkweather of De-.
troit and other police chiefs eli route
home from Atlanta stopped over at Chat
tanooga, Tenn. The Chattanooga de-;
partment has Il bloodhound, Jude by
name, that has become famous as a
criminal-catcher. The local officers ar
ranged for an exhibition chase to en-
terrain the visitors.
A negro was started across the coun-
try and, after making Il detour in plain
view of the visitors, took to the timber
and climbed tree. Jude ran well and
hung to the trail, but soon mistook tie
scent of hog for that of the negro and
drew a blank. The exhibition was anus
ing, but the Northern visitors arc not at
all likely to ask their several councils
for appropriations to invest in Southern
bloodhounds. The negroes say The dog
knew he was running for fun all the
time,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
MERCUR'S ODD MINE.
Millions Upon Millions of Gold Ore
Found i'm POrphyritic Gangue.

Millions Upon Millions of Gold Ore
Found i'm Porphyritie Gangae.
Il can tell you Of NINE" said Joseph
Il. Walker, the millionaire of Salt Lake,
at the Occidental. that is one Of the
wonders of the age. 1t is one of the
continent.
at is the new Golden Gate mine at
Mercur, Utah, fifty miles from Salt
Lake. 1t has nearly $l0,OOO.OOO in
sight. 1t has body of ore hoo feet
long, from 700 to 800 feet wide and 30
feet thick. 49,.
sSThe whole body averages from $50
to $40 a ton. The mine has Il shale
hanging wall. As to the footwall l am
not certain, but think it is kind of
quartzite.
'"rhe ore is unique, and know noth-
ing like it in this country, or anywhere.
The gold is found in kind of porphyrit-
ic gangue. The ore can only be Worksd
by the cyanide or cyanogen process. 81
owner of Idaho, Colorado and Nevada,
bought this mine about eighteen months
ago, and evidently has an immense bo-
nanza in it, He is only developing it
now and has Is or 100 men at work.
ut is such Il strange country about
there. The ore is found eight miles in
length by two miles in width III some
placeS. 1uNC Is ENORMOUS.
There are several other mines in this
new district, some of them big, also.
The Mercur mine is employing from 100
to 200 men, and must be working about
200 tons of ore a day. This was the
first mine opened there.
''There are other mines that are pro-
ducing also and have got mills running
Among these are the Geyser, Marion
and Sunrise, and they are very active.
Besides these there is the Little Won
der. the Old Grover and the Golden
Gate Extension. suppose there are at
least two score other properties that are
being actively worked.
ut is said that this peculiar ore has
been found for forty miles outside of
Mercur l believe the district will be
one of the biggest in the world-ligger
than the Comstock and bigger than al
most anything we have heard of in an
cient or modern times.
at is singular how rich district will
be overlooked. took supply of goods
to old Camp Floyd, seven miles from
the site of this immense mine, ut the
time Johnson's army wintered there. I
and my brother also built the first
quartz mill in Utah in. 1872. at Il point
scarcely more than four miles from
where the Golden Gate mine is now"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Strange Indian superstition.

{ There is now pending in Congress-, says,
the Helena Herald, q bill in which the
.Blackfeet Indians, for the consideration
of $1,50O.OOO, agree to sell the western
third of their reservation in Northwest
ndans bane 20 tbe
in this bill; in fact are anxious, for the
section spoken of is of no use to them
and they never enter it. for they believe
superstitiously that the whole of the
mountainous region is overrun with de-
mons and spirits. For the section Of
country, extending from the northern to
the. southern boundary of the reserya-
ton, and from the main divide, its pres
ent western boundary, from fifteen to
twenty miles eastward, covering an area
Of about 600 square mineral sections in
the United States. g. <Fr.~fsx* h, =. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
REMARKABLE MINING STORY.
Gold Found in the Vertebrate of Remaint
of MaStOdOns.

OOl0 ROUND IN the torCoDrae OF remains
of Mastodons.
w. E. Hiskey. city marshal of Lara
ME. Wyo., who is in Salt Lake City Wis
iting his brother, U. U. Hiskey, says
that great excitement prevails through
out that region over remarkable gold
discoveries that are being made daily
One of Mr. Hiskey's variations is suAi-
GENTLY remarkable.
''Some men near Barg's ranch. about
thirty miles from Laramie, recently To-
Gated some placer grounds lin Il forma-
ton which contains a great many fossil
mastodon bones,' said he. 'Strange to
say, these fossils all contain great deal
of gold. One of the vertebrae assayed
over $4,000 to the ton. The men who
own the ground have several tons of fos-
sils ready for hauling to the nearest mill.
How these fossils became charged with
gold is question that is now puzzling
local biologists. Such phenomena have
been observed several times before in
other countries, but not to such an ex-
tent as in this instance"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Do Foxes Enjoy the Hum?

P. H. Bryson raises question in the
American Field which is sure to bring
out considerable discussion among fox
hunters. He wants to know if foxes
enjoy being run by dogs. He believes
that they do.
IF you think the fox does not enioy
the run you have only! to look at fresh
with pleasure no fear there and
brush vibrating defiantIy in the face Of
it's pnrsuers, in full command of his
mental faculties, and using brain as well
as heels.' -
This same fox exercises cunning and
craft to escape instead Of dropping into
dogs fangs. Many a fox has lost its
life rather than escape into hole, seem
ing almost to regard the earth escape as
disgraceful, to be resorted to in the
direst stress only. -. a.
Bryson tells of a vixen which, with her
whelps. ran a long way and then the
youngsters, being tired, went into hole
while she continued the race for hours
after, escaping into the same hole with
her young in the end. q s~ '. +
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Went to the Front.

Ill Gen. st. Clair Mulholland told the
banquet in Washington the other day,
according to the Post: \;
McCook's regiment was iii front of the
enemy, and, expecting to make an ut
tack the next morning, he mounted his
horse to ride down the picket line and
examine the situation. With this pur,.
pose in view he called on d soldier to ae-5
Ger made q detail. McCook was aston
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Very Conservative.

It has been observed that, in spite of
the worldwide reputation of American
women for being extremists, they are
very conservative in regard to their b.
cycle costumes. The adoption of fash
once, while in Paris it is the cocottes
who make the fashion. In that city one
sees grandes DANES and cocottes on the
wheel clad alike, and boomers reign SUI
preme. With the advance of summer
the Parisienne discards leggings, and an,
pears in boots or low shoes, worn with
loosely-woven golf stockings. Last sum-
spirits who pedaled through the Bots on
very warm days with their neither limbs
clad in socks and Oxford ties.-Argonaut.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Electricity from the Sea.

At first glance there seems to be no
connection between the breaking of sea
waves and the electrical condition of the
air. Recent Investigations, however,
shows that the shattering Of the waves
and the scattering Of the spray have
the effect Of impa rting positive electrici-
}ty to the atmosphere. Visitors to the
Yseashore experience u. stimulation from
the ozone contained in the air, and the.
presence Of this is ascribed to the cleo
8trifying action of the spray from the
breaking waves. This same effect, from
the same cause, is noticed near water
falls. Popular Science.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
= :
y Couldn't Stand 1t.

Charles Francis Adams told Mr.. Morse
that one forenoon, when he and Mr.
Schurz were calling on DR.. Holmes, a
copy Of Worcester's Unabridged Die
tionary" lay on the latter'sj desk. The
doctor told. them that, a canvasser for
'"The Century Dictionary" had just
called, teasing him for subscription.
"No." said the doctor, "I'm too old---SO
finished" 70 which the encouraging
book agent replied: "Nay, doctor, you
won't have to live so very much longer
to use our book; we've already got to
6" "And you may 60 to L., If you
like" exclaimed the little doctor; and
the canYasSpr Went-SompWherp
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
YOUNG 4 LKS COLUMN.
They Died Too Soon.

George Washington was President aud hon.
Ored In his day, : #s
He was the father OF the land, and MI
thugs came his way:
He had basketfnl Of finn, a wagonload Of
fame 5as 55ss$3 SsG zE
But he never was a rooter at 4 baseball
@ game. *E*2s=E . &@s s+sS25
Napoleon conquered half the world and h..a
5cr0wnO OF gold,
And II HIS time his cup was Just Ms full IN
1t could hold. &$5ss s.. sss 81 IN
It looks from here us though he should have
had his share of fun 3s.$ i 81
hut he never strained his xvOcals when the
home team won. i. .s% .5 e s2.s y
And also Alexander. he turned most every
trick, : .sszs .s$@t$ss si-ssssSS: e -
And then shed tears because there were no
5 more worlds left to lick. z,sssSs
He climbed way up the ladder, as high as
people GET, ls =. s.5ss1,lt. ~
But he never pawned his scepter to pay
baseball bet. Chicago Record s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Quite a Seige.

ZCImpfesslng H1m.-Well, you had quite
siege with that California real esq
tate agent. l never saw a man gestic.:
nlate SO violently. What allied him?'
"Oh, the fellow has just heard of that
den of Eden was located in the United
States, and now he claims that he has
seen the impression Of Adams fall on 4
rock in The. neighborhood of the land he
has to sell 1T truth. 81 = n
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
THEIR NAMES IN THE PAPER.
London N0tAbies Pay Liberaily for the
5ss- NOfOriefy They Attain.

London NOthb1es Pay Lbern1ly Tor the
NOtoriefy They Attain
During the recent upheayal in the Pail
Mall Gazette office one interesting bit Of
that came to the surface
was that Mr.. Astor's editors and re-
porters were accustomed, when among
to refer to certain depart
ment of the paper as "the tittle-fattle
column" 1t contains divers short para
graphs in which are recDnfted the do
inEs, social and other, Of notabilities of
various grades, Including always. many
titled nonentities, and occasionally pro-
fessiDhal persons like doctors, lawyers,
and diplomats. Most Of the other Lon:
don Journals have similar columns and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19

il. e. each and three OF 600 ii. {, piy-.
Ing q total of very nearly q, 900 III. 3.
with 4 responding boiler plant, OF on:
foot, It would seem, indeed, as though
economy IN space could not well be carr
ried much further. Cassier's Magazine
fnp .IMMas
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
ScientificalIy Annihilated

The story is told that Turkey has pro-.
hibited the importation Of foreign edu-
cational books because the formula HOO,
the chemical symbol for water, found in
one Of the books, was interpreted by the
Turkish censors to mean .Han1id IT. is
a cipher, a. snobody 2 1=.@@sS E, a....
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Michigan Centenarian Dead.

Grandma Whitney, who recently died
at Harbor Springs, was an exceptional
ly interesting character. If she had lived
until next September she would have
been 100 years old, yet up to two or
three weeks before her death she was
as spry as most women at so. She
was born at Mackinac island, of French
and Indian descent, and lived in the.up-.
per Michigan region all her life. She
distinctly remembers the war of 1872,
and was on NIackinac island at the
time it was captured by the British.
She spent many years among the wild
Indians of Michigan, Of whom she told
many interesting anecdotes, and after
wards passed through all the Mormon
troubles OH Beaver island. OF later
years she resided with her daughter,
Mrs. Daniel Williams, lightkeeper at
Harbor Point, and each summer she
was visited. by scores of tourists, who
listened attentiyely to her interesting
stories of pioneer life. 49, + S=E%5-s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19

Spiders always come out of their
holes hortly before a rain, being advised
by their instinct that insects then fly
low and are most easily taken.
New York has an orchestra Of left
handed fddlers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Baron was Caught.

Baron Rothschild was once caught in
a predicament that many people expert
ence daily, and that is getting into a
conveyance of some kind and then not
having the money to pay the fare.
The driver Of the omnibus into which
Rothschild entered demanded his fare,
and the baron, feeling in his pockets,
discovered that he had no change. The
driver was very angry. "What did you
get in for. if you had no money!
II am Baron Rothschild,' exclaimed
the great capitalist, ''and there is my
card.'
The driver scornfully tossed the card
away. Never heard of you before"
said he, "and don't want to hear of you
again. w hat I want is your fare
The banker was in great haste. "Look
here. I've an order for Million" he
said; "giye me the change" And he
proffered a coupon for that amount: :
The driver stared and the passengers
laughed. Fortunately friend of the
baron entered the omnibus at the mo-
ment. and taking in the situation, inn.
mediately paid the fare. The driver,
realizing his mistake and feeling re-
m0rseful, said to the baron.
IF you want 10 francs. sir, 1 don't
mind lending them to you on my own
account. "-Harper's Round Table. .:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19

-S'he Sultan of Turkey, to the disap-
pointment of many young men. has is
sued an trade calling home all Turks
now studying at foreign universities at
the expense of the government. One
reason given is the tendency of the stu
dents to take part in revolutionary move
ments after their return home
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19

Mrs. Madeleine Yale Wynne. the au-
thor of THE Little Room and Other
Stories" is the daughter of the inven-
tor of the Yale lock, and she lives in
Ghinara
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Lincoln Remembered Him.

Col. Thomas Nelson Of Indiana, was
accustomed. in his story telling moods,
to recall his first meeting with Abraham
Lincoln. 1t was on a stage-coach bound
for Indianapolis shortly before the war.
= Col. Nelson took his tail fellow -passen-
ger for, a country merchant, and beguilcd
the journey by telling him good many
things such as 4 rural variety store
keeper might be supposed to know moth
ing about. - : a. 49,
Rewarded by. what he understood to
be looks of admiration, the colonel
wound UP his talk with a long disserta-s
ton on the subject of centrifugal force,
defining and explaining it in a manner
suited to his listeners presumed capaci-
ties. So .,.r''' t1 -
At indianapolis the two men put up
at the same hotel, and the colonel, after
u careful toilet. went down to the office,
to find the tall stranger surrounded by
q group of gentlemen who seemed to be
hanging upon his words, 22gsss
tsWho is he g'' asked the colonel Of the
clerk, and that functionary pointed to
the register. on which was the name,
IA. Lincoln" - ~.s 80 go. : :. :,
Col. Nelson was taken quite aback,
and took himself away as quietly as pos
sible. A few years passed, Lincoln was
President, and Col. Nelson became ii
candidate for some diplomatic position.
Finally Gov. Morton telegraphed him
70 come 10 washington ana meet the
President.
II hoped he would not remember me
as his fellow passenger" Col. Nelson
used to say; but the hope was vain. Lin
coin gave him hearty handshake, mott
fed him of his appointment as minister
to Chill, and wound up by saying to
him:
"Col. Nelson, do you know have often
thought of your talk about centrifugal
force, and now I am going to toss you
away off to Chill. YOUTHS Companion.
One of the chief pleasure resorts of
the Hamburgers is the Blankenese,
village situated about eight miles down
the river 1t is picturesquely situated
between two hills, and when seen from
the river forms charming picture. An
extensive view is also obtained from a
tower built on the summit of one Of the
hills.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
A Rare ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

In all the writer s extended acquaint-
ance, among all the people ever met.
there have been but two who possessed
a certain accomplishments:
And yet it is one not impossible to
acquire and one that would aid tremen-
dously to ones popularity. That is, the
listening to ones name when introduced
Probably you will declare that you do
that yourself. Perhaps you do, but can
you, offhand, use the name in speaking
to the new acquaintance if you have
never heard it before.
You will see at once how fiattering it
will seem, how great an interest it sub
tly betokens, if you can. But can you?
As said above, in throngs of people met
from time to time, but two persons are
known to possess the trick. For it is a
trick.
One is clergyman to whose wide
popularity the habit adds UNNECESSARILY.
The other is a newspaper woman in
New York, who is generally loved as
she is known, and who, doubtless, has
secured her many friends by other just
such thoughtful ways as this. It's
worth cultivating Observation-Disclosures
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