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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

A Mine on Fire for Twelve Years.
A question referred to Attorney Gen
eral Monet, of Ohio by Mine Inspector
ton. Twelve Years ago !, during the great
miners strike, mine i39, at New Straits
vile, owned by John Elliott of Zanes-
vile and operated by the Great Vein
Coal company, was fired. 1t was after
ward abandoned. Recently the discov-
cry was made that the coal has been
burning all these years, and threatens,
unless extinguished, not only to COM
municate to other mines, but to let many
houses drop through the roof. As real
estate is already low enough in that vi
cinity, the land owners object to the
threatened collapse. Elliott, the owner Of
the mine, will be- asked to put out the
fire, and in case of refusal viii be prose-
cute1 .s&es
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

We will forfeit $1,000 il amy Of onr
published testimonials arc proyea 20 be
not genuine. The piso Co., Warren. Pa.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

Send for our illustrated winter cata.
logue.
ESPENHAIN DRY GOODS CO.,
Milwaukee, Wis
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25
Wisconsin Patents.

A French peasant has constructed a
wooden bicycle of which even the nails
are made of wood,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

new Holiday Catalogue and state specially
interested in. C. N. CASPAR'S BOOK EN-
PORIUM, Milwaukee, Wis.
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:" r. y. CdENE1 q CO.. IUleuO, ..
Sold by Druggists, Use.

The Chinese condemn criminals to
death by preventing sleep. Sufferers last
from twelve to twenty days, when death
comes to their relief.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

The exports of Germany to the
United States during the quarter ending
March. 1896, show decided increase
over the exports during the like period
of 1895
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

The use of Halls Hair Remover pro-
tt1otes the growth of the hair. and re-
stores It's natural color and beauty, frees
the scalp of dandruff, letter, and all i'm
purities.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

The principal and no doubt the rich
est fishing grounds for pearls is among
the Moluccas group of islands.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

In Germany the census is taken
every FIVE years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25
lanes Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In or
der to be healthy this is necessary.
Acts gently on the liver and kidneys.
Cures sick headache. Price rs and Soc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

-Liquefed hydrogen is the most yola-
tile liquid. 1t boils at 211 degrees be-
low zero.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

The first number of new paper en-
titled the German Industrial Advertiser,
in the japanese language, has appeared.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25
HNW I'll Make the fsai.deit, Paw.

How are we to restrict the production
Of perisha Bile gard den stuff dild remain
in the garden business? says writer in
the Practical FARMER: One cannot hold
garden stuff from year, to year for bet
ter prices, as one could corn or wheat,
but must grow them every year. With
good seed put in rich, thoroughly pre-
pared soil as early as it can be made so;
with vegetables FASTENED to early ma
turity by frequent cultivation with best
tools, put on the market in clean. lib
eral package and in attractive form,
find l can sell at fair prices even in
close, hard times like this year has been.
Some markets call for certain vegetables
more than others. Find out what your
market demands, and rather make a
speciality of few things With me,
pie-plant, asparagus, early cabbage and
early tomatoes have been, leaders in vege-
tables, and raspberrics in small fruits.
I do not go much on homemade tools
for any purpose rather relying on men
who make a speciality of different ma
chinery and garden tools. Our modern
implements are especially adapted for
their several uses. They are light, dura-
BILE and thing of beauty compared to
the general run of homemade tools.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

Fancies in Furniture for the Holidays
can be found in almost endless Tariety
at the mammoth furniture establishment
of CLEMENT, WILLIAMS & CO.,
broadway Milwaukee,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25
Crimson Glover for Horses.

:, The division Of botany Of the United
States department of agriculture has in
yestigated the cause of death of horses
that have been allowed to feed on over
ripe, crimson clover (trifolium incarna-
tum), forage plant that has been
doomed by the agricultural press of
many of the Northern states. The calyx
of this clover is densely beset with stiff
hairs, which at maturity become thick
walled, and doubtless, though not so
stated by the department, the cellulose
constituting the young cell of which the
cell is composed. is transformed into
lignin, or some other substance indigesti-
BILE for the horse. The surface of the
hair is marked by sharp pointed tuber-
cles bent toward the apex. Taken into
the stomach of the horse, these hairs
form themselves into masses of a sphcri-
cal shape. They are arranged with their
bases toward the center of the ball. this
position being facilitated by the tuber-
cles pointed toward the apex of the hair.
When the balls reach a certain size. ap-
parently in from few days to several
where they form distractions, causing
hours following the appearance of the
first symptoms. No bad effects are OBJ
Served when the clover is eaten before
the seed natures The fatal effects have
mainly occurred when the plants were
allowed to ripen and the straw and
refuse, after threshing, had been fed to
the horses. From all of which we con-
clude that crimson clover is an excellent
crop to p1OW under, or to allow to ma
ture and be used to reduce the surplus
horse stock of the country.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

this autumn have caused heavy growth
of weeds all over this section. Many farm
ers made the mistake Of letting them
ripen seed before cutting them, thereby
seeding the ground with noxious weeds
for many years to come. About four
years ago l noticed a few stocks of null
lein growing in our pasture. Thinking
they would do no harm. they were left
to grow. This fall the entire pasture
was overrun with them. and the grass
killed out in many places. This is the
result of letting those first plants mature
seeds four years ago. Will have to clean
them out with hoes at cost of several
days work, which could easily have been
avoided by destroying the weeds l first
noticed. Destroy all weeds before they
mature seeds if you would have clean
fields.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25
FOR THE FARMER.
A Magic Gift.

Magic Gift.
I always believed the fairy tales,
For with every year ! grew B.
j found that more and more OF them
Were the tsuest kind Of true.
And of all tales knew and loved
In the days when / was small,
You have chosen, to prove Its truth to me.
The prettiest one Of all,
The tale OF the maid whose lips dropped
pearls. iSz@Ess#
y And roses and all things sweet,
Because she was simply civil and kind =
To Il fairy she Glanced to meet. :
Why shouldn't 1t happen to gIrls--and b0ya--
In the days when fairies flew -. +
Since few poor latter-day words of mine
Have been turned into flowers by you?
III. G. Hummer III the Christmas Decem-
ber) Scribners. ~ =, - f.. -.
verses acknowledging some flowers, sent
MN In gratitude for a reading he had given
IN aid Of charity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

Over 5000 barrels Of apples have been
shipped from Montreal SO far this SEA-
SOL. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

The ancient Egyptians at their grand
festivals and parties Of pleasure, always
had coffin placed on the table at meals.
containing a mummy or skeleton of
painted wood, which was presented to
upon this and enjoy yourself; for such
will you become when Invested of your
mortal garb.'' 'NA
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25
ONE OF 3EdYPT's MYSTERIES.
A Lake, Part of Which 10 Fresh and tho
# Other Part Very Salt.


Other Part Very Salt. s
During the reign Of Said Pasha a
causeWay was built across the lake of
Mareotis, with the result that the vest
ern portion OF the luke became highly
impregnated with salt, while the east
ern part remained as formerly, only
slightly hrackish. Scientists are not sat.
quantity of salt contained in the lake,
and some have conjectured an under
ground passage from the sea. However,
there is no visible channel by which the
sea water might enter, and, as one can
ride all around it, it is, to all intents and
purposes, a lake. ~ Z -,
Its length is about nine miles and its
breadth four, aud It furnishes the entire
salt supply for Egypt. A miniature
railway runs from the workshops to the
lake, where the salt is cut and the trucks
tilled by gangs of Bedouins, who, during
the season, are at work day and night:
At the workshops the salt is ground and
packed. and from there distributed all
over the country.
To the unconscious mind the main
charm of this lake is it's beauty. AS
one stands on the thick crust of salt
near the shore. which stretches as far
rs the eye can see, one feels exactly
as if standing on a field of ice. and in
addition to the dazzling whiteness of the
tinge, which at the edges of the lake
deepens to a mauve. The cause Of this
color is also matter of conjecture, and
has been attributed to minute organisms
contained in the salt, whatever its
origin, it fades as the salt becomes dry,
but while damp the effect of the i'm
prisoned ce>er is indescribably lovely.
To get an entirely different phase of
the sight one must ride over the cause
way. Here one has the ice field on the
right, and ON the left the ripping blue
Mareotis. About half way across, where
the lake is deeper and the salt crust has
water has the still and heavy look of the
Dead sea, but. unlike the latter, which
looks like molten brass, this milky lake,
with the clouds and the blue sky re-
fected in it, might be likened to a vast
opal, and the setting sun, throwing
fiery ball into its depths, completes the
similitude.
To eyes accustomed to the soft and
varying tints of SCREEN in an English
landscape, the setting might SEEM UNI
worthy of this gem, for the surrounding
hills boast no verdure. But after
short residence in this desert one learns
to admire the hills, in which all the
sepia tones are blended, and when light
calls to wind the western windows of
Magdalen chapel, y
This enchanting scene, however, is
evanescent. AS the salt is formed by
evaporation, It is only during the hot
summer months that this can take place,
and with the first autumn rain the pict-
ure fades away and the sparkling ice
field resolves itself into = placid lake of
blue.-London Telegraph.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

There is noting (Irss II be the sesi;:g machine;
that has Iighteiied labor obbius'
Electric Soap. coBstasiiy sold since ~ 3. a. grs.rs
have It. Have gt,rs ,aaJe rs actriain.are. Try H.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

The Manitoba crop bulletin for Au-
gust estimates the total wheat yield at
1866, 1913 bushels; oats, JIG, 633. 222 bush
els, and barley at 3.6.8. 100 bushels.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

found in Baker county, Oregon. It was
666 feet long and 60 feet in diameter at
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25
Storing Onions.

Onions have to be handled very care
fully in order to keep well. In the first
place it is utterly useless to try to winter
onions successfully, unless they are per-
fectly SOUND and we'll capped over to be-
gin with. If they have beeii kept some
what damp, or in large bulk las in bar
rels, etc., and have begun to emit roots,
or started to grow at the top, don't try
to keep them for any length of time.
There may be way to dry them off
again, say :. i'll a kiln in moderate heat,
or possibly by exposing them to the
fumes of burning sulphur, but this is
only surmise and suggestion, and as a
matter for experiment l want dry,
sound, dormant bulbs, and nothing else
for wintering. Then we have to provide
a cool, dry room, and even here the
onions must be stored so that there is a
circulation Of air. all through them all
the time. For this purpose we should
put them in shallow crates with Slated
bottoms, filling the crates only partly.
if to. be stored in tiers above one another,
so that there is {! space between each
two layers Of onions. Still better it
would be to have shelves Of Stats or
coarse wire screen, storing the onions
ON these not over six inches, deep. If
the bulbs are allowed to freeze land
slight freezing will not hurt then1) they
must be left untouched while frozen, and
kept frozen long enough 50 they can thaw
out gradually.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25
Oats for Feeding.

There is reason for the fact that in
proportion to its weight oats sell higher
than any other grain. They are worth
more pound for pound than corn, not
only because they are more heterogeneous
than corn and their nutriment is there
fore more easily digested, but because
the lining of the stomach, and thus aids
digestion Of all food in it. When both
proteids and carbon go into the stomach
the carbon is better digested, because the
system gets the nutrition it needs, and
all parts operate more vigorously. With
oats, oil meal and cotton seed meal and
wheat bran or middlings. much straw
can be fed and give good returns. Try
to feed straw alone, and most animals
will slowly starye, because they cannot
digest enough of it to keep up animal
heat, and repair the waste of fats which
existence implies in all living creatures.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

"A house without a woman is like a
body without soul.-Montenegrian
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25
seasonable Poultry Notes.

I have made the mistake of having the
poultry house too much crowded for best
results during the winter, says e. T. Per-
kins in the Prairie Farmer. The best
laying focks that come Under my obser,
walton are those that have the run of
the barn floor, which is covered quite
thickly with chaff. would not have hens
on the barn floor, though: it's no place for
them. The late cockercls should be well
fed in order to get them to market soon :;
this will give the remaining fowls more
room. At one farmers they have a flock
Of turkeys a year and-ahalf old, includ-
ing more than one male. From njudi-
cious feeding they are little more than
half as large as they should be. Fowls
must be well fed to secure a good
growth and all not needed for stock
should be marketed. We cannot afford
to feed non-producing stock in the poul-
try line. If one has as good poultry as
other stock, and gives them as good care
| believe, from experience, that they are
fully as profitable. l like poultry and
also like cows, but if I were to decide be-
tween them, should take hens.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

Mrs. WGnsIOu's ScorfIEG sYgrr Tor chill
dren teething, softeES The gums red uces infan-
nation .allays pain cures Wind coic 25ca bottle
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-05-07
(To BE coNTINUED.I
TRICKS PLAYED BY PLANTS.

ArtHul Devices of the Calendula-ThO
Cow wheat's Joke.
DR.. Lundstrom has recently described
some cases Of alleged plant mimicry,
says London Public Opinion. The cul-
tivated plant known as calendula may,
in different conditions, produce at least
three different kinds of fruit. Some
have sails and are suited for transport
tation by the wind, while others have
hooks and catch hold Of passing ami
mails, but the third kind exhibits more
desperate dodge, for 1t becomes like a
caterpillar! Not that the fruit knows
anything about it, but If it be sufficient
ly like a caterpillar, bird may eat IL
by mistake, the indigestible seeds will
be subsequently dropped and so the
trick succeeds.
The next case is more marvellous.
There Is very graceful wild plant,
with beautiful, delicate flowers, known
to many as the COW wheat. Ants are
fond Of visiting the COW wheat to feast
on a sweet banquet spread out upon
the leaves. DR.. Lundstrom has OBJ
served one of these ants and was sur
prised to see 1t making of with one Of
the seeds from an open fruit. The ant
took the seed home with 1t, On explor-
ing some ant nests the explorer saw
that this was not the first cow-wheat
seed which had been similarly treated.
Many seeds were found in the ant nur-
series. The ants did not eat them or
destroy them; in fact, when the nest
was disturbed the ants saved the seeds
along with their brood, for in size, form,
color and weight, even in minute par
ticulars, the seeds in question resemble
ant cocoons. Once placed among the
cocoons 1t requires better than an
ant to distinguish the tares from the
wheat. In the excitement Of fitting,
when the nest is disturbed, the mistake
is repeated and the seeds are also saved.
The trick is found out some day, for the
seeds, like the cocoons, awake out OF
sleep. The awakening displays the
fraud. The seeds are thus supposed to
be scattered; they terminate and seem
to thrive in the ant nests.
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CHAPTER X.-CoxTINuED).

"A second and third attempt Miss Full
ton made to solve the mystery OF the
haunted chamber. On the second night
the place was not visited, and the ad-
venturous girl had slept soundly from
2 o'clock until daybreak. But the third
night, just as II o'clock struck, she
heard the rattle OF key in the lock
and directly the door swung upon,
creakingly, and the tall figure she had
once before seen stepped over the TIRES
hold. This time the figure was black
only, simple black, and the veil that
covered her face and shoulders was
sable Grape. She went forward until
she stood upon the blood stain on the
carpet and then sinking down to her
knees she muttered some unintelligi-
BILE words that sounded like denunci-
alton. Then she rose quickly and turn
ed toward the closet where hung the
bridal veil.
Helen sprang forward and grasped
her firmly by the arm. A hoarse cry
broke from under the black veil. With
q gigantic strength the arm was torn
from Helen's grasp, and, as before, the
figure vanished In the shadows OF the
corridor. But she had left behind her
a souvenir. For closely clasped In
Telen's hand was a piece of torn cloth,
and on carrying it to the light, Helen
saw that 1t was a fragment OF heavy,
lustreless black silk. The face grew
pale as marble and she leaned on Ia
BILE for support.
my GodW she exclaimed, under her
breath, what il it should be?"
Helen Fulton said nothing Of her ad-
ventures to any one, but she was
watchful and alert, and very little took
place at the Rock Of which she was not
cognizant. With Ralph she was a great
favorite. Her playfulness helped to dis
pei the gloom which hung constantly
over him; he liked to listen to her child
fish talk and he liked to be surprised
by the sudden flashes of wisdom be-
yond her years that sometimes cleaned
through the free carelessness of her
conversation. He took her out with Ag-
mes and himself in the little Sea Foam
and before she had been a month at the
Rock Helen Fulton knew every inch Of
the coast for miles and would manage
boat as well as the toughest old fish
erman in the vicinity. Her father kept
writing to recall her home, but she was
so happy there among the rocks by the
Cea, she said, that she could not return
until she had seen the coast by the
light of q summer sun, and so the in
dulgent old gentleman ceased to urge
her.
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lnent had brought upon him a great
change. His face was pale and atten-
uated, his lips had grown thin by con-
slant compression, and his eyes, once so
bright and daring, were sad and misty
with the tears pride would not let him
shed. For as the time drew near when
his reprieve would expire, and the fatal
sentence Of the law must be executed,
he felt a strange, yearning desire for
life. Before, when he had been so near
death, he had hardly asked for life;
some way, it did not seem so easy to die
now. Once, he had loved in a wild,
passionate way-a little short of mad
ness-Imogene Ireton; he would have
given his life to have brought her one
hour Of happiness. But that fierce pas
sion had died violent death. 1t had
been very long since he had thought Of
her with single thrill, and gradually
there had crept into his heart, to be en-
shrined there in secrecy, the sweet face
Of Agnes Trenholme, Just as he had last
seen it, when she lay senseless in the
arms of DR.. Hudson, at the foot of the
gallows from which she had saved him.
A thrill of exquisite pleasure sweptover
him, as he thought, if she had not loved
him she would not have risked so much
to save him! He flushed, his mouth
grew tender as woman's Mt the
thought-he put out his arms al If to-
ward some imaginary object, but
dropped them again with a sad sigh.
"a prisoner-condemned to die" he
said hoarsely to himself. What right
have l to think a single thought Of
pure woman? And yet at heart, God
knoweth, I am as innocent as she Isl!
He rose and paced the narrow limits
allotted to him with nervous haste.
Then he seated himself and took up his
pen.
ut can DO no HARM" he said, think
ing aloud. Il have always meant to
ask her to come to me, but not so soon
not until my ncarness to death should
make 1t my last request. But am so
hungry for a sight of her face!'
He wrote rapidly:
Miss Agnes Trenholme-Is It being
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-05-07
Ror ONLY Frienda

Mamma" asked tho little 4.year-
old, show do you spell 'RingerP'"
put away your book, dear II Ia
time for you TO go to bed"
Papa, how do you"
"Don't bother me, Katie"
"What does IL mean when II says"
Didn't you hear your mother9"
Katie threw tho book on the floor.
~ don't believe there's anybody
that loves me, he burst forth, "cept
grandpa and God. Grandpa, he's In
Michigan and don't know where God
Isl" Chicago Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-05-07
Too big n Job.

Foreign Count-You are n society
man and you are poor l will pay you
large sum II you will introduce me
to rich and beautiful American girl,
and succeed in marrying her
Society Man, meditatively-Um-I
can introduce you to plenty OF rich
girls and plenty of beautiful girls;
but-to find you a girl who is both
rich and beautiful-I think, sir, you
had better apply to Pinkerton Detec-
tive Agency. New York Weekly.