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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
GOSSIP FOR THELADIES
j.
To II violinist.

~ To Il violinist.
A little brown fiddle
Wrought long years ago.
my. read me the riddle
What makes the time How
From these f6,ir nafiow strings
Wlieii your violiii sings?
For lis the wood's sou,idlEss,
And seiiseless; ana cold;
1'Yf .ydn there's, /, bouhdiess
i,onalire. sdffIy told
BY the bow TO the .stfihgs
Wien your violin sings.
1t has prisqned and capt,,,,ir,e;dl
/, The rNst!ing leaves within;
il echoes til clliaptured =
wild uirhtingale's .hymii.
Hank, to- forest 1taugll: strings
When your Violin sings.
Or, slnS. did Apollo,
Affirming his Tyre, =, ....
Giie. you hint how to follow
His passion-bQrn fire!
Divine grow the, strings
When your violin sings.
And scorned by the Muses.
Is Marsyas again,
The while your hand chooses
its tender refrain.
Come, quick. touch the strings,
For your violin sings!
Blanche Lindsay in The Speaker
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
EdisOn's New Light.

Thomas A. edison has at last given
- the public the details Of his new light
ordinary incandescent light. and which
it goes without saying, is not calculated
to arouse feelings Of hilarity in the
breasts of the gas trusts. He announces
that he has solved the scientific part Of
the problem, and all that now remains
is purely mechanical. This, it may
readily be believed, he will speedily ac-
complish. q. -, - -,
The new lamp resembles the incandes-
cent one in common use with the exeet,.
4 ton that it does not require perfect
I. vacuum and that the interior surface of
the glass globe is coated with CRYSTALS
OF tungstate fused into It. As to The
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
manner In which the light is produced

Two wires enter the globe at one end. but
do not meet. BY means Of an induction
current generated In a Parable battery the
molecules Of the wires are thrown Into
aserted Into the globe. Th a meleeale ei nus
pulse Il COMMUNICATED 70 the molecules of
are driven with almost uncomfortable rapid
ed into the inner wall Of the glass. The
glow caused by a single blow Of these air
molecules is, Of course, but slight. but
multiplied thousands of times, and the
blows repeated continuously at an enor-
white light.
The new light has great advantages
over the incandescent. A two-caudle
tunsstate lamp will light room as well
says it is pure white light, the whitest
light known. The tungstate crystals
make the whole globe like ground glass
1t fairly CLOVIS. Its Illuminating power
is not alone remarkable. 1t is soft.
pleasing light to the eye. notwithstand-
ing its intensity. The most astonishing
feature of the new discovery, however,
is that while the incandescent light
transforms 95 per cent. of the electrical
force into heat, thus leaving but ) per
cent. to be turned into light. the tung-
state lamp produces absolutely no heat
at all that he can detect with the most
delicate Instruments. He SAYS: "Not
satisfied with this test. and concluding
my instruments were at fault, l used
other instruments, but with the same re-
suits. This test was repeated time and
again. until l am compelled to believe
that nearly the whole force used in the
new lamp = employed in producing the
light. | do not attempt to explain it:
only accept it as fact
1t is we'll known that Mr.. Edison has
been studying 4 similar problem in the
matter of coal-namely: The preservu-
ton of waste energy. He has discov-
cred it's solution in the case of electrical
illumination and this solution is the
most important of all his achievements
i'll this direction, since by avoiding the
sacrifice of force or the loss of electro
cal energy. which is turned into heat.
he can make the lamps very cheap. and
thus bring them into general use While
the lamp will last as long as the globe
and there are no expensive films to con-
slider. ii produces better light. 1t is
not likely that MIR. Edison would have
made such Il confident and detailed pub
lie statement were he not satisfied that
he had produced 4 cheaper and in every
Way better light than the incandescent
and that it will speedily come into com
mercial use. Meanwhile. what has be-
come of the Tesla light. which it was
stated is produced without wires at all I?
The public will eagerly wait now to
hear from the other wizard Chicago
Tribune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Scourge to Potato Bugs.

\ new insect has invaded Anderson,
Ind. that is being sought for eagerly by
farmers. 1t battles with potato bugs
and is effectual in driving the pests
from tho potato vines. 1t first made it's
appearance in gardens in Johnstown. but
is now being transplanted into gardens
all over the city and county. 1t is a dia-
mond-shaped insect, with long beak.
1t makes d business Of spearing the DO
lato bugs md living off their blood. 1t
does no harm to the vines. 1t is green
iii t6lors Chicago Chronicle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Needed Only to Talk,

"A lady, more famed for her looks
than her wit, complained in Sophie Ar
noulds presence of being beset by n
host of admirers. "Oh," said Sophie, cit
is easy for you to get rid of them. You
need only talk A critic of Beaumar-
cbais' play, ''The Marriage of Figaro
told her it would be failure. eyes, ~
said she. $50 it will. but it will fail fifty
times running She one day met Il
physician with a gun. on the lookout for
game: "Where are YOU going in this
way? she asked. ''ro see a patient -
he answered. ooh, DOCTOR" she replied.
you are evidently afraid of missing
him ~ -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
MAKING A MINE.
In Some Instances it Costs Nothing-In
Others the Cost is Millions

In SOme Instances it Costs Nothing-In
Others the Cost is Millions.
There are no hard and fast rules in
regard to making Il mine from the time
1T passes into the prOSpectors hands I'M
til it becomes a dividend payer Many
mines are such. as the miners say. from
the grass roots,' and turn out large
quantities of ore from the beginning.
J. B. Haggin. the millionaire mine
owner took $3,OOO,OOO from the Custer
mine. in Lemhi county. Idaho, before it
became necessary to use a candle. This
mine was known as the Mineral Mount
ain. n man came along one day, and
after looking at it remarked, why, the
hanging wall is gone" This was true.
Nature had assisted the miner in this
case; the mountain side had been croded,
Haggin also spent about $3.O0O.OOO in
developing the Anaconda mine before it
was on paying basis.
Mines have been discovered containing
fabulous wealth. although prospector
would starve to death in trying to work
them. This was true i'll regard to the
Homestake mine in the Black Hills
The prospectors who made the discovery
could do nothing with it, and it passed
into the hands of Senator Hearst and
other California capitalists. They CON
cluded that, unless it was worked on i,
large scale it could not be made profit
able. An eighty-stamp mill was ordered
and shipped in from Cheyenne at a cost
of $135O00. as an experiment. The mine
has paid in dividends $4,000 a month
for seventeen years.
1t requires large amount of money
usually, to put mine on dividend
paying basis, and, as a rule. this the
prospector cannot do, although pros
pectors have made fortunes with their
properties. - Spokane Spokesman Re
Wow
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN,
Judith.

-. ... <
Flower Of youth, In the ancient frame
Maid of the mettlesome lip and eye,
Lightly wearing the fateful name.
: And the rakish beaver of days gone by!
Pink OF fashion! Yet this Is She
That once. through midnight forest and
fen. FL Il.
Guided the horsemen Of ''old Santee."
And rode to the death with Marion's men.
Rare the picture that decks the wall;
Rare and dainty, In life, below.
My century-later belle of the ball,
Mocking the beauty Of long ago,
If now the summons should come to ride,
Through such a darkness as brooded then,
How would 1t please you to serve as guide:
And where, ah, where We're Marion's
men?
False the logic that breeds the fear.
Buds will blossom. and pipes will play.
So 1t was In that early year:
So shall 1t be till the world is gray.
But the pettcd darling, If need shall be,
AS swift to the saddle will vault again;
And those that follow will ride rs free
AS ever Of old rode Marions men.
William Young in the Century.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Extracting Oil from Shad

+ Eastern people will be amazed to learn
in the matter of extracting oil from sh;ld.
with d view Of utilizing shad caught:
in the golumbia, and for which no mar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17

Perry Patettic-"lf any Teller was to
call ne y liar l world go to work and
beat his head off. wouldn't you?"
Wayworn Watson--"I might beat his
head off, but wouldn't 20 to work.
No, never. - Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Scratched Society.

Stories concerning the dead nitrate
king are thick in London newspapers,
and they show him as man of kindly
heart and of healthful humor. For ex-
ample. at an agricultural society's meet
ing. the king of nitrates" was charged
with the duty of delivering the prize-a
pair of corduroy brooches worth 1.-TWO
and sixpence"-to the rude swain who
had lived longest under servitude to one
master on a wage of thirteen shillings
(S3.25) week. The particular Hodge
who won the breeches had served the
same squire for forty years. 'How's
the nissus?' asked the Golcondian ma
bob ANY kids?' he interjectcd '"Ten
alive and three dead" was the answer:
And you've brought up all that lot on
thirteen bob a week. and the best they
can do by way of testifying their appre-
citation of your services to the country
is to give you pair of cotton corduroy
brooches? You just hand 'em back to
me- The faithful servitor" sadly re-
signed the breaches. The man of nit
rates moved his hand to and from his
own pockets and those of the corduroys,
and presently, handing the garment back,
he said: There's a tenner $3.50 in one
pocket for yourself, and a flyer $3.50 in
another for the missus and there's six
teen bob in the fob for the kids" 80
ciety" applauded the king" but the
king had scratched the veneer of So
clety'S "charity' pretty badly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Bible Bound in Gold.

The only gold and silver bound dia-
mond- encrusted book in the world was
lately enshrined i'll the holy Moham-
mcdan city of Isnan-Ruza, Persia. The
book is a copy of the Koran, the Bible
of the Moslems, and is a gift from Add
ur-Rahman, Ameer of Afghanistan.
The covers of this unique volume. the
sides of which are 9hx4 inches, are of
solid gold plates onc-eighth of an inch
in thickness.
The ccnterpiece and the corners are
symbolic designs, wrought in diamonds,
ruhies and pearls The centerpiece is a
crescent with star between the points,
the whole design being composed of 1O9
small diamonds, 1917 pearls and 122 ru~
bieS.
The book itself is on parchment entire
" written by hand. 1t is valued at
S125.OOO.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Dangerous Business.

..'Wha's dat yoh's a-sayin' bout leabin'
footprints in de sans oh time?" said Mr..
Juniper.
''Da's po'try,". replied his Youngest son.
"Da's whit yoh all orter try ter do
Dean ,'s yer bliebe en-, chile; Doan,
footprints permisc'ous an de fus' ting
yoh knows de pertectives II come roull'
measurin' wifi yoh ole shoes, an git yer
connected wifi mos any rascality dat
happens ter be goin' on."--:Washington
Star. ID. .slga. .ss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Largest Gas Meter.

The largest gas meter in point of
measuring capacity ever made in the
world was completed recently by the en-
ginecring experts of the Pittsbnrg Sup
ply company. The new meter has been
tested by Engineer BARLEY Wylie. and
shows q measuring capacity Of 100000
cubic feet an hour.
1t can also measure about half the
total consumption of gas in the Home
stead Steel works and the other Carnc-
gle interests. This is about 10000, 900
cubic feet daily, and is measured by
fOrty-fivc large meters.
The largest meter previously made by
the Pittsburg company was one sent to
the Kentucky Heating company of Louis
vile few months ago. This measured
10000 cubic feet daily, and was the
largest then made
In testing the new meter air was forced
into it at the rate of thirty miles an
hour, and this would scarcely make it
register to it's capacity. The gas will
go through it at that rate, and the reg
istering will be done by a is per cent.
proDortionate tally. Smaller meters with
greater capacity will be made eventually.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Strict Etiquette.

In Baron Rothschild's recent book Of
anecdotes he tells some curious tales of
the extremely stringent rules of etiquette
which prevailed at the French court in
the reign of Louis the Sixteenth. Marie
Antoinette christened the Comtesse de
Noailles MADAME Etiquette;'' once
when she fell from a donkey in her
private grounds, she jumped to her feet
and cried out, laughing: go and fetch
Nine. de Noailles; she will tell us what
is prescribed for Queen of France
when she falls off donkey" One cold
winter night, when the Queen was un-
dressing, the maid was handing her the
chemise de mutt when the lady -in-wajt-
ing came in, to whom, as being of SUI
perior rank, the garment had to be given
over She could not touch it, however
until she had removed her gloves, and
before that operation had been per-
formed. the Duchess dOrleans. a urin-
cess of the blood, turned up, and after
her the Comtesse de Provence, who was
of higher rank still, so that the chemise
had to be handed from one to the other,
while the Queen stood waiting and shiv-
ering. At last, unable to contain herself
any longer, she exclaimed: "It is odious!
What a nuisance!'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
BeggarS in Snain.

| saw Frenchman. bis first morning
ut the Roma. lean over the gardens hal i,
ustradc and carelessly drop penny to
a small ragged boy. the only creature
in sight. In a second the road swarme.l
with gypsies. babies, crippleS, all strug-
CLING and fighting and screaming. it
was the only time ever knew the gyl,sy
King to unbcnd from bis dignity. but
then he grovelcd. The Spanish beggar
was altogether too much of bully to
move me to sentiment or sympathy, and
for tho first time in my lite my love
TOR the gypsy weakened. l had more
than once in my day wandered far and
wide on the track of the Romany: but,
now that he was here close at hand,
he begged too impudently for me to
want to hail him as brother, or to visit
him Oh his hillside. Nor had any of the
others that elegance and urbanity of
manner of which one reads in books
None ever called J. "caballero;" they
were tar more apt to swear like troop
ers when we left them empty-handed.
Century Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
The Summer Hall.

The hall in the summer home should
be next in it's inviting appearance to the
broad piazza, which is in reality the
most important part of the house. If
there is not room for a parlor and large
hall combine the two in one, as the liv-
ing room: it will be found much more
enjoyable, giving a greater sense of spa
ciousness, better air and lending itself
readily to picturesque effects in furnish
ing. The multitude of small details. col
lections of various sorts. rare hric-a -brar
choice porcelains. etc, which have in re-
cent years turned town houses into ml-
seums, should be studiously avoided; for
not only is it Il WEAKNESS to the flesh TO
take care of these things. but it is act
ually strain upon mind and eyes to be
confronted at every turn with Il multi
plicity of objects.
Therefore, Il wise restraint should be
exercised in the selection of everything
of purely decorative character. Every
piece Of furniture should be for use and
comfort: you want no stiff. spindle
legged chairs, which invite one only to
perch. lest they fall beneath ones
weight: nor stiff. upholstered chairs and
tete-a-tetes, which proclaim their core
monious purpose. .3s ,5s5S., 5g8
. The great. roomy hall should invite to.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17

restfnl ease. and there should be
coushes divans and loiinging ehairs,
with plenty Of soft cushions wherever
they can be placed, as well az low willow
chairs By work and tea -tabIes.
II there can be but one open crate In
the house. let it be by. all means iii the
hall, where CHEEKY fire on cool even
ings and mornings will be most enjoyed.
ant! whence the genial warmth Wilt most
easily psryade the whole house and dis
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17

A curious and unusual sight was wit
messed the other night in the west of
London Two gentlemen, one an Ameri-
can, and the other a well-known French
tenor. engaged at the Paris Opera house,
paid Il visit to the skating rink at
knightsbridge, met some old acquaint-
ances there, and spent lively evening.
parting with their friends soon after II
p. m, comfortably exhilarated and joy-
Gus.
Walking along they came across a
blind man dolefully singing ballad to
the accompaniment of guitar Imme-
dlately the Frenchman was seized with
an idea. Going up to the blind man,
and giving him a coin. he asked leave to
try his guitar, and in few moments
passers-by realized that somebody was
handling an instrument in manner
quite unexpected in the streets. Prompt
~ a crowd gathered, and then the rich
voice OF the operate singer burst forth
on the night air as he accompanied HIM
self on the guitar, says the Westminster
Gazette.
proved irresistible. Soon the entire
thoroughfare was blocked. rich and poor
alike stopping. eager to hear the I'M
woDted music, while rumorS of all sorts
flew around the crowd as to the identity
OF me Unknown singer, whose tones
were thrilling his audience. meanwhile
tho blind man stood cnraptured, tears
falling down his face as he listened.
The American. needless to say, prompt
ly grasped the business side of the ques-
ton. and went around the crowd with
his hat. soliciting donations. They came,
too. thick and fast, in coins of all sorts
and sizes. When ut last the police felt
it incumbent OH them to take steps to
avoid the increasing block of traffic, the
phlanthropic gentlemen turned over to
the blind man the contents of the hat,
which amounted to over "a. and jumping
into q hanson, drove off, amid the cheers
of the crowd.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17

The mayoral chair of Northern town
was occupied by a man of great generosi-
IT,, Among the applicants who sought
relief from him during his tenure of Of
known as Talking Tim who asked the
loan of a few pounds to buy donkey
and cart and set up in the rag and bone
business.
We'll, Tim said the mayor, eff |
give You this money. how are you going
to pay me?'. -
Il This was a, poser for Tim, but a
thought struck him, he blurted out: .;. .
SIS Well, yer worship, if We are kind
enough to give me the money I'll tell you
what I I'll do. i II name the donkey after
yer worship 9 Bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17

The Illinois Cycling club will give a
race meet at Washington park, Chicago,
July : and t. The races will be held in
connection with the trotting and pacing
meet of the Northwestern Breeders as
ISOLATION. There will be amateur and
professional classes and the money prizes
will average we'll up. The fast push"
of this city will enter
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17

bout 10000 Americans visit Eng
land yearly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
Marine CuriOsities.


The weather-beaten old ships figure
head, fashioned to resemble the late
President Arthur. which Sun artist
found i'll shipwright's shop in the Eric
basin several days ago, is only one of
the lesser curios of that interesting
hospital for ships. Away down at the
very end Of the trestlework. at the Eric
basin. in little house built by himself
out Of an old canal boat and a pilot
house of a steamer. there lives an old
man who supports himself and his fam
ny re ny enst haa
was a snilor himself once, and he says
that his lack of education prevented him
from rising above the work of an able
bodied seaman. He paints his marines
in oils. and very creditable pictures they
are. The rafters of his little home are
hung with canvases, OH which are rep
resented sloops, three-masters, yachts Of
all descriptions and "a number Of sea
views. He is faithful to detail. and not
g rope nor q BIT Of rigging is missing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17

or out Of place. Many Of the boats
that put IN ut the Erie basin have their
cabins decorated with this old artists
work, Another of the interesting things
to be found at the Erie basin is a house
SO built that at high tide it Is surround
ell by water. The owner keeps pigs.
and he isn't bothered by the fear tint
~ low tide 1t Is possible to reach this
little house without wetting ones feet
by walking On tho tops Of 4 line Of
old piles that We're originally sunk for
another purpose. Sunday III alwnys y
busy day around the Eric basin, and the
sailors and shipbuilders who hang around
the boats tied up there spin yarns FOR tic
idle that arc not to be found i'll any.
collection of sea tales, and wouldn't war
salty placc.-New York SIN.
Coast People Slow to Recover,
me PORTLAND 0regoninh says! "Capt:
A. A. Bmnnan has been i,lvestiea.;ni
the subject of soft-shel crabs Of lale,
When not busy capturing ind devourihs
the had-shell ones. He says qujtc {
number of the soft-shell crabs are found
on the bench now, pnd sihce he showed
going wild after them, The did, full.
grown crabs do hot shed their shells; 1T
least, from the barnac les and moss found
on them, which must have taken YEARS
to grow it would Seem that after L
crab has attained his full size One Suit Of
shell lasts hin, till he is ready to Be aid
Ell to The drift of sea wreck which al
the crab sheds it's she'll frequently. buf
ais it approaches crabhood the changes
are less frequent. TO be at it's best. The
shedder must be caught soon after get
ting rid of it's shell. as the delicate chi.
deermis in which it then appears soon be-
gins to change to shell, and it RAPIDLY
deteriorates thereafter. Most of the
people who visit the beach have consitl-
take of nature, like soft-shell egg, and
throw it away, but hereafter they will
know better.