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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
Raising Pigs Without Milk.

Milk is the perfection of feed for
young pigs. but they will thrive on other
material. when properly prepared. Board
ing-house or city swill. so-called, seems
to be the best of anything aside from
milk. probably because of the variety OF
the material of which it is composed. 1t
this cannot be obtained. YOU can resort
to the more expensive method of cooking
up small potatoes, odds and ends OF
vegetables generally the greater the
variety the better-and mix i'll some
grain. such as best wheat bran, corn and
oats, ground together. To make a Tor,
ty-four-gallon cask of swill YOU would
want about half bushel Of each vegeta-
bles and corn-and-oats. Put the grain
in the cask and scald thoroughly with
boiling water Pour in the boiled vegeta-
bles. we'll ma shed, and feed warm when
properly thinncd. Pigs, as a rule. do
not like thick swill, and sloppy article
seems to be best in every respect. Su-
gar beets raw are an excellent winter
feed. and will go long way towards
supporting pigs if little swill is allowed;
If cattle are fed corn in the ear and
pigs have the run of the manure they
will do first rate with a little swill only:
Pigs also do we'll on mixture OF
chopped clover and warm water, with
little grain.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
LIFE AT CRIPPLE CREEK.
An Omahan's Des eription Of Things in tn
NSsthtu hi nAcadn. z. Il

An Omithan's Des eription Of Things in the
,Wsstefn I'll Dorado: 81
J, NJ, Davis has returned to Oilaiia
from two-weeks' visit to CRIPPLE
Greek and in an interview with i Bee
reporter pronounced Cripple Greek tic
most unique bf ali the Western filming
towns that he HAS yet been iii:
There are front 10000 to 10000 peo-
pie in Cripple Creek 1i,a ii The mblntains
hill within ten miles If the town has
been prospected, and none of the MEN
except those on the gr6tind early have
been able to secure claims without buy
ing them. Any hole iii the gr5und is
worth from $4,000 to $25;OUO, While
paying claims are not. dn the market;
except in the shape of stocks. There are
perhaps 5000 men working in the mines
at wages which range at about SIS per
day, while there are some 1000 mbre
who are working claims of their own.
The town of Cripple Creek is built
~ with rough hoard shanties, without
plaster on the wallis and without Chin
neyS. Every store and dwelling in the
town is occupied. and it is impossible to
get a room for business purposes. The
owners of StorcroOms get fabulous prices.
At this time there are no rooms to rent
to dodgers, nor are there any comforts
to be had There are two hotels, both
tWo-story buildings. Hotel rates are SD
per day. with two i'll bed, and as many
beds and cots rs possible are crowded
into Il room. There are not less than
500 buildings in course of construction
and the yards are unable to supply the
demand for lumber. Carpenters, demand
and get miners wages.
1.-The postoffice is besieged with people
who are after mail. and from morning
until late at night there is Il string Of
men calling for mail. There is no car
rier system and it is impossible to rent
box. The line of people at the post
office extends fully 200 yards back into
the street during the morning and mid
die of the day. Papers are not deliv-
cred. probably because the postotficc
force is not sufficient to handle them.
''rhc saloons ut Cripple Greek and in
all of the towns in the district are wide
OF latches on the doors. there being no
need for INDUCING i'll such luxurics Bar
tenders work in eight-hour shifts and ev-
cry saloon has its gambling outfit. Five
dancehouses are running in full blast
''The weather at Cripple Creek is as
unique as the town. 1t will snow, blow.
rain, freeze and thaw all during the same
day. During my stay Of two weeks
nine ~eople died of pneumonia. and OH
the bodies of Il man and his wife being
brought to Council Bluffs for burial
ut might be we'll to mention that not
all is gold that glitters' While the
streets are paved with gold, much of it
is of il low-grade ore that cannot be
worked except at a loss. Fortunes have
been made by a few in the mines. and
fortunes may be reserved for good
MANY, more who have the capital to i'll
-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
ELEPHANT KILLING.
Tho Demand for Ivory II Responsible for
thu Eia, a nj Y,fiflx t2aananAuse Sos rnn d

Tho Demand for Ivory II Responsible for
tho Big AniMals Becoming scarce.
When we take into consideration the
large quantity Of ivory imported annu-
ally, it Is not surprising that those in
terested In it should at times become
somewhat anxious about future supplies.
An authority upon Indian matters some
few years back was particularly struck
by this thought, and wrote:
1T - reported that England alone inn
ports 100000 pounds Of livery, to OBJ
tain which $4,000 elephants have to be
annually killed; and the worlds supply
must, 1t has been estimated, necessitate
10000 being annually slaughtered. 1t
may be safely assumed that, if this rule
Ut destruction continues, a comparative
" feW years will suffice to exterminate
the African species of elephant"
The assumption is, fortunately for the
world at large, QUITE incorrect. AS a
about the. same year by year; but, there
is very important factor which the In
dian authority just quoted has evidently
overlooked namely, that most of the
ivory that we receive is technically
known as dead ivory, that is, tusks
which have been taken from elephants
long since dead and stored up in the in
terror of Africa. OF live ivory, or tusks
taken from recently-killed animals, we
do not receive, comparatively speaking,
a considerable quantity. There is no
fear whatever of the supply being ex-
hausted during the next two or three
generations.-Chambe Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
SOME ONE TAKE THIS CHILD.
SHE HAS no PARENTS.


With string he placed the pacard
aroun! the neck of the little girl. rms
DONE he took her in his arms. kissed her
again and again, pointed to the smoke
that was becoming blacker and longer,
and told her that water was coming.
When the rails began to sing of the up.
prOach of the coming train. he placed
her near the track. and then ran and hid
himself behind the dugout. From his
hiding place he eagerly looked out and
watched the child. while the rattle and
clamor and thunder of the train grew
louder i'll his ears On it came with Il
rush and roar. and flew past the station
in IL gale of wind and dust. The mans
heart died within him and then beat
wildly again. The train had stopped
several hundred yards past the station
and was coming back to the sentry box.
The engineer had seen the ttattered
flag.
As the long train rolled slowly back
ward curious and inquiring heads pro
truded from the car windows. The gold:
emblazoned conductor stepped off and
gazed about him in wonder. Not fol-
several moments did he discover the
child; Immediately there was crowd
about it, and the placard was. passed
porter came out of Pullman car end
placed wooden step on the ground be
fore it. He was followed by lady in
black, who descended from the car and
joined the throng. A pair Of yearning
eager, beseeching eyes watched it all
from the dugout. To the man in hiding
it seemed that the determination of the
child's fate would never be reached.
Finally he saw the lady in black take
the child in her arms, kiss it and re-cntei
the car with it. The passengers scram
bled back into the cars, the conductor
waved his hand and the train moved on
- q
On the third day he came to the enc
of his journey. He may have been de
lirious. A train stepped for him ant
took him on board. This they always
do when they kill man.--San Fran
cisco Argonaut. r. y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
PRESERVING WOOD.
A Cheap Process Now Being Employed In
Switzerland.

Cheap Process Now Being Employed In
Switzerland.
\ simple, effective and cheap way of
preserving wood from decay is practiced
in Switzerland in the preparation of
posts for the telegraph service. A square
tank, having a capacity of some 200 gal
Ions, is supported at height of twenty
tive feet above the ground by means of a
light skeleton tower built of wood. A
pipe drops from the bottom of the tank
to within thirty inches of the ground,
where it is connected with a cluster of
flexible branches, each ending with a cap
having an orifce in the center. Each
cap is clamped on to the larger end of
the pole in such a manner that no liquid
can escape from the pipe except by pass
ing into the wood. The poles are ar
ranged parallel with one another, slop-
ing downwards, and troughs under both
ends to catch drippings. When all is
ready a solution of sulphate of copper,
which has been prepared in the tank,
is allowed to descend the pine. The
pressure produced by the fall is sufficient
to drive the solution, gradually, of
course, right through the poles from end
to end. When the operation is ended and
the posts dried the whole of the fiber
of the wood remains permeated with the
preserving Standardization Transcript.
In many parts of Russia Christmas
cakes are made in the shape of a cross.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
A JAPANESE BATH.
A Medicinal Dip that Practically Lasts a
Month";

The Rev. W: Weston, in the course of
a paper on "The Geography of JAPAN
read before the Geographical society,
stated some facts which, so far as we
know, are new in the history of hygiene.
In the mountains there are many hot
mineral springs, Nesting generally in
gulles below the highest points, but still
far up the ascents. The peasantry are
very fond of these baths. and indulge
in them to an invincible extent. The tenn
pelature is usually from 100 to 100 de-
grees Fahrenheit, and in one place Mr..
Weston knew of "where the water was
Just about blood heat, man would stay
in practically for month ON end, taking
care however, to place a heavy stone on
his knees. to keep him from floating
or turning over in his sleep. The care
taker of this particular blishment,' a
CHEEKY old man of some 20 summers,
himself stayed in the bath the whole
winter through" We know from the ex-
periencc of the South Sea islands that
Il human being can live in warm sea wa
ter for thirty-six hours: but that life
can be maintained pra ctically for months
in supInretted fresh water is an addi-
ton to the record of human endurance.
One wonders what other qualities of fish
such men posscss.-London Spectator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
THE MARCH OF THE RABBITS.
a New Breed i'll Australia Which Nothin
Can STOP.

Can STOP.
The surveyor-general of Queensland
recently issued Il report on the rabbit
invasion. and it is plain that the furry
and prolific little rodent is more for
n,ila BILE public enemy to Queensland
than would be fleet of hostile IRON
clads. The Queensland rabbit, says the
.Australasian Review of Reviews is a
quite new variety. with extraordinary
digestive powers and Il malign intelli-
gence to which only the despairing BIAS
phemy of IL Queensland stock drover
can do justice. 1t tiourishes in times of
drought. and grows fat while cattle and
sheep perish of mere hunger. L
Queensland is being gridironed with
RI bbit-proof fences. One running from
Darling Downs to Eyre creek is. the
same authority states, HOO miles long:
and no doubt these fences. when skill
fully constructed. do arrest the rabbit
wave. and the rabbits. unable to 90 for
ward and without wit enough to turn
back. perish in vast numbersA In some
districts the southern side of this great
barrier is white with bones of millions
and millions of these rabbits:' but the
young rabbits often contrive to get
through the meshes of the fence and
quickly breed into new hosts. tunneling
the sandhills till they are mere traps.
and eating off the pasture as with in
Vulnerable scythes. The rabbit. in
word, leaves science itself bankrupt.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
BEAUTIFUL HANDS.
AS / remember the frat fair touch
or those beautiful hands that | love

AS / remember the first fair touch
g. much, F s.aS5 >:s'a.H
l seem to thrill us then was thrilled $50
kissing the gloves that found untitled
When ! met Your gase and the queenly
As YOU sala to ME laushinaly. Keep II
And dazetl aud alone III d dream stand
kissing the ghost OF your beautiful hand
When first I loved In the long ago, T. "
And held your hand as told YOU So
Pressed and carcssed 1t and gave 1t a kiss,
And said. II could die for d hand like tkist''
Little dreamed loves fullness yet;
HAT to fipen when eyes we're wet; >.
And prayers we're vain In their wild dc
mandS
For one warm touch of your beautiful
hands:
Beautiful hands! o beautiful hands,
Could you reach out of the alien lands
Where. YOU are lingering, and give ME to-
night -.
Only a touch-were it. ever 50 light
My heart We're soothed, and ing weary
brain .
Would lull itself into rest again:
For there is no solace the wotld commands
Like the caress Of your beautiful hands, ;
James Whitcomh Riley.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
Wisconsin Paten is,

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, SO and So
Loan and Trust building, Milwaukee,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook" free on request.
ga w. Rsrt f nse M W2usau HeawG5dEe
Dehler Wonewoc, fence wire clamp; Isaac
Ellison, ,Waukesha, roller bearing; H. e.
Harbaugh, assgr., Kenosha, mechanical
nosha, transferring apparatus for knitting
machines; Ole Larson, Raymond, gate; G.
Laube, River Falls, assgr., combined radi
waukee, hand truck; G: Older, Portage
knitting machine and knit fabric; F. Row
ley, assgr., West Superior, dish cleaner
J. E. Williams, assgr., Athens, seal; F. D
Winkley, Madison, oil cup.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
Hit Back at Him.

Joseph II. Choate seldom meets a sue
cessful antagonist in repartee, but he
met his match while trying case in the
surrogate's court not long ago. An old
woman was being questioned about how
a certain testator had looked when a
certain incident has occurred. "Now,
how can I remember? He's been dead
two years" she replied, testify. "Is
member two years back?" continued
Choate, The old woman was silent, and
Choate asked: did he look anything
like me- y "Seems to me he did have
the same: sort of a vacant look!" snapped
the witness. The questioning was sus-
pended. New York Mail and Express,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31

ed on horses and spread out to cover 6s;eF an
The circle was gradually closed iii and
innle SMALLER and smaller until the fright
sened little beasts were enclosed with
in u tight corral composed Of the hunt.
efs; Then the ahghteffhg commenced,
and aff Within the corral were txter,
nina ted with tSSlfh Gibbs aid dogs: Seventy.
three indies On horseback and i'll ear
fiages witnessed the hunt. Another
event OF ike nature is promised iii d
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
Rounding Up Coyotes.

They are having rare sport in Orc.
gon Strengthening the wiley coyote, and
the hunt is conducted similar to a jack.
rabbit drive. From a participant in Il
coyote roundup which took place in the
vicinity of Hudson bay recently. the
Milton (Or) Eagle learns that all plans
were crowned with the greatest success.
Five hundred men and boys participated.
in the affair.". and the result Of their
united efforts was the Strengthening of
6 ifty-two. coyotes md a hundred jack
rabbits. The men and boys were mount
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
Catarrh Cannot Re Curefl

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh
order to cure it you must take internal
remedies Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, and acts directly on the blood an6
not 'u auack medicine. It was prescribed BY
one Of the best physicians in this country
for years, and is a regular prescription. II
is composed Of the best tonics known, com
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The per
feet combination Of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results IN
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
The Greatest Medical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY,
DONALD KENNEDY, OF RoxDuRY. MASS,

Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to common Pimple.
He has tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He has now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
of its value, all within twenty miles of
Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit is always experienced from
the first bottle, and perfect cure is war.
ranted when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver OF
Bowels. This IS caused by the ducts being
stopped, and always disappears in a week
after taking it. Read the label.
If the stomach Is foul or bilious it will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough of it.
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
WILL LIGHT UP CURVES.
Something New in tho Way Of Locomo
tive Headlights.

tive Headlights.
An ingenious machinist in New York
city is credited with having constructed
an automatic headlight for railway en-.
gines. In going around sharp curves,
stationary, throw the light straight
ahead, instead sof throwing it so that il
follows the track. The headlight is
made to hang on two pivots, one on top
the framework that holds it being fast.
ened to the smokestack and the bottom
one to the boiler head. From the bot
tom of the headlight also two chains
run to the ends of an extending arm
which latter Is connected by rod thai
runs. to the pilot wheels truck. Thus
as the pilot wheels strike curve, the
outside wheel FORCES ahead, Of course
chain just enough to move the headlight
so that the reflection is cast directly
ahead on the track,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
NEW RAILROAD SIGNAL.
A Light to Prevent Rear End Collisions
Which One Company Has Adopted.

4
Which One Company Has Adopted.
The Boston and Albany railroad has
adopted device that other railroads will
not be slow to accept. Whenever a
train for any reason is forced to stop at
an unusual spot a brakeman is sent back
with flag by day or lantern by night.
The lantern is not at all times conspicu-
Gus, and many rear-end collisions have
occurred in consequence of the inability
of the flagman to get far enough back
on the track to sufficiently warn the on
coming train.
A fusee has been invented to meet this
emergency. 1t is attached to a pointed
rod, which is stuck into a cross-tie be-
tween the tracks. 1t is ignited by the
simple process of unscrewing a friction
cap, whereupon bright red light, which
neither wind nor rain can extinguish,
burns for fifteen minutes. making an il
Illumination visible for Il full mile.--New
York World
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31

Before selling off the turkeys do not
forget that success next year depends
on the stock retained for breeding pur-
poses. If you have good hen that
produces a goodly number of eggs and
Matched large broods, being also success
full as a mother, retain her; and if your
gobbler has produced strong offspring.
keep him another year. 1t you sell, let
it be from the young stock. Old tur-
Keys that have been tried and proved sat
isfactory should never be sacrificed ,ll,-
less very aged ,,-,.-~ =: -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
THE ANTARTIC CONTINENT.
1t is Believed to be IL Land Full of High
Mountains.


The photographic office has issued a
new chart showing the limits, according
to the numerous reports received at the
United States photographic Office. of the
enormous ice fields encountered by mari
ners in those waters during the excep-
tionally severe years of 1892 and 1893.
All Of these reports agree i'll describing
the icebergs seen during these years as
colossal in height and extent and herded
so closely together that any attempt to
force a passage through the main body
of the drift was attended by grave dam
ger, many vessels being more or less
damaged by collision and two lost.
Some of the bergs are high and per-
pendicular, and are regarded as of re-
cent origin. Others are known to be
old. Their character is such that they
could not have been formed OH low, fiat
lands. Scientists believe there are high
mountains in the Antarctic continent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
Feed |! !;
4 Thrifty Maine Woman,

Talk about nerve! A Caribou dentist
tells the Journal that woman came I'd
bis rooms one day lately, and, showing
him an aching tooth, asked if It would
come out hard. The dentist, after aii
INSPECTION, replied that it WOULD, be al
ferer remarked: 'Wal, I'm clad: A
blacksmith promised to pull the tooth
with a pair of pinchers, and / guess I'll
let him do the Job, if the tooth Is comm
easy. And away she went, leaving an
astonishsd and bewildered dentist to
gaze at her in wonder as she started for
JOnrNa1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
Strange SuDerstitiOii.

For many years foreign furriers have mo-
which they have received have been mutt
lated by the loss of the nose. A Parisian
furrier has discovered that this is the re-
suit of a snperstitious belief prevalent
among the EsQuimaux that whenever i
Polar hear is killed his nose must be- cut
off and thrown upon the ice or bad luck
will follow the hunter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
AntWerp's Many Bells.

In Antwerp cathedral there are
seventy bells, some of them of great
antiquity. One, the Carolus, given by
Charles V. King of Spain, Emporer OF
Germany and @Archduke Of Austria, is
only rung twice in each year, when it is
amalgum of which it is made consists
of gold, silver and copper, and the bell
with the metal it contains, is said to be
worth $500 600
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
Recording Music.

A Frenchman has brought out an in
vention long looked for by musicians; it is
a recording piano. BY means of type
writing instrument attached under the
keyboard, anything that is played can
be recorded by the instrument. The
but in series of long and short dashes,
something like the Morse alphabet,
which is easy to reproduce in the ordi-
nary manner
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
Salt the Cows Regularly.

Many farmers salt their cows only in
summer when on green feed. But the
salt is just as much needed now, and if
given will make the butter come more
quickly. 1t is probably true that most
of the difficulty in making good winter
R,ltter is due to the feed, and especially
to the lack of sufficient and regular sup
,olics of salt. The best way is, if stock
have not been accustomed to having salt
beside them. to give little each day
until the appetite for salt is partially
stated. An overdose of salt will result in
mi attack of scours and probably to per.
1nanent injury to the digestive organs.