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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN

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zsss Baby.s Anawer.s n .fss.5
Where did you come from. baby deary
Out OF the everywhere into here. h.
Where did you get your eyes so blue?
Out Of the skies as Z came through, .5H5
What makes the light In them sparkle and
spin? 5.SaS
Some Of the starry spikes left In. !:
Where did you get that little tear.
found 1t waiting when got here. 4
What makes your forehead so smooth and
high? s5.s ss::esgs.s }ESs@sz = e
A soft hand stroked 1t as l went BY. ~
What makes your cheek like a warm, white
rose? rsas ( .s,rr-E&E%. sS5FS ss FIJI
saw something better than anyone knows,
Whence the three-cornered smile Of BLISS?
Three angels at once gave me kiss. = s
Where did you get this pearly ear?
God spake, and 1t came out to hear, ~
Where did you get those arms and hands?
Love made itself into hooks and bands. =
Feet, whence did you come. you darling
things? .-,
From the same box as cherub's wings. =.
How did you come to us, you dear?
God thought about you, and SO am here.
George Macdonald,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
A SOrrOWful Case

David Finnie, teamster, arose yes
terday morning at 9 o'clock, and, accord
ing to custom, prepared his modest
breakfast, babe his wife and 2-year-old
daughter an affectionate farewell and
went about his work as usual
When he returned to his home he found
the house dark, and, when he entered,
no welcome. greeting from his wife.
From the chamber he had left twelve
hours before came sound of childish
prattle. wake up, mamma; wake up;
papa's come,' lisped the little one
Hastily striking light, Finnie en-
tered the chamber, and there, bending
over the still form of her mother, loving
~ pressing kisses upon unresponsive lips,
was the child, still in her night robe.
Mamma hasn't had breakfast YETI
she told him, in childish innocence, land
I'm so hungry"
The grief-stricken man took in the i'm
port Of it all at glance-the wife and
mother had died, while the child at her
side. ignorant of death and the meaning
of the mothers unwonted stiffness, had
busted herself all day beside the corpse.
10 the bed she brought her toys, a doll
and its dresses, her blocks and ''pict-
ure book" She had brought, her own
dresses as well, and had apparently tried
to persuade the mother to dress her.
San Francisco Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
GOSSIP Fob THE LADIES
All /! Me, IT'S Winter Vet.

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D ] know q time shall be, Gz5.,
hen, from each slumberlng bough,
Shall Hash on y0n and me
The beautiful young leaves
Like glimmerlng emeralds set
In Apriis coronet; 5zs *5~.s
When the warm south wind shall sOugll.
2@ And. to the silent caves & : = -
Ihe twitterlhg martlets cling,
5EE With tldings% OF the spring! :.-,.-
All! me. it's winter yet.
know Il time shall be, -.
When. for our sweet delight,
OF April shall unfold; ~
Z. The herald violet, =
With purple banneret;
III shining cloth Of gold;
And dancing In the breeze,
e. Virgin anelnolies.
All! me, tbs winter yet.
z know a time shall be.
Which,. Oh my longing ear,
Your voice, melody
OF silver strings, shall sound,
And charm away the fret
Your abseace doth beget;
When love shall cast out lear,
In, chalhs eternal boiind;
''@'1 iii + n SsF as' Aia'e " y ;stEss
I know d time shall be-, ,,
rS %as d;% al f,as sszf love- shall fan'
Whs6 We: dear heart must u stand
Where life and death, are met,
May there be no regret /
AS. down the stream, we sail
Toward the shadOwy land
Where, crowned with asphodels,
Springtime forever dwells,
All! me, tbs winter yet
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
Helps Digestion.

There is no better aid to Digestion in
certain cases, than the cooked aDDle. It
is recognition of this truthIthoueh
doubtless the recognition came before
the truth was fully appreciated-which
assigns apple sauce as an accompaniment
of roast pork, goose and other rich
meats, which are apt to make trouble
engagements arising from eating too freely
of meats of almost any kind are correct
ed by the use of any apple regimen. the
fruit being. used either cooked or raw.
Paradoxical as it may sound, the free use
of fruit acids, of which the apple is
the very best repository, tends to de-
crease that very common disorder, acidi-
the related elements changing the ac;Gs
into alkaline carbonates, whicl, tend to
neutralize any acid condition of the svs.
tem.-The American. ".>. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
Still They Linger.

These optimistic and hopeful souls
who fancied that mounting the district
messenger boys on bikes" would de-
prive the humorous paragrapher of the
most cherished of his stock subjects
should have witnessed "slow race"
that came off ON Spruce street, below
Thirteenth street, yesterday morning,
says the Philadelphia Record. These
telegraph boys on wheels, each doubt
less carrying rush message, spent
twenty minutes in the practice of slow
riding and in contest to determine
which could approach most nearly to a
complete suspension of motion without
destroying the equilibrium Of the mount:
eco to sleep, my little ,pickaninny,."
sang one of the young Mercuries. 'Hul-
ly gee! youse blokies amt in it wild me!
wy, say, kin stand as still as little
Willie on top O. der city hail."
The leopard cannot change his spots,
nor the district messenger boy his lin
geringness.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
The Glory of Fast Day De parted.

The 'innocuous desuetude' of Fast
day is even more strongly marked in
New Hampshire than in Vermont, says
the Burlington News. Instead of fast,
the day was observed as feast, espe-
cially in Manchester, where the min
listers decided not to hold services, de-
claring that the day had grown to be a
farce, though one Of the Baptist clergy
held services on his own account, which
were fairly we'll attended by those who
still believed in the observance of the
day. A dispatch states that the police
officers were kept busy all day, and that
at midnight nearly every cell at the po-
lice station was filed, most of The ar
better would it be for the state lcgis-
lators to abolish the day%saltogether,
than have a continuance of this sort of
thing. 1t is generally conceded that the
Massachusetts Legislature did a wise
thing when it abolished the day IN that
state
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
FOR COUNI'RY'S SAKE.
AN INDIAN FIGHTER SUFFERS
AGONIES F:OM DISEASE.
He Was in the Battle with the Apaches
When 6erouimo Was Captured.
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He Was in the Battle with the A pachea
When Gerouimo Was Captured.
From the Press. Eay York Citg.
Worn with the exposure of army life on
the frontier, md poisoned by the coffin.
un drinking of alkali water, Joseph File.
gauf returned, to Philadelphia eight years
ago, broken down i'll health and unable
to do any work.
He had served five years with the Ninth
United States Infantry il many q des-
perate fight with the Indians il, Arizona
and other frontier States and had won an
enviable reeord. lii the fierce conflict
when Gerobimo, the famous chief of the
Apaches, was captured, Mfr Flegauf wac
among the brave soldiers who. forgetful
Pt exefything but duty; charged upon this
. Life Oh the plains sent to aii untimely
qeafh many. soldiers who were never
touched by d reaskin's bullet or arrow,
and Dir. tIegauf came near such fate as
that. Along time before his time was
cut he. was taken seriously i'll, but he
stuck to his post until an honorable dis
charge was finally given to him. =
When he reached Philadelphia. the Inr
dian fighter was scarcely' more than skin
and boness and for three weeks he Law
desperately i'll in a hospital. He felt
dizzy, and his stomach felt as if it had
dried up. These symptoms were accom-
panied by bloody dysentery, which no
medicine seemed to relieve.
After two gears of suffering, Mr.. Fle-
gauf came to New York and was treated
by several physicians. These did not
agree, some calling his disease catarrb of
the stomach, and other chronic diarrhoea.
In speaking to reporter about his ill.,
ness Mr.. Flegauf said the doctors heIned
him, but, with all the money he spent for
advice and medicine, he was able to work
only small part of the time Since NOV
Ing to his present home. No. 511 West
Forty second street, in New York, about
year ago. Mr.. .Flegauf has been 80 iii
that his voice and hearing almost left him.
Then all medicines failed, and the sick
man had little hope Of recovery. At this
critical time DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People were recommended to Mr.
Flegauf, and, almost as a last f1ote. hs
began taking them:
"The beneficial effect Of the medicine
was felt at once Mr.. Flegauf told the
reporter; land before ! had taken box
began to eat with relish. Three boxes
Isade me SO much better that | began
work and have been able 10 keep at it
50 re. for. five months
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale PEG:
pie are hot a patent medicine in the sense
that name implies They were first com:
pounded as a prescription and used as
sdch in general practice by an eminent
ply stefan, So great was their efficacy
that it was. deemed wise TO place them
within the reach of all They are now
manufactured BY: the Dr.. Williams. Medi.
cine Company, Schenectady. \. Y. and
are sold IN boxes at 80 cents box, or six
boxes for $3.50, and may be had Of all
druggists or direct by mail from Dr. Viii
lams' Medicine Co.. Schenectady n 7.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22

ut home by cutting out OF cardboard the
desired design, as quarter moon, an
cnor, and 80 on, and laying it upon the
material. tracing the outline, afterward
20 pc worked in Kensington or etched
with the pen. The effect of rope in sail
prs knots gracefully trailed over the pill
low with large anchor in the corner or
center IL also an artistic design.
A pretty addition to a COLLECTION of NIL
lows u one filled with the fragrant pine
needles, and having etched on it's cover
the legend. "Our Pines Are Trees Of
Healing" Such pillow would WOO one
to healthful slumbers.
-. White. CANVAS worked In true colors,
like n flock of seaynlls, Or birds, or a
semblance Of waves, with fish here aud
there in solid work, II a very artistic de-
sign. Blue water. dOye-colored birds,
and brown Or black anchor, with yellow
ish rope, are true colors.
Brown and white denim are in taste
for the Traveller, with quotations for the
oecasion. A college lad or, lass would
Appreciate the eblbrs ,nf their, ALMA ma
ter On a pillow of white: and the class
pin designed lii fiie silk etching iii "a cor
htf.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
Building Legislation in Boston.

The Boston, Mass, board of trade,
feeling that the changes being constantly
made in the: building laws of Massachu-
sets, were often proposed by those who
wished merely to gain some small point
for themselves and were acted upon by
legislators who but rarely had any
knowledge of building matters, proposed
III April. 1895, that the Boston Society
of Architects, the Real Estate exchange
and Master Builders association .,join
with them 70 obtain $proper legislation
for Boston building interests. Accord
ingly a joint committee Of five mem
bers from each of these four organiza-
tons was formed to suggest desira BILE
changes in building laws and to fight less
worthy ones. This committee elected
William Minot of the real estate ex-
change chairman, Benjamin B. White
more of the board Of trade vice-chair-
man and William III. SayWard of the
Master Builders association secretary.
After studying the subject carefully the
committee decided that. for the present
session Of the Legislature no changes
were advisable III the body of the press
.ent law, but that d revision Of the#ex-
ecutiye system In Boston wns desirable.
With this view they aye introduced d
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
Relic Of the Days Of Witchcraft

While walnut log four feet in diane
ter, belonging to Oscar Woodring of Sic
gersville, was being sawed into planks
at IA sawmill recently it was found that
when the tree was about foot in dame
ter three holes had been bored into it
with an inch augur, tells the Allentown
Leader. The holes had been closed up
with plugs. The plugs were drawn and
a small paper package was found in each
hole. After some effort they were Sc
cured and found to contain locks or rolls
of hair that had once adorned a wom-
ans head. Each bunch was of u length
of Is to 20 inches. They were Of a
dark color, and in perfect condition, hav-
ing been tied up in heavy brown paper
securely tied with home-spun linen
thread. 1t is believed the holes were
bored and the hair hidden by some be-
lever in witchcraft maybe seventy or
eighty years ago when the tree was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
Hard tn Tell.

A small boy vino lives in Leeds, Eng,
was one day calling on a school friend
friends mother. He finally remarked
that it was getting very hard to tell,
from the places in which people live,
whether or not they. are entitled to social
consideration.
''Now, there is Blank street." he said,
"you wouldn't think anybody was much
that lived on Blank street, would you
But there is Mr.. Tomson, he lives there. ~
''And is Mr.. Tomson much?''
''Mr. Tomson!' with an air of one over
whelmed by establishment that such an
obvious fact should escape anybody. II
should think he was! He's an awful
swell. Why, he won't speak to my
father"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
A Perpetual Suburban Home.

A gentleman whose Office is in Worces-
ter and whose home place is a suburban
town is planning a building which will
contain perpetual summer. It will be a
combination greenhouse and aviary. A
great room will have double walls and
roof, glass for winter and wire netting
for the summer months. In it will live
all the year round native birds, which
may nest in trees of the same species
where hing their parent nests, or in the
shrubbay or grasses, as instinct dictates
mas Zme. There will be miniature
swaj6ps and rocky pastures. All sorts
offeonditions are possible to the enthusi-
,aSt fortunate enough to have such an
opportunity In the spripgtime, when
the glass is removed. the, house will
be almost as pleasant for its inmates as
real freedom. So large a.. structure
would hardly deserve to be called a cage.
Worcester Gazptte.*.E' - H.. IT, ,s.[. =.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
fAIZ(<k3
Ma

Mr.. Keno W. Putnam, a literary
man and a student of advertising,
residing at Harmonsburg. Pa.
under date Of June 3. 1895, writes
as follows: Not long since l came
upon a Knight of the Road taking
something from a small vial. a
circumstance that would hardly
have noticed had not my eye fallen
upon the well-known Ripans label.
Then was interested. and pro-
ceeded to interview him. What do
take 'em fur?' he answered my
query. See here, young fellow.
what do We take yer swag fur?
Fun, amt it? Yer see, when a
fellows liver and stomach is out
er whack Their amt much fun in
my biz; so I gets these here pills
and then have fun. A fellow can
have lots O fun trampin' if is
stomach's in good order. So that's
what takes 'em fur; just fun.
Where do 1 live? Usually about
where happen ter be. Yer see.
live there because hain't hap
pened ter die there yet, thanks ter
these little fellows holding up
the vial. Partly in a spirit of jest
l told him it might be considerably
to his advantage to give some
ADDRESS where he might be reached.
i don't take no advantages he
answered sagely, L just take these
'er pills an travel The circum-
stance was so unique that decided
to report it to you"
Rtpans Tsbules are sold by druggists. or BY mall
price 600 cents bo1} Is sent to The Ripans Chem
Y Company, No. 10 Spruce Street, New York. SampI
~, 10 cents
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
One on the Judge,

Old Mr.. and Mrs. Shuman from Bryan
went to town and in going to the hotel
for dinner saw crowd around the JUS
tees court, says the Atlanta Constitu-
ton. The old couple, with pardonable
curiosity, inquired the cause Of the gath
ering. They We're informed that a man
was on trial for beating his wife. Edg-
ing their way through the bystanders to
get. p look at the prisoner, the old lady
whispered to her husband: "What a
murderous looking creature the prisoner
is! I'd be afraid to get near him."
"Hush!' warned her husband. '"That
isn't the prisoner; he hasn't been brought
in yet" 1T isn't? Who is it, then?'
"It's the judger' -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22

Bicycling in Italy is governed by some
very stringent rules. Among others, rid
ers are forbidden to use some of the
paths in Monza park.
Queen Margherita of Italy is an en-
ing smoothly along one of the forbidden
paths when young and Jealous soldier
stopped her. He did not know the
Queen and placed her under arrest. 3.
He bewailed his zeaIousness when he
learned whom he had arrested, and was
in abiect misery until he. received, not
a reprimand, but 10 francs and photo
graph of the Queen, sent BY herself. The
Queen expressed the hope that the SOL
der would study the photograph and
know her the next time. - =,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22

Johnny Jameson had arrived at his
eighth birthday. and thought that it
would be real nice to write a letter to
his papa, and this is the way he be-
gun: 4sz s5s III E4sz &. IL z j. s4&=5ss
tempted to do wrong | think of YOU and
say Get thee behind me, Satan. - Dur
Girls and Boys.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
Lighthouse without q Light,

The most extraordinary of all light
houses is to be found on Arnish rock,
Stornoway bay-a rock which is separat-
ed from the Island of Lewis by chan
Hebrides, Scotland. :. On this rock a
conical beacon is erected and on it's sum-
NIT lantern is fixed from which, night
after night, shines light which is seen
by the fishermen far and wide. Yet
there is no burning lamp in the lantern
and no attendant ever goes to it, for the
simple reason that there is no lamp to at
tend to-, no wick to, train, and no oil
we'll to replenish.
The way in which this peculiar light
house is Illuminated is this: ION the
Island of Lewis, 500 feet or so away, is
a lighthouse, and from q window in the
tower a stream of light is projected on
a mirror in. the lantern on the summit
of Arnish rock. These rays are reflect
ed to an arrangement Of prisms, and
by their action are cOnverged to focus
outside the lantern, from where they
diverge in the necessary direction"
The consequence is that to all intents
and purposes lighthouse exists which
has neither lamp nor lighthousekeeper,
light taking into account the require
ments of this locality-as if an elaborate
and costly lighthouse, with lamps, serv-
ice-room bedroom, living room, store
room, oilroom, water tanks and all other
accessories were erected on the summit
Of the rock.-Tid-Bits. '-' !
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
Glory to Brass Buttons.

Little Ruth Cleveland has not the ex-
allied idea of her fathers great Office
that she will possess later in life, &C.
cording to the Washington correspondent
of a Boston paper. ..5~
One day, the weather being balmy and
spring-like, one of the policemen who
guard the private portion of the white
house grounds took his little daughter
with him to enjoy the pleasant surround
ings. The little girl is not quite 6 years
old. While the policeman was pointing
out the beauty of the grounds to his
little daughter, Ruth and Esther Cleve-
land under the escort Of their respective
nurses, left the mansion for run.
Ruth ran ahead of her nurse, and on
discovering a girl of her own age sur
veyed her from head to foot. After
looking the girl over Ruth Strengthened
herself up and said: :
my papa is President; who is your
The policeman's daughter replied:
"My papa is a policeman"
Ruth glanced up at the burly form
ornamented with bright brass buttons,
and hanging her head in an abashed
manner, said: II wish my papa was
DOliceman"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
Apaches Are Fleet of Foot.


Capt. H. l.. Scott of the famous Sew
enth United States cavalry relates some
marvellous tales of the powers of en-
durance and tleetness of foot of the
members of l. troop of his regiment.
which is composed of Chiricahua Ana che
Indians from Arizona. He relates that
on one occasion a full-grown and able
bodied deer ran through the cavalry
camp, and instantly, with series Of
wild yells, the Indians gave pursuit on
foot, and by exceeding swiftness and
skill they actually ran it down, .clusht
it about nine miles from camp, and
brought it in unframed.
On one occasion, nine of them were
returning to camp after full day of
hard work. riding upon Il government
wagon drawn by mule team. A coyote
was seen close by the trail, pursuing a
young calf. Instantly the fatigues of
the days labor were forgotten, the
dusky driver, in his wild enthusiasm,
gave chase, and after a wild, yelling,
scrambling chase of two hours the wolf
was captured: tied, gagged and packed
into camp. The mules had meanwhile
quietly and decorously wendell their
way to camp.
This seems strange to the average pale
face, and the Sioux look upon these
WOnderIul 1eats as something approach
ing the supernatural; this, in short, in
dicates the difference which, different
methods of life, pursued through gen
erations, makes in people of the same
general race. The pale face would fall
by the wayside in mile, the Sioux
would shrug his shoulders, grunt and
lie down. or would fly to his trusty pony,
on which he will do more work prob
ably than any other man living, without
regard to the character of his. mount
Sioux Falls Is. d. Argus-Leader.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22
Special Kid Gloves.

4 Button Ranniger in all the leading
shades. Embroidered back, every pair
warranted, at S1:00.
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Embroidered back, at S1.19 pair. War
ranted.
Send for samples of our New Dress
Goods. Bargains.
A postal card with your name will
bring you our New Spring Catalogue.
ESPENHA1N DRY GOODS CO.
Milwaukee, Wis
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-22

Rev. ". Douglas Mackenzie of Chi
cago Theological seminary is TO spend
the summer in Scotland. He is expected
to occupy his old pulpit at Morningside,
Edinburgh, in July.