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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
THE TEACHER TAUGHT:
why Sir Edwin AtnUld Ceased is use tn,
Rod On His Phpiis:

Rod On His Pupils:
Sir Edwin Arn3ld; in the Volume, of
autobiography which he. has, just, pub
lished, tells The unique story, Of, how, as
master of the Birmingham, grammar
school, he was caned by one of the
boys.
Tie class was engaged on Cicero.
Some disorder occurred near the masters
chair, and, Selling the cane, he gave a
nasty cut upon the too tempting back of
one youth who seemed to be the offend
err" IF you please, SIR" said the boy,
squirming, Il did nothing. 1t was
Scudamore that kicked me in the stom-
ach underneath the desk"
The statement was true. Scudamore
illegitimately, the explanation of an OBJ
scure passage, and, not being attend
ed to, had taken this much too en-
phatic means of enforcing attention.
Having called the class up, Arnold said
to the doubly wronged boy, who was
still rubbing the place: 1T is l who
am most to blame, for having dealt you
an undeserved blow. Take that cane
ct can't do nst III he lad an sHsT srss
schoolroom was now listening, masters
and all. Arnold insisted. Jones, YOU
must obey me; and If YOU dfsobey. am
sorry to say l shall make you write out
that page of Cicero three times, staying
in to do it..
Whether it was desperation at this
dreadful alternating, or the si5arlzling
ing to have the good luck Themselves
of "liekihg" a, master, that sliddehly III
spired Jones; / know hot. What I do
know is that he reacled forth his hahd,
stroke; but the, $evereSt Ind nh29st telling
Git oyer my shoulders, / had no idet
that the ridiculous instrument could sting
as it did, Ii Ike a scorpion. Rubbing the
place. iii my own turn managed to
thank Jones for his obliging compliance,
and then said to him, Break that de,
testable. weapon across your knee and
throw it out of the window. Never
again will we have anything to do with
such methods here"
Sir Edwin Arnold adds that corporal
punishment is, in his view, Il cowardly
and clumsy expedient, and that 'he
who cannot teach without the stick had
better get some other business "-Londo1
(Nlnho
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
AGATE LIKE AN EYE,
1t Is Unique and Overturns All Theories
Heretofore Held in Eye. r sa !.

1t Is Unique and Overturns All Theories
Heretofore Held in Eye. z@sE>
MIR. Vandevoort of Chicago found n
peculiar stone at the mouth of the Knife
river, in Lake Superior, as he was going
toward shore in a small boat some years
ago. 1t is unique and probably one of
the most valuable in America. -
"You know" said Mr.. Vandevoort to
George r. Davis of Cresskill, ". j.,
show clear the water is there. Well, it
seemed only about foot or eighteen
inches deep where this eye lay, 80
jumped out of the boat to get it. l found
the water nearly up to my arlnpits, but
got the stone"
He offered to sell it to Mr.. Davis, but
he had gone out of the curio collecting
business and did not propose to get the
fever again. He meant it, too, but two
weeks later, Vahdevoort RETURNED; The
stone had been cut and polished. and
was such . beautiful specimen that
Davis could not resist the temptation.
He showed It to humber Of profession
al geologists and ocuiists: The seolo-
be Il Detri6ed eye. The oculists said yes;
there are plainly to be seen the iris and
the vitreous humor, and so OH.
Dr. James "A. Lydston of Chicago saw
it, and after close microscopical ex-
animation declared it a petritied human
eye. He described it thus "First, we
have it's outer layer, which conforms to
sclerotic or outer tibrous envelope, and
apparently in keeping Herewith we note
that it is denser in it's vitreous character
istics, and from the fact that it's OPAQUE
ness renders it's illumination impossible,
it appears dark under the microscope,
just as a piece of chalk looks black
when held in front of fame. Lining
this we find somewhat darker pig
mented layer, composed of circular light
and dark striae, which answers to the
choroidal or Elementary layer of the
eye, and we can microscopically outline
it's several layers and can even do SO
microscOpically under intense illumina
ton with reflected light. We cannot
define the retina, as in it's normal state,
except it's blood vessels: it is perfectly
transparent and is indistinguishable, and
it's structure so delicate that it has pos
sibly been obliterated during the petri-
factive changes. In regard to the lens,
it appears to- have been pushed forward
into the anterior chambers and pressed
against the iris, and seems to occlade
the pupillary opening. T he, iris is
shown in Il somewhat typical manner
and displays itself in q notified or. tes-
scllated form. Its outlines are distinct
ly perceptible to the naked eye>''
Mr.. Davis believes that the Prince of
Wales, as Master of the Free Masons of
England, to whom the eye is an EN-.
blem, or the British Museum, will get
tho ay1tp
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

the def hand OF an expert. In order to
produce the desired uniformity of size
and shape, each fruit-bearing b0ugh is
subjected to such thinning and pruning
of II tree often more rejected prunes than
are left hanging upon it's branches.
AS the Eastern plum pest, the curculio,
is unknown in California, as scarcely n
drop of rain falls upon the trees from
May until November, and ns there IL
no scorching sun to shrivel the delicate
it's contour, a bough Of f1il-ripened cius.
ters represents one of perfect primes,
In an area from six to ten miles stluare
planted to fruit trees, $4,000 acres are
in prunes alone. They cover the billowy
surface Of the ma jestic foothills, as well
as the plain, with a beautiful irregulari-
ty-Harper's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
The Birds Bill was Locked.

A curious bird tragedy is told about in
the London Field. A man found a
yellowhammer dead in his yard at the
foot of wall. The bird had flown
against it with such force as to be
stunned Not only that, but the upper
mandible had been bent back, and in
the Strengthening out the sharp point
was driven down through the lower
bill and locked, thus booming the bird
to death by starvation. The man sent
the head of the Field.
A good many similar accidents have
been recorded but it was always heav-
Ter bird, whose weight made the SPRING
ing of the bill easier. A good many of
the birds were found in starved con-
dition, showing that they died lingering
deaths from want of food. Birds that
fly against the lighthouses have the
skull bones crushed and die instantly,
but others are stunned only.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
A Church Built of Sod,

In Smith county stands church built
of sod taken from the prairies surround
ing, which was dedicated today by the
presiding elder of the Methodist Episco-
pal church. People travelled eight miles
to witness the Easter services 1t is the
only church built of sod in Kansas. A
tons met and, with their own hands, built
a place of worship out of the only mate
rial which nature afforded. When it
was completed yesterday and ready for
Easter dedicat ton every item of expense
in it's erection had been paid. The peo-
pie who contributed in labor and money
should be barred, and that only "Christ
and Him Crucified" should be preached
from the sod-church pulpit.-Topeka cor
resemblance St Lnnis Renuhlic
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
From an Old Mint.

1t is evident that the recent bond sale
drew many of the stockings containing
boarded gold from their hiding places.
In small lot of gold paid in at the
treasury day or two ago were five rare
old gold coins. They were IS pieces
and bore the dates of 1912 and 1917, yet
appeared fresh and bright. On the
faces Of the coins appeared the letter D,
the mark of the old mint at Dahlonega,
Ga. The mint at Dahlonega was seized
by the Confederates shortly after the
outbreak of the war and gold coin to the
amount Of $27 900 was confscated. The
pieces received at the treasury the other
day were probably among those confs-
Gated in 1861. The total coinage at
the Dahlonega mint was about $6,OOO,-
600, but few of it's coins are in circula-
ton. Those received at the treasury
the other day were the first that have
shown up there for good many years.
Boston Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
New Rubber Product.

A new addition to the rubber industry
which it is claimed will largely increase
ton and export of the dried leaves of the
gutta -percha tree. The extraction has
proved to be very profitable, giving an
excellent quality of pure gutta- percha
the leaves yielding from to 10 per cent
Of their weight of the manufactured arti.
Gle. The natives formerly cut down a
tree to obtain the sap, and from this, il
it were an adult tree IS years old, there
was obtained one catty of pure dry gutta.
percha. Fully as much can be obtained
from two pluckings of the leaves of the
same tree without injuring it, for it will
continue to put ont fresh foliage, and
will live to seed and reproduce it's species
This is important, as the best gutta
percha trees do not bear fruit until &c
wears of age
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Prune Orchards in California.

A ride through one of the vast prune
orchards when the trees are in full bloom
is an experience never to be forgotten.
Some of these orchards, consisting of
500 acres, contain $4,000 trees, their
ages varying from five to ten years, and
planted in regular rows from ten to twen-
ty feet apart. Nor pebble, nor clod, nor
blade of grass can be found among the
intervene, tessellated by the Pickering
shadows of the swaying snowy petals
which project on either side from flower
laden branches. Bird and bee and but
terfy are each alive to the situation and
puncture the perfumed air of cloudless
May morning with song, buzz and voice.
less wing.
Among this embarrassment of beauty
walks the alert, intelligent orchardist,
watching with the trained eye of an
artist the. development of the tiny bud
of the embryo prune upon the tree, until
picked at the prime of it's perfection with
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
275,OOO Horses Out of a Job.

Electric railways have displaced in the
United States no less than 275,OOO
horses. So many horses would require
about 125,O0O bushels of grain a day to
feed them, amounting to 45,OOO,OOO BUSH
els a year. The loss of the CONNER
cial demand for this grain in the cities
where these railways run means an enor-
nous loss of transportation tonnage
for the railways-some 62,5OO carloads
Here is question of domestic economy
that is serious But, although electric
railways come thus high, in other re-
spects they pust still be tolerated and
encouraged. ...s~ -.4s~a.s..., -. ..ssr -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Gold in Moiave Desert,

"A remarkable story of rich mining
discovery comes from the Mojave desert
in the southeastern part of this county,
writes correspondent of the San Fran
cisco Call from Bakersfield, CAL The
find was made by three ''tenderfoot''
brothers named Ashford, who knew alb
solutely nothing about mining They
had made failure of ranching and de-
cided to go prospecting in the desert.
They started nine weeks ago, and for
seven weeks worked on the desert with
out realizing anything.
Then they accidentally stumbled on to
a lodge $500 feet long, the groupings
showing free gold, which can be seen
with the naked eye in quartz at dis
lance. twenty-five or thirty feet. The
vein is two feet thick, and large share
will run $4,000 to the ton.
The ledge is located sixty miles east of
Mojave, in the midst of the desert and
thirteen miles from water. The men
who have located the ledge are thorough
ly. reliable and don't want to sell the
mine, and the report of the discovery is
authentic: Experienced miners say they
never before saw such mass of rich
rock
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Long-Distance Transmission.

The village Of Tully, of 600 inhab-
itants, situated twenty miles south of
Syracuse, N. Y, is putting in an electric
light plant. operated by water power.
arc lights, and it is expected that the
remainder of the power will be awaited
Of in lighting the stores and residences.
The plant is to be in operation by May
l: The plant is unique from the fact
that it can be made to pay in such a
small place, and illustrates we'll the
fact that even the smallest towns realize
the advantages of and appreciate the
superiority of electric over other forms
Of lighting
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
The Social Scale.

One should certainly feel grateful for
the privilege of living in country where
there is no fixed and impera-
tive scale of social distinction. gov
erned by considerations of rank
and title. Whether it be strictly true
or not. this little story. which comes
across the Atlantic. will be well appre-
ciated by Americans; ''Tallcyrand, like
most diplomatists. was famous for his
nice attention to the details of etiquette.
HE prided himself on being able to adj
just his mode of address on any occasion
to the rank and position of the person
to whom he was speaking: AS an H.
lustratiun of this it was said that on one
occasion when he had a party of distin-
guished men to dinner and was inviting
them to partake of some beef he varied
his formula to suit the rank of the re-
spective guests. To the Prince of the
Blood: May | have the honor of send
ing your Royal Highness a little beef?'
send you little betf?' To a Marquis:
Marquis, may | send you some beef?'
To a Eiscount: 'Nisrount. pray have a
little beef? To a Baron: Baron, do
you take beef?' To an untitled gentle
man: Monsieur. some beef7 To his
secretary: 'Beef?' This exhausted the
verbal possibilities of, the situation.
But there was Vet another nerson pres
ent of even lover Social rank than pri-
vate secretary. What should Talleyrand
do Sd as to extend to him also the same
hospitable invita- tion,, whilst still main
tanning the graduated scale of civility
Talieyrand was equal to the occasion.
Fixing his humble guest with his eye.
he uttered no word. but merely held up
the carving knife with a pregnant in
terrogativeness.' 1t is said that an I'M
sophisticated native of this country, on
reading this story feelingly exclaimed:
Gosh! amt glad l live i'll the United
States!'-Good Housekeeping.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Divers to Visit the Elbe.

Elbc, after lying on the bottom of the
channel for more than year, is to be
utilized us much as circumstances will
permit. The English shipping firm held
responsible for the damage caused by the
collision, the courts having had their
final say, has contracted with the Bres-
TAU professional diver. Oscar Mussig,
and the 1h ,s to f Eet IL JOS an nHMr
ables saved by him. ..>~@s.. Il.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Very Simple.

There are some things in which our
English cousins have the advantage of
us.
An American millionaire. accustomed
to purchase anything he wanted, tried
to obtain from an Oxford gardener the
secret of the beautiful lawns which
make the pride of England-or portion
of it.
'Tell me, my good man, how you man
age it," he said condescendingly, putting
his hand significantly into his pocket
"It is very simple, SIR" replied the
close as ever you can cut, and you rolls
it and cuts it for six hundred years."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Machine Set with Diamonds

One of the greatest inventions ever
given a test in Montpelier, Vt. The ma
chine is for saving granite, and if it
proves satisfactory it will go down in
history with the cotton gin. The ma
chine contains $4,000 worth of diamonds,
and the total construction costs in the
neighborhood of $40, O0O.-Montpelier
.(Vt) Argus and Patriot.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
The Gray Horse Lives Longest.

s. T. Quigley of Frankfort, KY, is
among the guests of the Metropolitan.
He is possessed of one of the largest
stock farms in the famous Blue Grass
region, and several horses that have
since made records on the track were
bred on his farm.
II have been studying casually for
some years the average length of the
life of the horse" he said. II am en-
tirely unfamiliar with the statistics, but
base my calculations entirely on personal
observation. l think the gray horse
probably lives the longest of any other
color. saw 'f1ea-bitten gray once
that was IS years old when it died. That
was its authentic age. The roans prob
ely come next, and frequently live to be
50 or more years of age. A black horse
will seldom live over a score of years,
but bay will live longer. Sorrels are
about like black horses as regards age.
White horses are not exceedingly long
lived and creams rarely exceed the age
of 10 or Is years" -Washington Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
A Coast Survey Brick.

Over forty years ago the United States
government survey, when making obser-
vations along the Maine coast, put a
der ground. Last week, when getting
ready for the trial of the United States
battleship Massa chusetts, off the Maine
coast, the survey party went to the Nub-
BILE to find that brick. After but few
minutes work they found it and have
put up an observatory there.-Boston
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

A new process of coloring leather by
electricity is gaining favor The leather
is placed upon a zinc table, which forms
the positive pole. The dyeing material
is poured over this, and the negative
pole connected to the leather. Under
the action of the current the coloring
matter penetrates the surface of the
leather. Patterns may be made upon
the leather by covering it with pat
tern plate connected to the negative
pole. The parts directly beneath the
plate will be lighter than those exposed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

faint indication of the bullet, about two
inches to the left of the breastbone.
DR.. Vasey purposes taking several other
photographs, so as to ascertain with as
much exactitude as possible the position
of the bullet, and has devised special
apparatus for that purpose.-London
TnlapraNh
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Ratio of III. u. to Fuel Consumed.

The ratio of consumption of fuel to the
indicated horsepower in the year 1870
equaled from 3 to 1; today the ratio of
the modern system does not exceed 2
to 1, a saving in fuel equal to 80 per
cent. With the Introduction of forced
draughts, equal to six inches of water
under the CRATE, the fuel consumption
ratio, measured in terms of horsepower
to the unit of crate area, has been in
creased from II to l to 20 to 1. The
Increased steam pressures, steadier work
ing and greater number expansions, and
the substitution of steel have enabled
so to go per cent. greater motive power
to be given to a shop of given tonnage
and displa cement.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN,
The AnNMA1 Activity

Brush away the cobweb straying
Lightly through the balmy air;
Let the carpets all be swaying
On the line and thumped with care.
With Il towel for turhan,
Up the ladder see her climb;
For In homes remote and urban
1t Is now house cleaning time.
In this hour Of renovation
Miss Columbia should not pause
Ger the musty legislation
Waiting to be turned to laws.
Often have her thrift and hustle
Been the wonder of each cline.
Good Columbia, prythee hustle:
1t Is now housekeeping time.
WASHINGTON Star
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Electric Light for Conductors.

An individual electric light for the use
of railway conductors is being intro
duced. The light is fastened to the left
breast. and is supplied with current
from battery, carried in the pocket.
Its favorable features are cleanliness
and convenience, while it leaves both
hands free for the collection of fares,
making change, etc.
Mine thousand maple trees will be
cut up this summer on the upper Kenne-
bee river, Maine, to furnish material for
filling an order for 1,5OO,0O blocks for
shoe lasts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

az indelible as the best manufactured
writing fluid. 1t is to be analysed and
will be put upon the market. The sup
ply is ineXhnustible, to all appearances
Louisville Courier-,Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
A Cow that Climbed Upstairs.

Charles Veltman Of our town related
most remarkable experience of a cow
he owned. The COW had been missing
f fearng gG he would lose lose her. s Mr. velt me
set out to find her. Being in the neigh
borhood of the old Harris place, which
is ,lnoccupied, he thought to look inside,
and pursued his search upstairs, and
there found his COW securely quartered
in a room in the second story, where she
had been during the whole of her alb
sence. With much difficulty he made
her go down again. Salt had been spilled
on the steps and the COW, in licking it,
had gone up. making two turns in the
stairs, and when once up was unwilling
to come down.-Paris (Tenn.) Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
A Natural Well of Ink.

Dawson's inkwell is no fake Hun
dreds of people in that part of the coull-
ty have carried away bottles of the Won
derful fluid discovered by J. H. Hicks
while digging a cistern. The ink flows
freely from the pen, dries rapidly, and is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Soldering Glass.

Recent investigations pursued by Mar
got have esta blished the interesting fact
that an alloy composed of 95 parts of
tin and 5 Of zinc melts at 200 degrees
Centigrade, and becomes firmly adherent
to glass. and, moreover, is unalterable
and exhibits most attractive metallic
luster. He has further ascertained by
this experiment that an alloy consisting
of 80 parts of tin and 10 Of aluminium
melts at 800 degrees Centigrade, becomes
strongly soldered to glass, and is pos
sessed of a very stable brilliancy. With
these two alloys, it is possible, it is
claimed, to solder glass as easily as it is
to solder two pieces of metal. and this
operation may be done by soldering the
pieces of glass, when heated in a fur
mace, by rubbing their surface with a rod
of the solder, the alloy as it flows being
evenly distributed with tampon of pa,
per. or strip of aluminum-or an or
binary soldering iron can be used for
melting the solder.-Scientifc American