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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

us; every motion of Its Maudlin occu-
pant wns now plainly discernible; every
note Of his aimless music: was distinctly
''Nawthin' else to do" came the quiet
fP het b ssSs ssfAs never S vs th SsST
With that ,Soper ran out, into the river.
III d iibmeht he was! over his depth, then
hot ito '"I masters stroke: e1 Hs beat the
swiftly flowing water, c6nydlsively With
hls hahiahs' and seemed to be making al;
tRaf t f b8 ha1 rs s e reach %sa pS as
fIis progress Ms SLOW; did Tie ttsrent
bSrh, him down the river: His, efforts
would have BEEN vain had not the rum
Away craft taken, l.. Sudden ,sMervG to-
Wafd hiG. It MAS AMIDST 81, Hill; Then
I faw him raise his long arm high &b6ye
HIM him; sfotn tbs 4e& 19St ot the
Siders sprang from, his place, and with
! unsteady steps begun to, make his way
toward the man who was risking his
own life to save him.' The craft gave
quick lurch: over ON one side 40 that the
water rushed i'll 'an(t almost filled it.
fet s soW thssc s Setea ser :: tfantica
ly. QUILL upset NE, you fool!''
He raised hlA fiddle and struck wildly
at Soper. but HIS blow fell short of it's
mark; he lost his balance and tuppled
into the. bottom of the boat, which right
ed itself, but none too soon. Siders
quickly recovered and cautiously crawled
forward.
"Git offer there!" he yelled
Soper made no answer, for he was al
most exhausted. He chung more desper-
ately. to the craft, which was now, with
in hundred feet Of the shore: The fid-
die whirled: through the air and crashed
down oh his head: Still he c1ung On.
With Il i cry Of ais42Rbbeiqtiiittht siders fell
~ /. fan sit int into u the &afef, seized the
sinking, craft and dragged if ashore
When he heard the ,keg ,gfatG; 9n the
gravel. Sam S6pef feleaSed Els hold. qiHd
fell Into my arms unt8pstio{is:: / lifted him
out on the bank: .iAeross, bis forehead
there was a great cash: frofii Witch the
blood flowed freely. - :. ::
neigh field, and helped me to car
ry the injured man to his home. which
stood a few hundred yards back from
the river: The wonderful Siders, who
had partially recovered fis senses by
reason of his immersion, followed US.
He explained that he had spent The tight
fiddling at a, party and had at day hseak
that he remembered clearly was getting
into boat to cross the river
When Sam Soper recovered conscious
ness u half an hour later he asked for
his brother-in-law. and as Siders sank in
to a chair at his bedside he held out his
hand and said:
Pete. think I'll 60 over the river to
live. agin. fer low 1 was to blame
Il low you was, too, Sam" mumbled
the other, ia king the proffered hand.
But | don't bear you no spite. New
York SIM
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
A Cat Worth Having,


One of the greatest successes in the
history of this country is that achieved
by Boston's unique five-cent magazine,
The Black Cat. In seven months it has
reached a sale of one quarter of a million
copies per issue. The chief reason for
this is that each number contains half
dozen of the most original and fascinat-
ing stories that brains and genius can
produce and money can buy.
The Philadelphia Call aptly says: Its
phenomenal success has already earned
for it the title, ''The Marvel of the Mag
azines World" and it would certainly be
impossible to find in single number Of
any other publication such captivating
tales. as are published monthly in The
Black Cat. And the Boston Post pro.
nounces it the most fascinating five cents
worth on earth.
This most fascinating of all the mod
Pubs Co. Boston. Mass, at Be q copy
or tOc year. !. lsss ss 80 Ri .I- Il
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Notable LIGHTNING Strokes:

The most destructive strokes Of light
ming have been those which have CAUSED
explosions. There have been several
n0tl able instances of accidents of this
kind: Thus; ON August IS; 1869, the
tower Of st: .Nazaire at Brescia was
struck by lightning. In large vault
beneath the tower lay an immense
Quantity Of gqnpowder;, This inme-
WHOLE city Of .Brescia was destroyed,
while not a single building escaped dam
age The stones of the tower were
flung into the air and carried by the
force of the explosion to- immense dis
taHces: The number of persons killed
was 1000. In another case, the fortress
of Luxembourg, in which again there
was stored Il great quantity of gun
powder, was struck By lightning. The
explosion that followed reduced the
whole of the lower town to a heap of
ruins. In this instance some Of the
stones composing the fortress were
hurled to distance of close OH three
miles. Again in November, 1856, the
church of st. John, in the island of
Rhodes, which was used as powder
magazine, was struck in the same way.
The church and the houses in the neigh
borhood were destroyed. and more than
POO dead bodies were discovered among
the debris.-BangOr Commercial.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
NOieSless Bridge Deck.

A method of preventing the noise made
by trains when passing over iron bridges
has been devised by Il German engineer
named Boedecker, locality not stated.
He puts decking of 1A-inch planks
between the cross Orders. resting on g.
inch timbers laid Oh the bottom tianges,
while on the planks /, double layer of
felt is placed, fixed to the vertical web
of the cross girder. At the connections
with the girder Il timber joint is put OIL
felt, and two hooked bolts connect the
whole firmly to the bottom flange. -Four
inches of the Stag gravel cover the deck
ing. which is inclined toward the center
of the bridge for drainage purposes, and
a layer Of felt is laid between the planks
and the timbers upon which they rest,
and the ironwork in contact with decking
and ballast is asphalted. The decking
weighs 600 pounds per yard for bridge
II feet wide, and costs % cents square
e.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
THE WOODPECKER.

When, on the southern slopes,
The drifts grow thin,
And buds, like lovers hopes,
10 swell begin,
This truunt comes
And drums
The springtiMe III.
He im,irshais out the Aiay
For Jiine to ,teigii;
Filling thS bllthh hlHe day
With. sharp tefthih;
For 10! ae knows
The rose
IS Queen agaifi;
And Mbeh with s9lden hists
Is ha1ed the sun, - -.
And LOVERS, ,mo9tt|tght ttysts
In dales are done
He sounds his call,
10 fall, 81,
A ringing one!
When sefes the lone last leaf
Upon the stem,
And barren days, and brief
Our vision hem,
Then to the year
We hear
His requiem. Clinton Srollard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

In setting out fruit trees this spring
leave the lower branches or better still
have three Or f8ur single buds on oppo-
site sides of the tres from which new
branches may be grown. Head the trees
low. The trees are less liable ~ be in
jured by storms. The fruit is more
easily gathered and the low top helps to
shelter the surface soil, holding the snow
onsne The life u of the tre ao be es i p
creasing it's vigor and prOductiveness.
The high-headed fruit tree is Il relic Of
the days when horses and cattle were
turned Into orchards and the trees had
to be pfuntd high to escape injury from
theiii:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
KNOW THYSELF.
SCIENCE HELPS YOUTOBE YOUR
OWN DOCTOR.

The Story Of Woman who Kept
Posted on the Work Of Science aud
eaveI Her Own Life.
From The Era, Bradford. Pa.
Too few people arc acquainted with the
rapid advance of medical science, and too
many doctors are still plodding in the old
Pathf' Once 1t comes to pass that people
know themselves, that all physicians are
abreast of the worlds knowledge, much
of our suffering will come to an end. Med
icnl scientists are not Ielying into the
depths of knowledge for th- mere benefit
of brother physicians, but for the benefit
of the world. They place in the hands Of
the we'll man a means of keeping Well, in
the hands of the sick a means Of recov-
cry. 10 the parent they give the power
Of saving the child. Science is working
for you-will you accept the proffered
help?
Mrs. George Rowend, an estimable lady
who resides at No. 276 East Main street,
has cause to feel grateful toward the
Science of medicine.
One day recently reporter, learning
! that Mrs. Kowend had been greatly bene-
6ted by the use of bew medicine, inter-
viewed her. She stated that she had been
suffering With female trouble for many
years. She hid been doctored for the all
ment for long tiff.e-in fact, nearly all
nef N1e-anu nad never received anything
h:ere than temporary relief During the
last three years her condition grew worse
and was Aggravated by an affection of the
heart. Her hsslth was so poor that she
found it almost IMPOSSIBLE to perform her
household duties.
IL never believed in proprietary medi-
eibes." said Mrs. Kowend, but one day
last ta1l read an article i'll a newspaper
which told Of the cures effected by DR..
Williams Pink Pills, and l decided to
try the medicine. Before had taken the
contents of one box began to feel better
The depressing weakness which had both
cred Me for so many years began to dis
appear, and the action of the heart at once
became stronger and more regular I took
nine boxes of the pills, and am now feel
ing better than l have for several years,
and | have unbounded faith in the medi-
cine" Mrs. Kowend is steadily gaining in
health and strength and gives all the
credit for her restoration to health to Dr.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
DR.: Williams Pink Pills contain all the
eiei}'ehts necessary to give new life and
richness to the. blood and restore shat
tered nerves. tfhey are for sale by all
druggists, or may be HAD by mail from DR..
Williams Med. Co.. Schenectady, n. Y,
for SOC Der box, or six boxes for 25O
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
The Greatest Medical Discovery
Of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY,
DONALD KENNEDY, Of RoxBuRY. 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
tshh ssta,g pains, like needles passing
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??, 1896-06-26
Cured

Hoods Pills with. Hoods sarsaparilla,
and they. have done me much good. 1
will not be without them. have taken Ii
bottles of Hoods isarsaparilla, and
through the, blessing of GOD, it has cured
me. l worked as hard as ever the past
summer, and am thankful to say am
we'll. Hoods Pills when taken with
Hoods Sarsaparila help very much"
Mrs. NJ. NJ. MESSENGER, Freehold, Penn.
This and many other cures prove that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

win hive run out ana che lawn will be
much better than as II II had moi been
soWn at first. 1t is very hard to get
lawn seed that is free from seeds of
Weeds while It ~ not difficult to secure
pure timothy seed:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Keeps Grapes for a Year.

J. X. Buff brought to Siverton last
%efs e tbe OF had pes
picked from the vines. Mr.. Buff says
That he can keep grapes for year or
more iii the natural state. His method
of preserving - simply to pack the
grapes in box; covering the bottom of
the box with layer Of grapes, then
cover with a sheet of PAPER, then an
other layer of grapes. then paper, and so
on until the box is filled.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Nervous

People find just the help they so much
need, in Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t fur
nishes the desired strength by purify
ing, vitalizing and enriching the blood,
and thus builds up the nerves, tones
the stomach and regulates the whole
system. Read this:
al want to praise Hoods Sarsaparilla.
My health run down, and l had the grip.
After that, my heart and nervous system
were badly affected, so that l could not
do my own work. Our physician gave me
some help. but did not cure. decided
to try Hoods Sarsaparilla. Soon could
do all my own Homework. I have taken
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Hood s
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Blood Purifier. Andruggists 81.
Prepared only by c. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
H0O6'S pillc act easily. promptly and
AAAo effectively. 25 cents.
As Seen by the Native Texan.

AS seen by the Native Texan.
April is here. The roses lave in silvery
showers, like naiads bathing in limpid
forest streams; rainbows bend across
the sky. Respondent with prismatic
glory; the sun plays hide and seek be-.
hind the, shifting clouds, but peeps
through the riffs every minute or two to
smile upon green, gorgeous, glorious,
grand old Texas.-Galveston Daily
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Fair and Fruitful

As the West is, 1t Is often malarlous. BUTT
is pleasant to know that competent safe
guard in the shape Of Hostetter's Stomach
Bltters EXISTS, which absolutely nullihes the
poison az mtasma. Western bound emf
Should It pc futgutteh the Bittefs Is d ster-
nhs reniedy tor dyspepsia, blliotisness, con-
SlPat!pn; Sidney and nervous complaints
lit Is probable that the Qtieen's birth
day wiz be celebrated officially in Lon
doh On SATURDAY,; June g.
PiSo,s care Tor Consumption is the
best of all cough, cures, -George w. Lotz;
FabuCher. Ia. August 70, 1896.
The two. iuest; namereusty titled Brit,
ish peers are the Dukes of Hamilton and
AthOll. .>--
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

-Puccini's opera, ala Boheme,' the
book trout Murger's romance, has been
given with great sictess ut Turin. Mas
iagnis ::'Zanetto,' from Coppee's lie
Passant.'' is, said to be pretty and grace
full. but hardly an opera:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

Improper and deficient care of the scalp
will cause grayness of the hair and bald
ness. Escape both by the use of that re-
liable specific, Halls Hair Remover.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Timothy for Lawns.

Timothy grass is reckoned rather
coarse for lawns, but it makes sod so
much quicker than do the finer grasses
that it should always be sown to hold
the soil while the other grasses are COM
ing in. BY cutting frequently with the
lown mower the timothy will be kept
from growing too rank. In year or
two under such treatment the timothy
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

1t is reported that the remains of a
petrified whale have been found in the
hills north of Lompoc, Cal, eighty feet
in length.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

Freckles, tan and all beaut y-marring
blemishes vanish from the face when
Glenn's Sulphur SOap is used.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
The Evolution

OF medicinal agents is gradually relcgat-
ing. the old-timc herbs, pills, draughts
and vegetable extracts to the rear and
bringing into general use the pleasant
and effective liquid laxative. Syrup Of
Figs. TO get the true remedy see that it
- manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co. only. For sale by all leading
druggists.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Lantlsliue Into a shin Canal

The ship canal through the Iron gate
of the Danube has been endangered by
Il very serious landslide. The Greben
mountain, a part of which had to be
blasted away for the canal had prob
ably been loosened by the numerous
dynamite explosions made for canal pur
poses during recent years, and some 49,
600 cubic yards of rock were precipitated
into the new canal. This will necessi
tate considerable additional work, and
it will take perhaps two months to re-
store the canal to it's previous condition.
Two hours before the landslide occurred
laborers had completed the moving away
of large barracks, which had stood there
temporarily to house laborers opening up
the dam. If the slide had occurred a
few hours before it did the loss of life
would have been tremendous. As it was,
nobody was hurt.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

"A boring in Suffolk is 317 fathoms in
depth. This boring was to prove coal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

Milwaukee's greater stock of carpets,
new spring styles. We always undersell.
Send for illustrated catalogue.
ESPENHAIN DRY GOODS CO.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Flatseed for Travellers.

Flaxseed is friend to travellers. It
will generally remove rinder or a speck
of dirt from the eye swiftly and pain
tpssly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Publicity OF Newspapers.

Every rascal in the land, every swim
der, every conspirator against the public
veal, every BLACKBOARD who beats his
wife or defrauds his tradesmen or OBJ
presses his employees, or lives in secret
vileness, is convinced that the news
papers are too prying and too sensation
al. Every such man is sure that private
affairs-such as his own shameful mis-
conduct-ought not to be exploited in the
newspapers 1t would be a great inconven-
fence to him and his kind if this theory
were accepted and enforced against pub
licity. When clergymen and other reputa-
BILE public teachers thoughtlessly echo
these complaints, they, in fact, lend aid
to immortality and crime, though nothing
would shock them more than to realize
that this is so.-New York World.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

Mrs. WfnslOw's SOOTHING SYRUP for chill
dren teeth1ng. softens the gums reduces infla1n-
nation q lays pain. cures wind collie Zic bottle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

Fits.-All Fits stopped free by DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after the
and $500 trial bottle free to Fit cases Send
to DR.. Kline. 931 Arch ST.. Philadelphia. Pa.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Eggs OH the Farm.

No farm Calf be considered eOmt,le!e
without fowls and eggs: Eggs are A.
most IN absolute necessity for they are
used on the table ii various ways and
also in The eomRESSs lt Of pastry Of all
without fowls there arr hundreds that
have but few eggs ut all seasG'::ts' The
REASON. j. that farmers do not secure The
breed that answers their purpose best.
So he has hens, that il all he seems to
care for, but there is ~ much difference
in hens as in animals. So1tiilc COWS give Il
small quantity of milk; othefs yield
larger; 50 in the case with hens. 1t is the
duty of the farmer, then, to get the best,
for it costs very little to do So a good
hen is worth two poor ones, and if IL
small number of fowls can he kept for
laying sufticiency that lni 7 BE- needed,
great number is an encumbranGe: The
room is too valuable-to be monoDoliZed
by improbable or unproductive fowls,
and iii no other way can this be treated
as matter Of economy than the increas-
ing the number of eggs by using good
stock. Blood is potent and potltry il no
execution to the rule
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Will cure the worst forms of female
complaints, all ovarian troubles, in
fammation and liberation, falling and
displacements Of the womb, and conse:
quent spinal weakness, and is pecu:
iarly adapted to the change of life:
Every time it will cure Backache:
It has cured more cases of leucor:
rhea by removing the cause, than any
remedy the world has ever known it
is almost infallib1e in such cases. It
dissolves and expels tumors from the
uterus in an early stage Of develop
inent, and checks any tendency to can:
cerous humors. Lydia E. Pinlham's
Liver Pills work III unison with the
Compound, and are sure cure for
constipation and sick headache. Mrs.
Pinkham's Sanative Wash is of great
value for local application.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
The First Milk for the Calf.

There is not so much fat in the first
milk from the cow, and it is better even
when the calf is to be fattened to give
him this rather than let the calf take
the strippings, which. being too rich. may
cloy it's appetite. Whole milk, if not
the richest, is very hearty feed, and con-
tains the nutriment required for either
growth or fattening. But the cow should
be MIXED by hand and the milk fed
while warm to the calf, taking care that
it drinks slowly as it would take the
milk from its dam while sucking. 1t
is because sucking the milk is slow
process, and the saliva of the calf is thus
mixed with it's food, that it is better than
milk given in the pail for fattening. If
some device could be made whereby the
calf could be sucking something while
it was drinking, and thus get it's feed
more slowly, the calf would get more
benefit from it's food. We once nailed
Il small sponge on the edge of wooden
pail, tipping the milk toward it. and filling
the sponge. The plan worked very well,
only the sponge required a good deal of
care to keep sweet. 1t would not be IL
good plan to try this on calves that are
to be raised, as the habit of sucking is
ono that should be discouraged rather
than cultivated.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

Everyone who cnce tries D0bbins' Floatiug.Borax
soap Continues to use It, for 1t is really superior to
even the post Of other floating soaps and costs you no
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Espenhafn Dry Goods Co

Spring Stock of silks and dress goods
how, open, larger than ever. New covert
cloths for cycling suits at SOC a yard.
Send for illustrated catalogue and sam
pies. ,
ESPENHAIN DRY GOODS CO.,
Milwaukee, Wis
-Dunkards are. migrating to North
Dakota from Indiana and other states.
Some idea of the size Of the movement
can be gained by the fact that recently
one train carried 1896 of these people.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

men. "0
make and
sell more
50 Shoes
than any
q { h q r
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26

There are 300 livings in the Church
of England worth over $4,000 year
each.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Muddy Yards.

The titst disagreeable part of the BUSH
ness in keeping ,hens In winter is the
muddy yards: How to avoid such IL
problem is not easily, solved, especially
OH htta*y, ebay soil. A ditch around the
yard will. 6f course, garry off the STIR
plus, but still there VIII he, plenty Of fqud::
The best plan to lessen the mtfd is ~ haul
few loads of sand or gravel and thrt'w
it in the yards, which will raise them
higher than the surroundings and reduce
the amount of clay OH the surface of the
ward: