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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17

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gas burner adopted by the Compagnies
Parisiennes du Gaz, and consumes petro-
8leum; the latter passes through u filter,
falling drop by drop Oh to a highly-heat-
ed surface. and becomes Immediately
transformed into gas; it is subjected to.
perfect combustion, the absence of
a flter-the absence of wick, the slow.
and progressive feeding of petroleum,
and to Il strong draught. Iii the nlechal-
ism by which this result is accomplished
there are four parts, namely, an oil res
ervoir and n tilter-a chamber with tubes
nected with the reservoir by special
tube, also regulating cock lending to an
annular burner with two series of holes
AN alcohol burner within glass globe,
which closes by a spring-also IL central
chamber in connection with the chimney,
for taking off the products of combus-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
A FOUR-LEGGED PICKPOCKET.
Abstracts a Watch from a Vest Pocket
and Swallows 1t.

and Swallows 1t.
Peter Nelson, an Everett butcher,
killed calf Il few days ago and found
gold watch III it's stomach. says a Ia
coma correspondent Of the San Francis
co Examiner. The name of w. NJ. Sill
was engraved ON the inside of the case
of the watch, and Butcher Nelson began
at once to look for the owner. He bought
the calf of J. w. Sill of Stanwood. "a
small station OH the Great Northern rail
road, and notified him of the curious
find
In the meantime he noted that the
watch was in good repair and OH winding
it the watch went ahead, ticking off
time accurately. In IL short time the
watch became the chief attraction about
Nelson's place and many people called to
examine it. Among those who examined
it was a watch repairer, who said that
the watch was uninjured. The time
piece proved to be the property of the
man whose name was engraved upon
the case. He is brother of J. w. Sill
The day before Nelson bought the calf
w. NJ. Sill hung his vest, containing the
watch, on the fence near where the calf
was feeding and went away for Il short
time. When he returned he found his
vest badly torn and his watch and part
of the garment missing. Mr.. Sill be-
lieyed it had been stolen. 4 thorough
search was made for it, but it could not
no fonn6
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17

as heavy curtains or bedding, it is nee
cssary for one to exercise the utmost
care IN order to guard against great loss
from the rayages of moths. No trouble,
no matter how laborious, should be
spared, there being much at stake, and
the consequences being quite too serious
to be trifed with in the very least.
Heavy curtains, which are used only in
the winter time as protection, and all
superfiuous bedding, such as blankets
and quilts, should be exposed to the sun
and air for few hours; the curtains be-
ing well beaten and freed from all dust
and the blankets carefully washed. Then
they should be neatly folded. wrapped in
large cotton sheets. and laid away in
stantial shelves, which are clean and
dry, accompanied by gOodly supply Of
camphor.
All heavy articles of apparel, such as
gowns, coats or wraps OF any kind,
should be taken out of doors and hung
upon the line to air; after which they
should be thoroughly sha ken and brushed
been removed, the smallest atom afford
ing food in which moths thrive and
revel. This having been accomplished,
the garments should be put away in cot
ton bags, made expressly for the pur-
pose, large boxes or trunks that are not
in use, it being quite immaterial so long
as all air is entirely excluded.
All wooden underwear should be care
fully washed and dried, then rolled up
and put into clean paper sacks. or old
cotton pillow cases-care being taken to
see that there are no holes III them
with a generous quantity Of pure CAIN
phor or moth camphor. the latter pos
sessing the great advantage over the for
mer of being much less expensive, al
| though the odor is perhaps not quite SO
| agreeable.
Bags of all sizes and descriptions are
| invaluable at such time of year for
holding articles that are to be put away
| until the cold season has rolled round
| again. These could be made of any
short material, and. if desired, could be
adorned with the owners initials, which
| should be embroidered in white or col
! ored Roman floss.
Furs should be packed away in their
own boxes, with plenty of moth cam
pbor. after all dust has been beaten out
| of them.
Felt or velvet hats should be carefully
| cleansed by means of a soft hat brush
! then wrapped in tissue paper and put
away III their respective bandboxes
| Each box, package, bag or trunk should
| for convenience sake, contain label
upon which is legibly written a list of
the contents. This will prove great
saving of time and trouble.-St. Louis
| Globe-Democrat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
Resembles les Parent.

ut is generally supposed that family
resemblances are confined to the animal
world said J. L. Hagans of Salyers-
vile, Ky, at the Metropolitan. "But on
the outskirts of Saylersville is
an oak tree which as soon as a
person sees it recalls the famous charter
oak. 1t is frequently commented upon,
and now that the original charter oak is
broken, men who have seen pictures of
what it used to be and then look ut the
Kentucky tree instantly recognize that
it is an exact counterpart of the old tree.
1t is the child of the original charter
oak. Sixty years ago Judge Smith, who
is still living, at very advanced age, in
Cincinnati, visited Hartford and brought
home pocketful Of acoi'ns from the
charter oak. These were planted, and
the result is the tree that is a counter
part of its famous parent
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
LOye'k Seag0n.

Full-fOwered summer lies upon the land,
/ kiss your lips your hair--and then your
hand
Slips into mine; 10, we two understand
That love IL sweet
The rose leaf falls, the color fades and dies:
The sunlight fades, the summer bird-iike,
flies;
There comes shade across your wistful
eyes
Is love so sweet?
The flowers are dead. the land IL blind with
rain,
The bud of beauty bears the fruit OF pain
Can any note revive the broken strain,
IL love so sweet!
The world Is cold and death Is everywhere
] turn to you, and In my hearts despair
Find peace and rest We know, through
foul or fair,
That love Is sweet
Pail Mall Budget
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
YIELDS TO FRENCH INFLUENCE.
Queen Ranavalona's Resignation to He
Fate Charms Gen. DuchesMe. y

Queen RanavalOna's Resignation to Her
Fate Charms Gen. Ducllesne. y
Gen. Duchesne says the Queen of
Madagascar has accepted the French
suzerainty as she might have done the
mastery of a second husband and prime
minister. She seems rather interested
in the complete transfer. of power from
the ex-prime minister to the French, and
showed herself deeply sensible to the
many courteous attentions of the victors.
Gen. Duchesne thinks her open-heartcd
open-minded and in her way Il cha11...
woman. Another general tells me that
she is extremely fond of dress and longs
to visit Paris: She can never hear
enough about the shops and theaters and
to be able to choose herself several com
plete toilettes at the Bon Marche.
No great faith is expressed by Gen.
Duchesne in the future of railways in
Madagascar. THE road built by the
French military engineers from NAHUM
ga to Andriba was" (said the general in
conversation with our Paris correspond
enD ',child'ss play compared with the
difficulties of the country through which
the French had to go at an almost run
! ming pace. l had taken with me officers
of the engineers to survey the country
for military railway, but when they
saw the difficulties they gave it up. 1t
looks very easy on map to 60 up the
valleys, but Madagascar valleys are not
like those of other countries. They
shrink into gorges, and are cut up by
mountain ranges. The whole country is
a maze, and yet the west road is com
paratively easy when compared with the
east one from .Antananarivo to Tama
tave. The latter defies description.
was taken down to Tamatave in litter
by native porters. l cannot make out
how we came to our journeys end. Your
porters take you through quagmires,
tumble down sheer cliffs, and push
through tangled forests. They cling to
the boughs Of trees like monkeys, and
balance themselves on rocks. I am
bound to agree with travellers good opin-
the fever zone. I never felt better than
on the plateau" -London Standard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
Adventures of a French Convict.

An individual named Bourdet, who
contrived as far back as 1885 to escape
from the penal settlement ut Cayenne,
has fallen this time voluntarily into the
hands of the police. The story of his
trials and adventures as related by Bour-
Diet to the police official to whom he gave
himself up is thrilling i'll the extreme.
In company with six other convicts
Bourdet constructed a raft, and at fa-
vorable opportunity they got away, in
tending to make for Dutch Guiana.
Each man was armed with a saber,
while four of them had small guam
tity of quinine. On taking to the for
ests two of the band speedily succumbed
to fever, while two more were captured
by some natives and handed over to
the French authorities. Of the trio that
remained, one was eventually crushed
by an enormous boa constructor. Bour-
diets sole companion deserted him after
robbing him of ,what. little provision re-
tribe. Left alone, the escaped convict
struggled on, passing through numerous
hairbreadth adventures, till he reached
Observation-Disclosures News:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
A Bicycle Wheel Testing Machine

A DASyOAO ''hCcA 1eSCAnS MaCh1nc.
One of the best objections that has al
ways been made against many ,abora-
tory tests of materials and apparatus is
that the conditions under which they
are conducted are not real, and that the
results, accordingly, are deceptive Every
engineer knows how true this is, and
appreciates the great Importance of
carrying out such experimental investi-
cations under circumstances as nearly
as possible like those which the machine
or material is likely to meet in actual
service. The closer the approximation.
the more valuable the results, and. Of
course, vice versa. Investigators there
fore, particularly in recent years, have
given much attention to the perfection
OF testing machines and methods, so as
to eliminate, to the greatest possible cx-
tent, the vitiating influences of artificial
conditions, and in not few instances
excellent and very interesting provisions
have been made with this end in view.
One of the best of recent illustrations
of this is supplied by the bicycle wheel
testing machine which is used ut the
great American bicycle factory Of the
Pope Manufacturing company at Hart
ford, Conn. The machine is really very
simple. and yet reproduces in a faithful
way the worst possible conditions of
service which Il bicycle may be expected
to encounter; in fact, the test conditions
are made unusually severe, so that. the
wheel which Genes out successfully from
trial may be accepted as h a pretty
stanch and reliable. BIT Of mechanism
Ihe testing apparatus consists OF d
large wooden wheel about four feet in
;SSdlamet er, on the circuIaf ference of which,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
Platinum in Colorado.

Platinum in paying quantities has
been found in the Annie G. mine. at
Buffalo peak. The discovery is of in
tcrest in that it makes the Annie c..
the first mine in Colorado to show plat
mum in paying quantities. and the third
in the United States. Traces of this
metal have been discovered in Colorado
ores prior to this, while in Oregon and
Washington it appeared in appreciable
quantity in two instances. At depth
of 143 feet the Annie G.. managers claim
to have uncovered an S-foot vein. The
ore taken from it contained platinum,
gold, iron and sulphur, but no copper
lead or zinc. Analytical tests made on
the two solid feet of sulphides in the
foot wall are said to have given three
ounces of platinum to every eight ounces
of gold.-Denyer Republican.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
A Curious Fishinx Rod.

A curious rod is described in the Amer
lean Field. 1t was made by Charles F.
johnson, an angling expert, for his own
personal use. It weighs eight and half
ounces, and is wholly of Dagane wood.
1t is made after an old English style rod
discarded as "too slow to put together"
1t has no ferules, but instead is spliced
in suture joint and bound fast with a
string. This, it is claimed, allows the
rod to bend at the joint as well as be-,
tween joints. Competent judges say that
iointed rods do not have.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN
1t
NV Shin.

So long have stood on the desolate shore,
. Adown the dreary, wearisome years, 3.GE.
Waiting and longing, till more and more
Has my heart grown weary with unshed
tears
AS watch for my ship. that years agone
Sailed from me over the waters blue,
Bearing away my dearest one,
My lOver-whO was brave and true.
But kept the faith that / always had
AS l stand and gaze DER the restless sea,
VIII come joyfully sailing back to me.
Oh! l see Il ship, it is nnne l say,
Out IN the distance trembling there;
o youths and maidens, hush, pray!
Lest she. should vanish into air.
1t is he who stands upon the deck;
80 hungerlng soul, be still, be still,
You are not sure, it may be a wreck
Or a stray sea-bird, await His will"
She Is painted a pure and spotless white,
My beating heart with JOY Is rife
And on her side this word Of light
! In beautiful golden letters-Iife.
He throws me kiss as he nears the land,
And hear him saying: II am almost
home;
My barque has been guided by master
l come, 0 my love, to you. come
With the ship that is frelghted with an
cient lore
And the wonderful knowledge of ages
past,
With fruits and spices from the other
Into the harbor of Rest, at last"
Alice Davis Moody.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
Travels Of q Needle.

Twenty-eight years ago Mrs: Mary G..
needle, which entered the foot and was
never removed. While combing her hair
recently she felt pricking sensation on
the top of her head, and in few mo-
Inents pulled out the needle :s.ss=s
During these years she had expert.
enced no pain until few days ago,
when she noticed d sore spotss.on the tor
sof her head where the needle came out.
q bright
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
A Brass Band in His Family.

DR.. Pendleton, powerful preacher
and an old warhorse in Methodism, was
yesterday assigned to the Baldwin cir
cult, which pays $3.50 IL year. DR.. PEN
dleton has twelve children; so many, in
deed, that there is a brass band in his
family, all parts being taken by his
children. The band plays at DR.. Pendle-
toms meetings.--AtchisOn Globe
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
scratched on Glass by Wilkes Rooth

On August Is, 1864, John Wilkes
Booth was playing a dramatic engage
ment III Meadville. Pa. Upon his arrival
to the city that day, he registered at
the McHenry house. then kept by R.
NJ. Z. Taylor. and after the performances
IN the evening retired alone to his room.
Nhen the servant entered his room the
next morning. after Booth had left the
hotel and city. an inscription was dis
covered scratched in large hand on
one of the window panes: ABE Lin
coin departed this life August - 1854
by the effects of poison" Little atten,
ton was paid to the writing OH the glass
at the time: but as soon as it WIS
learned that Booth had killed the Presi~
dent, the circumstances connected with
the window inscription were recalled. the
glass was removed from it's sash, framed
in a plain black wooden frame. a piece
of dark velvet being placed at it's back
to facilitate reading, and the signature
of Booth entered on the register on Au-
gust IL was cut from the book and at
tached to the windowglass. The origi-
nal pane is now in the possession of the
war department, to which it was pre-
sented by the daughter of the owner of
the hotel, Miss Mary McHenry, some
time after the assassination of the Presi-
dent: All of the circumstances in CON
nection with the glass are certified to by
Miss McHenry and by other residents Of
Meadville.-April Century
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
"A RaSpicker's Estate.

Gardner Brown. who died recently in
a Newport Or. ~ hospital. left an estate
worth about $4,000. Brown worked
daily at any employment he could find.
He picked over ash barrels and collect
ed articles of all descriptions from the
streets, going about with handcart or
with a bag. He was of misery habits.
living in howell and denying himself
common necessities of life. He left no
will. The greater part of his money
was deposited in savings banks. He was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
An Unjust Charge.

r A strange story of money recovered
comes from Liverpool A chimneysweep
in cleaning an oven flue found f4O in
coin in bag. On telling the lady Of the
house she burst into tears and tainted.
She had put the money there herself
years ago, and having forgotten the fact
had accused her son, who was rather
wild, Of stealing it, with the result that
he had left the house In indignation and
had never returned -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17

brass checks were fastened to the vAri-.
GUS trunks in the cur. When the wont-s
ans destination was reached the door
was opened and the goat jumped cheer
fully out. having just completed his
work. The ,baggagemaster was filled
with CONSERVATION when he discovered
the checks, without a single exception,
lying upon the floor. The most hopeless
confusion resulted, and it was more
than week before some of the trunks
reached their owners. The railroad COM
pany has, in consequence, made 1; rule
that in future goats are to be denied
transportation over it's lines.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
Wickless Petroleum Lamp.

Attention has been directed by. the
Paris Temps to a new and wickless Pc
.troleum lamp, the oil for which, as repre-
scented, costs only, one third of q centime
per chrcel per hour-the carcel being
the French standard for luminosity,
equal, TINT is, TO nine and d fraction.
or ten, standard canel lies. This improved
kind Of lamp ID due to the ingenuity of
M hular, inyento eSeneratiyeI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
Winter Sunshine in London.

The meteorological Office states in some
new statistics that, taking the past twen-
ty-fve years into consideration, the
average duration of sunshine in London
for the whole of the month of January
I Il only twenty-six hours.-American
3 Amateur Photographer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
No srran,porta,,,n for Goat..

A woman out West was moving from
one place to another. some time ago, and
numbered among her possessions that
she took with her a goat. The animal
was placed in the baggage car, and tied
to chest. During the journey he re-
gained his freedom by nibpling the rope,
q after which he proceeded to regale him-
ssslf on the leather III m wit hich the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
Indifference Worse Than Death.


We We're talking to IL man who lately
had very great and soul-sniting grief.
He declared that he never would get over
it, that he couldn't that death had
come to his household and shown him
that life was not worth living. for direct
ly his affections were centered on any
special objects those objects were re-
moved, and the void left thereby never to
be filled. He knew that others got over
such grief, but he would prove the ex-
ception; he couldn't get over it, and he
believed it, but as we listened we recog-
nized the fallacy Of his sentiments, for
have we not buried mother, father, baby.
loved and needed, yet to-day the sun
shines brightly for us, the sky seems blue
and laughter comes spontaneously to our
lips. We have not forgotten those loved
ones who have gone. We think of them
with a sweet, though misty recollection
poignant grief at their loss is gone, time
has dulled ia blessed provision of nat
ure, for were it not so we never could go
on working out our plan of life deadened
by a weight of woe that only those who
have lost dear ones can know.
AS bitter as is the grief experienced
when those we love are snatched away
by death, it is nothing to the torment
that many woman has to endure who
lives to sec the love she has given to
another pail on the recipient and he or
she who once responded to her caresses
grown cold and careless. That is the
sort of pain that lives in women's hearts.
a love that dies in life is a sorrow that
many have to battle with. Memory
and time do not soften the blow. Self
pride, clinging, unquestioning devotion.
happiness that finds root in a smile, a
word all dashed to the ground through
the Indifference of one who once cared,
or pretended to so skillfully that the arti-
fetal and the real seemed one. The
waning of human affection is the blow
ter though he is. has not the power to
touch the heart that centers in his hui
man brother, Indifference. Let those
who have suffered from the scourge of
both be the judges and see if they do
not agree that deaths dealings are kind
in comparison with the hourly, daily
pangs melted out by his more cruel con-
feree.-Philadelphi Times. :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
EamOns Old House.

The famous old Peggy" Stewart
house, in Annapolis, Md, is being remod-
eled. 1t was the home of Anthony
art. which excited the wrath of the
Maryland colonists by paying the OBJ
noxious tax on cargo Of tea in 1774
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
Putting Away winter Clio, l,,r

whether IL be in the form Of personal
apparel household furnishines, such