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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
He was a Sportsman.

\ Utican who is a fine shot, frequent
visitor to the Adironda cks, and a great
lover of the woods, was deep in the will
Gerness few days ago. With him was
lifelong resident of the woods, who in
past years was one Of the most success
sDonsible position as a protector of deer
and other game. The two were to-
gether when two deer approached, one
Just behind the other. and both within
easy range. The Utican brought his
rife to his shoulder, glanced along the
barrel at the deer, and brought his gun
why didn't your s'loot:" he was
''That deer hasn't any horns..''. was
the reply. a-,.-,
The woodsinan i1sta ltly extended his
hand, with the WORDS: ''Shake. It does
me good to once in Il while find Il man
who has heart and Judgment as we'll -
Il have shot a good number of deer
in my lifetime added tie Utican, s:but
have never shot a doe. and I hope /
shall never. be guilty of doing SO, for in
my eyes it is really Il crime, and 4, heart.
less one at that '@*''F -.
Il think added the woodsn1a11, "that
If sportsmen---trt1e sportsmen. I mean
who live in the cities and villages. could
be made to see and appreciate as I do
the harm done in a sporting sense by the
ElaughteIing Of does, they would refrain
from killing them, and in few Years
rejoice to find deer far more plentiful
than now. There is law violated some
tines by brutes, against the killing Of
fawns, and it would be good thing in
my estimation if It., were extended to
protect does also, at least for several
years. I always feel ashamed of any
friend Of mine who comes into the woods.
shoots doe and Jugs it off cx,1ltantly,
as if he had done ,son,tl1ing to be proud
of."-Utiea. Observer - = = q. :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
A CURE FOR HEADACHE.
Walking Backward Suggested for an Az
sravating Ailment.

IAN excellent and never failing cure
for nervous headache" said an APOSTLE
of physical culture, lis the simple act Of
walking backward. just try it some
time if you have any doubt about it.
have yet to meet the person who didn't
acknowledge its efficacy after a trial,
Nobody has as yet discovered or formu-
lated reason why such Il process should
bring such certain relief. Physicians say
that it is probably because the reflex ac-
ton of the body brings about a reflex
action of the brain and thus drives away
the pain that when induced by nervous
ness is the result of too much going for
ward Don't you know how at such
times you have the feeling that every
thing in your head is being pushed for
ward? AS soon as YOU begin to walk
backward, however, there comes a feel
ing of everything being reversed and this
is followed by relief. The relief is al
ways certain and generally speedy. Ten
minutes is the longest l have ever found
necessary An entry or a long, narrow
room makes the best place for such a
promenade. You should walk very slow
ly, letting the ball of the foot touch the
floor first, and then the heel-iust the
way, in fact. that one should in theory
g Wak doae Can in prastee
exercise has something to do with the
relief and also the metal Dreoccuoation
that such no-el method of walking
necessarily demands. - chronological
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
Toothache Epidemic.

The members of the North Carolina
Supreme court, Notwithstanding the dig
nifty which they have to preserve, have a
keen sense of humor. This and also ,he
fact that they perfectly understand their
neignbors and the local conditions are
evidenced by a decision recently handed
down in which the right of dentist to
give prescription for the sale of whisky
on Sunday was contested. In the de-
cision the honorable judges shrewdly
point out that eff dentists came within
section II. 'toothache' would become
alarmingly more prevalent than snake
bite and that it would, with usage, be-
come more dangerous is evident from the
fact that the very first dental surgeons
prescription for toothache coming before
us is for 'one pint Of whisky The size
of the tooth is not given nor whether it
was a molar. incisor. eye tooth or wis
dow. tooth-and yet there are thirty-two
teeth in a full set, each Of which mis.'
ache on Sunday. &c.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
Spoke Too Freely.

Lord Kames told the story of a singu-
lar claim preferred to his acquaintance
When one of the justiciary judges, his
lordship, returning from the north cir
cult to Perth, one night slept at Dun
keld. Next morning, walking toward
way, he asked man whom he met to
guide him. "That l will. with all my
heart, my lord. Doesn't your lordship
mind me? My names John -. I
had the honor to be before your lordship
for stealing sheep" ooh, John-I re-
member you well. And how is your
wife? She had the honor to be before
me. too for receiving the sheep, know
ing them to be stolen Eat your lord
ships service. We were very lucky,
we got off for want of evidence, ana I
am still going on in the butcher trade"
"Then," said Lord Kames, 1--WE may
have the honor of meeting again."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
YOUNG TO ks coli MN
Wee MarRarite,

Wee MHrEartte. == Es<5.
AT morn her dimpled hands we kissed. s:
And. heard her laughter gay; Is ss
AT eve she passed the sunset mist
Into the deeper day. s
Her baby toys, unheeted lie,
The little shoes she wore, sS35S3
And empty crib, nnrockcd, hard by
She'll need them never more.
Wee Margarite, SO fond. so sweet, a
So beautiful, SO bright! lss a.
Gone home to rest OH God 4 dear breast
Good night, sweetheart, good night!
At morn all life was full Of light, AZ AS;
lis laughter OH, each brow gI &
But oh. we're sud and lone Tonight
Our hearts are empty now, s#$
Her face will haunt the coming years, "z%
And by our hearthstone bide. ii
But love that gathers ~, our tears ~
WIN lead us to her side. - : y.
: Wee Margarine, SO fond. so sweet, -
So beautiful, so bright! %E,&. -
% Gone home to rest on Gods dear breast
Good night, sweetheart. good night!
TX William Aaughton,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
Give the Children a Chance.

There is world of good advice, for
those localities where it is applicable, in
the following declaration by contem-
porary: "Few mothers realize the risk
Of oyer-caution and over-attention to
their children, after they are old enough
to play and romp about A child is hap
pier with few and simple playthings
than with multitude of complicated
toys. There is no such good fun or good
training +t as making n ones a self useful in
cruelty to deprive the child of this pleas
ure and stimulus. Let the brain and
body be trained through hand, foot and
eye. Give the boys carpenters bench:
encourage the girls to do housework:
have little garden patch, if only few
feet square, aud the care of few plants.
A woman in her home, a man in his
garden; this seems to be a fundamental
type from which we cannot entirely de-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
BEARS IN THE SOUTH.
How Druin Acts When He Makes . Raid
49,. Y. -, AZ, A,aaanlanE Carr. ~ zz.

How Druin Acts When Ho Makes Raid
ON the sueculent Corn.
u There are in the further South three
varieties or kinds of bear. Tlrst, there
is the ordinary brown bear, common In
the wilder sections of our country from
leo. It's usual weight is from 200 to
$50 pounds. Then there is in Louisiana,
Mississippi, and sometimes i'll the South
ern Arkansas canehrakes and sWamps,
a big, perfectly black hear. 1t is gen
orally marked by u white horseshoe on
it's breast. This bear will weigh from
400 to $50 pounds. The writer saw one
made for weighing bales of cotton, to
be found ut all steamboat landings,
which pulled down the beam ut tho $50
notch. 1t was killed in the great Atcha-
falaya swamp by an experienced hunter,
who declared that this was not the or
binary bear, but Of Il different family.
Third, and rarest of all Southern bears,
is what I'LL hunters cal the red bear.
This one is a long animal, nearly as
red steer. 1t can swim like an otter,
and outrun any pack of bear dogs that
over followed trail. Most hunters
have seen this bear. and differ about its
family, but whether it and it's congener,
the big black bear, are simply varieties
of the same species, changed in size and
form by their environments, am not
naturalist enough to- decide. The red
bear lives only. in the great, heavily
of Mississippi and the big Atchafalaya
swamp of Louisiana. The large bla OK
bear IS common in the Louisiana low
lands back of the big cotton and sugar
plantations. along the Mississippi river
and its tributaries, i'll the states men
toned.
do not know of anything more inter-
esting than to watch bear steal green
corn. AS hunters know. bear will al
same place in the fence if not alarmed
or disturbed. The cornfelds in this
country are very large, ranging from 600
to 1000 acres. After climbing up on the
fence and carefully accommodating, the
country as far as he can see, if nothing
alarming is in sight, the bear climbs
down on the other side very much as
next to the fence, taking two rows,
breaking down the cornstalks right and
left until he has eaten all of the juicy,
milky ears that he wants. Then he
leisurely rctraces his steps, always climb
ing over the fence where he came in, and
waddles to his den to take nap. In
the month of August several years ago
Richardson's Hushpuckany plantation
that he was obliged to do something to
save his corn crop. So he employed a
man in the neighborhood who understood
the ways and customs of bears to abate
the nuisance. if possible. He abated it
to some extent by killing thirty bears in
one month and ten or twelve in Septen,
Der, when the corn became too hard to
be longer ng.-Correspondent st.
Louis GlObe-DemOcrat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
Fort Blunder.

Gen. Miles has recently recommended
the terrifying of number of our sea-
ports and the enlargement Of some of
the tn posts :; along our frontier; One Of
at the outlet Of Lake Champaign. The
mentioning of this long-forgotten old fort
recalls queer fact connected with it's
beginning, and long ago forgotten. In
1871 i. was decided to build a large
post at the entrance to Lake Champlain,
and work was begun. on Fort Mont
gomery, as it was called. After a good
deal of work had been done it was
found that the walls of the fort were
over the lines dividing the United States
from Canada. Work was stopped and
a survey made and part of the work was
torn down. Later omit was ascertained
still over the dividing line. An agree
ment was made with the English gov
ernment which gave to the United States
that part built upon, and the outline of
the old fort was completed, but as these
mistakes had caused SO much trouble
the post was nicknamed HFort Blum
DEF" Work was stopped on the old
post at the breaking out -of the late war,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
Was a HOt Chocolate.

The people of Arcola. n J., who know
Mrs. Peter Lutkins. or Aunt Nauchie."
as she is called. ere not sure III which
way they should view an incident that
lately hrfell her. Aunt Nauchie' is 81
years old: had the accident happened to
a younger person they would have been
amused. The old lady was eating chloe
o.atc drops. for which she has great
fordress and which neighbor had sent
her. Mrs. Lutkins had eaten the drops,
and seeking a dark spot on her apron.
which she thought was candy. picked it
UP and put it in her mouth Instead Of
dissolving as the others had done it be-
gan to slew signs of animation and soon
caused her great pain. The supposed
chocolate drop was a live wasp. 1t stung
Mrs. LutkinS' tongue in several places,
which caused it to swell so badly that it
was thought ut one time the stings would
cause serious results, but Mrs. Lutkins
is now in fair way to recover.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
Better than Words.

It is related OF the Rev. George Smith,
a missionary chaplain in Natal, that,
though he did not bear arms against the
Zulus in more than one attack, he did es-
sential service by going round the yari-
GUS posts and distributing reserve cart
ridges. On one occasion one of the men,
in the heat and excitement Of battle, was
fame language. The chaplain. coming
behind, heard his words, and said: "Yo1
should rot speak like that, my friend.
Don't curse themr' Then, showing a
packet Of cartridges into his hand:
"Shoot them! Shoot themr' III TX
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
The Ipterruption,

4ItB Ill SAY r-t =
Who Is shat knocking mt the door?
Ny own. who is 1t knocks tonfght?a
Iii this Wild storm, dear heart-~why should
one Gomez -
You hear! You hear! All, love, wrap close
your arms! ~,
Love, kiss me. kiss me. kiss!
Turn toward my soul the sp.endOr OF your
go own!
Ny eyes are yearnlng for the light of yours
Like frightened wanderers yearniDg for the
dawn. n
Love, hear the knocking! Hold me close.
Oh, will the door give way-be battered in;
VINO dare knock 80 ut this sweet House OF
Dear, closer. closer yet! The lights are
going out!
Your lips-haye they grown cod? Your
eyes
Why, even they cannot dispei this dark!
80 cold and dark-tle rain sweeps at our
house =
The wind tears at our roof--and II it goes
We shall have nothing 'twixt us and the
Black. 4 ::
The knocking still! Hark! Hark:
Tue door gives way! The winds Of God ar.
In tho house.
The dark! Oh, love, love, love:
Silence! The door is down.
"-Elia W. Peattle, III IIarper's Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18

md since that time. it has heen under
the charge of an ordnance sergeant.
Soon work will be resumed, and IL the
recommendations OF Gen, Miles are car
ried out the old post will. be converted
into the largest and most strongly armed
post in the country, us it is the intention
Of the general to have a large number
Of the largest guns made by our ord
nance department. to protect the entrance
to tho lake, on which, few miles be.
low, ii located Plattshnrg barracks, one
Of the most important posts OF orr Cana
dim frontier, Cincinnnti Enquirer,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
A Rocky Mountain Girl,

Mildred Bevington, II Rocky mountain
girl living in Wyoming on the border of
Jackson's Hole, has recently been sue
cessful at hunting game which men usu-
ally find hard to get. Her rifle is a new
on, and with it she has killed half a
dozen black-tailed deer in a week. She
still hunts the deer, and wears boomers
while hunting. The bullets she uses are
soft-nosed, so that when they hit 4 beast
they mushroom and spread out till they
are half an inch or more across. Not
one of the deer that she has hit has run
more than 200 yards, and usually they
She finds antelope hunting the best sport
of all, and she writes to a New York
friend: :. -. -.&%.-.- !,
II want to tell you about an antelope I
shot week ago. l took my pony and
went away up above the ranch, tethered
it out. and then went along a little bluff
to where | could look across the country
for long way. / took out my glass and
looked and looked, but l couldn't see
single thing. Then I went on a ways
and looked again. l had been looking
for, perhaps, an hour and half, when I
happened to see a glimmmer of some
thing over Il little hummock not more
than 100 yards away. It was just lit
tie speck Of brown that had seen, and
l wasn't sure I'd seen anything, but I
cooked my rifle and waited. If it was
anything l knew it would come in sight
POO or $50 yards away and and then I
might accidentally hit it if l tried hard
enough. 1t seemed so long waiting there
that l guessed hadn't seen anything:
then up went something on the rising
ground. Another jump and an antelope
was in sight, followed by four others.
L tried to catch sight at one, but they
were so small in the sights-looked like
little bits of rabbits. Pretty, soon. l
pulled the trigger; the next moment they
were gone. I felt like crying You
know if I'd only seem them on the first
rise in time I'd have had lot better
chance.
$50 I put in another shell so that my
rifle would be fully loaded, and waited
for them to come up on the rise beyond
that. four or five hundred yards away.
Pretty soon they came up and l shot
again-it was like shooting at mouse.
l shot again: then 1 noticed that only
four were in sight, and the other one
must have either turned off to one side
or-or-and then l ran over the first
rise and up to the top of the one on
which I'd shot at the antelope first, and
there he lay. as dead as ever an animal
was. and it was a beauty. too. The
bullet had gone into the back of it's head
and torn a fearful hole: two inches high
er and l would have missed, sure
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
STONED Too Short.
Erick Country Roadway.

Brick pavement for country roads is Il
luxury which will not come into general
use in t st, country for many ii
has been made, and Illinois has the
credit of taking the first step. The
road is in Monmouth. Warren county,
and will cost about $4,000 mile. The
brick is single course, laid on six inches
Of sand and supported on each side by
2A feet of crushed stone. If it shah
be rs good an Investment as the state
ever made.-Baltimore Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
MOCKING-BIRD AS WATCHMAN.
A Florida Family Has Do1nesticatod This
Useful Bird,


a knocking bird serves as night
Watchman - the residence of r. F..
Bettes at Tampa, Fla, and notifies the
famil Y of the coming of dawn every
morning by pecking on the window pane.
Often when the doors are left ajar the
mocking bird comes inside and perches
on the chairs and about the room. 1t
will allow the family to come very close,
Bettcs and her little daughter. When
they start out for visit it follows them
some distance, and then returns to the
yard. When the family returns it APP
pears very glad and will fly all about
them, and gives evidence of it's joy in
other ways.
The children feed it about the house,
and when the family meal is to be
served, if the window is not raised, it
makes its presence known by pecking
on the window. During the day it gets
on Il neighboring brush or tree and sings
it's roundelay of song for hours at time
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
Hard on the Queen,

The Prince of Wales is not averse to
having little fun over his august moth
er's propensity for giving away India
he had his attention drawn to an elderly
lady who the princes friend said, bore
a striking resemblance to the Queen,
and might be her majesty incognito. AS
the prince leveled his field glass on her,
she rose, and. taking the shawl OH which
she had beer, sitting; threw it around the
shoulders of the young girl who was
Queen" the prince replied, quietly: "she
has betrayed herself She has just pre-
sented one of her India shawls."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
One Objection

: General D. was more distinguished
for gallantrya in.sthe field than FOR the
care he lavished upon his person. Conn
planning on certain occasion to Chief
ings he endured from rheumatism. that
learned and humorous judge undertook
to prescribe 4 remedy = on must de-
sire your. servant he said to the gen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
MADE A MISTAKE,
Louisiana Young Woman Loses lie,
Hat in q Peculiar Manner,

II LUuIHIaHt HOuHE VOMnn LOSES Uer
Hat in q Peculiar Manner.
a popular young lady of HaugAton,
La, went over to Shreveport the other
day and purchased the newest thing out
in the way of hats, a stunning bit of felt
and ribbon with good-sized bird
perched jauntiy on one side One day
the young lady lost her chapeau in the
following singular manner: She was go
lower end of the village, OH the orhcr
side of the old Point road, when she no.
ticed a big hawk lowering and 1arting
about her hat. Not giving the matter
any serious considerati ton. however, the
young lady pursued her walk. when sud
denly the hawk made dive. fixed his
talons in the bird and her hat. and be-
fore she realized the situation few away
with it, hat and all, into the woods.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
Youth Game to Grief.

There is many young man who tries
to pose as a man of the world to whom
money is absolutely no object, but who
has to resort to devious schemes to keep
up appearances. Such youths practice
economy without allowing it to be seen,
The Philadelphia Record tells Of how
such Il young man came to grief few
nights ago, and it was all caused by a
praiseworthy attempt to save a few. zdol-
lars. . He With4a friend had made the
acquaintance of two charming actresses,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
like n Woman.

The yours woman was dying, and the
attendant leaned over the bed. "Have
serd any message?"s, she asked. The
patient nodded. Eyes, IT, have dear
friend who She paused and shook
her head. What shall I write to her? ?"
asked the attendant. The patient shook
3 her head again. Nothing she an
sWerod. Il had forgotten for the mo-
lnent that she owes me a letter Lon:
don sFigaro szS*.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18

eral, s'to place every morning by your
bedside a tub three,parts filed with
warm water, You win then get into the
tub. and having previously provided
yourself with a pound of yellow soap,
you must rub your whole body with Il,
immersing yourself occasionally in the
water. and at the end of a quarter of an
hour the process concludes by wiping
yourself dry with towels and scruhhing
yourself with flesh brush. : WHY
said the general, after rejecting for a
minute or two, "this seems to be neither
more nor less than washing one self"
swell, / must confess, rejoined the
Judge, at is omen to that objection"