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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
SnOilS the Dress

Men who are finical about dress will
read with interest the remarks of a
London tailor upon shirt fronts. This
tailor says that when he has labored
the best advantage. in allowing for the
natural curve Of his chest and the shape
of his shoulders, he is Disguised to be
handicapped by the effect of fiat shirt
front. He says that the miserable shirt
makers, who are so ignorant of man
outlines as to think that flat shirt
front is wearable over a sloping surface.
spoil the work of all good dealers. He
further remarks that the shirtmaker
who can make a properly curved shirt
front and the laundress who can prop
erly launder it will make huge fortunes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
Like brownies

"Oh. papa" said little 6-year-old girl
the other day. pointing to some work
men who were on the roof of very
high building, 'See those little brownies
up there '''rhose are not brownies"
are big men like me, and they look LITTLE,
because they are so high up IF they
We're up twice as high they would be
twice as small?" pursued the little one.
Yes" The Juvenile brain was at work
some seconds before reaching the logical
conclusion. They won't amount to
much when they get away up to heaven.
will they, papa :'-Springtield en-, Reg
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
PlatOnic lIOve

In Il recent number of the Woman at
Home. there is symposium on "Pla-
tonic Love-" in which a number of clever
WICK Miller has q rather strikins para-
graph. She says: 'Friendshio ought to
come first, and be the basis on which
the sex passion is founded. But much
misery would be spared to girls if they
could but understand that the reverence,
or the admiration or the wish to please
that they so often begin to feel and call
friendship (generally for men older than
themselves) is really nothing else but
the beginning of love-.that colossal, that
and terrible force'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
A CALIFORNIA VOLCANO.
Mount TauQuitz Dis urDance Cause!
Fears of Dire Calamity

1t is reported from San Bernardino
CAL. that people in and about Mount
Tauquitz arc getting ready to leave the
vicinity. as the action of the mountains
to say the least, is very threatening. and
there is no telling at what moment some
thing serious will ha open. \ couple of
Indians. who have lived in the neighbour
hood Of the mountain for some years.
were seen near Redlands today by Call
correspondent. and to say they are fright
cped would be putting it mildly. They
say that for about Il month the mountain
has been in Il state of internal disturb
anrt.
The first that was nOticea bic in it's
strange dcmearbr was Il whistlinS sound
hot shr!il, but hoarSe and cultural
like. This was follow ed by a deep roar
like distant thunder, followed by peal OH
peal.
This continued for several days. when
one morning the Indians in camp were
startled by shock like that of a heavy
earthquake and Immediately smoke was
seen issuing from the mountains neak.
at first in thin white layers, followed
immediately by puffs like from the
smokestack of an engine This has kent
up almost necessarily up to date and
the Indians. along with many white
settlers, are fearful of the results.
1t has been handed down in Indian
history in that neighborhood that Mount
TauuuitZ once belched forth volumes of
fire. and it is because of this knowleIlgc
that they base their present fears. it
is expected that an abundance of lava
formation lies for a short distance, on
the pcak
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
Sarcastic Pitt.

In 1905, Pitt called meeting of the
British militia colonies to consider his
additional force bill Some objected to
the clause which called them out under
all circumstances, and argued that this
should not be except in case of actual
invasion Then, said Pitt, lit would
be too late Presently they came to
another clause, when the same directors
insisted on the militia not being liable to
be sent out of the kingdom. Except, l
suppose said Pitt. with cruel sarcasm,
"in case of actual INVASION"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
Like Webster.

Chauncey Nj. Dcpew has fine capaci-
ty to invent anecdotes or to adapt old
ones. as when ut dinner he convulsed
the house by describing new member
of Congress seated in an old black bar
hers chair, and saying: "You have
shaved many other statesmen in the
past, such as Clay and Webster?" Eyes
sir replies the barber, somewhat frigil-
ly; you are something like Mr. Web
ster." "In my brow?" inquiries the
statesman. NO" replied the barber,
Sin your breath"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
Made Tn Since.

Father Hea)y was n constant visitor
at the Eice-regal court, Dublin, in Earl
Spencer's time On one occasion an
aide-de-camp asked him, "as an authority
on Biblical subjects" whether he could
tell him the difference between the cher
ubim and seraphim. Indeed" replied
Healy, II believe they had difference
long time ago. but they have made it
I'm since "
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27

get off that jury if l could. So when
Judge Boyd, think it was, began to get
the jury together, | got up and says i:
May it please your honor for you see
/: had learned that much law, and says:
to get off the jury The old gentleman
looked ut me for n minute and says he:
What reason have you. Mr.. Young?'
why. judge says l, 4 don't think I'm
competent to serve on {; jury take
your sent. Mr.. Young says he. you're
the sort of men we want And / sat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
Sure Sign OF Sickness.

DR.. Jankan says. in the London Ian.
Get, that "as q general rule there is no
need to forbid the use or tobacco in sur
gical cases. with the exception of those
involving the eyes, the abdomen and the
bladder, and that most of the affections
where the use of tobacco is injurious
are Just those which cause the patient
to dislike it; in fact, in these the disin-
clination to smoke Ia one Of the first
signs that q man is ILL ss .zs ls5 .z
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
First in Sixty Years.

An old Hampshire peasant farmer
came to town to buy hat. and was
requested to look in the glass to see if
the bat suited his taste The customer
stood before tho glass as though fas-
"inat"d by his reflected image. Pres
emily he slowly jnquircd: "Well-is-
that-m": ''Of course it is, guv'nor,"
was the sbopman's reply, why. don't
you know yourmlf?' Il be 60 years
Old. said the ancient. after another
pause. "an1 / dunno as | ever see my
face aforr! And when. the purchase
completed. hc turned to depart. he
walked up to the looking glass again
saying: III just take one more look
ut meser. for I dunno as ever shall
la tn" chance again. '-London Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
Going Too Far,

\ discussion has been going on for
several weeks in the New York Herald
as to How far Il woman may 90 toward
making :; man PROPOSE A young lady
writes over the initials of an. l.. NJ
to the Herald as follows: 1.-THE best
and surcst way of getting man to pro-
pose is to wear yellow garter on the
left leg and black one on the right.
When piece Of yellow elastic can be
procured from girl who has just been
engaged. all the better. l know of three
cases where this has been a perfect
success. One young lady said that she
wore hers for three months, and never
took it off i'll that time. She is happily
married now: 1t is to be hoped that
the young lady who never took hers off
for three months did not extend the
same iron-'ound rule to other intimate
garments, in which case she might have
resembled that celebrated Spanish Oueen
Who vowed not to change her linen until
certain siege was raised, and who. in
consequence. gave her name to a dingy
yellow color. which then became fash
lonaIle among the ladies Of her court.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
The Niagara Power Plant.

Secretary Kankine Of the NIAGARA
Fails Power company is given in press
dispatches as authority for the statement
that the company will Immediately en-
tend it's wheel pit to accommodate three
more turbines to work in conjunction
with three new dynamos capable of. pro-
ducing 5000 horse power each. It is in
teresting to note that among the uses to
which the Niagara Falls electric power
is first put are three comparatively new
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27

The banks of the streams in the vicini-
ty Of st. Pauls in the Upper Amazons
in South America, are dotted with palm
matched dwellings of the Indians, all
half buried in the lcafy wilderness, the
scattered families having chosen the
coolest and shadiest hooks for their
abodes. The traveller frequently hears
in the neighborhood Of there huts the
organ bird. the most rema rkable songster
by far of the Amazonian forests. When
it's singular notes strike the ear for the
first time, the impression cannot be re-
sisted that they arc produced by a human
voicf. Some musical boy must be gath
cring fruit in the Tickets. and is singing
a few notes to cheer himself The tones
become more fluty and plaintive. Some
times they resemble the notes Of a hageo-
let, and the traveller is almost per
suaded, in spite of the absurdity Of the
thing, that some person is playing that
instrument in the primeval forests.
However closely he may scan the neigh
boring thicket. no bird appears, although
the voice seems to be that of someone
near at hand.
The bird is rarely if ever heard in the
Lower Amazons. 1t is the only song
bird that ma kes an impression on the
natives. who sometimes rest their pad
dies along by the shady bystreams az
if struck by the mysterious sounds-a
high compliment. indeed, for the usually
impressive natives to pay to the feath-
cred SOnpSter
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
Why SparroWs Hop.

The Greek church people of Russia re-
gard swallows as being sacred birds, but
kill sparrows whenever the opportunity
affords.
They declare that the swallows min
istered to Jesus while He was hanging
on the cross, but that the sparrows tore
His flesh and did their best to pluck
out His eyes. On this account they say
that the sparrow S legs are invisibly bound,
sion of painful hops. In this way is
the sparrow doomed to move about until
the day of Observation-Disclosures Rec
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
F0rUnt A1nrsolT

"'Why is it," the Cumminsville sage
inquired, with the air of one pleased
with the sound Of his own voice, "why
is it that the man of 40 or there.
abouts can realize so we'll how old he is
when he is talking to II youth of 10,
but seems to, forget, all about it when
he meets girl of thar age ?"--Cincinnati
Enn,lirpr Il s.>~.4 "a I.Es K Il ri s.,,.En-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
No Lack OF Amuiets.

No wonder that Senator Blackburn
expects to be reelected United States
senator. a few evenings ago he was
standing in the lobby of the Capital
gentlemen that he ought to have a raL-
bits foot The senior senator's hands
divcd down into his coat pockets and
reappeared clutching three rabbits feet.
of which he gave the following history
to q crowd Of laughing listeners:
''These were presented to me by three
beautiful young women; they are the
left hind feet of rabbits killed in a coun-
try graveyard over the grave of a muir
dcrer in the dark of the moon BY i
cross-eyed, red-headed. left-handed ne
gro" --Louisville Couricr-J o,rnal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
Good Typewriter Exercises,

Here. says Pearson's Weekly, are
some of the shortest sentences into
which the most important letters of the
alphabet can be compressed:
u. Gray packed with my box five
dozen quilts" thirty-fve letters. "Black,
glad zephyr. watt the javelin box" thir-
ty-one letters. Phiz, styx, wrong, buck.
fiji me. quib." twenty-six letters. Fit!
quick? land! hew gypsum box, TWEEN
ty-six letters. ''Dumpty quiz! Whirl
back fogs next twenty-seven letters
export my fund. Quiz black whigs.' -
twenty-six letters: Get nymph. quiz
and brow, fix luck" twenty-six letters.
In more sober English the last one
would be: Marry. lie cheerful. watch
your business" These sentences would
make excellent writing copies, for they
secure attention to every letter and prof
tia BILE exercise for learners on the type
writer, as they, take in all the. keys.
and thus familiarize one readily with
all possible combina tons. BY changing
from capitals to lower case the value of
the exercise is greatly increased.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
The Banana Eaters OF Kentucky.

One Of the most novel and interesting
events in sporting circles which has oc-
CURED in the city for some time was the
banana eating contest between two
prominent young men Of the city,
Messrs. Garrett Welsh and John Luby,
which took place in the fruit stand of
Mr.. Fugazzi, ON Main street, last night.
The contest was the outgrowth of some
remarks made some time previous OH the
ca 1acity Of the contestants. Each had
friends present who were backing them
clear off of the boards The summary
is as follows: At the drop of the flag
Starter Dan Crow sent them off to a
good start, with Welsh Il half banana
in the lead. He led Luby to the quarter,
where he was overtaken. At the half,
Luby had 80 bananas to his credit, with:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
A New Republic.

According to a Los Angeles \Cal.) pa
p'r number of LOS Angeles men have
received Il concession from the Mexican
government of the island of Tiburon,
in the Gulf of California. \ company
Of 900 men is being organized under
the command of I. II. Polk. Each man
Is to receive $3.50 and and 100 acres Of
land after the island is conquered. The
money for the expedition is being put
up Ivy Col Bradbury. who inherited Il
milli"n or so Il few years ago. There
are only about 100 male Indians OIL the
island, bur they are said to be such
valiant fighters that the Mexican gov.
eminent despaired of subduing them,
and has offered the island to Bradbury
and his companions if they will under
take the work. 1t is the intention of
tho Tjbnron Conquest company, as the
new corpora ton is called. to establish Il
republic of it's own and have the United
States establish Il protectorate. 1t is
stated that Mexico has consented to this.
One Of the objects Of the company is
to establish q great resort. and lines of
steamers will be put on from both Yuma
and GuayamaS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
Latest French Fad.

The latest French fancy takes the
form Of retirement from the world and
life of bucolic ease. Some ten
ladies and gentlemen, presumably
weary of the ways of men. have
determined to try the experiment of pure
ttopian life by eschewing the town and
it's ways and taking to life in the caves
and forests Of Auvergnc, where they pro-
pose to do without the remembrance of
clothes and to subsist upon the products
of the trees. together with the pro-
ceeds of the chase. Being wise and pru-
dent folk, however and in spite of them
selves feeling the influence of prosaic
age, they have fenced in a farm of gen.
erous size and stocked it with pigs, cows.
goats and fowls. In the safest places
also have been stored an ample supply
of c; CARS. Apparently the idea of a life
of pleasure without work has been care
fully planned. Whether or not Satan will
find the traditional mischief for the idle
hands yet remains to be seen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
The Cultivation Of the Palm.

1t does not seem 10 be generally I'M.
derstood that a plant not standing in di.
rect light does not require as much water
as the plant near the glass. 1t is not tax.
en- into consideration that the less LIGHT
plant gets the less rapidly evaporation
quently it will be necessary to apply wa.
ter. Some amateurs always apply the
same quantity daily, no matter where
their plants stand, nor what the condi.
ton of the soil is This is all wrong,
l believe that more plants arc killed by
guaranteeing than in any other way.
The rule of giving water only when the
surface OF the soil looks dry should be
adhered to. Plants near the glass, or in
sunshine, and those in active growth,
VIII, perhaps, require water daily. but
those not so situated, and those not
growing much, will require much less.
Therefore the necessity of adhering to
the rule, and letting the looks of the
soil govern you in this matter is one that
will be only too apparent.
While the palm is able to endure a
good deal of heat it does not require the
high temperature that many seem to
think necessary to its successful cult
ure. Indeed, some of the finest speci-
mems l have ever seen grew in room
which was kept several degrees cooler
than the living-room. But a tempera-
ture OF 70 or IS degrees suits them very
well if care is taken to give some humidi-
ty to the air. This can be done by keep
ing water constantly evaporing on stove
or register, and by daily showering of
the plants. Observe that l say shower
ing. l do not mean simply sprinkling.
The plants should be wet all over their
foliage. Of course it will be necessary
to remove them to some place where the
application of water will not do injury
to the room. when this shower bath is
given. This is some trouble, but it is
slight compared with the benefit the
plants will receive from it. Once a fort
night it is we'll to 20 over the plants
with an infusion of whale oil or Sulpho-
Tobacco soap, applying it with a soft
brush to every part This will prevent
insects from esta blishing themselves on
them. Be sure to get at the depres.
sions between the leaves and the main
stalk, as there is where the mealy bug
will be likely to take up his quarters.
Scale will take possession of all parts
of the plant if allowed to do so, but fire.
quent scrubbing, as advised, will pre-
vent his doing any injury. 1t is quite
natural for old leaves to turn yellow and
die off. Remove them carefully as soon
as they become unsightly. Do not strip
nor tear them away. as many do, thus
often, injuring the plant, but cut them
away smoothly with sharp Knife
Ehen i. Rcxfor,l in Ladies' Home Jour
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN,
His Darling.
My darllng'S hair Is all her own:

Ils OArl1nE.
My darllng's hair Is all her own:
And though it's fiery red.
She doesn't hang 1T OH chair
Before she goes to bod
My darling does not wear false teeth;
And though l should not rave
About the ones she has, they are
The set that Nature gave.
My darling's form Is not made ND
With aids Of any kind;
Although she weighs 300 pounds.
No artitlce you'll find
And, as hold her to my breast
While whirlins in the waltz.
1t IS so comfortable to think
My darling Is not false!
--Somcrville journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
The Kind Of q Man Wanted.

Commonwealth of his first experience as
a juror, and in so doing furnishes an apt
illustration of the beauties of Ken
tucky's jury system. 1T was about
twenty years ago. and don't think I
ever bad been inside of courtroom in
my life. Well, took a seat and listened
to a lot Of lawyers jawing together and
before they got through / concluded I'd
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
A Drop of Water.

Water that is now in the ocean and in
the river has been many times in the
sky. The history of Il single drop ia ken
out of a glass of water is really ro-
mantle one. No traveller has ever &C.
complished such distances in his life
That particle may have reflected the
palm trees of coral islands and have
caught the sun ray in the arch that spans
a cloud clea ring away from the valleys
of Cumberland or California.
1t may have been carried by the Gulf
stream from the shore of Florida or of
Cuba, to be turned into crystal of ice
besides the precipices of Spitzenbcrgen It
may have lowered over the streets of
London and have formed a part of
murky fog and have g!istened on the
young glass blade of April in Irish fields
1t has been lifted up to heaven and
sailed in great wool-pack clouds across
the sky, forming part Of cloud mount
ain echoing with thunder. 1t has hung
in a teecy veil many miles above the
earth at the close of long seasons of
still weather. 1t has descended many
times over in showers to refresh the
earth and has sparkled and dubbed in
messy fountains in every country in Ell-
rODc.
1t has returned to it's native skies,
having accomplished it's purpose, to be
stored once again with electricity to give
it now lfe-producing qualities and equip
it as heavens messenger to earth once
more-Charles s. Whiting in the Mu-
scum.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
A PLAGUE OF DOVES.
Birds Multiplying by Thousands In in
PcnobkcOt Icehouses

BIRDS multiplying by Thousands In the
Penobscot Icei,ouses.
Ever since Noah took pair of doves
with him OH his famous cruise these birds
have been partial to big buildings, says
q Hampden. Me-, dispatch to the New
York Sun. TO be sure, they will inhabit
little cotes in barns and stable lofts and
thrive fairly well, but nowhere else AFRO
they so prosperous as in the great wood
en- icehousess which lately have been put
up along the Penobscot river. Before
people began to harvest ice in that re-
river from Port Point to Bangor. Now
more than 5000 live in the ice stocks III
this town alone, while in Orrington. lust:
across the river. are us many more.
When the ice cakes are packed to the
caves of the houses they are covered
deeply with coarse meadow hay to pre-
vent waste by thawing. The doves carry
this hay to the broad plates of the houses.
where they build nests and breed faster
than rabbits in Australia.
n short time ago one end of the Arctic
icehouse was blown down, and when men
went out to clear up the wreck they
found more than 200 doves crushed
against the fallen boards and timbers.
SO plentiful have these birds become
companions are earning money by killing
doves and selling them in the markets.
Although the birds are companionable
and pretty, they are very untidy house.
keepers, and therefore not desirable ten
ants in buildings where ice is kept The
custodians of the icehouses~ declared war
on them about Il year ago, and have been
shooting and sharing them ever since.
Yet the doves continue to multiply 50
rapidly that several companies are think
ing of converting their icehouses into
pigeon lofts. an inclination that is en-
couraged by the present quotations of ice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-27
''AI'kanSaW.'

Speaker Reed not only prono,nccs it
eral years, and so has every other we'll
informed man in Congress. BY the way,
some uniformity should be introduced in
the pronunciation of Iowa. 1t is vari-
onsly spoken in Congress, "Iowah,' -
"I-oway" and "1-owy." with the accent
on the second syllable, and "I-o-way."
with the accent on the third syllable.
son and Gear and the members of the
Iowa delegation agree that "I-o-wah."
with a little accent on the first and en-
phasis on the final syllable, is the only
right thing.-W ashington Corr Chicago
Times Herald