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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
McCullagh's Love Romance.

Henry Watterson, who for thirty years
was u close friend of j. B. McCullagh,
confirms the impression that there was a
love romance in the dead EDITORS early
career in st. Louis. The young woman
in the case lived in Louisville for q while.
She was q handsome and accomplished
girl, and was the adopted daughter of q
present ST. Louis official. who was mayor
4 millionaire then. Her foster. parents
lived in the most arstocratic section of
St. Louis and broke off the match be-
cause McCullagh was poor. "Why, he
is only q reporter was their crushing
About twelve years ago she married a
rich DOCTOR, and they moved to San
Francisco. He cruelty abused her from
the start, and, in a few years she, got a
divorce and soon after died Of a broken
heart. The recollection of the affair sad;
dened McCullagh's later years, aud
helped to make him the cynic he was x.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
= CREOLE BEAUTIES.
They Are Americans. Born of French or
Spanish Parents

Spanish Parents
As you seq his face you will know that
he 1.-THE Crco4e>hsshan of father real
ICES that no flower uoon the Fly-cev-
cred altar is half so fair OF SO fit for the
temples perfect adjoining as his bloom
ing wife and budding daughters. who sit
in Hae beside HIM. If he does not think
these things liz is Il dulard-or, maybe,
only half Creole: Perhaps his mother
was Rn-AnleTsc;sp, or, Scotch. And. then
-? Perhaps he would not think them
because they might not be trne. They
would be ether things. other things just
as fine and guod no douht-they might
even have rar" beauty Of Il different
type-but the Creole WOMAN is flower
She is & magnolia or observation-disclosures
ionallr. a camraia-or. especially when
there is Il good walrI drop Of Spanish
blood in her veins, she is a red. red rose
-, rescstos, sweet to- pass untouched but.
for her perfect dignity and 4 niquant
hautcur that is as protective as any
thorn upon a roses stem.
Properly speaking. or rather. narrowly
speaking, the Creolez is an American.
born of French&or Spanish parents, or of
both. and strictly, both parents should
themselves be forcisn-horn. but the
Creole is often only the ., great-grcat-
grandson Of 4 Creole. aud some of their
families of purcst blood could not reach
the mother country without going back
through three or four .American-born
generationS.-Rnth McEncry Stuart III
Ladies' Home Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
M'CULLAGH COULD BE FRANK.
To One Persistent Woman He Confided 9
Great Secret.

Great Secret. -
Like all other editors. J. b. McCul-
lagh was sorely tried by the individual
with manuscript. He did not care for
voluntary contributions on any subject,
and very few of them were ever used.
The people who brought them in were
curtly disposed of when they belonged to
the masculine sex, but it was not easy to
get rid of them when they happened TO
be women. 1t. was his habit for ihany
years to bring such callers to my desk,
telling them in gracious way that was
in charge of such matters and would be
pleased to have them take a seat and
read their pieces to me; and then he,
would stand back within hearing dis
lance and chuckle over my misery
On one occasion, however, a visitor of
this kind refused to be put off; and in
sisted that it was his duty not only to-
publish her article, but to see that it
went in the Sunday issue, because more
people read the paper on that day than
on any other.
Madame he blnndly replied, 1.-THE
reason why SO many people read the
Sunday paper is that we keep, such stuff
out of it.''-St. Louis GlObc-Dcn,Ocrat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
To Keep Violets Fresh.

To keep violets fresh when wearing
them on the person wrap the stems first
III cotton dipped ii, sailed water and
then i'll stinfoil. When they are not do
ing spryice tho stems should lie put III,
galted water, the tops sprinklel and the.
whole covered closely with confeetioners'
paper and put in 4 cool place. Iii this.
way the blossoms may be preserved for.
several days, -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
.Mnnnfact,Sire, Of DYES. :.

China and japan are large buyers of
animal dyes. Germany makes nine.
tentls of the whole quantity of dyes used
in the world. Seine manufacturers en-
sploS COCO workmen and 60 TO IS chem
lists, paying dividends up to d per cent.
Some of the chemists arc always occu-
pied in theoretical studies and expert
smenting. with Il view to discovering new
processes. The money spent on such res
search work is not Manufacturer,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
The Danger of Confidence.

Everything; that is delightful is dan-
gerous, and the woman friend. OH ac-
count of tho very. sympathy and under
standing which makes her such 4 COM
fort, may become ii source OF peril to
the unWnry, who are apt to cOniide too
much. a cynic once said that the only
way to treat friends was to remember
that. some day they might become enc
mics. 10 do this would be to do away
with all friendship, all trust, all that
makes love sweet and beautiful, but at
the same time there is Il world Of sound
advice in Burns admonition to faye
keep something to yourself you scarcely
tell to any" If the details of your pri-
waite affairs, your griefs, and trials, and
joys, and. hopes, arc not to become pub
lie property, you must keep your own
counsel, or else trust someone for hay
ing more discretion than you have, your
self. 81 ~ &z VII. e@. +. = o.
U There are many women capable Of the
most exalted friendship, great Of heart,
broad III sympathy, wise lin council.
Having found one of these, grapple her
to your heart with hooks Of steel, but
remember that the trucst friendship is
all the finer for its reserve. The heart
that turns out,evGry thought md emotion
Tor our inspection is like o shallow box,
of which I've soon tire, because W know
all its contents VIC like to feel that,in
the soul OF those nearest and tlpurest TO
us there are still depths which the, plum,
met of our love has never sounded, and
secret chambers the opening Of whose
doors may some day food our friendship
with perfume and light.--St. Louis Re
public. "a. 81 Il .5sss. s55fs s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
The british Mustache.

That the mustache is still regarded us
part and parcel of the uniform of the
British army is shown by the circular
just issued BY the secretary of state for
swAr to tho various commanding generals,
calling upon them to take the necessary
steps to secure the enforcement Of the
Queens regulations requiring officers to
zadorll their upper lip with 4 hirsate
growth. # a' SIS ss. e " E. >5gS5 ssS 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
Cultivate Beauty.


Personal beauty has always been a
letter Of credit which the world has
fastened to honor. Those who have come
10 us with goodly forms and beautiful
faces and high spirits we have received
with open arms. asking very little else
of them in the way OF -credentials Or
performances We have never judged
them by the strict laws that obtain for
the less well-fayored. The misdceds of
the attractive child are passed over with
al indulgent smile. The beautiful wom-
an and handsome man are forgiven many
things that another might not do, with
IMMUNITY.
In sober moments of reflection we To-
pudiate this beauty worship, and say
that all is vanity We speak of admiral
ton for Intelligent minds aud noble
souls, but this is merely Il makeshift
to salve over our own wounded vanity.
1t is not for the saint or for the elderly
smile springs unbidden to our. lips, and
our hearts warm even when they are
personally unknown to us. We save that
for beauty. she of the roseleaf skin and
starry eyes. It is natures own tribute
to nature. :,
No woman, at least. ever reaches a
point of philosophy when she is recon-
her to hear that beauty is only skin deep,
when the skin is the perfect complexion
of another woman. 10 her the marvels
Of the fairy tales of modern science have
brought nothing more worthy of graft
tude than the hope they hold out to
homely women Of lettering their looks.
In olden times the Ugly duekling re- re-
the chapter. Now we know that willie
the ugly woman can never become a
radiant beauty. much may be done to
Improve matters. Intelligence and care
i'll proper food, exercise, masseurs, and
careful and discriminating taste in dress
are all potent factors i'll developing good
looks, and lii giving an, Impression of
beauty where none exists. Many wom>
an who is called handsome is admired
for her clothes and not herself.
Aside from these merely physical con-
siderations, it is an interesting; fact to
note how much the mind affects not only
the expression, but the actual contour of
the face. Sometimes it seems to chisel
harsh features and coarse features into
a kind Of spiritual beauty. Poets and
rcmanccrs have sung the wondrous love-
Illness of Indian maids. and of the UNI
couth mountain girls, who plow the fields
and make moonshine whisky. Those of
us who have been brought face to face
with these children of nature have looked
III VAIN Tor the cNtOllcd: beauty, ana
felt that another idol had been shattered
when we saw only heavy features and
lack-luster eyes. It is owing to this
mental refining that we see many people
homely. and plain, in youth, who in mid.
die life blossom out into a kind of Indian
summer loneliness. ENROLLING ideals
and thoughts grave lines of beauty ON
many face that but for them must be
hopelessly ugly. They are like the light
set behind an alabaster vase that glori-
fes it.-New Orleans Picayune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09

Avoid apparent regularity, Don't think
because You place 4 sofa across one cor
sner OF u room that yoll must treat any
or. all the others similarly. While 4
scheme of arrangement is essential. care
must be takcl TO conceal it. Large
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
Rest-Sweet Rest.


The typical American knows more
about rushing than about resting, and
seems entirely ignorant of the art of
combining labor and repose. His life Is
one mad race for wealth, power OF fame;
and he would rather have it brief and
brilliant than long and commonplace,-
Talk to him Of rest, and he will promptly
inform you that he has no time for it,
that his business flags just as soon as he
relaxes augbt Of his vigilance and en-
ersy. and that while he can allow his
ford to leave his post for any length of
time. This is true of the typical Amer
lean man and woman.
Foreigners are inclined to find fault
with the type, for which there is reason
enough. They are unused to it, and it
jars upon their ideas of true living. They,
consider rest the most serious business of
life, and cannot comprehend why any
body should prefer wearing out to rust
ing out. or how any one should find real
pleasure in a life Of unbroken activity.
Hence the American character is largely
mystery to them, being so marked by
nervous energy and wanting so much the
quality of repose. 1t is Il part of the re-
ligion of the average European, especial
~ of the higher class of society, to avoid
all manner Of cxertfon that savors of
good:
Neither extreme is desirable. for if is
almost as bad, iii one sense, to wear out
as to rust out. The final result is the
same; the WORKOUT machine is no better
than the useless one. There must be a
golden mean. A well-oiled machine
should not wear out, and a busy man or
woman need not break down, if he or
she will but soften the effect of wearing
tasks with q judicious amount Of rest.
The ideal life requires 4 proper inter-
mingling of activity and rest, and is best
described as restful activity. In such
life there is neither rust nor wear.
An important lesson. for the busy
housewife to learn is that she can take
rest amid her daily labors, and she must
do this if she would preserve her health
and strength as web as the ability to
enjoy life. The manner in which she
learns and applies it will make all tlle
,]iG renee IL he world to her ;:nd those
about her. If she neglects it altogether,
she will grow old and haggard long be-
fore her time, find her own life devoid of
pleasure and full of drudgery, and prove
herself q kill-joy to all those about her.
The broken-down woman. if she happens
to be Of the Mrs. Gradgrind type, ex-
cites more disgust than compassion.
Work never killed Or hurt anyone, if it
was accompanied with a proper amount
of recreation and relaxation It is the
habit of doing too much Mt a stretch
without suitable intervals of rest, or
overtaxing one's strength by trying to do
the work of two, and fretting over the
result, that kills. The art Of resting
after work and while one works may not
be the most important. business of life,
but it certainly belongs to it, Let no
woman, however strong she may be; i'm
agine that she can go OH working inces-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09

:. Fit the corners securely together, and
fasten them with glue and nails or
screws. BE careful to get the frame
square, SO as to receive the top and bot
tom boards nicely; they can be fitted in
place and fastened with screws. About
the top and bottom Of the box. fit and
secure q band of wildwood half an inch
i'll thickness and six inches wide ut the
top and four inches at the bottom
Having thus fitted and fastened the
box together, measure three inches down
from the top and saw off the lid. or
cover, with ripsaw. Then plane the
rough edges so that it will make tight
joint. Figure l is Il sectional view Of
the chest, showing top, bottom and end;
also the runner,
Fasten the cover to the body of the
chest with strong brass hinges, and to
the inside of the ends three inches be-
low the top, fasten runner OH which a
tray or two may be supported. The
trays y~bc fitted with divisions for
najls, screws and tacks of various sizes.
Handles shouiu be fastened to the ends
and a lock provided: this last is very
necessary if one is choice of his tools.
If thought desira BILE, the chest may be
either stained or. vanished. or protected
by several coats Of seane. :durq bic paint.
This will tend TO prevent varying if It
chances to get wet. J: Harry Adams.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
4 Boys First Circus

a thud of unseen hoofs first set us
a-quiver: then L crash of cymbals, 4
iangle of bells, hOarse applauding roar.
and Coralie was i'll the midst of ns, whrl-
flush, radiant, now crouched, to the. flow
ing name: swung and tossed and nodded
by the maddening; dance music of the
band. The mighty whip of the count in
the frock coat marked time with pistol
shots: his war cry. whooping clear above
the music; fired the blooI with a passion
cxultant. crashed through f1ie paper
hoops. We gripped the rcd cloth in front
of us, and our souls sped round with
Coralie, leaping with her, prone with her.
swung by manc or tail with her. 1t was
feats. nor, her cream-colored horse of
fairy breed. long-tailed, roe-fU0tc,l: an en-
chantel prince surely. # ever there was
one.
1t was moro than mortal beauty-dis-
played, too; under conditions, never
spellbound. What princess had arms so
dazzling wlute,''or went delicately clothed
in such pink and spangies? Hitherto we
had known the outward woman as but q
tlrab thing, hour-s1ass shaped, nearly leg
less. punched here, CONSTRUCTED there: slow
-lusty action of limb. Here was a. rev
citation! From henccforth our imagna.
tons would have to be revised and cor
rccted up to date. In one of these swift
PUSHES the -mind makes in hiSh-strung
moments / saw myself and Coralic, close
embodied. pacing the world together. DER
hin and plain. through storied cities. past
rows of applauding relations-I in my
Sunday :knickerbockers,:;, she in her pink
and slangles---Scrbncrs.
=. They Know Too Much.
= \ mother who has. brought up boil,
boys and girls is strongly opposed to
spring. She SAYS that a girl usually does
not got out of college until She is % or
%. and by that time her chances Of
marriage arr sensibly diminished But
there arc great many who hold that Il
girls chance a.; Of happiness is really IN
other hand, Il girl is flung into society,
immature and half educated, with no
future before her, except in nlatrimOny,
and her ignora nee of the world is such
that she is likely to make II match which
hand t te COLLEGE rir has LEARNED how hte
extract pleasure from books and pictures:
and she can earn her own living and
does not depend upon tho chance of scme
man offering her a home. In fact, she is
not SO prone to take the first chance that
offers, and =whiles it is probable that IA
diminished by higher education" it by
no means follows that,the higher elucsl.
tion diminshes her chance Of happiness.
q, 49, The Isuby.' : 10y <
The engagement ring par excellence of /
the year of grace 1896 was the ruby. Of [
all stones It's said to be the luckiest. /
owing to the pretty legend connected |
with it's name. Noah-so the legend goes
possessed a ruhy of exquisite brillianey
in the ark, and the light it radiated /
was sufficient to illuminate the boat I'M
til all the dangers of the dark waters |
we've passed. Anyhow, legend or no
legend. the ruby was ever the gem most |
.pried as a love token in the ages of
long, long. ago,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
TOBACCO FROM AUSTRALIA,
1t May Compete in England with the
American Product.

1t May Compete in England with, the
American Product.
A few months ago the minister of lgri-
culture at Melbourne decided, in order to
encourage an export trade. in Victoria
grown tobacco leaf, to send Il few SAM
pies of the article to London to rest it's
value in the market. He thought that
there, and in that. way keener cosnpeti-
tibn, would prevail in Australia for the
leaf with the result that there would be
a rise in the selling price. The growers,
however. did not respond to the offer
| made by Mr.. Tayener, but they now re-
greet their inaction, owing to the absence
Of any competition in the local market
for the leaf. Mr.. Bondurant, the gov
ernment tobacco expert, hopes, however.
to send to England next year a consign-
ment Of leaf which has been sown and
planted according to his directions 1t
will also he cured in accordance with his
instructions, and he believes that re-
muneratiye prices will be obtained for it.
Could Not Turn 1t.
1t is said that Stuart, the celebrated
the fault-finding of those sitters who pre-
ferred .flattery i'll portrait to an exact
likeness. He was not slow TO speak his
mind to such patrons as displayed this
feeling.
At one time man and wife came to
him to have their portraits painted. The
lady was q woman Of much character,
great kindness of heart, and withal DOS.
sessed of fortune which perhaps had
helped her husband to discover and APP
.preciate her many virtues, but she was
Extraordinarily plain in her personal. ap.
pearance.
When her portrait was finished, the
husband. was not pleased. He, wanted
some Of the pcculiarities of her face
softened on the :eanvast though in the
original nothing could be done to I'M
t.. Stuart, with unusual forbearancc. did
I his best to accedc to his patrons wishes
and: vet preserve. tho likeness. When ht
had done all that seemed to him could
possibly be done in honesty TO his sitter,
/ he sent again for the husband.
To his disgust the man Expressed him;
self rs, still dissatisfied with the result.
At that Stuart, throwing zip his hands
with gesture of :desnair. began to pace
his studio, and ut last broke out into a
solilouuy
''What miserable life the artists ISL
he cried. ''''Worricd' to. :death by the
demands and complaints Of his patrons!
Here is a man who brings me an excel
lent potato, and finds fault because
cannot turn it into n pea chE - =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09

Artificial Water Spout,

We often hear of the natural phenom-
ellon Of the waterspout-tha great. col
ulnn of water ascending from the ocean
to the clouds in. seeming defiance of the
law of grayitation. For the benefit Of
those who would like to have a water
spout of their own, this ARTICLE will show
how one may be made artiticially. i'll
miniature. by means of very neat and
interesting experiment.
First. however, it will be. we'll for the
experimental to consider the necessary
conditions of the original He must have
water heated to Il degree that will just
allow il vapor to arise, and he must pro.
vide some mechanical means to produce
that gyratory motion of the air which
will whip the ascending yapor into shape
First secure n strong oblong box open
at the top: this should be fastened firm
>ly to a table. The box should be about
three feet in height and two feet square
at the bottom, with one of its sides OF
glass, so as to give a view of the expert
mcnt; and the: whole must be perfectly
water tight Over the top construct: q
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
Rowland's Printing Telegraph.

The multiplex printing telegraph, in
vented by Prof Henry 4. Rowland of
the Johns Hopkins university, is about
ready for commercial use. DIR. Rowland
II mt present perfecting the invention
and expects i'll short time to exhibit
DIR. Rowland first secured successful re-
suits from his experiments, a description
OF the apparatus was published. By the
instrument an operator can transmit a
telegram written upon typewriter and
have it reproduced in typewriter form
at the receiving end. In addition to
the type;sriting part of the invention. DR..
Rowland, with his new machine, can
send over the same wire five or six diff
t:rcnt messages at the same tililc in ons,
direction, which, in duplex, makes ten on
twelve messages that can be transmit
ted OH the same wire ut the same time.
Thus. with five operators at each end Of
line. sending each an average of thirty
words q minute, 800 words can be traJ,s-:
United cach minute. DIR. Rowland s.iin-
qu'red at the patent office in Washington
and was informed that ITO such sinven-
ton has ever been received there, type
cd before, but upon entirely different
principles. bic has used synchronous
device iii his invention, and in the, me-
chaDical arrangement of the typewriter,
has used but eight signals, the letters
beng produced by combinations. The
current of electricity transmitting the
message can be relayed, and III this man-
ner the invention can be operated for
great distances. When completed, Dr.
Rowland says, the new instrument Will
be as convenient and as easily operated
as the ordinary telegraphic dispatching
and receiving apparatus.--NeWY York Ad-
yertiser. .s+r7 X T. .s;szlssz ESs E:sa$s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
Compressed Air as Motive Power.


Within week seven cars with com
pressed air as a motive power will be
cafry!ng passengers over the tracks of
the metropolitan Traction company, New
York; A lno.th later, perhaps, there
VIII DC running in experimental locomo-
tive, drawing five cars, over the tracks
of*thc Sixth. avenue elevated line. Tho
compressed air power company has filed
with County Clerk Purroy d certificate
showing that oDe-haif Of their capital
Within the neyt tWo vears # is p nlannni
to. extend the compressed air system to
all Of the cross-town lines operated by the.
Metropolitan Traction COMPANY.
The seven motor cars for the Metro
over to that company q few DAYS ago
They have been experimental with for
several weeks past ard for part OF the
time have carried passengers. .Fbe gem
eraf appearance Of the street car is not
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09

S H is the great desideratum In life to
know when and how to rest, and it is no
safe theory Of good house keeping that ig-s
snores TINT fact. Good housekeeping is