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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
When Girls Uso Slang.

1T is unfortunate that slang phrases
are so easily slipping into our every day
conversation, and taking apparently so
fixed place in our talk" writes Edward
w. Box in the Ladies' Home Journal.
And the worst of it is that so many
people are using slang entirely uncon-
scious of the fact that they are doing So.
II the common usage of slang were CON
lined to a particular order of girls, it
would, perhaps, serve as an Indicator of
character, and pass unnoticed. 1t would,
at least, not touch the sensibilities of
gentlefolk. But it is not so confined.
Slang is invading the very incest Of cir
eles; it is beginning to- influence the talk
OF our most carefully reared girls. And
this is why the habit should receive
closer attention. Girls are forgetting
that slang phrases and refinement are
absolutely foreign to each other. A
slang phrase may be more expressive
than a term of polite usage, but it is
never impressive, except to impress IN
favorably. 1t is high time that our
girls should realize that they should
speak the English language in their con-
versation, and not the dialect of the
race-track, nor the lingo of the baseball
field. A girl may cause a smile by the
apt use of some slang phrase. But, in
Wardly, those who applaud her place her,
at the same time, in their estimation.
no girl ever Won an ounce of respect by
Delng slangy: On the contrary, many a
girl, unconscious of the cause has found
herself gradually slipping out Of peoples
respect by the fact that her talk was
dotted with slang phrases. oh. she is
clever said woman not long ago, of a
girl who could keep company constant
ly amused by her apt use of slang. She
amuses me greatly. But 1 should not
care to invite her to my home nor have
my girls know her It is poor popular
itty for girl, which has as it's only basis
the cap and bells of the jester. The life
of the Jester is never lnnp',
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
Silkworln Industry.

Perhaps no more curious utilization in
the insect industry is known than that
relating to the intestines of the Spanish
silkworm for the production of fishing
lines. 1t appears from the report of the
United States consular agent at Grao.
Valencia, that, since the decline of silk
culture in Spain, the gut industry, as
it is called, has increased, until now
about per cent. of the Spanish silk grub
are used in it. After the grub has eaten
enough mulberry leaves, and before it
begins to spin, in May and June, it is
thrown into vinegar for several hours
and the insect being thus killed. the sub
stance which. it alive, it would have
spun into a cocoon is drawn out from the
dead worm into a much thicker and
shorter silken thread. This is an opera
ton requiring deXterity and experience.
Two thick threads from each grub are
placed for about four hours in clear. cold
water, after which they are dipped dur
ing ten or fifteen minutes in solution of
some caustic. soft soap dissolved in wa
ter being used in Grao; this process loos-
ems the fine outer skin. which is then re-
moved with the hands, the workman
holding the thread between his teeth, and
the silk is then hung up to dry, care be-
ing taken to chose a shady place. as the
sun makes the threads too brittle after
wards. The threads are made ND in
neat bundles of a hundred and are sold
by the ten of these bundles. or 1000
threads; according as the threads are Hat
or round Murcia is the chief place for
the industry, but Valencia the best mar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
The Newspaper as a College.

The opinion cntcrtaincd by great
many more or less prejudiced persons that
Il good newspaper office is the best school
going seems TO gain some justification
from certain passages III the newly-issued
volume OF essays and discourses by Presi-
dent Eliot. Discussing wherein modern
education has failed to dc all that was
expected Of it. DR.. Eliot says: "Thesc.
then, are he four things III which the
trained, # bis Judgment and reasoning
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
Kerosene a Bane To China,

China, or at least some of the officials
of China, wished few years ago to
of American kerosene. Chang Chitung,
viceroy of Canton, addressed memorial
to the Emperor, in which he arragned
kerosene as the greatest menace to the
peace and prosperity of the empire. 1t
burned up 400 houses in Swallow, he said,
and cost 800 people their lives. Soon
ton and destroyed $10,O0O,O00 worth of
property. 1t was responsible, he de-
clared. for nine-tenths of the fires that
occurred every winter in Canton.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
Politics q Costly Game

The United States Senate is sometimes
called "miIlionaire''s club and very Of
ten criticism is made OH the prominence
of wealthy men in public life But the
fact seems to be that it takes money ia
hold Office in these days of large expendi-
ture. For example, it is said that the
lord lieutenant Of Ireland has a salary of
100000 per annum. but the expenses of
the position are SO high as to make d big
private fortune necessity to the ap-
pointee. -.~ ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
The Working Girl in Society.

The social position of the working girl
is recognized, and it is with her to be a
success in society or not.
She is quick of wit, and she need make
no mistakes if she notes what the older
women do. She will be wise if she makes
for herself friend OF some woman in So
ciety who is older than herself, and who
is kind of heart. But she must not pre-
sumo upon this kindness. The girl who
works, like the girl whose duties are in
her own home, must learn what tact
means.
a well-mannered, tastefully dressed,
agreeable girl is social delight. Beaury
is not social necessity, but desirable
personality is. Therefore, make yourself
agreea BILE. Share your pleasures with
your neighbor, and behold. when your
neighbor has a joy you will be invited to
divide it with her. Selfshness is a girls
social ruin. Tact, which is society's word
for consideration and sympathy, is the
art you must cultivate. And what is tact
after all? 1t is saying and doing the
right thing at the right time and in the
right place. And that is nothing more
than you are asked to do by the greatest
of all Teachers, ''the doing unto others
as you would they should do unto YOU
Ruth Ashmore in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
Why Her Family We're Not Hoa1tbu


When the lecturer at recent meeting
in the interest of hygiene in the home took
as text "A Club Woman's Window"
the audience, largely of club women
prlcked up its ears and prepared for some
thing interesting. The Club Woman's
WlndoW" How well it sounded suggest
ing 1.-The Cars Window" and other de-
llghtiul and vlsta-oDening-up things. Dis
appointment lay in wait for the audience
however. AT the lecturers very first sen,
tence all it's beautiful castles in the air
exploded. Such window was held ND
as something to be avoided and con-
demned, no matter whose it was, The
fact that the one un(ser special considera-
ton belonged to a club woman gave if
point and pathos. The club woman as de-:
scribed by the lecturer was member of
some six or seven intellectual and nhilan-
thropic societies; she was enlightened and
capable; she was wealthy; her home was
luxurious; she had a devoted husband and
three charming children. The only cloud
that hecked her horizon in any direction
was that none of the family was we'll.
especially the children. ''She couldn't un-
derstand how it was," said the lecturer.
"She assured me that they had every.
thing in the way of food, clothes and ex-
ercise that was commendable, but as soon
as l entered her home I understood if in
flash. 1t was the windows; everyone
of them, all over the house; in the draw
ing room, library, dining room, sleeping
rooms; even in the nursery AS originally
built, these were good, big, broad aper-
lures, capabl of letting in any amount of
air and light and sun, had not the club
woman in her ignorant, unhygienic aes-
theticism willed it otherwise. There were
first outside shutters to the windows,
then inside shutters, then shades, then
sash curtains of thin silk Over the sash
curtains fell long curtains of lace, over
these half curtains of lined silk Heavy
tapestry hangings topped the whole, head
cd with an deliberately carved dust-catch-
ing. misunderstanding cornice of wood.
And yet that club woman wondered why
her family was not healthy. "-Philadel-
phia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
A Martina or

Rome's curiosity is being aroused by
the sight of a sea monster lately brought
from Porto d'Anzio, where it was dis
covered by German student who was
walking near "Nero's grottoes." When
he saw the monster in one of the grottoes
he called immediately for help, and some
boatmen ran to him. They soon recog-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
Can't Marry HIS Mother.

The King of Siam has the most wives
of any Asiatic monarch perhaps, though
the Queen is his own half-sister. He
also has the right to any and all of the
girls in the kingdom, though the laws do
provide that he cArhot marry his mother
OF his mother-ip- law. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
Live Pig in School Room.

For years it has been the custom of
each pupil attending the Flushing IL. H.
public school to bring to school the day
before Thanksgiving an Offering for the
Flushing hospital. Yesterday the pupils
marched into the assembly room loaded
down with offerings, which We're placed
on the stage. Several boys carried Il bas-
ket which they lifted up the stage.
Unfortunately the basket overturned.
and the cover fell off and out popped Il
lively young pig.
The little animal frisked about the
stage while the asesmblage of school Off
GERS and visitors attempted TO- capture
it, The pig led them all a lively chase,
hut was finally caught and returned to
the basket.
The escape of the youthful porker
raised storm of merriment among the
pupils, and it was some time before order
was restored and the musical and re-
ligous exercises of the day gone through
Withdrew York Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
NiEht.Shining Plants.

There are number of plants and
flowers which give out phosphorescent
light in the dark. Linnaeus first noticed
this phenomenon in the common nastur-
tium, whose flowers seemed to him to
have a faint iridescence at night. Later
observations by others showed that the
light was stronger after very sunny days.
Among other plants which possess this
singular property are the marsh lily and
the fraxinella. The last named secrets
a volatile oil which, says Il recent writer
in La Nature, oozes out during hot wealth
er, spreads in thin layer over the
flowers, and forms vapor which be-
comes luminous in the darkness. In the
coal mines near Dresden grows species
Of fungus which Exhibits the appear
ance of luminous festoons of shifting
colors."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
To Kcep Baby's Eyes Bright.

If you waEt your baby's eyes large
and fine as possible, keep it in dark
room the first month of it's life-in IL
room with green shades. Did you ever
notice how large and liquid baby's
eyes are in their tranquil opening in it's
shaded corner, and how they retreat and
shrink up when the light is admitted?
That is the foundation of the miserable,
small eyes and peering sight which dis
figures our people-that and the school
books and the small print newspapers
and monthly magazines. Impure air
also ruins young eyes and dulls their
color" says Shirley Dare, who is now
prepared to give advice to the third gen
Grafton.
In nine cases out of ten a baby dies
from cold, or the effects of cold, such as
collie and various internal disturbances.
Give child pure air, good handling and
keep it warm, but lightly clad, and it
will survive even a bringing up Oh pat
ent baby food, if that must be. When
it goes out put the hot soapstone, welt
wrapped, under the pillow on which it
lies; put it near the child's feet. as he
rests, and he will sleep surprisingly.
When old enough to be taken up dress
him warmly with long silk sleeves and
bag-like stockings of fleece-lined silk up
to the Understandings he can kick about
in but cannot kick off. as they are tied to
the most Indispensable part of his fur
nishings.and you secure healthy skin
and wel-knit muscle growth. Close stock
lngs are quite enough to cramp and dis
tort it's feet and legs for life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17

shangaroo-tati Soup Beats Ox-tail.
Kangaroo tails for soup have been sent
to London from Australia. A shipment
of twenty-five hundredweight was sold at
the rate Of So dozen tails. In Austria
{ LA they are + considered !, q great delicaey.-
+ Indianapolis Sentinel, 5ss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
(1lasCOw's Family Homes.

F Among the many new things started
Is ntened many + for
widowers and widows who go out to
work, There are 100 bedrooms, each Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
Franklin's Grave Neglected.

Benjamin Franklin's grave is in neg
lected condition. No appropriate stone
rises over it, the ground round about it is
uncared for, and the tomb of the great
scholar and statesman is as obscure as
that of man whose name and fame We're
no part of the glory of his country
His grave is destitute even of a head
marble slab which was placed there a
hundred years ago, and is now worn and
discolOred by age.
Nothing has been done to it since Frank
lin was buried there, and even the modest
arrangements of the grave are not kept
in the perfect condition that is expected of
a great mans tomb. The earth on all
sides is bare of grass the common thatch-
ing of the commOnest grave. and an air of
desolation is about the whole place.
The sexton said that the descendants of
Franklin would not do anything to repair
the grave neither would they allow any
body else to do anything. Every day he
has received offers of subscriptions from
visitors, who are distressed by the for
lorn appearance of Franklin's resting
place and who would like to see it i'm
proved. In reply he says, as he has been
instructed. that Franklin wished it So
being plain man, averse to display of
any kind" Not long ago, at his own e3-
pense. he had the fading inscription rerut.
or else even the only distinguishing mark.
the name, would be gone.
If he had not done so. the last resting
place of the greatest man. outside of
Washington. in American history. would
have been forgotten and unknown. Who
is responsible for this condition of affairs
Not the living relatives of Franklin. The
responsibility rests with the American
people, to whom the man belongs. They
should see to it in the future that what
little is there to mark the grave is kept
in better order than it has been in the
past.
Before he died Franklin provided for
his own gravestone and instructed a stone
cutter of his acquaintance in every detail,
even to the inscription which was to be
placed upon it. He desired to be buried
beside his wife, who died some years be-
fore, and common slab was to be placed
over them both. The inscription ar
ranged as he ordered it reads:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17

lnnrIerlNiD Sen1Hn reS,

In !; vast ma jority of cases the crimi
nal who has received more than one SEN
tcnce is beyond the possibility of reform.
1t is probable tina most of all criminals
are incurable. at least under the meth
DDS of the ordinary pentitentiary. What
the system employed at the Elmira pris
on may do it will require Il longer time
to determine. In any event. the principle
of indcterminate sentences, if applied
under the direction of Il body of enlight-
encd and competent men. would work no
hardship along with such 4 measure of
prison reform as the conditions warrant.
If man is doomed to continued impris-
Onment. rs the chronic insane are. 1t is
his own fault or the fault of his inner
itance Those who have the disposition
and the power to reform can open their
own doors to freedom. The instances
are many where a confirmed criminal
has been released at the expiration of
his term, only to commit a murder.
Nearly all such criminals Immediately re-
new their former associates and habits.
With the almost positive knowledge that
tCrmiGCs the sentence must be conscious
of affording only 4 brief respite to So
ciety from the murderous or felonious as
suults of the convicted criminals
1t is doubtful if halfway measures of
reform in this matter are of any value
AS long as the change in the law means
only the conditional release of excep-
ticnal convicts selected by the courts
there is not likely to be the same machin-
cry for learning the condition of the con-
victS that we should have if all sentences
were without term. s'zsE-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
The Jewcss in Her Home.

Emerson has said; IF you would
know Il thing truly you must see it in its
setting" The setting of the Jewess is
her home; she cannot be known else
where and how many Christians ever see
her there? If necessity, or perversion of
taste, or greed, place her behind a coun-
ter, or bring her to the marts where mer-
chants do congregate, she does not ap-
pear as her true self; metaphorically
speaking, she dons "man's garments
something forbidden in the Sacred Law
of Moses.
Inc .)eWeSS was never meant for Il So
cicty lady, nor for devotee of the lit
erary and pOetical art; only in times of
the deepest national emotion Il Miriam or
Debora would arise Although she knows
the use of the tongue as well as any of
her sisters in other regions of the earth,
she is never applauded for being "a bril-
liant yconversationalist. Neither is she
intended for sanity recluse or flesh
MISUNDERSTANDING penitent. Her mis-
sion is the gospel Of sweetness and light,
to smooth the rough places of this world
to delight by her grace and beauty, if so
favored by God. Otherwise, she con-
soles herself with the assurance of her
classical poet, that, after all, "Grucc may
prove deceitful and beauty Il vanity, the
dureth forever" "Give her of the fruit
of her hands; and let her own works
praise her.'-Dr. Gustav Gottheil in La
dies Home Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
Women anu the Tariff.

execration from the female sex, who can
no longer go abroad and return with an
unlimited supply of wearing apparel.
The hundred-dollar limit almost prohibits
the importation of gowns, millinery and
the various knickknacks so dear to Il
woman's heart.
However, where the society woman
loses, the dressmaker gains, as those
women who are unable to pay the exor-
bitant duties must employ home talent,
neither can those of restricted means use
imported goods, but must patronize tex
tile fabrics made in their own country.
This will Of course stimulate American
manufacturers and give an impetus to
home ndustry-Countess de Montaigu in
GOdey's Magazine,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17

s = Gossip for the Ladies y E


we'll the tickle nature of our fashionables
to hope to have such sensible notions of
gnyety 4 permanence--was eXempltied
the other. day at the establishment Of a
well-known dressmaker, who was asked
by transient customer if she was max
ing many. fine gowns for the horse show.
Madame looked ut her as if she pitied her
for her ignorance. "My customers no
longer come to town for the horse show"
she said. ''rhey doubtless will go to sec
the horses, but this year it will not be a
dress affair among the best people,
New York Tribune. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
Ia lest of Trees.

In New South Wales. Victoria and
Tasmania grows species of gumtree-
Eucalyptus amydalna is it's scientific
name.which, Sir F: yon Mueller says;
trees of the globe" The Hottest spec-
men of this tree yet measured towers to
the height of All feet. A PROSTATE tree.
measured in Victoria. was 42O feet long.
and the distance from the roots to the
lowest branch was 295 feet At that
point the trunk was four feet in diameter,
and 800 feet from the butt the diameter
was still three feet. The wood of this
tree is hard and of good quality; it grows
quickly and yields a great quantity of
VIOLA tile oil from its leaves, which are
very abundant
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
BENJAMIN
: AND FRANKLIN
DEBORAH
fSOA


Everything was done as he desired. and
the work was paid for out of his estate
and stands today the same as when he
died Philadelphia Times. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
Audubon's Monuine emit.

4 quaint monument marks the last rest
ing place of James Audubon. the natural
list, in Trinity cemetery, on Washington
heights. 1t is massive shaft. i'll the
form of cross, and was erected by the
New York Academy of Science. On
the pedestal is sculptured portrait bust
of Audubon. and on the cross, and ex-
tending it's full length Oh either side. are
carved figures of wild and domestic ami
mails. Beneath are the inscriptions:
20, all We animals of the earth, bless yc
the Lord; praise Him and ma gnify Him
forever" On the two remaining sides
are crossed guns, hunting bag. powder
horn and bullet pouch and palette and
brushes. 1t took the admirers of the
naturalist just forty-two years to decide
that he was worth tablet out of the
ordinary.-New York Letter to Pittsburg
Dispatch.