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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Repair the Voice.

There is something quite novel in the
way Of vocal culture in Paris. DR..
Sandras, whose reputation in the medi-
cal fraternity, forbids even n suggestion
of his being fraud, proposes to estab-
lish college for vocal students i'll that
city where voice will not merely be
cultivated but actually made and re-
paired. Speaking of the Sandras idea
the Boston ranscript says: ''Style and
method will Of course have to be studied,
bit beyond the technique and the intel
lcctual side of the art there will be moth
ing to thwart the hopes of the most am
bilious vocalist. The divine gift of song
Will be supplied in the college course,
and voice of any required caliber or
register will be presented to the student
by DR.. Sandras. The class will, in
fact, contain nothing but embryo Mel
bas, De Reszkes and Plancons. The en-
tcrprising physician claims that in order
to modify the sounds of the human
voice one has only to inhalc the vapors
OF certain liquids and essences. Thus,
inhalation of curacao. according to DR..
Sandras, will raise the voice two full
notes. the aspira ton Of absinthe will
add one high and two low notes, and
two low notes. For the strengthening of
the medium notes periodical recourse to
rum i'll which coffee beans have been dis
solved is recommended. There are
other odors that are said to be even
more efficacious. though they have the
disadvantage of being much less agree
able. For instance. there are kerosene
and turpentine, and even strychnine.
Ihe effect of the latter, according to DR..
Sandras' theory, is positively marvellous.
He claims that it raises tho voice no
fewer than five notes"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

-1.ondon's chamber OF commerce has
taken hint from the New York cham
Der, and proposes to hold monthly ban
quets.
York house at TwickcDnam has been
bought by the Due rAunlale for So
600. He will give it as a wedding pres
ent to the Due d'Orleans.
-Germany's decay in musical matters
is beginning. 1t has been found advisa-
bic lately to provide analytical pro-
grammes at Dresden concerts.
Street cars arc beginning to make
war against omnibuses i'll England
Petitions for twenty-nine lines in Biz
mingham alone are now before Parlia-
ment, while Leeds, Manchester, Shelf
field, Bradford, Halifax and Hudders-
field all apply to power to construct new
tramways.
-Thirty-onc armor plates. weighing IF
teen tons apiece, were built into tn"
English battleship Caesar in one week
recently at Portsmouth. This is Il rec
ord for quick work in England, the best
previous performance at the Portsmouth
dockyard having been the putting into
position of twenty plates in a week when
the Prince George was built.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

most persons possess to some extent In
one line or another No one ean TAKE
course of instruction III dresslnaking,
and at the end of 4 certain time dc.
clare herself entirely finished md through
with study, for MS long rs we have
fashions, so will we have changes III
STYLES of fabrics and methods Of making
wearing apparel which present constant
opportunity for study. The writer is
never through with study; the doctor is
on the constant lookout for new remedies
ana treatment Of tho various diseases to
which human flesh is heir. and the law
v! Ner studies law rs long as he practices
Ihen why should not the dressmaker
study, when her calling is subject to
more frequent changes than any other
art or profession? She caters to the
tastes aud Whims Of more people than
perhaps any other class of bread winners
unless it be those who eater to the ex-
actions and needs Of the inner man.
FRENCH dressmakers cannot teach the
thlng about neat and good sewing, for
no better seamstresses can be found than
right here IN America. But the French
woman studies each individual customer
her face, her figure, complexion, car
rage and general air--then dresses her
with consistency. while tho American
drcssmaker too often builds a gown to
Hoh St!HSh ana pretty when OH a
dummy, but which, alas! loses it's effect
entirely when put on woman whose
style iS just tho reverse of TINT de-
manucd by tho gown. n dressInakersto
be successful must study the laws of
beauty and style i'll dress, the adaptation
OF certain ideas to certain figures, then
she has the secret of artistic drcssmak-
ing: Learn to adapt the pre-
vailing styles, with necessary alterations,
to your customer and do NOT fry t0
bring your subject to the styles in vogue.
Do not copy strictly the details shown
in the fashion-pate, but take that for
your guide as to the leading thought in
style, then modify or elaborate us the
style of your customer may demand
Mary Katherine Howard in Woman's
Home Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
WESTERN MINING NOTES.,

Gold quartz running $500 per ton has
hcsn found in the Eagle mining district,
New. r. :
"A very rich strike was made in the
OcSt gold mine at Silver City, Col, sew
cral days ago.
A strike has leen made IN the Jacks
son mine near Victor, Col. The .Eorcs
runs STA per ton. ]. ..s@-ss5ss 4
According to the Boise Uja,l States,
man Il sample Of ore from the Bird mine
aSsayed $3.50 per ton.
The kaslo-Slocan silver mining dis
trict in British Columbia is 50 miles
wide and $40 miles long.
Some high-grade lead-silver ore is be-
ing taken from the Hidden Treasure
mine in Robinson, New.
Rock reported to assay $4,000 in gold
WAS encountered in the Grandfather
Snyder ninc Osceol., New, recently.
-Ther;. is much excitement ut Dead
Wood over the great strike of ore at
Ragged TOP in the Dacy shaft mines.
The ere runs over $3.50 per ton.
In the lower workings of the Lucky
Boy at Custer county, Ida. ore has been
encountered which shows Il valuation of
several thousand dollars per ton.
-Mackey 4 Flood are preparing to
pump out and work the Allison Ranch
mine. famcNs as one of the former big
producing properties of Grass valley, Cal.
Idaho Springs. Col. reports a ship
ment Of ore from the Gold Medal mine
which returned Il little over $4,000, or
an average of 81 per pound. Second
class ore from the mine returns $500 per
ton. '''
-Great excitement exists in Northern
Wyoming and Western South Dakota
over the recent gold discoveries in Spear
fish canyon. below the falls and about
five miles from the town of S's'artish.
The ere runs fram 800 to 900 per
tea.
Nickel is mining camp which is stu
alcl in Cottonwood canyon near the line
IT Churchill and Humboldt counties,
New. The mines carry high grade ores
IF nickel and cobalt but some trouble
has heretofore been experienced in work
ing them.
The Christmas mine on Bull hill,
near Victor. Col, has been producing
large quantity of very high-grade ore.
\ large body of ore has been encountered
in the 111'.foot level which carries rusty
ore chute gives every promise of continu
ing with depth.
A close estimate of the production Of
precious metals in Colorado in 1896 is:
Cold. S1t,5oO.0on: silver. $1205S.O00.
The mineral output of Arizona for 1896
was As f"llows: Gold, S6ooo,ooo: o, sill
VET, 2,1W,ono ounces: COPPER, 1O2,oUo,-
,Aa, pounds: lead. 2.iOO, 900 pounds.
The mineral product of Utah
WAS 3,561 800 pounds copper, 73,-
iHO.uOO pounds lead. SIPS, 7O5
ounces silver and $1.775.00O gold. a
total valuation of $15.S97.26ti. an in
crease Of 81 :s7777,307 over last year
The output of the coal and precious met
al mires of Washington this year will
exceed S1,GUO,0UU.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

: 4 -
pie acquainted with the usual method of
prononneing Slavic names spoke Sven
gall with both feet on the first syllable.
That was promptly declared an affeeta-
ton, md the a in the name broadened
out until il was 4 foot wide, Mr.. Du
Maurier's statement is founded on the
best possible authority, and it is far more
names of this character. Sn,etana, the
Bohemian composer, Is usually called
Smeta-na. with the accent on the ante
penut. although the name, like others
of u Slavic origin, really has the accent
of the first syllable and is pronounced
Sme-tana. The authority for this pro-
nunciation of the name is the composer
himself, who wrote to Il London news
paper once that his name should be read
like the opening notes Of one of Rectho-
ven's symphonies, in which the accent
falls on the first note. r.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
A GIANT THROUGH DISEASE.
An Oregon Affiiction Proves Puzzle to
Medical Experts.

The attention of the medical world
will probably soon be directed toward
Portland. Or, attracted by the case of
Harry Whitley, 13-year-old boy. who is
suffering from peculiar malady. His
atfliction is predisposition on the part
Of his head. trunk and limbs to grow,
and so rapidly that within a few months
he has developed into being of gigantic
proportions. His is one of the stransest
cases on record.
The Whitley family came from Ogden
about two months ago. They had con-
suited the best physicians in Chicago,
but without avail. Harry's feet, which
are always clad in wooden socks, are too
large for any shoe that is made. His
hands, too, would do credit to brawny-
fsted giant. His head and chest are
wonderfully developed, and he must
weight at least $50 pounds. Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitley have other children, but
they are not similarly afflicted.
This disease which has seized young
Whitley" is pronounced by medical men to
be acromegaly. The physician who is at
tending Harry says that it is nervous
disease and in some way: connected with
a lack Of oxygen in the system. For the
past six months the lad has been
gaining flesh at the rate of ten pounds a
month. The physician in attendance
says that the increase is avoirdupois will
be much greater until some successful
method Of checking the malady i, de-
v;SaH
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

a graphic story is told by Surgeon
Capt. Grey. ono of the officers who
served in Rhodcsia. In the attack on
Mashangombis the horses began to drop.
and soon thirteen lay on the ground. and
it looked as if the men would all be
killed. Evidently Capt. Turner thought
SO: for he virtually gave the order
fight tho best he could for his own hand
But though the horses continued to fall
the men escaped DR.. Grey. to use his
own words, sled toward the way out
under a raking. fire at a gallop and was
closely followed by the troop. Very soon,
however. l fell from the saddle struck
with :: bullet from an elephant gun
me Oh the top of thigh, smashing the
socket of the thigh bone. breaking a vein
and otherwise wounding me. My horse
was carried on at full speed with the
rear guard, which rushed at desperate
speed to clear the pocket-like entrance
of the drift, where the natives were raj
lying in the hope of killing us. As lay
up and saw two natives aiming at ME at
a distance of about forty feet. At the
same moment saw my horse come thun-
dering back from the drift. 1t suddenly
stopped and stood over my PROSTATE
body, covering nc from the firing, and
at the same time making peculiar noise
through its nostrils. | thought it had
been wounded, and that with the pain.
ncisc and confusion it had gone mad.
This notion. however, was soon dispelled,
for it continued to stand over me in a
kneelhg posture, and l could soc that
the faithful animal had come back to
protect me. l may remark here that this
horse, which l myself selected, l made
a pet Of. The assegais from the ap-
preaching natives were now beginning
to fly around me. and thinking if l could
reach my horses back I should be shot.
which was preferable to being assegaied,
/ seized the reins, put my right foot in
the stirrup and made supreme effort
to mount. And l was successful, but
how 1 did it l do not know, for my left
side was entirely paralyzed. On finding
myself in the saddle, l called Go" to my
horse, which dartcd like an arrow to-
ward the exit from the drift. "-Washing-
ton Pest.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Unique Beauty Makers.

Not only pretty actresses with fond
ness for unique advertisements and poet
esses with a fancy for taking the pub
lie into their confidence are addicted to
the milk bath. There are stout. rosy
checked old milk women in the suburban
districts who will tell inquirers in a rich
broguc that in their native country every
milkmaid bathed her face ard arms at
least once day in milk warm and fresh
from the COW. and that their complexions
arc constant testimonials to the value of
the cosmetic. Nothing is more soothing
to a skin smarting under the attacks of
the weather than milk applications. 1t
skin. Of course. very few women can
afford to buy gallons of the fluid for their
baths, but even the impecunous seeker
after beauty may afford the half pint
required for a nightly face wash. 1t
should be- used warm. and the skin
should be kneadcd as the milk is used
Next to a milk bath. an oatmeal bath
is beautifying. That is taken simply by
tossing into the bathtub a bag of cheese.
cloth filled with oatmeal. When the wa
ter is milky from the meal the bath is
ready. The bag may then be used as a
washrag, and many skins which find
soap harsh will respond gratefully to the
cleansing and yet soothing action of the
oatmeal. The bag should not be used
more than once without being cmpticd,
washed and dried
Homemade sulphur baths tone up the
skin when they are taken occasionally
A l0ose]y-woven bag of chccsecloth is
filled with powdered sulphur and dropped
into the warm water in the tub. Many
VIZ ncn find tub baths enervating. These
will find that an excellent substitute may
be had as follows: Allow enough warm
water in the bottom Of the tub to cover
the feet. Stand in this and with flesh
brush Or Turkish washrag, soap and
warm water scou- the body quickly.
Then take quick needle bath. This
may be taken IL bathrooms not fitted
with needle or shower bath appliances
if one will buy piece of rubber tubing
to fit over the bathtub faucet, and sun
ply it 1T the other end with finely
perforated cover, which may be bought
at the plumbers. Needle baths are par
ticularly invigorating.
For morning baths woman who has
given the subject of looks due study rec
ommends the use of Turkish bath nit
tens which have soaked over night in a
bowl of salt water. On rising in the
morning wiring out the mittens, put them
on and rub the whole body briskly.
Dry on towel, not too coarse, and dress
quickly. This will give tirnness and col
or to the skin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
To Preserve Flowers.

Flowers should always be placed in
water as soon as possible after being
picked. When received by post in a
somewhat faded condition. an Immediate
plunge into hot water, with a little sal
volatile will accomplish wonders in the
way of reviving them.
Lilac, laburnum and azaleas :rquirc
to have a piece of the bark stripped up
and left hanging, and this, with Inc adj
dition of a few leaves in the water, will
often keep them in quite fresh condi-
ton for weeks.
The bouquet which you have carried
during an evening will be sure to revive
again if you, will spray it well with
water and put it under bell glass; and
if you wish to wear flowers in your hair
or on your corsage, they may be made to
retain their freshness for an entire even
ing by sealingwaxing their ends care
fully.-London Daily Mail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN,
The Archer,

When May has come, and all around
Ihe$ dande.ions dot the ground,
" Then ont Into the woods / 20, E''> -
Ana lake my arrows and my bow.
OF hickory my bow Is made
Deep.in tarksome forest glade ...
Gut from Il sapling slim aud tall,
And feathered are my arrows nll.
And sometimes I am Robin Hood,
Tint o!den archer brave ana good;
And sometimes I'm an Indian sly.
Who waits to shoot the passers-Dy.
So up and down the woods I roam,
q TIL sunset bids me hurry home
is people by the shadow. men.
And when at night my bow, unstrung,
Is close beside my CULVER hung,
To bed slip and slunber wei,
And dream that / am William Tell.
'r Clinton Scollard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
What Girls Are Doing.

How many girls are there who know
how to keep their checkbooks 80 X"
and their bankhooks in order? There
must be some who do not think they un-
derstand the matter thoroughly. as a
class has just been formed for learning
both of these valuable accomplishments.
Many girls may say they have no bank
books, checkbooks or account books to
keep. But if they have none of their
own, they may have to keep them for
others. The bookkeeping class has just
been started. 1t has secured the services
of proficient teacher, Il woman, and
the girls will meet twice week. for an
hour each time. ut the house of the orig
irator of this capital scheme. There will
be twelve lessons in the course, and the
dues are $15.
That amount will be we'll sDent if the
girls 20 to work seriously to learn to bal
ance their books and keep their accounts
What 4 help to their husbands if they
marry! What a help to themselves if
they don't-cven if they do! Girls have
been known to puzzle and worry enough
over the accounting of small sum of
money. What would they ever do if
they had large fortune to dispose off,
Harrcr's Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
A GhastlY Side.

From Indianapolis comes startling
revelation. # the Sentinel of that city
is not misinformed, the floors Of dancing
Waxed with candle ends collected from
A writer with turn of
fancy for exploiting grim contrasts-M.
Richepin, for instance-lnight produce
quite a CHASTITY little. poem by describing
d throng of young and merry dancers
as they glided over d floor that owed its
smoothness to material which had first
served a purpose so terribly different.
New York riIlles. N
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
A New Tran

The improved trap shown i'll the illus
tration is designed to be perfectly proof
against sewer gas and not liable to
siphon. while being readily accessible
for cleaning and other purposes. It has
been patented by Il man in Iron Noun
tain. Mich Fig l represents the trap
in perspective with portion OF its shell
broken away to show the interior. and
Fig. , is a sectional plan view where
the inner valve is hinged.
In the side Of the trap body. below the
inlet opening. valve is pivoted on 4
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
All q Mistake.

And to think that after ali the country
underwent during the "Trilby' craze it
should only now be discovered that the
common and accepted pronunciation of
Svengalis name was Il mistake. Young
Gerald Du Maurier, who has come to
America as an actor, is authority for
the statement that his father always
pronounced the name with the accent on.
the first syllable. This leads the Phila-
deiphia Times tozobserye: When sTril-s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

cIampinS pivot held on cap screwing in
the lower end of the body. The cap
has an apertured and externally threaded
lug, normally closed by a small cap. per-
hitting attachment to the bottom of the
trap Of a hose from water main or
force pump to remove any stOpDage in
tho outlet pipe. The upper end of the
body of the trap is provided with vent
pipe. connected with the trap by a suita-
bic coupling.
BY unscrcwing the large cap any mat
ter which may clog up the body of the
trap is readily removed. When the
small cap is removed. the valve is closed
to prevent sewer gas from passing
through the empty trap body and up
the inlet niEp
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Experts ut Billiarils.

. Though scarcely big enough to reach
to the top of u billiard table of the or
binary size, Frank and William Hoppe
make some shots with the cue that sur
prise the great players of the world.
They claim the championship Of The
world against all competitors Of their
own age, and no one has yet been heard
from willing to contest their title.
Little Willie is only q years old and his
brother Frank is scarcely 3 years older.
Standing at a billiard table with their
specially made cues, these mites in
waists and knickerbocker trousers, with
more as though they had just been
dressed mp to have their pictures taken
for the family album than as if they
were to play Il real game of billiards.
But when they have mounted chair
placed for them i'll proper position, and
lean over the table edge, ready for work,
there is something in their manner of
handling the cue which instantly makes
it plain that they know their business.
In the first five minutes of the game
which ensues, surprises come with such
rapidly that the on-lookers send out
cheer after cheer; for both the little fell
lows are real wizards Of the cue. Frank.
the elder, is particularly strong in nasse
shots and follows, and keeps the ivory
balls under such perfect control around
the rail as to amaze old-timers. Little
Willie plays Il. more open game, and in
his exhibition work astonshes one both
by tho brilliancy of his attempts and the
delicaty of his touch. In most Of the
match games thus far played, Frank has
been the winner, but this, experts who
have seen them say, is only because the
younger child has not the physical
strength to carry out the schemes Of play
which he originates.
These tiny champions live ut Cornwall
Landing, New York. During the past
year they have been playing regularly
and giving points to all tho billiard play-
ers of the section of the state in which
they live. But the report of their skill
has gone in all directions until now the
big players of the country are eagerly
asking questions about the children with
whom they may presently be called upon
to compete. Never before have such
youthful players gained so remarkable a
reputation. Still. they are just ordinary
boys after all, and when not at the bill
lard table are as anxious to play the or
binary games of children as any other
Youngsters,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
They "Wallowed."

\ writer in the Chicago Times Herald
tells the following in speaking of East
crn Kentucky mountain dialect: \ Bos-
ton newspaper man and myself were
guests of Il prominent Kentuckian in
that part of the state for one night
a while ago. The staple articles of diet
there are corn dodgers. baked in the
ashes of the open fireplace. and bacon.
Butter is practically unknown: it is not
a grazing section. Our hostess, with evil
dent pride. brought out for our delecta,,
ton on the occasion referred to small
months before in faraway city and was
quite superannuatcd and very self-assert
i've. Roth of us SHE'D. The Boston
man. forgetting the fate of Ananias,
said he ''nevcr used huttcr." and l
echoed his statement. The good woman
evidently was disappointed. Pointing to
u platter of bacon swimming in grease,
she said: Il allow you uns will ohligc
me. then. by wallcrin' yore dodgers in
the dope" We immediately "wallowed.'