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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
The Abuse of Sweet Charity.

., Charity has been defined as this state
Of things: that as soon as a is in trouble
3 begins to consider what G. ought to do
for am. All charitable fairs, for in
stance, are based on this principle. You
go and buy something which you prob
ably do not want in order that the profit
made Oh it may go to some good cause. In
bought you would have perhaps bought
it somewhere else, and the regular trade
thus suffers from the loss of your custom,
LII case of very large fairs, like the San
itary Fairs in war time, the ordinary
local trade unquestionably suffers, per-
haps for whole year, and the conlmun-
ono way so that it may be helped on
III other ways. For Il great national OBJ
ject this can easily be endured. although,
to be sure we never have known just
what the regular dealers thought about
IT.. But when we consider that the same
thing is done; to some extent, in behalf
is evident that the principle of the affair
Is not quite satisfactory. Suppose. for
instance, that we were all to agree for Il
single year to have all our shoes and hats
made by amateurs ''for sweet charity's
sake and to have Il single church or
hospital take the value of them all. Then
sweet charity would ma Ike an apparent
gain, no doubt, but all the ordinary hat
makers and shoemaHers would starve.
Or, if they did not starye, they would
be supported by their kindred, who per-
haps are not far above the starvation
point themselves: or they would be sup
ported by sweet charity, and the last con-
dition of things would be worse than
the first 1t is not really the fact that
the evils. of society can be greatly :helped
by dressing up young girls prettifV and
having them take money and give IA Their
inaccurate change Mt bazaar table. One
day, perhaps, when the aws of trade: are
better understood. we shall look at char
ity fairs as we already look at lotteries;
which were once regarded as one of the
highest forms of sweet charity, but
which are now prohibited by law.---Har
,per's Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29

highness and we advance to the door and
receive him as we would any other gen.
.tleman, shaking hands and bidding him
enter. 1t gradually leaked out that curl
*osity. pure and simple. had brought him.
He had seen tis taking photographs and
not understanding what we were doing
with the mysterious black box. came TO
find out. We explained the process 10
him as best we could and then. to our
establishment. he politely asked if We
would take his photograph. Would we:
web, rather. 1t was Of all things the
very thing we were longing to do. :.
slave IL sent for the royal charger. The
Sultan in full resaIia mounts and tax
ing long spear in hand patiently re-
strains his FESTIVE steed while ] pose
his attendants in Il picturesque srouy.
This we repeated several times. Finally
the Sultan dismountcd. shook hands and
departed. We voted unanimously that
be was a jolly good fellow. even if he
die. keen private Jail. The next norJi-
ing we started upon the return trip fully
satisfied with the Arabian nights we had
spent III Label. '-Milwaukee Evening
Wisconsin,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
Great Strides III Electricity.

In the electric lighting field the total
capital invested in the United States is
given as over $500, OOO.o0O. The number
of plants. public and private is over TO-
600 The number of motors in use is
estimated ut about :N)O.OOO and their
value at about 500, mO,OW. The ricc-
trical apparatus used in mining is rs-
timated at $1O0.OOO.OO. and the value
of the electric elevator industry viii
probably not fall short of S15.OOOCOO.
The most important of all the electrical
industries, however. is that of electric
railways. In this field the Investment is
very great, and in the United States is
represented by a capitalization of $780,
100000. The number of trolley ears in
use is now over $4,000. and these run on
over 1000 miles of track. Tho electric
railways represent more than 80 per
cent. of all the street and suburban rail-
roads of the country.
The aggregate of all the capital in
vested in electric lighting, electric rail
ways and electric power is about. ST.
3OO.WO,OOO, and this does not include
the value of establishments that manu-
facture the machinery and apparatus.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
AN OUTLAWS HOARD.
Gold Found Near Fresno was Buried by
the Outlaw Murietta.

the Outlaw Murietta.
The men who ,uncarthel trunkful of
gold near Fresno, Cal, ii few days ago,
as reported in the San Francisco Gail
at the time, are maintaining the greatest
secrecy in regard to their find. They
fear that if the facts find their way
to the authorities the state will put in a
claim for it's share For this reason the
lucky, discovery is being kept as'quiet as
possible :.
One Of the finders of the fortune was
j. Il. NYoffOrd. but the name of his com
panion cannot BE- learned s.tWofford. ac-
corulng TO his own statement, merely
accompanied the man to whom the. for
| tune belongs as I; friend. and he will not
say whether or not he RECEIVED or is to
receive a portion of the treasure.
1t was near the I1irebaugh graveyard
and not the Mountain View cemetery
that the trunk containing the large
amount Of gold. was uneurthed. The
spot was about quarter of mile from
the burial ground.
inc treasure is supposed to have been
buried by Joaquin Murietta, the noto-
rious bandit of the early days of Cali
fornia 1t is said that Il wealthy cattle
dealer had come to Firebaugh to buy
stock and had tho money in his trunk.
The outlaw: murdered the man and stole
his trunk, but was unable to carry~the
money away with him.. He therefore
buried tho trunk and treasurcs where it
was found. -
For some reason AIurictta wis unable
! to make use of his ill-gotten wealth.
He never returned for it, 1t appears
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29

that he gave the description Of the To-
cation Of the trunk to some friend. who
recently died. Before this person
passed away he gave Murictta's de-
scription of the spot where the fortune
might be found to Wofford's friend and
! this man and Wofford were not long in
making Il search for it,
The two drove from Fresno over to
Fireha ugh at night in order that no one
would know where they went. They
spent tho day in hunting for the spot
where the trunk was hidden and SO
accurate Il description had Murietta Civ
en- of it's location that they found it with
compare lively little difficulty
The trunk was buried two feet below
the surface. 1t was pulled out OF its
resting place, but the woodwork had all
decayed and it fell TO pieces. Neatly
packed i'll the bottom lay the bags of
gold. There were twentyfour of them
nineteen of coin and five of slugs Of
urc ut about 900. the exact value
of the slugs having not vet been asccr-
tanned.
Wofford and his friend transferred tho
gold from the smaller bags in which they
found it, and which had rOttel so that
they would hardly hold together. into Il
sack they had and left the trunk on the
ground. They then returned to Fire
baugh and that night drove back to FIRES
no. Wofford refuses positively to re-
veal the identity of his friend to whose
interest I've is, of course, very much de-
voted.
1t is reported that a hotclkceper at
Firclaugh is in possession of the trunk
in which the treasure was found. He
saw the account of the discovery pub
]ishctl in the Call and then came to the
conclusion that the two men who had
made a strange visit to tho town were
tho furtunc-scckerS.
The fact that the treasure was sup
posed to have been buried by Murietta
strengthened his belief that it had been
found in the vicinity of Firebaugh, that
having been favorite stopping place
of the bandit. He went toward tho
graveyard. in the direction he had seen
the TWO strangers take. and soon ran
across the trunk. He found twelve of
the bags in which the money had been.
buried. the finders having taken the 9TH
crs with them as curios. The hotel man.
took the trunk. or the pieces of it. back
to Firebaugh and is said to be exhibiting
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29

direction of the royal mother with stoves
cooking utensils. dairy and laundry ont
fits and table furnishings, so that little
Willlelmina can exercise to her heart
content her innate fOndness for playing
at keeping house, and be learning valu.
able lessons while entertaining lei
friends.
In the little Swiss chalet, Queen vii
helmilla, who is now Il bright girl of H.
gives tea parties to her friends and, far
removed from the restraints of palace
life. she ronlpS, experiments on her
guests with mysterious kitchen co;lcoc-
tons of her own and breaks crorkcry
without fear of Il scOlding.
The Queen Regent visits Nilhclmira
i'll her Swiss playhouse at rare intervals
These occasions are gala ones in the
chalet. During her visits the mother al
lows Wilhelmna to be the hostess, while
she as the guest of honor partakcs with
the best grace possible of the banquet
prepared by the little owner of the cs-
adjustment.
Many toy chalets, easily recognizable
by their log walls and triangular roofs,
were bought and sold for holiday pres
cntS this year. 1t is safe to say. how
ever that no one outside of Holland
possesses chalet so elaborate and costly
as that presented as a plaything to the
little Queen Wilhclmina.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
Cables on tho BROOKLYN Bridge,

The recent report Of the trustees of the
New York and brooklyn bridge states
that NJ to December 1. 1886, ten hauling
cables have bceh'i in use, of which eight
have: been Worn Cont. 'anirr removed. The
terms Of service of seven Of the eight
cables varied from 1856 to COZ days, the
fi9st :cisble, Installed which was called upon
I'd handle ught. loads only, having been
III service 114O days. Cables 7'and g. the
latest to be removed. had hauled aver
age loads of f3323:' and 3OS.7 tons. re-
spectiyely. and. had records Of III 1876
and 1OO,26 miles of distance hauled, 90
815,950 and 81, OH 1876 passengers hauled
and 35,932.S 1914 and 3O,95O,941 ton miles
hauled, respectively. The two cables
now i'll use have been in service 241 and
A2 (luyS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
. After a. Jbb.

\ builder in Il small town was walking
down Il street in which he was ha, ing
some buildings erected, stwhcn he OH
served ono of the men standing On the
scaffol,ling. with bis hands in his pockets
smoking pipe. He went gently up the
ladder, and stepping in front of him,
said:
Nov I've caught you. Wen have no
more of this. Here's Your four days pay
tit being Friday and You can consider
yourself discharged"
The man pocketed the money an.l went
away rather quickly. Just then the fore
man came up. and the builder told him
what he had done.
why" said the foreman. ''that man
wasn't working for us: he was only ask
ing for Il job. It'd Bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
MONTANA'S CATTLE INDUSTRY.
Keturns for 1896 Fully So, 500, 900 Les
than in 1895.


Fight and half million dollars is a
tidy sum to come into Montana as the
product Of one industry in season.
That is the sum which Montana re-
ccived in 1896 for her cattle business. as
shown by the report of the secretary,
w. &. Prcuitt, Of the state board of
stock commissioners. 1t is not so great
by $2,DOO,OOO as was received in the
previous year. but the falling off is not
due to any diminution in the cattle in
slustry, but because prices were lower
and shipments were less. The total
shipments to market the secretary
states, were POI. 2264 head. which, with
the estimated number: used to supply the
home market makes the yearly output
354 1854. At the reasonable average
Price Of S::';3 a. head, the revenue from
this Industry is tritle less than
$S,50O,OO0. This is very noticeable
decrease from the $11 100000 of 1895.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
Change of:"Venus.'

He was about as black as the tradi
tional ace Of spades, and two dusky
da1llsels, each of whom claimed the: right
to call him husband, sat bolt upright III
the courtroom and glared at the defend.
ant. ''Yo'r homer" said the prisoner Il
want to APPLY for a change Of venus in
this case.' Ton what ground?'' in.
quired the court. II want Il change, OF
venus" repeated the defendant, s'be.
cause one Of desc women is prcjudicet
ag'in mc,""v='Froy Times, s,s@'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
Tho Wearing Of the Veil,

Women who take up all of HE latest
ideas in the little details of dress no
longer draw their wells tightly over, the
face and under the chin. The upper
ends Of the veil are drawn closely around
the brilr Of the hat and pinned high in
the back. allowing the fullness to hang
over the hair, while the lower ends of the
veil hang straight and ,unpinned for the
depth of four or five inches. The style
is pretty. if. neatly arranged, and Che
wells with heavy chenille spots. which
are so fashionable. are, more. becoming
and less .thick-looking: 1t also, has the
advantage of hanging: smooth and plain,
f Jfds,. Which aiWdys is , tGfoWi, on on the the
face when wells. are worn. tight across.
thereby giving one the appearance of
having untlale lines md wrinkles. :. :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
Sure to Know Him.

A certain farmer, who is by no means
noted for his resemblance to Apollo, has
son Of who Possesses more wit than
pedigree. One day stranger came to
the farm, and, seeing the lad, asked
SONNY, where's your father"
TN the pigncn,' was the reply.
- I'm, the p!gpen. Thanks:
:. And as tho man moved in the direction
indicated, the boy shouted
II say! You'll know him, cause he's
got q hat on!''-Tid-Bits
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
A Peculiar Tower clock.

The clock i'll the tower of ST. Clement
Danes church, in the Strand, London,
possesses the extraordinary popularity
Of striking every hour twice. The -four
is struck once ON the large bell, weighing
-24OO. pounds, and also OH the Sanctns, q
bell in the spire, which dates back 70 tho
Thirteenth century, and is said to be one
.of. the beas Nstyl 1te fore; Tire reformation:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
g., JJseless Ohie ct-LessOns.

: 1t is sad truth that while there are
more books upon nature study than ever
before, and tho primary 'schoolssare sup
posed to give a great deal of time to
object-lessons, the children get little prac-
tfcal good either from the books, the
lessons, and the cases of shells, stones,
birds, etc, that stand in the school
Often these specimens are
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
Fees Come High.

At Il recent meeting of the Indiana tax
commission. it was voted to secure. if
possible, the services of ex-Presidcnt
Harrison to make an argument before
the Supreme court in behalf of the state
Of Indiana to enforce the payment Of
taxes assessed against the express COM
panies. The commission learned shat he
would not appear in any case for fec
less than $1,000. In the California irri--
CATION cases he received $4,000. His
largest fee. received two years ago from
an Indianapolis street railway, was S25.7
600. In the Morrison will case, at Rich
mond, Ind, he received $4,000
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29

lot here the nicht," the old gentleman
further ventured. ., Sz
Really must beg your pardon" said
the lady with marked embarrassment,
but do not comprehend YOU, sz$
Il was Just tryin'to say the train was
late, he finally blnrted. Ms
"1ndeed, sir, it is very late,' agreed
the lady. ...,.a,G +
And the conversation collapsed.-Dun-
dee News
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
{ He C0Ilansed

Making Things Clear.-An old PEBBLES
worthy ana an English lady were one
day occupants Of q railway carriage i'll
an Edinburgh bound train. The train
had been waiting long at a certain. STA
ton, and there was: no appearance Of it's
starting, when the worthy remarked:
'"They're a, gey taiglesome lot here"
u beg your pardon said the lady +
I'm sayin' they're an awfu' 'flaidhn,
squad here" said the old fellow;
joined. ..5,s..
I'm rennarkin' they're a. vera -dreieln
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
Penny Pines of can.

''rirr;,- lirra-lirra". came a clear and
sweet note like that of flute from away
up the rugged mountain side.
"Wlat is that asked one of the ladies.
We were travelling OH muleback through
Northern MOROCCO, with. u: native guide
and muleteerS.
1T is boy" said Gilal. the guide.
"He guar,lez the goat, the voca. Hola!'
mixture of French, Spanish and English,
waved his hand UP at the big hills.
Presently tho strangcst figure began
hopping down from rock to rock away
up the slope. :: 1t was very tiny figure.
and it's legs were bare. but the head
was completely covered with deep
cape which formed a part of Il very
ragged gelaba or coat. BY and by we
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
Car and His Bike.

The Car rides the bicycle. and during
his sojotrm 1t the court Of tfff Danish
King occasionally went to ride uuat
tended on his wheel in one of the royal
forests. On one Of these rides che Gar
lost his way. and meeting a whce!man
in the woods. asked. i'm Danish. to be
directed on the course he wished to fol-
t'w. To his SURPRISE tho man respond
cd in Russian instead of Danish. The
Car asked: How does it happen that
YOU speak RusSian:". "RGca.,sc. sire,
the man answered. II am one of the
Russian detectives charged with the
duty Of guarding your majr<ty$ per
son. He. With other detectives. had
been wheeling about thr. roads, Keeping
himself was enjoying the p!easin. and
.NnaccuStNmcd SCnsr of being unattended.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
A Ennh Mnftn

81 never see that good old motto. hon
esty is the best policy" remarked Sen
ator Sorghum, without being carried
back to my boyhood days"
lit is grand old motto" replied his
friend: ..one that it is well to impress
early in life"
Yes. III never forget the time / had
cents and a jack-knifc to write that line
in. my copybook.. SO as to keep me from
getting marked below the average in
penmanship. "--Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
untouched from the beginning till the
end OF the school term,

untouched from the beginning till the
end OF the school term,
Many teachers have not enough prac-
teal knowledge themselves to give any
real help to the children: others are
bound down by routine and the necessity
Of getting Il certain amount of work done.
etch- day. Even If some time IL given
to nature study, the exercises IRE too ant
to be OF II sort that encourages inechai-
. lcal ideas. Names and descriptions of
animals ure furnished. and churts eX-
hibited. but the work is all done for the:
child, and so the results of it IRE quick
ly forgotten. = =
The same child who would be animated
and eager, i'll hunting field flowers OF in
and habits of rabbit and squirrel will
sit III the school-room., and ! learn of
rodents aud vertchrates and mammals us
II the discourse was of something Ell.
tircly beyond the pale of his under
standing. And it il So How stupid we
are to, give him these. dry: bones, when
nature is what he needs. .. ~
y tAntAclua intance with nature cannot be
gained from books, however wisely they
are written. One ramble in. the woods
with = wcll-inform@l companion will give
"a child more. sound ideas than weeks of
study indoors: And here comes in the
PARENTS province. The school by itself
cannot educate the child: he must have
help at home. Is it. too much TO ask
of parents to undertake the training of
children i'll those matters which it is i'm
possible for schools to give them? The
summer holiday offers fine opportunities
for nature study; or if this is not to be-
| even walk out of town and ii little talk
about what is observed will be of benefit.
The thing which it is desirable for par
ents to realize is that they cannot turn
Il child completely over to the schoolteuch-
er and expect him to be well educated;
there arc certain obligations not to be
avoided. That child is happy indeed who
I textbooks nr;ldc plain by the broadening
experiences in his everyday life.-Flor;
cncc Hull Wintcrburn in Womah's Home
COmpaniOn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
Young Mems Popularity.

TO the query, Are young men who
cannot, from religious convictions. play
cards, dance or attend the. theatcr, apt
to be popular with young women Of re-
finement and education who do indulge
in such amusenents?" Edward w. Box,
in the Ladies' Home Journal, responds
"Why, certainly. why not?. The
a1hllsemcnts in which a man INDUCES
have nothing to do with his outward at
Effectiveness or popularity. 1t is the way
his .deportment. that makes or mars his
popularity with girls or men: One Of
the most popular and delightful fellows
know in New York has never been inside
-of d theater, although he is 60 years of
age. Nor has he ever danced or played
cards. He was personal friend for ten
years before l knew that his religious
principles precluded his indulgence in
these amusements. His secret is that
he does not carry his convictions on his
sleeve for everybody to rub against
And of his popularity with women,
young and mature, | can assure you alb
solutcly. He reads about the new PLAYS
and can, therefore, talk about them if
they come up in conversation. If asked
if he has seen a certain actor OF play he
merely replies in the negative Never
does he force his convictions upon others.
y young mans popularity with either
sex rests upon something more than his
forms of amusement; amiability Of man
ner, kindness. pleasant address, a
manly outlook on life, honorable princi-
plcs--a]l these 80 far toward ins,lring
DOpularity.'