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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Stack with Good Lungs.

In selecting breeding stock of any kind,
a deep chest and broad nostrils are prime
requisites for animals that are sure to
give satisfaction. These are the indica-
tons of naturally good breathing appa-
ratus: If this has not been impaired
by. disease or misuse, the animal, other
things being equal, is reasonably certain
to be profitable. Horscmen understand
this. Any injury to the lungs of horse
dctracts SO much from it's value that, if
the animal would otherwise be valuable,
it becomes almost worthless. OF course
the lungs of horse arc especially tried
IN hard driving. But without good lungs
there can be no good digestion. nor can
life be vigorous in any Of its functions.
We do not race cows, but if the cows
have a small, thin chest. showing weak
ness of lungs. she will be delicate feed
er and can neither fatten nor excel in the
production of milk or butter. 1t is the
same with all other domestic animals.
The nostrils and chest. indicating char
acter of the breathing apparatus, are
always the most important points to be
considered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Blackslnith's ShoD for Farmers.

The farmer is very often two or more
miles from a blacksmith shop, and in
such case, the time required for going
ana coming; besides the cost of the job
which the blacksmith is obliged to charge,
makes most of the small jobs cost about
three times what they ought With a
bellows, anvil and forge and a very few
tools, most farmers who have mechanical
ingenuity enough for their business can
easily learn to do small Jobs for them
selves. The blacksmith's bill is heavy
expense to farmers who keep a number
of horses. The shoeing ought to be
more generally done by farmers than it
is. Much blacksmith work will be done
in winter, and might as we'll be done
by the farmer or his sons as to have them
take the work. to the village shop and
swap stories while it is being DONE The
shop should also have a box in which
can be kept bolts, clevises and most of
the iron repairs most often required for
the use Of farm implements
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
SILVER MINING PAYS WELL.

he Present Prics for Bullion as Profit
able rs the Flush Prices.
f. e. BaSsett, lessee of the Silver Belt
mine at Ophir, in San Miguel county,
Southwestern Colorado. said to San
Francisco Call reporter:
I'VE have got silver mining down a
great deal finer in Colorado than it was
dozen years ago, or even than it
was six years ago. We used to think
we couldn't handle ore unless it ran
away up, but now our methods of min
ing are better and our mode of treatment
infinitely cheaper
'Old dumps have been and are yet be-
ing worked over. and we don't throw ore
now over with the debris. We conduct
our mines carefully and make money,
and 80 to IS cents for silver is as good
now as S. and so cents formerly. While
labor is only about Is per cent. cheaper,
powder. railway freight and treatment
have fallen one-half.
1T is much the same in gold mining.
Formerly We wouldn't look at anything
that. wouldn't go 500 to $40 a ton; We
wouldn't even consider it. But now
S. or 81 is pretty good, and we man.
age to make money"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
A City Printing Plant.

There is q possibility that the city Of
Boston may try an interesting expert
ment in municipal ownership by estab-
fishing its own printing plant. Speaking
Of this, the Boston Herald says: when
the mayor presents his plan to the city
council he will undoubtedly have strong
support in favor of it. 1t is understood
that there il no city in the country that
does its own printing, and the expert
mant will be watched with good deal
Of interest. The only public printing Of
fee in the country is that of the national
government at Washington. The sue
cess of that Office is well understood,
and il the city of Boston can equal it
the experiment will have proved sue
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
FOR THE FARMER,
A Wo0d-blrd's Whil,,.

.t .G5Jt. ~ +: - !. 4
I Hollow OF a dead mar,'s breast. -
In 4 nightly wood s:<s
Here's Il place to make a nest
# And to warm brood! -
Bees through Its caresslng vines,
Honey-heaYy, fit; 49,
Every star OF God that shines
Sees the way to it. ~. .
Buds which Mt their beauty b:rsh
Weep their dews out here;
? And the snake-I pray You, i1Gyi.,
Something sides a-near.
Was he p0et?--he to whom
All these things have paid
. Reserent rites In sacred gloom
Loving, not afraid!
lie was poet. What dark within
Set his heart to wings?-
on. the song that wasted him
Now the wild bird sings!
Sarah PIatt In the Century
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
FUN IN THE ARMY.


Con. Horace Porter Tells OF i Romanc-
ing Indian Fighter In the War.
An old officer who was passing BY, an
acquaintance Of the generals, now
stepped up to the group. He had recent
~ been ordered in from the plains, and
his Wild tales Of red-handed slaughter in
the land Of the savages had already made
him known in the army as the "Injun
slayer An mid remarked to him, "'Well,
as you've been spelling for a fight ever
since you Joined fhis army, how did yes
terday's set-to strike you by way of q
skirmish r ''Oh!' was the reply, ''you
mad large numbers engaged and heavy
losses; but it wasn't the picturesque, des'
when you're among the 1njuns." mo,
but we got In some pretty neat work on
the white man." said the aid. Yes; but
It didn't compare with the time the Nez
l'erces and the Shoshonee tribes had
their big BATTLE" continued the veteran.
why; how was that?'' cried NIL present
''Well. you see" exclaimed the, mar.
rator, "frst the Nez perces set up a yell
louder, than a blast. of Gabriel's trumpes,
ana charged straight across the valley;
but the Shoshonees stood their ground
without budging an inch. and pretty soon
they went for the Nez Perces and drove
EN- back again. As soon as the Nez
Pcrces could catch their breath they took
another turn at the Shoshonees, and
showed them back just about where they
started from. BY this time the ground
between 'em was so covered by the killed
and wounded that you couldn't see as
much as a blade of grass. But still they
kept OIL charging back and forth across
that valley. and they moved so fast that
when their lines of battle passed me. the
wind they made was so strong that !
had to hold my hat on with both hands,
and once l came mighty near being
blown clear off my feet"
"Why, where were you oil this time?
asked several voices.
"Oh,' said he, II was standing on a
little knoll in the middle of the valley
looking on
"Why," remarked an officer, 81 should
think they would have killed you in the
scrimmagc."
Then the face of the veteran of the
plains assumed an air of offended limo
cence, and in tone of voice which made
it painfully evident that he felt the hurt
he said: what: The Injuns! Lord
they all knew me!'' The general Joined
in the smiles which followed that bit oil
sadly mutilated truth. Similar Munchau
senisms INDUCED in from time to time by
this officer demonstrated the fact that he
had become SO skilled in warpins
veracity that one of his lies could make
truth look mean alongside of it, and he
finally grew so Enthusiastically that il
| was unsafe even to believe the con
trary to what he said.-Century.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Fishermen Rewarded.

The sum of $4,000 has now been sub
scribed in England which will be pre-
sented to the inha btants of the lie Mo
lene who cared for the survivors and
buried the dead of the shipwrecked steam.
ship Drummond Castle a few months
ago. In the meantime some French
newspapers are wondering how the COM
mittee in charge of the fund will apply
the money A clock for the village church
and reservoir for fresh water with
pipes connecting with the houses have
been suggested. But the committee IN
London has given no signs as to the tina
disposal of the money. which goes on
increasing And the fishermen of the III
Mnlene are content to wait
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Winter Mornings.

AS a rule there is but little gain in
going to the barn before daylight to
rout the stock up before its rest is COM
plete, and to blundcr around in the dark
or by the uncertain light of lantern
BY waiting for daylight the work can be
more easily and thoroughly done, and
when the animals become accustomed to
it they will rest contented until the regl-
lar feeding hour arrives. Regularity in
feeding is one of the essentials to sue
Observation-Disclosures Epitomist.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Fruit Pests in California.

From the Southern California countie::
come bitter complaints of the spread c."
fruit pests. due to the lack of proper
inspection Of imported fruit trees and
shrubs. The Riverside county officials
have condemned and burned several car
loads of young orange trees from Aus.
upon the people to act with them in put
ting an end to the importation of this
infected stock. The orange and lemon
parasites are said to be increasing so
RAPIDLY in the best districts Of Southern
California as to threaten the destruction
of the finest groves.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
The Family Cellar,

In mild winter. the vegetables and
fruit stored in cellars will most likely
be kept too long. 1t is the bad air from
dccaying vegetables in cellars that so
generally makes mild winters unhealth-
full. The system is first debilitated and
then easily yields to diseases that when
in full vigor it would successfully resist.
Windows should be opened and the cell
lar be thoroughly ventilated during mild
weather. 1t will be time enough to
guard against frost after it is threat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, So and SO
Loan and Trust building, Milwaukee.
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook free:
J. Brgss, Milwaukee, table; A. Kalten-
brunn, st. Nazianz, feed cutter; e. and J..
klingenberg, Commonwealth, wise; c. W.
Levaiiey, Milwaukee, conyeyor; V. V.
Moore, Baraboo. car coupling; A. G. Olson.
West Superior, bicycle support; J. F. Theur-
er and o. Mueller, assgr.. Milwaukee, cask-
pitching apparatus; P. W: Trimborn, Mil
Waukee, assgr., safety device for elevators;
w. Fl. Watson. Eau Claire, case construc-
ton; F. l.: Woodhouse. Waupun. tire for
bicycles; Freeman Milling company, West
Superior, middlings Ctrademark).
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Soil Injured by Tra,npiiDp.

There is no time Of year when injury
may not be done to soil by having stock
run over it. But there is greater danger
of this in moist. open weather in win
ter than at any other time in the year.
There is nothing for stock to get at
this season by roaming over the fields,
even if they are bare of snow. The
ooaching which pasture and meadow
lands get by being trampled in late fall
OR Omen spells during the winter destroys
much grass. 1t is not much if any bet
ter when the field has to he plowed in
spring. The soil will turn up full of
clods made by the poaching. and it will
take Il great deal of extra cultivation to
make the lAowed surface into seed bed
fit for any hoed crop.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
A GREAT ROCK CRUSHER.
Calumet & Hecla Putting One In Its New
Rock and Shaft HonsA

Rock and Shaft House.
The rock and shafthouse being erected
at the Red Jacket shaft of the Calumet
4 Hecla mine. which is 1900 feet deep,
is the largest structure of the kind ever
built. 1t is more than 100 feet square.
100 feet high and built altogether of
steel, Of which 100 tons are required.
The four large rock crushers to be put
in will be able to crush a rock 2x3 feet
as quickly, as man does lump Of
sugar. For the cageways down the
shaft strips of Georgia pine, II miles
long. will be required in the various COM
partments.
The hoistins will be done by two great
double engines, each of 1000 horse pow
err. The beam of each weighs 6,920
pounds. The engines will raise ten-ton
cages at an average speed of thirty
miles an hour.
To total cost of the shaft and house is
estimated at $4,OOO,OOO. The shaft will
not be ready for mining until 1895.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
A Little Girls Onestior

The Indianapolis Sentinel tells story
of little girl whose parents gave her a
q bicycle. She seemed the least bit dis
appointed when she saw it, but said moth
ing. Most of the day was spent in wheel
ing about near the house, but when it
was time for her to go to bed at night
her parents were somewhat startled to
hear her begin her prayer as follows:
"Oh, Lord, don't you know the differ
ence between bicycle and a tricycler'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
CAMDEN'S FREAK CALF.
Has Grown Two Inches Smaller in Two
Months.

A remarkable freak of nature is being
treated at DR.. William Z. e. Miller's
veterinarian hospital on Second street.
above Market, Camden, says the Phila-
dclphia Times. 1t is a diminutive calf,
measuring less than IS inches in height.
The most remarkable thing about the
animal is that it is not as tall now by
two inches as it was two months ago,
when it was only 5 months old. The
calf.s head, neck and chest are perfect
ly developed, but it has large hump
between it's front shoulders, an unknown
growth among domestic cattle.
1t is being treated by DR.. Miller for
gastric troubles, but it's condition is not
and healthy. Dr.. Miller and other veter-
inarians who have examined the calf
are unable to account for it's growing
shorter, and they are closely watching
for new developments, although they ex-
poet it to begin to grow the other way in
q short time
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
An ENSliSh ExnArilnant.

English breeders carefully note at
what age the steer shows the greatest
gain, and for the largest profit feeds ac-
cordingly. In test calf was weaned
at II days old and fed SKINNED milk
and linseed meal. and later on chopped
roots. bran and hay, with cut grass in
summer. He was weighed every three
months, and it was found that when 2
wears old he gave profit, but after that
he lost, which is quite in accordance
with our experience in this country, that
steers are most profitably fed up to 10 to
"a months if fed literally from the start.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
An Unventilated Tunnel.

A curious defect has been discovered
in Budapest's underground railway
lures in the tunnel, and the trains rush
ing through it compress the air in it like
that in the tube of pneumatic gun. On
some occasions the cars have been lifted
from the track and the passengers have
been almost suffocated. One stretch of
tunnel two miles long has only a single
ventilating aperture, making it almost
an alright compartment.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Sure Fertiiizer6.

Those who grow clover should never
fail to use lime or wood ashes. Lime
is cheap, and there is no excuse for
emitting it. Where wood ashes are diff
cult to obtain, it is better to procure the
potash salts. An advantage in wood
ashes is that they contain both lime and
potash: the lime being in an excellent
contain phosphoric acid also, as phos-
phate. The clover will provide the soil
with nitrogen, hence clover and wood
ashes will make any soil fertile if clover
can be made to grow upon it. The use
of ashes must depend upon their cost,
however, but lime can be easily and
cheaply obtained at all times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

An cighty-pound lamb will bring more
money than a full-grown sheep, provid-
cd it gets into the market early. Lambs
which come in February and reach the
market in July requiring five months to
weigh eighty pounds, are considered as
having made good progress. If the
lamb can be made to produce eighty
pounds in four months, it is equivalent
earlier. With the use Of the mutton
breeds such lambs can be produced in
three months, thus gaining not only two
months in earliness, but also in quality.
This is important when it is taken into
consideration that a gain of two weeks
may double the price of the lamb.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Testing an Atlantic Cable.

When the insulated strand, or the
core" Of the cable, us it is henceforth
called, passes from this operation it
must go to the testing room, to determine
# the insulation is really perfect, or if a
little electricity still can escape from the
copper, 1t would be useless to make
this test in the air, since even without
an insulator the current does not pass
readily into air. 1t must be tested under
water, in the medium in which it is to be
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
New Type Of Locomotive.

The +. & p. NJ. Railway company has
just turned out at it's shops in Saginaw
a new type Of locomotive which, on trial
runs, has made sixty miles an hour with
ease. The new machine will be used in
hauling one of the fast trains between
Bay City and Detroit, and so we'll is the
company pleased with it that it is said
engine, which is known as the ten-wheel
type, has six wheels coupled. four
wheeled swiveling truck in front and a
Bellpeire type Of boiler. The dimensions
of the cylinders are 1S-inch diameter and
24-inch stroke, and the outside diameter
of the drive wheels is 60 inches. The
engine. weighs l70,8 pounds . :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
A WORLD BEATER.
Famous Heidelberg Wine Vat Dwarled
by One in California.

The largest oak wine vat in the world
is being set up by the California Wine
association at the Lachman cellar in
Brannan street, San Francisco. The ia
side of the newcomer, which has the pro-
portions of a two-story cottage and on
the bottom of which four quadrile sets
could be danced with ease. The Heidel-
berg wonder has a capacity of $4,000
gallons, while this San Francisco rlon-
ster is to hold $4,000 gallons.
The huge oak is oval-shaped on the
ground and measures twenty seven and
one,half by thirty feet in each direction,
twenty feet and are from two and 4 half
to three inches in thickness. The wood
used will weigh twenty tons and the iron
hoops would turn the scales at six tons
al
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Some of the orders for books sent

Some of the orders for books sent to
London publishers by country CORE
spondents are highly amusing. One
bookseller wrote for work of Harry
Stockles,'' when he wanted something of
Aristotle's; another who wanted eau
deamus," by Farmer. asked for "God
q request for "Pharaoh's Life of Christ"
when he wanted Dean Farrar's ce'e-
brated work.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
BEGIN with Good Stuck. !.

Most of those who begin farming buy
more land than they can pay for. because
part payment ON land leaves good
security for the balance. Then they find
innumerablc expenses in purchasing tools
and stock to begin operations. The temp
tation always is to economizc in the
stock, thinking that it is easy to breed
up. Sometimes this is done. but more
often the economy in not buying the best
stock dooms the farmer to the same labor
and expense in caring for it. while it
is, when grown, not worth half or quar-
ter what it would have been if he had
begun right at irst.-American Guilt
vator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
American Machinery.

A Belgian engineer, NJ. Eugene Fran
co.'s, recently read Il paper OH "American
Machine and Engine building,' which is
translated in Cassier's Magazine Deccm-
Der. The author says that during a re-
cent visit to the United States his atten-
ton "was almost exclusively devoted to
their productive features, in the endeavor
to learn how the Americans, paying from
two to three times more for labor fhan is
paid in Belgium, are able to sell their
machinery, especially stationary and
locomotive engines, at prices practically
the same as ours NJ. Francois con
cludes that ''the three points which en-
able American labor to achieve the result
already noted are: First, the idea of sim
plicity and uniformity prevailing in the
products of manufacture and the ex-
tensive use of cheap materials. Second,
the equipment of the shops. Third, the
methodical systemization of work.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
CrOc0dilaaf vnafi~otu

The moment that a young crocodile
breaks its shell it is to all intents and
purposes as active as it is at any time
during it's life. 1t will make straight for
the water, even if it be out of sight and
a good distance off, and it will pursue it's
prey with eagerness and agility during
the first hour of it's free existence,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
AN OLD MICHIGAN FORT.
1t Is Claimed to Have Been Built by
Hendrix Hudson.

Hendrix Hudson.
The discovery of an old fort. eight
miles east of Lake City. Mich, has caused
considerable speculation as to it's origin.
Recently party dug up a silver buckle
from the moat of peculiar design, bear
ing the initials III. H. This brings to
mind the theory of DR.. D. j. Erwin, who
persists that this is the last stand made
by Hendrix Hudson, basing his theory
on an Indian legend told by an old Of
tawa.
The site of the old fort, which is noth>
ing but q circle of breastworks, is rapid
ly being demolished by curiosity hunters,
and in short time will be totally de-
Strnvp1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
A Nicotine Story,

In a book of travels written by a Mr..
Barrow we find this interesting bit Of in
formation: A Hottentot was seen to ap.
ply the short end of his wooden tobacco
pipe to the mouth of a snake when the
reptile was darling out it's tongue.
Death was instantaneous, the effect al
most like an electric shock; with con-
yulsiye motion that lasted only for mo-
ment the snake half UNFINISHED itself, and
then became still. And upon exalnina-
ton the muscles were found to be SO
contracted that the snake felt as hard
as if it had been dried in the sun
Harper's Round Table.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

Beautiful birds and fragrant flowers
are natures charm, but divinely lovely
complexion comes from the use of
Glenn's Sulphur Soap
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

Cremation is more extensively prac-
ticed in Italy than in any country. The
first .crematorium was established in Mi
Ian in. 1876, and there are now fifty in
operat ton in Italian territory.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

There is a grapevine at Oys. Portu-
gal, which bears sufficient amount of
grapes to make an average of $50 gal
Ions of wine year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

1T is estimated that January interest
and dividend payments on foreign-held
American securities amount to between
$40, 100000 and S50,OOO,OOO.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

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