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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
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that we get most of the power we use
for our machinery, for the running of
our trains and the navigation of our
steamships.
When we decompose zinc and copper
in an electrical battery we release the
forces stored by nature in these metals
and change it into that form of force
which We call electricity When we
burn lump of coal or piece of wood
under a steam boiler, we release the
power stored up in the coal or the wood
and change it into the form of force
We call heat. Heat changes the water
into steam and we use it in the steam
engine, and by properly applying it's
power to dynamo, get an electric cur
rent. This current we use exactly as belts
or shafts are used-tO carry the power
of the engine from the place where it
is produced to the place where we wish
to use it. Sometime, it is believed by
Mr.. Edison, Mr.. Tesla and all the other
ingenious men who are studying cleo
tricity, we shall be able to make the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
HLOthair''-NO ROYAL FavOrite.

The Marquis of Butte, who has been
elected to the rectorship of st. Andrews
university, in Scotland. defeating the late
Speaker of the House of Commons, Wis
man today from the young nobleman
whose name was on everybody's tongue
twenty-five years ago and who is the
original of Lothian in Disraeli's great
novel of that name.
His conversion to the Roman Catholic
church by Mgr Capel was one Of the
events Of the London season Of 1871 and
Church, as he is one of the largest and
wealthiest landowners in the United
Kingdom and, owing to his serious
views of life, was expected to become
one of the pillars of the Anglican
church: 1t gave offensc at court and in
the Political world, as it was believed
that his conversion diminished to Il
marked degree the political influence
which he could have placed at the serv-
ice of either party.
Ills conversion was preceded by his
breaking his engagement to the lady
who now hears the name of the Mar
chioncss Of Blanford and who figures
in Beaconsfeld's novel as Lady Cory
sande. BY many it is held that the
causes of Lord Bute's conversion, Mgr.
Capel appearing upon the scene as n
friend and comforter at the moment
when his lordship felt most In need of
sympathy.
More than any other member of tho
British peerage does Lord Butte convey
the idea Of intense responsibility, and i;
person would sooner be disposed to
make a questionable joke or double
entendre. III the presence of the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury than in that of
this chief of a family which was founded
by an illegitimate son of King Robert
IL, of Scotland, and which is indebted
for the main part of it's wealth, for its
marquisate and most of the other honors
and estates now borne by "Lothair" to
the unsayory intimacy that existed be.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
"A Famous Paris Tavern,

The famous Chat Noir tavern of. Paris,
which has just closed it's doors. was for
years the haunt of artists, poets and mu-
hostelry in the Middle Aces s x < herald q
announced each guest, as he crossed the
threshold, by blowing q trumpet. The
visitor was received by NJ, Sails in per-
son in II room lined with pictures of
bluck cats, with glistcning eyes, reveling
by moonlight on housetops. :. A waiter,
disguised as an Academiciun, came 10
take his orders, addressing him in the
peculiar jargon of the house. ; Young
artists, with long hair, long tllreadbares
frock coats, aud large bows would come
in and sing original songs, accompanied
on q piano By one Of their number.
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a Soldier in Church.

This is how Gen. Won Moltke described
the service in an English church in let
ter from England to his wife: THE
prayers last for about an hour, in the
course of which clergymen and congrc-
CATION alternately speak. The conse-
gucnce is that one passes about half the
time on ones knees, which seems an
easy task. seeing that one is provided
viii, good velvet cushion and an easy
chair at ones back. but in other re-
spctts it is really chastisemcnt. After
these the CHAPTER of the Old Testament
VAS read which describes how Gideon
Stays the fivesAmorite kings, putssti1em
in Il cave and hangs them on trees, and
how many, towns he had destroyed, kill
Ing the inhabitants to a man, and other
certainly not very cdifying things Of the
same character. The sermon comes last
Of all. quite as an accessory-a rhetorical
exercise" a.-.. ~ $-er2T
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1t will Last.

Speaking of the Bradley Martins COM
ing mask ball III New York which the
Rev Rainsford has inveghct SO bitterly
against rh the ESst9n HSrad has ha the follow
had anything but success ever since they
started in to feed people and to spend
their money between New York and Scot
land, with London sanlwichcd in be-
tween. Nor was there the fainteSt rea
son why Mrs. Bradley Martin should not
prove u model hostess. To begin with.
she is the perSonitication of rosy health
and good nature, and her sorrows have
touched her lightly. If one Were dis
posed to institute 4 comparison. one
might term her the May Irwin of fash
ionable society. She possesses the same
eyes and fresh complexion aud nut
brown hair admirably compose the en-
scmhlc of the goo,l-nat uved woman.
when she first determined to feed
people en- bloc. Mrs. Bradley Martin was
not what the inner circle of the mrtropo
at the same time she was highly cligi-
BILE. Countless stories. few of them
founded on fact. greeted her entrance,
with L golden spoon in her hand, into
the charmed circle of the ever-fastidious
and chronically hungry. who appreciate
viands served with skill OH gold plate.
amidst the fragrance of American beauty
roses.
Zone of these stories WAS to the effect
that when presented to Mrs. Aston at
one of the late Ward McAllister's curl
Gus tables Of honor at a patrarchs'
ball. she remarked that during the sea-
son she had had 46O people to dine with
her. whereupon the great lady inquired
if her new neighbor was keeping u hotel.
AS the daughter of the late Isaac H.
Sherman. Mrs. Bratlley-Martin was also
represented as having declared that some
altar cloths she had purchased abroad
for the Twentith street house were en-
hroidcrcd with l. Fl. S.-'palM's initials
in anectotc that comes under the 'si
non vcro' head.
AS matter of fact. Mrs. Bradley
Martin is we'll educated woman who
never makes any mistakes. social. HIS
Chipmunk Oil Field.
The Buffalo News reports that the
ty, N. Y. is not fulfilling expectations.
feet in Il shallow sand. which is new
feature of northern oil field developments.
The wells are 'hashy." Many of them
have started TO flow at 20O-harrel gait.
and in two weeks their production would
no not be greater than 20 barrels per day.
The wells have been drilled so thickly
that the shallow sand is beginning to
show marked decline; Last month the
total output of the field was about 49,
900 barrels, but the present month will
undoubtedly mark decline OF at least
5000 barrels. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
No Work on Sunday,

The police of San Francisco have re-
Gently been enforcing the law prohibit
ing work. on Sunday, especially against
Chinese laundrynen. Last Sunday, as
a large load Of these offenders was
being carted to Jail in the police ambu-
lance, a resident Of the Western addition
Il policeman. Yep grunted q disgust
ed Chinese, who stood near, '.inan
workee Sunday, he so Jail 'gainst law
Workee Sunday Man no Workee, he 20
jail-vag Ameiica heap hell Of county,.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
YOUNG ~ LKS, COLUMN,
7 AZ ,yl..a and she 1ree.

& Z ae Nvi..a and She Tree.
Sal e the Wind to the trce, ST. .= s=ss1. 81
Oh he III ournfnl with Hse; !: DE
here is nothing can last or can stay;
An i the JOY of new aeayes >s.sS r.
tn rms to sorrow that ,$,rieves *
The bare hough ON Il day,
+ On al day. - i,
$: ING the tree to the wlnd.s~ @s
y h, he shappy-I find z>1@. z
There is nothing time falls, to restore,
And the fall that 6ereayes @ 49,
Makes al St the s.5 10y of nl.a new s leaves
l. Evermore.
/ nrhe wind sighes, to the tree
The leaves co me not again that blow;
4 nd | manrn Tor the lives :.
4 The leaves fall'n-long ago,
Charles Catty in the Yellow Book.
Toy Electric Motor.
Here is Il ;e story of how John Hartley,
he boy who had already made toy
d, vnsna9~ fl ON which he managed to get
an appEe cit sble electric current, construct
cd toy motor with which he. later,
opei:'state " train of toy machinery.
Jo-1E fss i learned little about the
practssa4! working of the electric current
when mai ing his dynamo and his en-
per,ence' J yith his motor added GOOD
deal t" IL is stock of knowledge in that
direction The most important of his
easeeverfe 5 was that electricity is really
4 form q force and not an independent
force of tself. Indeed, as now CONNER
cially de' 'eloped and used, the mystic cur
rent is much ike the belt that carries
/ the pow er from the flywheel of a steam
j engine t piece of machinery or like
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
Tho Poster Knight to His Lady.


Tho Poster Knight to His Lady.
oA. prithee, swing thy easement wide
And listen, gentle maid, IS = e s;.
While ! thy poster knight twang forth
a poster serenade. .5s $500 -
Tie dark-nanye sun has sunk to rest AZ
Behind the square red hill; .-,,- +:
No more the orange ostrich struts 49,
& Beside the yellow rill.s s..~.&
The pale-blue cows with coral eyes i
Have left the sable lawn: h j.
And I'LL the dainty purple-sheep, .@
q They. too, beloved, have gone @
Cayortlng through the chocolate hedge,
/. No ramphorycus comes;
q From yonder plum tree none essay
Is 70 pluck the curly plums. -
Then haste, I1pray thee. loved one, haste!
Bind up that Nile-green tress;
Enhance thy beauteOus angles by
Thy most composite dress.
Then forth into the Beardsley night
Well issue hand in hand,
To plight our fin-de-siecle VOWS
F. In dreaming Poster Land.
F2saea.. Schuyler King in Puck.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
A MOHAMMEDAN FUNERAL.
Strange Rites Over the Remains of a
Dead Seaman i'll New Orleans,

Strange Rites Over the Remains of 4
Dead Seaman i'll New Orleans.
\ Mohammcdan funeral was held on
the !evec today. says a New Orleans dis
patch to the Chicago Chronicle. The
British steamship 1maum is tied up
twenty Lascars, one Of the great East
Indian tribes. One Of these men died
this morning after a short illness, and
as Il result there was considerable COM
motion among his fellow countrymen on
shipboa1.
1t is the custom of the Niohammcdan us
that they dead shall be buried on the
engagements were made for the funeral
this afternoon. Ono of the crew acted
as the imam, or priest. and supervised
all the arrangements and. conducted the
service. Being one of the crew. he was
located in the forecastle, and it was
there that most of the services of the
religion were conducted.
One of the customs is that as soon
as they are satisfied that the man is
/ dead. one of the number lifts the body
Up and sha kcs it vigorously. 1t is then
dlsrobet, and the imam uashes hot water
over it. This done. the body is then
ROBBED in garment inscribed with quota
tons from the Koran. In the meantime
the imam rccitcs prayers
"
Quoted the funeral service over the dead,
no Europeans being admitted to the
forecastlc while this was going on. Then
the c;lskct WAS brought and the body
placed in it, There was 4 hearsc pro-
yided and Il tally-ho for the mourners,
and then the cortege moved up to a
cemetery in Carrolltoll, where there are
number of Mohammelans already
buried. The mourners were nearly all
attircd in the fantaSti 10 East Indian oo.
tune, with turbans, and presented quite
an odd sight.
At the cemetery the imam again re-
cited some prayers from the Koran, and
then the caskct was lowered into the
earth, the imam directing the opera
ton, so that the face of the dead man
should be looking toward Mecca. 1t is
a custom of the Mohammedans that each
body should be buried under Il cypress
tree, or one should be planted near the
gave. so that it's branches should cover
the grave
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
Defective PeODlc in Novels.

By the way, l have often wondered
why some caricaturist has not produced
portraits of some well-known charac-
tiers Of fiction, using in the picture only
the elements of the form and articles of
clothing, that are plainly mentioned by
the authors and leaving all the rest
blank. The great majority of the fig
ures so depicted would have no ears;
many of them would have no noses.
There would be large numbers of clever
ly-drawn faces. without any bodies at
all, and some of the people would con
sist of nothing but clothes. Most of
the nice people would have delicate hands
and long, tapering fingers. including
those who are lowborn but high-minded:
coarse people of all sorts would be apt
in this collection, to have large and
clumsy hands; but great numbers of the
ordinary run of people would be entirely
hahdless. Probably not one picture in
the collection would show Il complete hu-
man being.-February Atlantic,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
Interest WAS HIGH

An Illinois member of Congress had
dined with Billy Mason in Chicago.
They had talked of the desire of Mr..
Mason to come to the Senate, had ad-
mired the beautiful house in which he
lives, and then, smoking an after-t,nner
cigar, the two friends walked down
town together. When they were some
distance from the house, the congress-
man turned and looked back at the large
and brilliantly lighted dwelling. "You
have a beautiful homc.'' said the con-
gresham. yes" replied Mason, with
sound that was between Il laugh and
a sigh, "but l can hear that house draw
ing interest two SQUARES aWaN.'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
STONE DRILLED BY WATER.
Hole Made in Slab b. Stream from

Pipe.
G. W. Smith of WaynesLcrorgi,, Ia,
recently sent to the Western MARYLAND
College museum in Westminster curjo,i-
ty showing the effect of a stream of wa
ter which by accid. mt had been turned
against solid rock. The stone belonged
to John Redmond Of Franklin Landing
y. y. and was found few feet under
ground. near a water pipe. which had
burst and discharged its water against
the rock nearly at right angles to its
smooth surface. The thickness of the
stone is about ! inches. and the water
had cut entirely through it funnel
shaped hole about : inches in diameter OF,
the side nearest the pipe aud about .
inches on the opposite side. The rock is
a hard, eruptive substance known As
rachyte. and the hydro~tatic pressure,
required to produce such Il result upon it
must have been very great, as we'll as
contiDunl1S
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
Bedroom Furnishing,

In furnishing sleeping room, to be
at once dainty and elegant, yet COM
Portable and sanitary, requires care and
thought.
4 bedroom may be luxurious in its ap-
pointments and furnishings, and yet be
the most unsanitary room in the dwell
ing. \ heavy carpet UPON the floor, trail
ing porticres and unwashable curtains,
covers and cushions arc not the ideal of
daintinesS for room so important as a
sleeping room. And. needless to say. the
bed should occupy the most prominent
position in the room, just where the air
would seem to be the freshest, not
pushed into corner to better preserve
the symmetry Of appearance. 70 SLEEP
with the bed in Il corner, or the face
against the wall. ncutraliZes any lcnefi
cjal effects to be derived from Il night
rest. \ sound, refreshing sleep. perfect
rest. bright eyes and an improved com
rltN;cn are favorable, and on the con
trary. dull eyes. pale complexion and
great lasSitude will be the natural out
come of reposc in an overheated. ill-ven-
close to Il wall.
Most bedrooms arc ovcrfurnished.
They are crowded, not alone with fur
niture, but bric-a-brac and fancy articles
that catch and hold particles of dust, in
which disease germs often Turk.
Inc walls OF 4 sleeping room should be
smooth and clean. unencumbered with
many pictures, for they also accumulate
dust unless constantly removed and
cleaned. Tho floor should be painted or
oiled. IL rug for the center and several
small ones for necessary places being
the most desirable covering. Curtains
Of a certainty should be washable. tho
dainty sash curtain against the glass be-
ing one of the Drctticst. as we'll as clean
est arrangement, as they can be so easily
removed and replaced.
Table covers. cushion covers. bureau
and toilet stand covers should be of
washa bic material that can be Numbered
and replaced, thereby keeping always an
appearance of crisp daintiness. If por-
there's are IL necessity. there are many
washable goods that make up charming
ly, and have the added merits of cheap
hess and durability. The increased de-
mand for such goods has produced a
wide range of supplies to select from.
much of it very handsome and with
mighty artistic possibilities.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12

place of the middlings or both. make ali
excellent feed for the pigs. We have
also found soaked corn good for both
SOW and pigs. If we haven't the green
pasture we would be sure TO feed clover
hay and roots Of Come kind.
Another thing that is well to rcmeln-
Der, is that pigs need exercise every day.
Don't keep them peDned up too closely
Make them move around. give them care
and a clean abiding place and they will
grow into dollars every day.
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tween the first Marquis of Butte and the
Princess OF Wales ut the time when she
was acting as regent and principal adj
wiser Of her son, King George III.
In spite of his responsibility and the
absolutely unblemished character of his
private and public life, Lord Butte is no
fayorite at court, ut which he has rarely
made his appearance. In fact. it Is
doubtful whether his wife and himself
have been at court more than twice in
their lives. 1t is Il case Of mutual aver
sion, since the marquis is quite us disin-
clined to take any part i'll court func-
tions ms the Queen is to see him among
her encourage. The fact il that Lord
Butte was brought up by his mother to
dislike everybody connected with the
court and to consider the Queen us hay
ing rendered herself guilty Of "A most
gross piece OF injustice towards his fam
ily. His mothers favorite sister was the
ill-fated Lady Flora Hastings, maid of
honor to her majesty, who while Mt court
became the victim of malevolent gossip
affecting her character which had such
an effect upon her mind that she fell i'll
and died. 1t was only then that the
truth was brought to light, an inyestiga-
ton demonstrating that the girl had been
grossly slandcrcd.
Too late Queen Victoria and her hus-
band attempted to repair and atone for
their cruelty, but their efforts were re-
PEELED by Lady Flora's relatives. espe-
cially by Lord Butc's mother who
brought up her son to regard his lovely
aunt as Il martyr to royal malevolence.
His presence at court could therefore
only serve to recall to her ma jcsty one
of the most painful incidents Of her
reign, and his conversion to Catholicism
gave her the excuse of being enabled to
frown upon him. SO great is his wealth
that he can afford to disregard the scnti-
ments of royalty towards him. That he
should have been created knight of
the Scotch Order of the Thistle is not due
to any royal graciousness, but to the de-
sire of the political party to which he be-
longs, to secure the votes of the immense
number of people who tenant his estates
and whose political leanings he naturally
influences.
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lar trough of water. But different
type of machine is used for the motor
from that used for the dynamo, the type
chosen for use as a dynamo being more
efficient in developing the current, just
us the one used for the motor is more
efficient in utilizing it, -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
FAtteuIna Old Stock.

AS rule il does not pay 10 buy old
stock to fatten. The same amount of
feed will do much more good to stock
that is yet young enough to make some
growth as well as fat from it. But on
some farms there will be stock that has
been used until past it's prime, and that
will not sell for more than half. if that.
OF what it should be worth. Even then
It is usually better to sell for whatever
can he got than TO waste feed OIL it. tn
less fed very carefully this old stock may
be injured rather than benefited. The
chief point with winter feeding is to give
due proportion Of succuent food, roots
or ensilage, SO as to keep digestive Or
gans in good order. Those who have en-
silage can fatten old COWS rapidly. by
feeding it with some meal or grain daily.
and such quickly fatteDed beef will be
tender and of good flavor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers.

WIDOWS OF Revolutionary Soldiers.
Seven women are still drawing pen
sions as the widows of men who saw ac-
tive service in the War of the Revou-
ton; women whose husbands served UNI
der Washington more than 12O years
ago. The eldest of these surviving
widows of the Revolution is living at
Los Angeles. Cal She is Mrs. Lovey
Aldrich, now in the ninety eighth year
OF her age. Her husband was Private
Caleb Aldrich who was born in the year
l163. and served as Il soldier boy in the
New England campaigns of the war.
Mrs. Nancy Jones of Jonesborough.
Tenn, whose husband was Darling
Jones, private in one Of the North Car
DINA regiments, is the youngest of the
revolutionary widows, being now about
50 years of age The other five are
Nancy Cloud. who is living at Chunl,
Va. and is the widow of Sergt. William
Cloud Of Capt Christians Virginia line;
Esther S. Damon Of Plymouth Union,
Vt. whose husband was Private Noah
Damon Of Massachusetts; Mary Snead,
living at Parksley. Va. widow Of Pri-
vatc BOWdoin Sncad: Nancy A. Wealth
crman. who lives at Elk Mills. Tenn,
and whose first husband was Robert
Glascock. Il fifer in one of the Virginia
regiments. and Rebecca Mayo. living ut
Newbern, VA. widow of Stephen Mayo,
a soldier from Virginia.. That these
women can be the widows of Rcvolu-
tionary soldiers is readily understood in
view of the fact that their husbands were
we'll on in years when they married.
AS. for example, when Esther Sumner
married Noah Damon in the year 1886
hfty-tWO years after the close of the war
she was but p. while he was 7G The
last Revolutionary widow pcnsioner who
had married prior to the close of the
war. and had therefore actually lived
during Revolutionary times, was Nancy
Serena, widow of Daniel F. Brakeman
She died about twenty-seven yearssago
only year or two after her husband
who was the last of the Revolutionary
soldiers on the pension roll.-Clifford
Howard in Ladies' Home journal
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A National Song Written Under Hot Fire

1T is claimed that young lady APP
plicant for a place in the Montana Leg
islature was refused place because she
wore senlskin sacque. szass ; ss.