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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
PRESIDENTS WEDDING GIFT.
"A Consular appointment will Go to a
Ohio Rene<iict

Ohio Benedict.
The President has Il good deal of senti-
mcnt in his composition. says Il Wash
inSton correspondent. He has shown
great interest in the love affairs of a
ycun" man from Ohio. and has taken a
role in 4 romance which does credit both
to his heart and head. The young man
referred to may be called Jones for pur-
poses of Identification, and he may be
located at Cincinnati, although he has
Il different name and lives in anothe,
place: Shortly before Inauguration Jones
called upon the President at Canton tC
'ay bis respects and to his embarrass-
getting On with his love affair. Jones
lodged the question. but the major pinned
him down. and finally extracted from his
reluctant lips IL confession that he had
not Yet persuaded the young lady in the
case to accept his heart and hand, al.
though he hoped to be able to do so
Jones explained that his prospects were
not Very alluring, and that love in 4
cottage had no attractions for the young
lady he desired for his wife.
DO YOU think she would like to live
abroad Il little whle?' asked the Presi
dent.
Il wouldn't wonder" said Jones. "al
though | have never discussed that sub,
jrct with her. I imagine she is like
NEST young latlcs, anu that she WOnlC
enjoy seeing foreign lands"
WELL said the President. "if yor
think it will do any good, tell her tina,
l will give you consular appointment
rs Il wedding present. Pick out eight OF
ten places in Europe that YOU think
would suit her. and when | take u1
consular matters l will nominate you fo11
one Of them
Jones thanked the President warmly
and has since notified him that he Womb
be married early in June.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

six hungry wolves Of this kind. The
dogs overlook the wolves with unexpact-
ed ease, and then the wolves ate the
dogs, evidently thankful that supply
train had followed them.
A year ago a man who believes in UOis-
oning woves dragged fresh beef hide
thirty-One miles, throwing out the l,ait of
poisoned meat. Next day on his return
over the line he found twenty Eight
wolves and coyotes dead, while others,
no doubt, had wandered away sick to
some hole or other and died.
A very effective trap il made Of Il gang
of fish-hO0ks baited with meat. The
hooks are hing on wires and fastened to
branches. The animals come aiDng
smell the bait and, getting on their kind
legs, succeed in reaching it. The bend
ing of the branch prevents the hooks
from being torn out. 1t makes it 1ccid-
eddy interesting when n panther gets
hold of the hook instead of wolf.
The gray wolf, in Il pack of its own.
seems to fear nothing but fire. 1t will
attack IL man who is shooting Mt it and
its comrades. 1t will aid III pulling down
Il wounded buffalo bull. and Il buck deer
at bay is attacked in spite of horns and
hoofs. But fire keeps it at a distance.
A lone man may sleep il his fire burns
brightly, even if the wolves sit about
just outside the circle Of light. their c"ps
showing in circle about the man, hut
as the fire dies down the circle & rrws
closer and it behooves the man to stir il
up again.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
IF LAWYERS HAVE TEARS.
Thcn This Court Decides that They Hav,
u Right to Shed Them.

Thcn This Court Decides that They Have
u Right to Shed Them.
The right of counsel to shed tears be-
fore the jury was recently decided by
the Supreme court of Tennessee in the
case of Ferguson vs., Moon, which was
speaking through Judge Wilkes. said:
ut is assigned as error that counsel
for plaintiN in his closing argument, in
the midst of very eloquent and im-
questioned appeal to the jury, shed tears
and thus unduly excited the passions
and sympathies OF the jury in favor of
the plaintiff and greatly prejudiced them
against defendant,
Bearing upon this assignment of or
ror we have been cited to no direct au-
thority. and after diligent search we have
been able to find none. The conduct of
counsel in presenting their cases to juries
is Il matter which must he left largely
to the ethics Of the profession and the
discretion of the trial judge. Perhaps
no two counsel observe the same rules.
Some deal wholly in logic and legal argrl-
ments, without any embellishments what
ever. Others use rhetoric and occasional
flights of fancy and imagination. Others
rely upon noise and gesticulation, ear
nestness Of manner and vehenlence of
speech. Others appeal to the prejudices,
passions and sympathieS of the jury
VtltrS ChlllnlnN all tneSC MODES with
various Accomplishments OF different
kinds.
NO cast-ron rule should be laid down.
To do SO would result that in many cases
clients would be deprived of the priyi-
lego Of being heard at all by counsel.
Tears have always been considered legit-
innate arguments before the jury, and we
know of no power or jurisdiction in the
trial judge to check them. 1t would APP
pear to be one Of the natural rights Of
counsel which no statute or constitution
could take away. 1t is certainly a mat
ter of the highest personal privilege. In
deed. if counsel have tears to command,
it may be seriously questioned whether
it is not his professional duty to shed
them whenever proper occasion arises.
and the trial Judge would not feel con-
strained to Interfere unless they are in
dulgea in to such excess as to impede,
cmharrasS OF delay the business before
the court.
In this ease the trial judge was not
asked to check the tears, and it was, we
think. Il very proper occasion for their
use. and We cannot reverse for this rea-
son: but for other errors indicated the
Judgment is reversed and cause remand
cd for Il new trial."-Case and Com
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

One day, after Mr.. Stanley had found
Livingstone on the shores Of Lake Tan
ganyika, the old explorer told the news
paper man that he had heard of river
which the natives called the Rusizi at the
north end of Lake Tanganyika. Living
stone said he believed that the waters
of the big lake found their way to the
Nile, and that the Rusizi was their out
let. The two men agreed that they
would go north and look at this river.
and SO they manned boat with native
paddiers and set out for the north end of
the like along the rocky shore. This
shore line is 1000 miles long and ten
tribes, most of them industrious and
peaceful, live along the coast, engaging
in agriculture and fishing.
At last the explorers reached the north
end of the lake and found the river
where a little surprise was in store for
Livingstone. The river flows into the
lake. 1t is an aftluent. not an eftluent
1t is by far the largest tributary of Tan
ganyika. OF course. Livingstone was
disappointed. After his long journey he
had made no no nrogress in his search for
thought that through some channel or
other the waters of Tanganyika made
their way to the Nile, and he died in that
belief two years later.
1t is only within the past year that
the Rusizi has been explored, though two
years ago it was known where it came
from. 1t. is only about eighty miles
long, measuring all it's bends and turns.
and it carries the waters Of Lake kivu. a
beautiful sheet of water about seventy
five miles long and twenty-five wide. the
NEST recently discovered lake in Africa.
to Tanganyika.
The first man to see Lake Kivu was
the German explorer. Won Goetzen. who
stood on the mountains to the north sep
arating the lake from the Nile basin,
and saw its waters spreading away at his
feet. 1t can be said that kivu is re-
markablc for two things. 1t is 1887 feet
above sea level and is the highest known
lake in Africa except Tana in Abyssinia.
and sometimes. in its northern waters
are reflected the smoke and flame from
the only volcano in Africa that is known
to he active. Mount Kirunga- Congo,
which lifts it's crater. little ways to the
north, about 1000 feet above the level of
Lake I\iyu.
In its short course the river Kusizi
drops over 1000 feet, and it is therefore
valucless for navi CATION. for it is filled
with falls and rapids. Congo state sta
tons now overlook the river and the
lake.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

trade which is practically the develop
meilt Of the last half century. Original
~ from India and the South sea islands.
the cocoanut is now extensively grown
in almost every tropical portion of the
globe. 4 recent estimate Of the area
cultivated with the coc0anut palm gave
the following result: British India and
dependencies, 100000 acres: CeyIon.
100000 acres: Eastern Archipelago and
colonies. 10000 acres: Pacific islands,
including Fiji. New Caledonia, etc. 35O.-
go acres: Central America. 250,GD
acres: Java and Sun1atra. 22o.0OD acres:
Muritins Madagascar. Seychelles and AT
r;t.an coast 100000 acrps: Siam aud
Cochin China, 100000 acres. and West
indies, $4,000 acres TO this area viii
no doubt shortly be added Florida. along
the coast of which several hundred thou
sand nuts have been planted within the
last few years by Northern capitalists
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

times would get so blind, could not
see for several minutes.
could not stand very long without
feeling sick and vomiting. I could not
breathe a long breath without scream
ing, my heart panied so.
also had female weakness, inflam-
nation of ovaries, painful menstrual
ton, displacement of the womb, itch
ing of the external parts, and ulcera-
ton of the womb. Ihave had all these
complaints.
The pains had to stand were some
thing dreadful. My husband told me
to try bottle of Lydia e. Pinkham's
medicine, which did. and after taking
it for a while, was cured. No other
kind of medicine for me as long as you
make Compound. hope every woman
who suffers will take your Compound
and be cured.-MRs. J. S. McGILLAs,
113 Kilburn avenue, Rockford, Ill.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
How woman Stu,lv

The English students power of con-
centra ton is remarkable They respect
perfectly the study hours of their friends,
and will tolerate no interruption of their
own. The English excel when tried by
two Of Prof. Kraeplin's tests of mental
capacity-amount Of work done i'll a Civ
Ell time and power of concentration.
Wherein lies their advantage? They
will tell us that their strong and ncces-
sary ally is vigorous outdoor sport.
The English girl has. of course, known
from childhood the habit of outdoor life.
At college she plays hockey or hand polo,
cricket, fyes and the games with which
we are more familiar. for at least two
hours u day. and oftcncr for longer
time. Two hours is d minimum of time
spent in exercise.
If ali English girl finds that her mind
is inactive and unreceptivc. she recog-
nizes this as an indication that it needs
recreation. She drops her books and
puts her brain in fit condition for study
by some vigorous play. Under like con
ditions the American student, not recog-
nizing natures signal, mentally scourges
herself for dullness. and urges her jaded
mind on TO overeXertion. I once heard
an English girl assert that she could
dawdle all day. but could not study for
more than two hours at a time.-Popular
Science Monthly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

Some little girls of Washington have
hit upon q scheme for raising Easter
money which has proved very successful.
They are extremely prominent and
wealthy little girls, and have decided to
edit and publish paper PAPER which they cal
it's columns as we'll as edit it. Thus far
they are successes in this field, and their
names are Gladys Vanderbilt, Virginia
and Gladys Mackaye Smith. They arc
cousins, and have many interests III COM
mon.
In the first number of Spring Blossoms
Gladys Vanderbilt gives her impressions
of the Capital City. She begins: y like
Washington better than I do New York.
/ can ride in the streets of Washington,
because they arc so smooth. IN New
York I cannot ride my pony that my
papa gave me-. and | cannot ride my
wheel. because the streets are so rough.
The streets here arc so smooth and TIN"
children arc so nice. There are a good
many colored children in Washington. |
like my school," and so on.
Virginia MacKaye Smith tells /; story
about the Cleveland children, which runs
in this way: "When the little daughters
of Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland had their bon
ncts OH to go away from Washington,
Mr.. Cleveland. who was then T President,
asked them: Where are you going, chill
lren?'
"'We are going to Princeton they re-
piled. -,
"'Why arc you going to Princeton;
asked Mr.. Cleveland, and Marion spoke
10 and said: 'NTc1ingley's tomn. Nc,
Tingley's tomin,'" and the youthful
cbronicler adds: Il suppose this story
will go down to posterity."
Spring Blossoms is making pro-
nounced success. Already the small cd
itors have realized 500 towards the Eas-
ter observation-disclosures Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

Thomas Ewing Moore, the United
States commercial agent ut Weimar, Ger
many. says that locomotion by means Of
electricity is gradually gaining ground in
Europe. though not to the same extent
as in this country. In mileage of cleo
trio railways Germany stands first Then
follow France. Great Britain and Ire
land iuStria-Hnngary. Switzerland.
Scrvia. RUSSIA. Belgium and Spain in
the order named. OF the III lines OPP
Grated in Europe in 1925. 81 We're
worked on the overhead surface system.
H. on the underground system and s by
means of accumulaturS. In Germany
alone the capital invested is $23SOO.0OO
1t is estimated that the number of new
lines to hr established this Year in Eu-
rope will exceed those established in
1893. The city of Berlin. which now has
only horse tramwayS and omnbuscs. will
soon introduce electric tramwayS. The
electric tramWay systems of Hamburg
and lcil'sic are nearly completed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
For the Love Of One,

Perhaps, because the guest If the
evening WAS a ScOtchman, Or possibly
because one man in the party had a
Scotch story to tell, the conversation was
brought around to q discussion of the
Scotch race. 1T was while | was at
physician, that l witnessed a marvellous
cure of a Scotchman. We will call him
Sandy, though that is not his name One
Of his legs had been so badly mangled
in an accident that we decided to unip,i-
tate it. The shock was severe one to
Sandy, and when he regained conscious
ness after the operation it was evident
that he had not vitality enough left to
recover. Mon, ahm | going to deer he
asked: we hope for the best, Sandy
said, but your condition is critical, Is
there any Scotch dish that You would ID
like: Sandy said that he didn't want
anything to eat, but if he could hear the
Dagplpes just once more he would die
happy: We didn't have a piper on our
staff, but one of the nurses found one in
a chop house not far away. When the
piper arrived, Sandy was so weak that
ne could not speak. He looked grateful.
Although it was not in accordance with
our hospital rules, we hadn't the heart
TO refuse .Sandy's dying request I gave
me signal and the piper began to play.
Sandy smiled peacefully. and at the end
qf the second tune he had gone asleep.
Ills temperature and pulse showed q re-
markable improvement, and because
Sandy was a good fellow and we thought
ne might call for the pipes again before
be breathed his last. we kept the piper.
Two hours later Sandy awoke, ind the
first thing that he asked for was the
pipes. Again that weird noise filled the
hospital, and once more Sandy went to
sleep, stronger and better than we had
expected him to be. A third time he
awoke and again the piper played. When
Sandy once again fell asleep, to our
amazement the crisis had passed, and he
was on the road to recovery. He is now
alive and we'll"
1.-THE Scotch are a wonderful race"
commented Roy V. Somerville. "Now
my grandmother was"
But / haven't told you the sad
sequel interrupted the physician. 1--WE
had been so much Interested in Sandy
during, the night that we mad neglected
our other patients. Sandy did recover.
as l have said. but when we made the
rounds in the morning we found all the
English patients stiff in bed. They were
all dead.'-New York SIM
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
he Lenient and FOrciyinp.

Sometimes when We suffer unjustly, the
thought occurs to us that if we could
but have realized in our own lives the
sentiment in THE Mikado" regarding the
have to writhe and struggle under chas-
t;sement out of all proportion to the Of
Tense. Parents in their endeavor to
bring up their children in the way they
should go arc sometimes overzealous in
the matter of punishment for trivial mis-
demcanors, but the acme Of refined and
tormenting mistake can be made by q
man in the treatment of the woman who
loves him and whom he processes to love.
Look at husbands and wives, lovers
and SWcetheurts. Regard the days of
heartachc imposed through Il highly NOR
al and very crcditable desire to show dis
pleasure at some misdoing. which nine
times out of ten was unprecedented. and
with only soupcon of the awfulncss
which the just judge and punishment
dealer pretCnds to sec in it.
All. let us be more lrnicnt; life. is SO
short at best and the kindly sentiment.
the generous instinct and the responsive
love of man and woman all go to make
it Fright. Let us rather overlook than
seek to condemn. Confession of Il fault
should be a great item i'll it's forgiveness:
says Il did so and so. l know it was
wrong, and had to tell YOU" should not
be frightened into line of deceit by a
too rigorous course of discipline; En-
in the child's relations with it's parents
the wife's attitude toward her husband
the. sweetheart's toward her lover will
make all things easier to bear, and the
error confessed should not be regarded
with the same stubborn condemnation OF
the ono concealed until chance reveals
it. Mental fortunes Guido tho punish
ments of the lnquisiton. The deliber-
ate absence of one whom we care for. the
curt or Indifferent manner, the change
from caresses to Sights, all these tell
on the tender mentality, and wear out the
soul in its endeavor not to feel the keen
ness of the lash administered by the
unthinking iudge-Philadelphia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
Shuts Off Steam Instantly.

1t sometimes happens in large fac
tory, run by steam power, that a nan
gets caught i'll the betting. some tool
drops into machine, shaft is broken,
or some other accident happens which
renders the instant stoppage Of the en-
cine desirable. In the few minutes re-
quired to pass the word along to the CHI
gineer life may be lost, or machinery
may be damaged to the extent Of hun
dreds, perhaps thousands of dollars. To
cope. with situations like this device
has been invented to be attached to the
engine itself, but actuated instantly by
an electric, wire from any part Of the
building. At various convenient stations
the wire is provided with button. like
those commonly used on electric bells.
So long as these buttons are let alone
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
Disappearance of the Fire-Dlace.

We don't have any family center any
more. An open fire was the best and the
first thing, and the earliest love of home
was born, we may be sure. when the
earliest hearth was sunk into places. In
the long course of centuries the stove SUI
perseded, and was fair substitute for
the burning logs, although Harriet
Beecher Stowe once said that the war of
the Revolution was fought in defense of
firesides, not for air-tight stoves.
Strike for your affairs and your fires"
meant that from the time of ancient
Rome to that of the colonies the two had
been nearest to, and linked together in
the heart. But the genial glow, even
through mica windows, of ignited coal
was something: even the hot-air register
made gathering place. But how can
family assemble around steam pipes?
There is no LONELINESS in tangle of
gilded tubes.
And. now that fashion has decreed
that the center table should lose it's gen
eric name, be pushed back against the
wall, where is the rallying spot of the
family? Is it fanciful to, trace cause
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

nothing will happen. but if any one Of
second. that operation will Immediately
shut off steam. The current in the wire,
when the button is pressed, energizes an
electromagnetic on the engine. and the
attractive power OF the magnet throws
up the arms of the governor and shuts
the valve admitting steam to the engine.
This electric apparatus can also be made
crease of speed in the engine, and thus
prevent racing, bursting of tiywheels and
other mishaps, The invention has been
fully tested, and is now about to be
manufactured for the market in Spring
field. MasS.-New York Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

and effect III such nlatters as these, and
to hold them In part responsible for the
growth of individualism, Of separate
aims and pursuits among those gathered
under one roof instead of the old-time
common feeling that made and meant
the home?
Where there is constant walking in
several different ways with friends.
where there is not the repeated opportu-
plans and purposes and IDEAS, there
must be more or less disintegration Of
interests, and Staying at home" becomes
us Bunner says it is to the boarding
bachelor, only 'staying in the house,
Philadelphia Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
She Mustn't ExDect II.

All women who are active in business
OF professions want is ii fair field and no
favor We ask for nothing on the
ground of sex. We are willing to com
pete with and work with men on their
own ground and desire to be measured
10y the same standards. We demand no
courtesy further than that which pre-
walls between gentlemen; we expect no
Difference. In business life men and
women are simply workers. and the
more the element of sex is intruded the
greater the interference with the success
Of women.
| know of Il young woman who went
into newspaper office on a purely bust
ness crrand-to sell an article, in fact
and was indignant because the REPORT
ers, all of whom were busy writing. did
not jump to their feet and offer her a
seat.
They were absorbed in their work, and
most Of them were probably unconscious
of her presence. Perhaps twenty-five
women enter the office of great New
York daily every day. You can easily
see how it would interfere with business
if the reporters should Immediately stop
writing and pay them the little atten-
lions they are accustomed to in the
drawing rooms.
The woman who expects these shows
her ignorance of business; if. they are
necessary to her peace of mind she is
out Of place in the business world
Margaret Sangster in Demorcst's Maya
zine