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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
Persian Women at Home

Sacred from the eyes of ordinary WIS.,
itors, generally built at the back Of the
house, and possessing a small courtyard
of it's own. is the Anderun-the apart
ment devoted by the Persian to his wom-
ankind. Here the upper-class women
live in their little world, and, narrow
though it be, they would not exchange it
They wish for nothing better. So far
from being Gagged birds pining for free
dom, life Of wider scope and activity
would be eminently distasteful to them,
Love, fine clothes, jewels, and plenty of
sweetmeats are the ingredients that form
their happiness. In Turkey and India
the harem doors are being gradually
opened to progressive ideas; but in Per-
STA, the land of retrogression and decay,
no corner of the purdah has as yet been
lifted. Strictly yelled, and debarred from
all intercourse with the opposite sex lex
cepting near rela tions), Persian women
nevertheless contrive to influence public
affairs in no small degree. The most
Jealous apostle and preacher of the Bah
was a woman. and the late Shah's
mother was a person of much political
mportance-through her energy and d.
plomacy ne came to the throne. There
is, however, plenty Of female society,
and much time is spent in paying calls,
attending funerals and weddings, and the
bath; this last is a general meeting-place,
where the gossip of the neighborhood is
exchanged and characters receive no gem
tie handling. \ man of wealth places
the charge of his harem in the hands of
eunuchs, who regulate the household ex-
penscs, see that undesirable visitors in
the shape of dervishes and fortune-teller
are excluded, ard do their best to keen
in allegiance that spirit of intrigue which
is as the breath in her nostrils of every
Persian woman. Formerly women con
victed Of intidelity We're horribly pun
ished, and the matter was left in the
husbands hands, but eases are now be-
coming happily rarer. 1t is the Shah's
royal prerogative to inspect every mans
harem. and a visit from the Asylum of
the Universe" is a great event in the
lives of the inmates. for if any one of
them finds favor with the monarch she
is transferred to his keeping, which is
considered promotion in her eyes.-Lon-
don Queen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
a I.assla,s WAY.

g. a 1.Aakl0,h tt8ys5@zg#E: IL %s255z-saE
20, down In the meadow the air was sweet
With a breath of blooming. clover.
The hlue-eyed grasses We're kissing her. rect
And an azure sky bent 0yers 4
But Mary's heart hadla burden OF woe,
Z A burden she sought to cover
With a smile and song, lest the world should
know = @E@F H.,
She had loved and lost, her lover, ~. .,e.
Each, daisy was nodding her snowy head
Sir bobolink, saucily laughing, said:
>" Ills ever the way with lAsstes,
They think that u quarrel when once begun
Can be as easily ended;
But laddies are lost, and iaddies are won,
Sometimes when tits least intended
But down. through the meadow young Arth.
III came
= And the laughing skies bent over:
The zephyrs whispered Il malden's name
And a tremor stirred the clover.
Though he spoke no word, yet he kissed her
brow
In spite of the Gliding grasses,
And hobolink Whlstled: Just see her now,
IT'S ever the way with lassies."
THE Peterson Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
A SP0ILT METEOR.
1t was Seen to Fall, but IT'S stencil Did
Not Invite Close Inspection.

1t was Seen to Fall. but Its stencil Did
Not Invite Close Inspection.
The remarkable experience Of witness
ing a meteor flushing across the tirmi-
ment, watching it in it's course, aud see
ing the stone drop to earth within IL few
yards of where one is standing, comes to
but few people, yet such happening
occurred recently to Ben Hall, painter
of Albina. Or. Ii was shortly after 1910
2. m. that Hall started from the store OF
Josenh Turner to 80 to his lodgings
Reaching the corner of Rodney avenue,
Hall was startled. by a sudden illumina-
ton of the sky toward the east. Gazing
aloft Hall saw what he at first took to be
some pyrotechnic display incident to the
many professions. AS the flaming globe
approached. however, it assumed such
size that the Roman candle supposition
was prcciuded. Nearing the earth the on
coming bali of fire could he seen to be
bringing with it Il trail of blush sparks,
which left the main body with Il peculiar
cracking sound resembling the swapping
Of charcoal.
Barely Missing the roof of the house ut
the corner of Se!lwool and Rodney ave-
nues the vis;tant from the heavens took
4 long, swOoping flight, as thugh repealed
by the earth's surface, finally alighting in
BED or n0rNlln en- the corner OF ROd-
ney and Russell avenues, burying itself
to 4 depth Of some five inches. The dis
lance frcm where MIR. Hail was standing
to where the meteor ul!ghteu was SD
slight that he had fair view of that
portion OF the meteor exposed. From
this came a shower of sparks, much the
salue as though the component parts of
the meteoric visitor contained! a percent
age of saltpeter.
Going over to the spot where the fras-
ment of some body broken loose had
alighted, Hall found the meteor still at a
white heat. Having no means of HAND
ling it, he returned to the cigar store of
Turner and informed the people there Of
the phenomenon he had witnessed.
Hall and two other men then returned
to the lot corner of Russell and Rodney
avenues. On the way ali empty lard ket-
tie was picked up. and. reaching the spot,
an attempt was made to scoop the frag-
ment of disintegrated planet into this
plebeian receptacle. The piece of bust
cd" star. however, evidently did not ap-
preciate such loWly treatment, for upon
being moved it emitted fumes so pungenr
and nauseOus as to drive the meteor hunt
crs away. After waiting some minutes
for the stone to cool the party again
tried to get it into the kettle. but were
again driven back by the odor of the
gases. y third attempt was. however.
successful. and the meteor was borne
back to Turner s.-Portland Telegraph.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
HE LEARNED A NEW TRICK.
Man with Hayseed in His Hair Fools a
Clever LandIord

Man with Hayseed in His Hair Fools a
Clever Landlord.
you can't clerk in big hotel with
out being something of detective and
keeping your eyes open all the time,' de-
clared a widely known landlord to the
rural caller with a cheap suit that didn' t
tit and SLOUGH hat that looked as if it
might have seen service i'll hens nest,
according to the Detroit Free Press.
Don't want to be put up too high, hey /?
III just give you a nice warm room on
the third floor. Ask the clerk for the key
when you want to so to bed. He's at
supper now. AS l was saying, you have
to be Il good judge of human nature and
up to all the tricks of the crooks in order
to be Il firstciass clerk. l was in the
business fifteen years before I became
a proprietor, and was never taken in
once. | can tell slick customer rs far
as l can see him, and some of his kind
are always around
''Ehats what I've allus heerd. Atween
you an me here's $500 in this envelope.
I'm goin to pay a fellow most of it, but
l guess | better leave it inter your safe
till mornin'. just count it, lan'lord.'
That's correct; just $780,
counting his stack of cash the farmer"
came up, breathlessly. My mans here
now, an he's got ter ketch train. Jist
ham me $175 an take it outen the en-
verlope.
This was promptly done. Next morn
ing when the cash showed the above
shortage the landlord grimly charged it
to himself. filled his hip pockets with
guns and went looking for his rural
friend who had changed envelopes while
the receipt was being written.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
A SLY MAID.

When her little hand / press,
And caress, sxsss 81 -
And my eager lips In bliss M#
Steal d kiss, ~
How amusing the surprise as
49,: IN herSeyes. "a
How she felgns to think me bad,
And be mad.
How she. pouts and turns her back,
Crying aJack.''
But notice when we ride
Side by side,
On our cycles through the park
@''~7*s' After dark, syn - ~ " ''''s'7's''7
That she always stops to rest
Where It's best
Where there's no one near to view,
What we do! Town Topics.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
II LETTER TO WOMEN
From Mrs. James Corrigan.

"uoo ohoC1 ~
operation, as
tumors in the
womb. and it
was a case OF
life or death.
l was ope-
rated upon
twice. but it
did not seem
to do me any
good, it made
me very weak
I was troubles
with the leu
corrhea a
great deal
l also suffer
ed with the
sick headache
vomiting
spells, back
II ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
Blind Man HuiiuS a. HOuse-

Paul S. Pinkham is a resident of Mill
bridge, Me-, who, though blind, has sue
ceeded in building, unaided, as good a
house as most carpenters in possession
Of all their faculties would construct.
Pinkham has been bereft of sight since
he was ~ years old. and he is now IS.
The house which Pinkbam built is a spa
cious house, with comfortable and
roomy look, one story and one-half high,
with a long l. one story high. The clap
boarding is we'll put on and the windows,
doors and exterior finish look as if done
by an expert carpenter, while the interior
is as perfect in it's plan and construction
as one could expect. Yet Paul Pinkham,
sightless. planned the house and built it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23

Among the kilograms received by
Mr.. Gladstone on his last birthday was
one from an Indian gentleman, which
ran .as follows: ''Braxtonhill, London
Offer hearty congratulations, as one of
the humble individuals of India, and pray
some steps will be taken by your univer-
sally known kindness toward my poor,
brethren who are dying every day in.
thousands BY Il famine and plague" / !
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
"A New WOmanly Virtue.

The new woman might we'll emulate
the virtues in which men excel The
kindness of intercourse found among
men does not chara cterize the attitude
of woman towards woman. A man will
make himself comfortable on Il long
journey, and at it's conclusion will have
made an acquaintance and. perhaps. a
to speak to fellow traveller of her own
sex without the conventional introduce
ton is to invite snub. Should she in
form her neighbor at the dry goods coun-
ter that she has found a certain new lin
ing for her frock most satisfactory, the
information would very likely be re-
ceived with naughty stare, plainly de-
claring the suspicion that the informer
gets percentage on sales There is
small opportunity under such circum-
stances to love your neighbOr as yourself.
The experiment has but to be tried to
demonstrate to the graciously inclined
woman that there is little room for her
who would. even in a small way, wish
her sister woman good luck upon her
way. Steamers, in passing each other,
display a white Autter of handkerchiefs
from the human freight aboard, but the
wayfaring woman is considered & fool
if she inclines to that sort of gracious
ness on land. And yet a woman is not
simply because she speaks to another
woman without introduction. Gracious
ness, however, need never suggest ia
milarity. A helpful word may be spoken
with dignity, and vet with kindly inter-
est, and she who resents it is to be pitied
for her lack of understanding. A gra-
cious THANK you," even if the we'll
meant information is not needed, pro-
claims the gentlewoman.-The Define
atOr.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
VALUE OF CORN FOR FUEL.
At Nine Cents q Bushel it is Cheaper
Than Coal at 50 u Ton.


A press bulletin of the University of
Nebraska agricultural experiment sta
ton says: The present abundance Of corn
and its low price have occasioned much
speculation as to it's fuel value. There
is such a diversity of opinion and SO lit
tie actual knowledge regarding the profit
ableness of buying corn instead oe coal
that it seemed desirable to conduct a
comparative test that would show the
relative heating power of the two ma
terials. Whether it would pay to raise
corn for a fuel is question not con-
templated in this investigation, but the
interests of the large number of people
living in the region of cheap corn call
for the determination of it's most profit
able use after it is upon the market.
To make the test. good grade of
yellow dent corn, on the ear, Of this
years crop, and not thoroughly dry, was
burned under the boiler used to supply
power for the department Of practical
mechanics, and the amount of water
evaporated by the burning of a known
quantity of corn was noted. The test
lasted nine and one-half hours, and 1922
pounds of corn and cob were consumed.
The next day the same boiler was heated
with screened Rock Springs nut coal for
FIVE hours, burning 1883 pounds of coal.
and the amount of water evaporated was
recorded.
The data thus obtained show that one
pound of coal evaporated 10 times as
much water as one pound of corn. In
other words, 10 times as much heat
was liberated in burning one pound of
coal as in burning one pound of corn.
Several calOrimeter tests were made.
which agreed very closely with these
results.
The coal used cost at Lincoln $3.50 per
ton. With coal selling at this price,
L, n L.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
CarnegieS A III ii on.

We unde rstaHl that it has l"ti@ ls- II
the ambition OF Andrew Carnegie. t"
have steel rails with the stamp Of his
company nn them i1i'l III the track 81
foreign lands The fact 1Is. h.. |.t~ Of
late opened offices i'll England al.i ,i>t.-
where and within tell day, has l,n.A,~t
orders for 1HtfaHi tons Of rails for for
eign shipment is evidence that he pro-
poses 10 realize this ambition He will
not have monoI,ol, Of the business
Other American mills aEe .,la?inG the
same role. 1t is Il SOFT Of thing that *
cOntaglOu and W. may expect In SEQ a
large ana increasing export trade in
American rails from this time forth
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
World Renowned Paintings.

Prince MaAio Barberine Colonna Iii
Sciarra. who for some time, being in
financial difficulties, had been trying to
sell the Sciarra pictures, has made a
compromise with the Italian government
by which, on giving up ten paintings and
five pieces Of ancient sculpture. he will
be allowed to sell the others out of Italy.
Among the pictures are Guido Rents
"Magdalen," Giotto's Life of Jesus"
Bellini's Virgin and Sleeping Christ
Child" Sarto's "Virgin With st. Joseph
and st. Peter Martyr" and Bronzino's
portrait of Stephen Colonna." The
prince had previously struggled some Of
his most valuable pictures into France,
where he had sold Raphael's "Violin
Player for $15O,00O, and Titian's
"Bella" and Leonardo da Vinci's Evan
ity and Modesty" for $120,0O0 apiece to
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, d Peru
gino to the Louvre for $4,000, and
Caraavaggio's Gamblers to Schneider
for So, 900, Fl. =. =: - 49,.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23

tiers and sent them to fulfill their mission
in life OF being wives and mothers, yersed
in everything except The two things they
We're destined to he. 1T was as il q
physician We're taught architecture, mu-
sic and painting, and then sent out to
practice his unskill in medicine upon a
helpless humanity. :.
hen the new woman opened her eyes.
She thought what her mission
was. 70 make Il home; to be q good
Wife; to understand and teach little chill
dren. And where do you find the new
woman now? In the kindergarten col
leges; in university settlements; attend-
ing mothers meetings; teaching ignorant
mothers how to understand the tender
souls and delicate bodies of the dear Iit-
tie creatures committed to their loving
but unwise. care. You find them well
prepared by course. of study to accept
the responsibilities Of life. when their
time comes. Is that trivial? Is that a
subject to sneer at or to Jest about
Rather, it is the hope of the nation.
Legislation cannot restrict immigra ton.
Laws do not forbid the criminal from
marrying and the insane from beng born.
All the masculine wisdom in the world
cannot prevent the state from annually
paying millions of dollars for the sup
port of those who are foredoomed
through generations Of ignorance and
crime-crime which too often comes only
from ignorance-to fill your iails and asy-
lums. Who is doing anything to rene.
dy? The men. Who is doing anything
to prevent? The 'womcn.-Lillian Bell
in Woman's Home Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
The Police of Syracuse Make an Inn
norfaut Canture.

p0rfant Capture.
On Monday. the 18th, Harold Marqui-
see, Of Utica, y. Y, was arrested in SYRIA
euse. =. Y. On q warrant sworn out by
the DR.. Williams Medicine Co, charging
him with forgery. On the 10Th Of De
cember Marauisee visited photo-engraF'
er in Syracuse, saying he was the repre-
sentative Of the Dr. Williams Medicine
Co., and arranged for the making of =
full set Of plates for the direction sheets:
labels, etc, Of the famous Dr. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. News Of
this reached the home Office, and no time
was lost in arranging for bis arrest when
he should return for the plates. He re-
turned On the 18th and was accordingly
arrested and is now in jail - Syracuse
awaiting examination, which occurs on
March q ~
This arrest=proves to be an important
one. ln addition to various plumber, such
as medical books, typewriters, rugs, etc,
found in Marc uisee's trunk when arrest
ed. the police also fo!Ind counterfeit coin
both il the trunk and on his person: and
in "a search of his apartments at Utica
found complete outfit for counterfeit
ing. consisting of cruclbles. bellows. nick
el, lead, bismuth, antinony, a small black
smith forge. charcoal furnace, and
several plaster-of-paris inOulds. The
United States inarshals want him just as
are through with him, and. no doubt. he
will be sentenced for long period.
In selecting DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for his counterfeiting operations, he
showed his knowledge of the proprietary
medicine business: for these pills are III
such great demand that they are easily
sold 1T any drug store in the United
States. His scheme was TO work the
country druggists and sell his limitations
at discount Of from > per cent. to , per
cent. explaining the reduced prize By the
fact that he had picked them UP in small
lots and at discount from dealers who
were -o7erstocked. By working fast and
! cured many hundreds Of dollars in d short
time. The prcpretors OF Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills are most fortunate to have
caught the rogue befoT" he had fairly
started. and to hay" thus kept these spu-
rious goods out Of the market.
The Sublan Whistiing Tree.
III the great forests Of Nuiia grows a
tree from which, when swayed by the
wind, come strange sounds. like The
notes Of flute, fife. or penny
| whistle. This vocal tree is regarded
with superstitiolIs terror 10y the natives.
and it was indeed puzzle to everyone.
who has heard the mysterious sounds
until some scientific Traveller investi-
gated the matter. He found that at GER
! tain seasons of the year hordes Of in
! sects deposited their eggs on the young
| shoots and extremites Of the branches.
These produced gali-like e1cresceLces
about an inch in diameter. When the
young insects emerged small holes wer.,
left in the gals. The wind blowing
through these little apfr1ur"~ caused the
strange noises. 1t is probably the only
instance of a tree which hears ready
| made whistles
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
FOR COLUMBUS SALAD

Boil one dozen eggs until hard; wieu
cold remove the shells and cut them into
halves crosswise and cut little piece
from the large end to enable rhem to
stand alone. Carefully take out the
yolks and with fork mash them fine:
add two or three tablespoonfuls of finely
minced sardnes, tongue or ham; add Il
little melted butter and season highly
with salt, mustard and pepper and E,cis-
ten with very little vinegar. or if one
has mayonnaisc dressing at hand It may
be used in place of these seasonings. Fiji
the empty whites with this mixture:
pressing it in carefully so as not to break
the cases: put the two halves together
and stand them upon a platter To look
like whole eggs; circle them with thick
wreath of watercresses and serve.
Hard boiled eggs make a nice salad
by cutting them into small pieces, adding
half as many cold boiled potatoes as
there are eggs: cover them with may
onnaise dressing and scatter capers and
chopped parsley over the top.
Frozen egg-nogg makes. an excellent
dessert. To make it, beat the yoiks of
four eggs with one tablespoonful of
brandy until they are very light. then
add powdered sugar to make It quite
sweet, and half cup of Jamaica rum,
beating these thoroughly together before
adding three cups of milk and the beaten
whites of the eggs. Whip one cup of
cream very light and add the last thing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
Children in Danger of Growing Hard and
Critical.

Children in Danger of Growing Hard and
Critical.
There is much in our mode of living in
America that tends to bring out the hard
and harsh side of character. We have
aimed to become a practical people, and
and the treasury department, and the
natural resources of our country, and
very little about poetry and music, and
that fair region that is a part of every
soul, where sentiments and emotions
dwell. And yet it is emotion that sup
plies the vital force for all our enter
prises. Though the head plans, the
to move along, even in mechanical
way, were it not for human feeling.
Why, then, is our idea of education tC
develop only the intellectual side of oul
children's natures? Why do we discour.
age and insist upon it that young crea-
ture should be full of logic and reason,
that he should care only for things and
for facts, and learn before the. halo OF
infantile innocence has FADED from his
brow to apply our worldly-wise standard
of values, even in his miniature social
world? The result of all the object
teaching. SO eagerly pursued just now.
is harsh kind of common sense, but il
leaves the heart arid. We are rearing
race of young critics, of young skepticss
VINO DelleEe noIn1nS until IL is proved
and have shaken off the credulity and
tenderness natural to childhood in theil
efforts to meet the demands of modern
education for keen, quick perception.
Our schools used to try to make pupils
receive; now they make them perceive
The new method is superior in many
ways, but it brings out too much metal
lie luster, and sharpens, but does not re.
fine.
All the refining and softening influ.
cnces of home life must be brought tc
bear upon the other side, if we would
save our children from growing hard
mechanical and ultra realistic. Let us
keep from them what is worldly and
what relates to business, and devote our.
selves to cultivating in their young hearts
the tender graces that add moral beauty
to intellectual strength. Early in his Ca
reer, if at all, the child must learn that
knowledge, success and wealth are not
the only tangible and valuable things
in life, but that deep down where the
plummet of science never falls arc
springs of feeling and wells of truth
from which the soul that would grow
wise and strong in it's power to hell
others must continually hope to be re:
freshed.-Florence Hull Winterburn in
Woman's Home Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-23
A counTERFEITER CAUGHT.

Turn into freezer and freeze like ice
cream.-New York Sun.