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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05

TO keep thousand hens is task that
requires experience. No one should at
tempt it except by first beginning with
a few, and gradually extending. One
who has never ventureti into the keeping
OF so large number is mourning as
much risk as if he attempted the bank
ing business without experience. A sub
scribcr sends us a diagram of n single,
square house, with yards dverging in
every direction, and asks if it is practical
DC. We arc not favorable to such a
plan. In the first place, thousand
hens i'll one house renders the whole liza
bic to be swept away by disease, and
some of them will never have the SUM-
light in their quarters, especially in VIM
ter, when the warm rays of the sun are
so essential to thrift To keep large
numbers. they should be divided into
hoc OK OF not more than twenty-five and
treated as though it was the only flock
to be- cared for, and not subject to any
drawbacks that may occur with any ad-
joining flock. Should disease occur, it
should be confined to the yard where it
first appeared. When few hens only
are kept, no consideration is given the
cost of labor, but for q thousand hens
much to learn regarding the characteris-
tics of each breed. and the matter of
feeding for eggs and for market should
be made a study. There are hundreds
of obstacles in the way, and we doubt
if there are but few farms in this coun-
try where so large a number is kept.
AS experience is the key to success, the
keeping of large numbers should only be
attempted after smaller flocks have been
managed, and record kept of the mode
OF management. receipts, expenditures,
breeds used, and the treatment of dis
eases. The roup or cholera may scatter
the whole flock to the winds in week.
Only those who have begun at the bot
tom and worked up to each round of
the ladder can succeed with large num-
bers.-The Poultry Keeper.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05

plechase along the whole length of the
stable, leaping alternately from. the divi-
sion Of the stall to horses back or
head, then off on to the next rail, and so
on. The horses were trembling with
fright, though many of them had not
the least objection to a cat or a pigeon
sitting On their backs. Yet the monkey
had not hurt any Of them, and their
panic was clearly the result of illusion
The Spectator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Study the Children.

In order to secure success in any en-
ployment parents cannot begin too early
to notice the natural proclivities of their
children for employment in their play.
Most children have large ideas of ia
theirs ability in his business. I'm going
to be great lawyer as my father is,
or I'm going to build great blocks of
houses as my father does," or ''I'm 60
ing to write editorials like father" are
aspirant for his fathers honors.
The parents part is to watch these
early developments, and give them right
full liberty to grow up into maturity
The child lawyer should be allowed to
argue his case, the young architect to
build his houses, and the amateur editor
to compose his editorials.
These awkward little efforts should not
be ridiculed, but the children should be
encouraged to give them expression in
their own way-they will learn the me-
chanical part of their performances as
they grow up.
Some little women develop no taste for
housekeeping, and show no skill in doing
it. They will work all day in a peck
measure whereas, had they been al
loved to follow some other inclination,
they might have succeeded in making
great artists or writer's, Or successful
seamstresses, or milliners, or make
great success of some other craft for
which they have penchant.
1t is one OF the greatest mistakes made
by parents to decide concerning the f,l-
ture employment of the growing son or
daughter, and then deliberately to dis
courage the development of any other
talent that seems to interfere with their
hopes and plans.-Philadelph Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Pearls md the Plaruc.

:, One. result of the Indian plague has
been to food the London market with
pearls. The native dealers in the nlarts
quit the stricken city that they have
eagerly disposed of their wares at fal
below the customary market value.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Poultry Points.

Keep lookout on the condition of the
stock at this season. If you have erred
in feeding there may be overfat or liver
troubles, or indigestion or looseness of
the bowels that must be remedied at
once. Very often by making the fowls
food to such kinds as will best fit their
condition. sickness, SO common in the
early spring, will be avoided.
Hens that have been slack in their lay
ing during the winter, and have been
generously fed, are almost as rule in a
laying season with soft shell and double
yolked eggs. Pullets, too, will have the
same trouble, and one cannot be too par
ticular i'll properly growing up the stock
for breeding purposes. When pullets are
too fat they have a great trouble to pro-
duce their first eggs.
Charcoal should be given daily to
chicks.
Chicks must have grit.
Lettuce is the best kind of greens for
young chicks.
Do not keep young chicks with duck
lings. The latter pollutc the water, and
soon get the brooder in bad mess.
Keep each variety separate.
You cannot get the per cent. Of hatch
during winter that you can in spring.
Don't expect it; the fault lies in the
eggs.
Never add eggs while the hatch is pro-
crossing.
Keep the chicks busy Lightly litter
their pens with chaff, and scatter canary
seed or millet among it. Exercise is a
good tonic.
Never give cold water to chicks AL
ways have it tepid.
Do not water the chicks in the morn
ing until they have been fed.
Up to two weeks of age, chicks can
they must be let out during nice wealth
cr.-Farm Poultry.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Cool, Moist Climates for Turnins.

American summers are too hot and dry
to grow turnips profitably. Grown thus,
even though there be enough moisture to
make a good crop so far as bulk is con-
cerned. the turnips will dry out early in
the winter and become pithy. They arc
an important crop in England, mainly
because Indian corn cannot be profitably
grown there In those parts of Canada al
80 that are not favorable to corn, the far.
mers make much of turnips, but Canada
summers are often as hot for brief periods
as our own, and the turnip crop is less
reliable than it is in England. Corn may
be grown for ensilagc much farther north
than it will ripen crop of grain, and it is
probable that farmers who have tried to
make turnips take the place of main win
ter feed for. cattle, would do better if
they, would instead plant more corn and
ensilage it as soon as it got into the ear
ing stage. Corn enslage thus made is
more nutritious than are turnips, and a
much larger weight can be grown Of corn
with less labor than would be needed to
grow less nutrition in the form of turnips.
American, Cultivator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Absent Yourself.

Nothing, indeed, is better than IL little
absence when friction or safety begins.
Many a marriage might be saved to
happiness, and the shipwreck prevented,
II the Earring pair would consent t? sep
arate for while, till the last echo of
the discordant note had died away and
the strings were left free for harmony
SO with safety. Some natures Grow
tired of the constant repetition Of the
same ways, the same voice, the same
face. The heart may be as true rs the
needle to the pole, but the nerves are
irritable and change is necessary for the
eye. The wise see this and seize the
,psychologic moment to propose Il lit.
tie outing. a little absence, which shall
break up that flmy crust of on-stealing
ice and make the cooling heart grow
fonder. They stub up the ugly little
weed before it has time to establish it's
roots. With a well-timed "rest" they
save the air from monotony, the players
from fatigue. Then, so far from being
in the wrong, the absent grow to be
wholly in the right. No ones table is so
we'll ordered as the dear little. wife's,
left at home while he tramps abroad; no
dear old boys now loafng along the
Partisan boulevards or appraising the
charms of the Sicilian women under the
shadow of Pellegrino, while she is 1T her
mothers among her old suitors and
sweethearts. The danger of that rift
has passed: the sore Of that friction, just
beginning to be chronic, is healed. The
sickness bred of safety is stopped, and
the wise medicine of temporary stpara-
ton has saved the situation. 1t is a
concession to and an Acknowledgement
of the weakness of human nature, and
the wisest men and women are those
who do so confess and concede, and do
not burke the facts as they are. And
those who do best in life are those who
understand the signs betimes and seize
that forelock ere it has passed.
OF the absent by death, what tender
pity glazes over all that was less than
lovely in life! Harshness and dissen-
sions-houtings and Observation-Disclosures
had marred the perfectness of the love
that lived between the quick and the
dead is all forgotten and forgiven,
And think in the lives of most women and
men
There's a moment when all would go
smooth and even,
If only the dead could find out when
To come back and be forgiven.
Philadelphia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Heating of Cornstalks.

However dry cornstalks may seem in
fall, when drawn to the barn there is al
ways good deal of moisture in the
stalks. The leaves may and will rattle
noisily, showing how thoroughly they
have dried. But they make only very
small part of either bulk or weight of
the load 1t is the heating which these
stalks undergo which moistens the
leaves, putting both them and the stalks
in better condition if the heating is not
carried too far than they would be. if
dried without freezing. This heating
softens the fiber of the outer covering
of the stalk and enables it to be bet
ter digested. Stalks that have stood in
stocks in the lot until frozen dry make
very poor feed. Even they, however,
will be improved if put in NOW with
sufficient moisture to cause them to heat.
There will be more mildew on such
stalks than on those fermented with their
natural juices inside them. We have
often seen COWS eat grecdily the mouldy
stalks, preferring them to those apparent
ly much fresher and greener, but which
had not undergone the heating process.
To certain extent the heating of corn
stalks is an advantage. That limit is
best regulated in the silo, which encloses
carbonic acid and gas and thus prevents
fermentation from going too far.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Clean Eggs.

Never send eggs to market soiled in
the least. Usually they can be made,
with warm water, not hot, and a soft
rag, to look clean. If not, use them at
home, making it an invariable rule to
send your eggs clean and neat in bas-
kets that will add to and not detract
from their sale. Some people prefer
brown-shelled egg, others the white. 1t
is therefore wise to assert them to meet
the wants of customers. The large eggs
of the Brahma, Plymouth Rock, Wyan-
dotte or Cochin should never be mixed
with those of the Leghorn, Minorca,
Houdan, Polish or Hamburg, as the size
of the former is larger and buyers usu-
ally prefer them and are willing to pay
for what they desire. These suggestions
may seem small to many, but it pays to
cater to the buying public.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
The New Horseshoers' Law.

The evident purpose of the new law
requiring horseshoers to be licensed in
cities of this state. of over 10000 in
habitants, is to prevent incompetent men
from shoeing horses i'll the larger cities.
1t is Il wtll-known fact that a large per-
centagcc of the lamenesS of horses. esp.e-
cially in the cities, is due wholly or in
part to the mutiation If the hOuf and
improper shocing by incompetent black
smiths. Even a; the best every Shoeng
is an injury to the horses foot So tina.
the better the operation til" less the i'll
jury.
Horseshoers. as class are welded 1"
number Of traditional practices long
handed down from generation to genera
ticn, that are directly opposed to the
preservation of the foot in its natural.
healthy condition. They do not consider
the shooting complete and "orkmanlikr.
unless they have sliced away the greater
portion of the frog; carved out the sole
until it will readily yield TO the pressure
of the thumb: ''opencd up the heels"
and rasped off the protecting covering
from the lower half or two-thirds Of the
wall by cutting the hoof down to fit their
idea of 4 shoe, instead of making u shoe
to fit the foot. The result is that, in
stead Of leaving the feet as nearly as
possible in the condition i'll which nature
made them to- withstand the wear and
tear of use, they are robbed of their nat
ural cushion and protecting covering. and
SO weakened as to be subject to concuS-
sion, bruises and contraction.
The more ignorant the blacksmith the
more tenaciously he adheres to his ira
ditioral creed. and the less ameuable is
he to any suggestions as to more ra-
tional and less destructive method of
shooting. l would not be understood as
sayin. that all blacksmiths are of the
class described. There is occasionally.
Il progressive horSeshoer who is endeav-
oring to improve his profession. and is
studying to improve the methods Of shoe
ing-Rural New Yorker.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05

: Lady Ito tipsy beggar)-"Are you not
ashamed. to beg?' ia. :. s. 3
. Yes, ma am; but I've been drinking.
When I'm sober I'm a burglar"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05


Windbreaks are always Of value as
protection for buildings from the force
of storms, but they are of very doubtful
utility as shelter for fruit trees and or
chards. The greatest danger from Sc
we're frost on vegetation comes in shell
tered places where the force of the wind
is broken, and where the cold air from
above settles down with no chance for
warmer air to rise and displace the cold
The roofs of houses and buildings with
more or less warm air always rising
from them protect them from the cold
which settles down. 1t is the side cur
rents of air, which expose the surface of
buildings to new air current, that takes
away warmth from animals which arc
constantly generating heat in their
bodies. But plants and trees do not
thus generate heat except in very slight
degree, and are more likely to suffer
under still air of very low temperature
than in what to animals would be more
uncomfortable weather, a higher tenn
perature, but with violent winds.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES


A cry from pagan dungeons deep
To Albion old and brave; 4. Il "A
A wall that startles from her sleep
The mistress Of the wave. sll%& ,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Machiue-Made Glass.

Machinery is beginning to play very
important part in flint and green glass
MANUFACTURER The introduction of one
machine alone for simplifying the making
of fruit jars was instrumental in reduc
ing the price last fall. and its further ar-
plication is expected to be large factor
in the settlement of wages next year. I"
give an idea of the revolution which is
impending in this branch of the glassware
business, one firm turned out last Sep
tember. with five machines. $1,000 jars
day. For month past four additional
machines have been in uSe and the daily
output has been $1,000 jars. There j.
now being built an additional tank fur
mace. which will double the capacity of
the works and hr ing the daily production
to over 100000 jars, or. say. 3o.WN.Uo
jars per year. which will be fully one
third of the entire fruit jar production Of
the United States. Lamps, the foot and
bowl of which were formerly jointed by
hand and often very imperfectly done,
are now made by machines. which form
the oil fount and foot ut one operation
and out of one piece of glass. The collar
is blown into the glass. and the lamp is
practically indestructiblc. One firm of
punch tumbler blowers has hitherto en-
ployed few hand blowers. each hand
turning out about 600 tumhlers per turn.
In the same factory ten machines will
soon be at work. which will give an out
put of 100000 punch tumhIcrs per day
PittSburg DiSDtch
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05

Brazil has at present 100000 acres
of coffee. -.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-19
Important Movement Toward a
Union Of the Island With
the United States.
WILL SEND A COMMITTEE HERE.
Claim the Government Cannot End the War
On q Basis of Autonomy The
Majority Wants Annexation.

MatanZas, Cuba, via Key West, Oct.
l8.-The business element in Havana
and elsewhere seem to have arrived at
the conclusion that the Madrid gov
ernment cannot end the war ou basis
of autonomy to Cuba. In view Of this
condition Of affairs a number of I'M
portant merchants and sugar planters
of Spanish origin, in conjunction with
several Cubans of prominence, have
been holding secret meetings as to the
future for Cuba most likely to further
their interests and those Of the island
In general.
1t is expected that the result will
be favorable to the annexation of Cuba
to the United States. A committee
will be sent to the United States with
instructions to lay the case of Cuba
clearly before the business men of
prominence IN the Upited States, ask
ing them to unite with the business
men of Cuba in an application to the
Washington government asking the
United States, in view of the failure
of the conservatives to suppress the
insurrection by force of arms and
pointing out the impossibility of the
liberals ending the war by establish
ing an autonomous form of govern
ment, to bring about the annexation
of Cuba to the United States.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-19
Advertised Letter List.

The following is list of letters re-
naming in the postoffice at Bruins.
wick unclaimed, for the week ending
Oct. 16, 1897:
B-Mrs. w. L. Baker, Mira. Harriet
Bridges, ~, Joney Broom. Miss EVa
Brock, T. G. Bibb, Mrs. E. j. Black
shear.
C-Miss Nelly Copeland, Cindy
Coall, Jessie COPELAND.
E-J. f. Elliott.
F-Mrs. Alice Frazer.
G-Miss Julia Grover. Miss Rachel
Griffin, s. Gilberty, Ben Gadely.
H-Mrs. Harriet Hudson, Charley
Howard.
J-Miss Hattie jenkins. Thomas
Jasper.
K-Miss Mamie Knoven.
M-aeo. II. Merrifield, Thos. Muir
ray, Miss Bertha Morrow, William
Mcloud, Mics Gerty McNew, j. B.
Marshall.
N-Dollie Norris.
P-Miss Mamie Perry, l. S. Pink
ney.
S-Wm. Swift, Jim Shular, Tome
Sinkens.
M-Miss Mary Lue Thomas.
W-Miss Pinkie Wilson, william
World, Miss Mamie Williams, Miss
Annie Wens, Captain Wells H, Wash
ington, John Walker.
Parties calling for any of the above
will please say they were advertised
and pay one cent for each letter
claimed. w. f. SYMoNs, L. N.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-19
STATES ATTORNEY
SCORED LUETGERT.
Eloquent Young Deneen Made the
Sausage Maker Tremble
PerCeptibly.
IF ACQUITTED He WILL TEND BAR.
The Last Day of the Great Trial-Crash in
the Courtroom Om-Tribute to the
Missing Woman.

Chicago, Oct, 18.-Luetgert has f..
nally decided on his plans if acquit-
ted. He expects to purchase an In
terest in q down town saloon or open
one himself if a prominent location
can be secured, and the vat, steam
pipe, and the great Dane dogs will be
exhibited as a sort of side show while
Luetgert passes out the beer over the
bar. While getting ready to open the
saloon Luetgert will exhibit himself
in some local museum if he can find a
manager willing TO pay his price. He
is demanding 81, 900 for a months ex-
hibition.
The ninth week of the famous trial
opened this morning with the great
est crush yet seen In the criminal
court building.
1t was wild mob and there were
numerous unpleasant collisions be-
tween the bailiffs and the turbulent
people.
States Attorney Deneen promptly
began the closing argument. He
opened with the defense of several
leading witnesses for the prosecution,
He criticised Mary Siemmering in cut
ting tones, paid his respects further tC
William Charles, and closed with a
glowing tribute to the memory of Mrs
Luetgert, whose last days on earth,' >
he said, "were fraught with sorrow
and anguish"
The speech was logical, forceful, and
powerful, Towards its CLOSE Luetgert
was neticeably nervous. He turned
uneasily in his chair and a tremoI
shook his giant frame. The members
of the jury paid the closest attention
to the eloquent speech of the young
states attorney, and the vast crowt
that packed the courtroom listened
with breathlsss attention.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-19
SURGEON GENERAL DEAD
The Presidents Family Physician suCCumbs
To Renal Trouble.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-SurGeon Gem
eEsl Newton I. Bates Of the navy, the
presidents family physician, died at
the Shoreham hotel this morning from
renal trouble. He was appointed
surgeon general about two weeks ago
to succeed Surgeon General Tryon,
and was obliged, on account of illness,
to take the oath of office in bed. His
illness at the time was not regarded as
serious, but developed alarming symp-
toms within the last day or two and
grew steadily worse.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-19
Hesser's Remains.

Savannah, OCT. 1S.-The remains Of
Deputy Sheriff Simon Hesser, who fell
out of a third-story window of lodg-
inghouse in Baltimore Friday night
and broke his neck, arrived in SRyan-
nah at O'clock this morning. The
body came shipped by express over
the Plant System and upon its arrival
was Immediately conveyed to his late
residence, 406 West Broad street, from
where the funeral took place at 4
O'Clock this afternoon.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-19
NORTHEAST WINDS.

Weather Bureau Reports Danger Not En-
tirely Past.
The following weather information
was received yesterday:
washington. D. c., 3 80 p. M, Oct
is, 1897 observer, Brunswick, Ca
The location of the tropical storm In
the gulf is uncertain and noon reports
show the conditions less threatening,
although danger is not entirely past.
The winds will be strong from the
northeast off the south Atlantic coast.
Willis L. Moore, Chief of Bureau"
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-19
Succeeds Garter.

Washington, Oct. 1S.--Col. Peter c..
Halnes, of the engineering corps of
the army, at present in charge Of the
river and harbor improvements for
the Baltimore district, has been ap-
pointed engineer commissioner on
the Nicaraguan canal and has ac-
cepted the appointment.