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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
BREAKFAST AT HEADQUARTERS.
Il Hungry Reporter Who Invited Him sell
10 Gen. Grants Table.

to Gen. Grants Table.
After the officers at headquarters had
obtained what sleep they could get. they
arose about daylight, feeling that in all
probability they would witness before
night either Il fight or foot racc-a fight
if the armies encountered each other. 4
foot race to secure good positions if the
armies remained apart.
Gen. Meade had started south at dawn.
moving along the Germanna road. Gen.
Grant intended to remain in his present
camp till Burnside arrived in order to
give him some directions in person re-
garlling his movements. The general sat
down to the breakfast table after nearly
all the staff officers had finished their
morning meal. While he was slowly
slipping his coffee young newspaper re-
porter. whose appetite, combined with his
spirit of enterprise, had gained u sub
stantial victory over his modesty, sli 'ped
u to the table. took srat at the far
Their end, and remarked: We'll. |
wouldn't mind taking cup of something
warm myself. if there's no objection
Thcrcupon Selling a cofier-lot, he poured
out full ration of that soothing army
beverage. and. after helping himself to
some Of the other dishes. proceeded to
eat breakfast with an appetite which had
evidently been stimulated by long hours
of fasting.
The general paid no more attention to
this occurrence than he would have paid
to the flight of bird across his path.
He scarcely looked at the intruder, did
not utter Il word ut the time. and made
no mention of it aftcrward. 1t WAS a
fair sample Of the imperturbahiity Of his
nature as to trivial matters taking place
about him-Dp(cmbrr Century.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
A DECORATED CAVE.
Curious Specimens of Indian Art Found
Near XXinona. MINI.

\ curious cave has been found at La
Noble. sixteen miles below Winona,
Mimi. Until lately it has been consid-
cred nothing beyond the usual kind found
in the bluffs around here, but recently
a local scientist. in reading a work of
the great explorer. Carver. noticed he
had made mention of IL great picture
cave. situated near La Moillc, the walls
of which were one mass of Indian writ
jngs-picturc work-one figure cut upon
another.
The case has scmi-circular entrance,
80 feet wide. and at the highest point 20
feet. The inner chamber is 100 feet
long and about 20 feet wide. The roof
arches to a height of nearly % feet. Tho
walls are mass Of Indian writings,
partly covered by the moss of centuries.
One figure, especially prominent, is tina t
Of a man nearly 6 feet long and fairly
we'll proportioned. One space is liter
ally covered with drawings of birds and
animals. The pictures arc thought to
be historical records Of the earlier Sioux.
a number of drawings of the pictures
have been made and photographs have
been taken. aud these will be sent to
hieroglypbists for transa ton if possible.
The complex nature of the drawings, one
on another, may make this very difficult,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
SHERIDAN AND MEADE.
A Quarrel Between Them that Led to tx
Crushing of Stuart.

Crushing of Stuart.
Sheridan had heen sent for hy Meade
to come to his headquarters. and when
he arrived. between II and l. o'clock
that morning. Il very acrimonious dispute
took place between the g two generals.
Meade was possessed of All cXcitablc
temper. which under irritating circ,l,u-
stances became almost ul.governable. He
had worked himself into Il towering pas
sion regarding the delays encountered
in the. forward movement. and when
Sheridan appeared Went at him hammer
and tongs. accusing him of plumbers.
and charging him with not making Il
proper disposition of his troops. and let
ting the cavalry block the advance of the
infantry.
Sheridan was equally fiery. and. smart
ing under the belief that he was. un-
Justly treated, all The hutsrur in his ma
turc was aroused. lie insisted that
Meade had created the trouble by ccull-
demanding his tSheri,lan'S> orders, and
that it was this act which had resulted
in mixing up his troops with the i'll
fantry, exposing one cavalry division to
great danger and rendering Intellectual
all his combinations regarding the move
ments of the cavalry corps. Sheridan
declared with great warmth that he
would not command the cavalry any
longer under such conditions. and said
if he could have matters his own way
he would concentrate all the cavalry,
move out i'll force against Stuarts com
mand and whip it. His language
| throughout VAS highly spireu, and con-
si,icuously italicized with cxrlctivcs.
Gen. Meade came over to Gen. Grant :
tent immediately after. and related The.
intcriew to him. The excitement of the
one was in singular contrast with the
caImne*s of the other When Meade
repeated the remarks made by Sheridan.
that he could move out with his cavalry
and whip Stuart, Ten. Grant quietly
observed. Did Sheridan say that? Well.
he generally knows what he is talking
about. Let him start right out and do
it, By l o'clock Sheridan had received
his orders in writing from Meade for
the movement. Early the, next morning
he started upon his famous raid to the
encn,y's army. and made good his word
Gen. Horace Porter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
The Best Cure,

The prescription for rccuperation from
gaiety and sightseeing and athletics is
rest--thc rest cure in II mild form. You
will be told to make an attempt TO let
90. us it were, of all your muscles
+ play us the children say. "as If YOU
were drunk. Withdraw your will even
from the tips of your fingers and let
your arms drop how and where they
please. If YOU are fond of swimming
you will have found that floating is the
most perfect mode of rest except for the
body IS everywhere supported by the wa
ter, aud one doesn't bear down on it,
Try to he passive when you lie down
1t you can swing hammock in your
room you will find it all excellent induce
ncnt to sleep, its slightly swaying motion
inspiring drOWsincss when everything
else fails. Even if exhaustion comes
from tho mind. as it does in nincty-ninc
cases out Of hundred. remember that
the body is closely related and that care
III one direction means good results in
the other.
1t is Il fact that very few women know
how to take rest particularly American
women. Watch them in doctors Offices
and at any station ut train time. Out of
twenty there will be perhaps one who,
with a hard days shopping before her.
will sit quietly with relaxed muscles
making most of the moment that invites
rest. The other nineteen women will
stroll to the news stand. read line here
and line there. wander to the door and
look out, glance ut their watches, ask
the time consistently and dctcrmincdly
disturbing the rcposeful opportunity that
has actually been thrust upon them
Exchange
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
A BISHOP IN ALASKA,
Bishop Rowe Briefly Recites His +
perienceS in that Ear-off TerritOry

Bishop Rowe Briefly Recites His Ex-
periences in that Far-off Territory.
Bishop ?. r. Rowe, formerly rector Of
the Episcopal church at Sault Ste. Ma
RE. writes an interesting letter to Mrs.
J. w. Alexander of Saginaw. Mich.
about his experience in Alaska On his
trip along the shore. he says:
"Ciimbing snow-capDe,l mountains.
| snowshoeing. hauling a loaded sled. whip
ping out lumber from trees and building
Il boat, sleeping on the snow. and some
times without a tent. running the danger
Gus canyons and breaking through the
ice on lakes. wer: among the trying cN-
periences. The man l had with me
proved useless. so much so that I had to
do The cooking. washing dishes. etc.
made bread, sewed on buttons and
| washed clothes. did not like the last
piece of work.
II met, camped with ana passed many
miners. Among them l held services.
docored them-for nearly all suffered
from snow blindness and had cnlds-and
yet travelled and worked as hard as the
lrst of them. They called me the rust
lrr. The toughest gave me- all respect
and even admiration.
"Ki!l. Il Wild mountain miner. said:
We'll. l never had any Use for preachers.
but the bishop is all right He said he
didn't remember when he had gone to
'mreting' After got him to one IF my
services said: Come. Bill. | want You
to come to church and help lis sing. and
he came.
Everything is very dear: meals. 81
each: board per week. without lodging.
SD: bacon. 80 cents pound; potatoes
not in the market. l bought a broom for
$1.25; common labor is SIS per day: car
ptnters get SO per day: miners. $40 and
$12: fuel is SO per cord. and it il; spruce
only.
my services ut Circle City were very
much appreciated. and the first ever held
in the place. There are about twenty sa
looms in the place and they make their
own liquor called 'hcork. Ry expert
cnce. | know nothing of its effects. hut
| am told it paralyzes one today and kills
tomorrow.
Prom St Michaels l went in the Bear
and called at Siberia Here l went
ashore and stood on the continent of
Asia. l visited the EsqnimauN and was
quite interested. The old chief wanted
Inc 10 stay with him. hut-he had four
,yiyrS--I did not share his DESIRE
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
A Room in (xOlfinU.

Persons interested in =olting say that
the season of &S97, beginning on January
!. will be the most remarkable in the
vested in golf in this country now reaches
Il total of several million dollars. OF
course. its support is largely drawn from
patrons of other games, notably tennis
but the natural increase in the love OF
outdoor sport in this country is so great
that rival pastimrs show no indications
of decline. The United States is bcconl.
ing great sport-loving country, and
each year makes distinct advances. If
the next twenty years produce results as
good rs the twenty years ending in 1886,
this will indeed be a great country from
the athletic point of view.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
COAL IN WYOMING.
1t is found in Thirteen Counties and
Emil races II coo Acres Scare Miles.


Embraces Fl 600 Acres Spare Miles.
The coal fields are -, Numerous in wv
cmIng that every county. with one rxcr,,-
ton. has coal mines opened. according to
Il public document just ISSUED. ia which
Prof. Wilbur {. Knight contributed some
valuab bic matter relating to Goa, ia Wy
oming. There are - AGA s4,lar" miles Of
coal lands known. which estimate will
be found low when tn" boundaries have
been defined by actual survey The
helds have numerous veins. generally
ranging from six to eight workable ones.
and the veins vary in thickness from, four
to seventy-tve feet.
The following table will give the num-
Der of square miles of productive coal
measures known iii each county. together
with the number Of local and sh,,,,ii,-
coal mines, and the MA xi,nuIn and mini
mum thickness of the coal veins This
estimate is based upon careful field Oh
seryatiOns that have been nia,i,. during
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
An IhiAHr nAAIl hnana,,

Back TO the home whore, as boy, +
Life 70 me was Il constant joy;
STANDING alone III the bright white glow
There seem to come through Il flmy haze
Faces ana forms Of bygone days.
Faces and forms long since forgot
Troop from the pust to that hnllowcd .not.
Faces bright with the glow Of health,
Eor,ns uubent by the race for wealth.
Mhiie grim and gray with the frosts of life,
Here 1t was In the long ago,
II the holiday time all white with snow,
Ihat merry maid with a rogush eye
whispered. 'Stay-say not gootihy%'
ANS az fond memory stirs my heart,
In wide awake with II sudden start,
ror mere IN my lap as ! sit and dozc.
Her daughters been tickling her old dads
nose. New York Evening SIM
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
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Gen, Grants Two Times.

A drum corps in passing caught sight
of the general, and at once struck up
a then popular negro camp-mecting air
cried. Good for the drummers! =
whats the fun?" inquired the general
"Why." was the reply. "they are playing,
Amt Glad to Get Out Oh dc Wilder,
ness" " The general smiled at the ready
wit of the musicians, and said: "Well,
with me musical joke always requires
explanation. l know only two tunes;
one is Yankee Doodle and the other
ISM. "-Century for ,Ianuary.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22

by it's tail fin used as Il propeller. The
slime with which every fish Is coated,
which is in various ways essential to its
to slide more easily and rapidly through
the water, In fact, the fish, studied by:
men for ideas in modelling, is not only
speedy. hut it is. as one might say..al-:
ways black-leaded and ready for racing
Nav. V.,rI Sun ~ t.s& 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN,
sCeptin' jim.

..=- sVepln' Jtlns - - - +
We hoys sul run, an ronln, an play u
From early morn till close OF day :ss'~ssSzsIf
dSttamp Tor miles with dor an gun.
An think that luntin'Swas such fun
g.. CeptinE aim Fs Il H.. RS.
He wuz cripple from his birth,
An WA no sore o. use on earth
His mother wuz the Wilder Flynn,
Who hadn't nary chick nor kin ~ .'~~s
'Ceptin' Jim.
She liveU by takin' washing In.
I no widder's face was sharp an thin;
Hard work had left its creuses there,
An no one thought her sweet ner fuir--
'Ceptln' Jim.
One day we went below the MILL
Where shatiders fell so cool an still,
A-tiShtn thar fer perch an trout,
An no one knew we were about
r. sCeptin' JIM.
When some one came an raised the sluice
An turned the rush Of water loose,
50 While everything began to 40,
An we were all down thar below
'Ccptin' Jim.
lie got pole. an limped aroun.
An rried the gate back to the groun'-
We used ter gather by
\ lrctie grave where grass grew high
All 'ceptin' Jim.
--Minncapols Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
The Dangers of India.

India is a dangerous country to live in,
as the following figures showing the
deaths from wild beasts and snakes dur
twelvemonth snakes killed no less than
1910 persons. Tigers killed 1868 per.
SONS and 27,517 head of cattle: bears, 12ti
persons and $40 cattle: wolves, 1T per-
SONS and 1887 cattle: hyenas, II persons
and 274S cattle; elephants. So persons and
1 cattle; while other wild beasts. such as
jackals, buffaloes, boars. crocodies. etc.
were responsible for the deaths of 9G0
persons and 21G1 cattle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
Old Folks in Maine.

Over in the rare old town of Paris,
Me-, in radius of six miles there arc
living fourteen persons over IS years
of age. The ages are 104. 93. 81, 90 and
two so. They are all we'll and smart.
Benjamin Bacon, 81 years DID, has
travelled out two and one-half miles with
his AK on his shoulder and returned home
at night, and has cut several cords of
4-foot wood and piled it up ready fol.
the teams
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
IN A STATE OF SLAVERY.
Wretched Condition of Laborers in
Nicaragua.

\ terrible state of affairs prevails in
system of selling labor has resulted in re-
ducing very large numbers of men. wom-
en- and children to state of slavery.
Owners Of coffee estates recently held n
meeting with the object of influencing
the government of Nicaragua to cstab-
fish in Cuba labor agency to induce
Cuban laborers to migrate to Nicaragua
Men and women here arc now cndeavor
ing by every possible means, excepting
an armed revolution. to escape from the
servitudc incident to the sale of their la
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
Owed Under Ice.

Twelve-ycar-old frankie Stevens was
skating at the, watch factory dam on the
Charles river near Watertown, Mass,
and broke through the ice over an air
hole and Disappeared. The swift cur
rent bore him away.
Attracted by the shrieks of the lads
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
How do You Carry Your Hands

1t is little curious to notice how
tritling mannerisms obtain among tho in
itiated. There is a certain Freemasonry
among "smart" young women which
bears with it subtle and unmista bic
knowledge. The way the hands are car
ried when ungloved tells the knowing
ones good deal. Now that the sleeves
are Worn a little open at the wrist all
the fashionable girls let one hand creep
gently up the wrist of the other. an
ing belle is usually responsible for these,
tricks of manner 1t may be Il pose or
habit that is unconscious or premedi-
tated, but which charms with her per-
sonality. is copied by her intimatcs. and
rapidly spreads far beyond the original
cir
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
Weight Of Bees.

Careful weighing shows that an ordinary
bee, not loaded, weighs the 5OO0th part
Of pound, so that it takes 5000 bees
to make Il pound. But the loaded bee,
when he comes i'll fresh from the fields
and flowers, freightcd with honey or
bee-bread, weighs nearly three times
more. ..- S.,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
IIyerctt's Hotel Closes.

New York. Dec. 3O.-Evcrctt' hotel,
Vcsey and Barclay streets. one of the
oldest and best known establishments of
it's kind in this city. was closed today.
Its proprietor. Samuel II. Everett, has
been in financial trouble for some time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
Fishes Always III I;acins Trim,

The shapes of fishes have often been
studied with Il view to determining the
best shape for boats with regard to
speed There are many fishes whose
fins, or a. part of them, at least. shut
down into cutters. 80 that when closed
and not hi use they make no projection
beyond the body, but fold down into
these Impressions, flush with the surface,
the rapid passage of the fish through tho
water when swimming at speed, driven
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
Back to Oil Lamps Again,

There could scarcely he sharper con-
trast than that which exists between the
sight, Oh every hand, of toddling children
III SDectarlcS, and the remembrance of
our grandmothrrs doing all sorts of fine
handiwork without any artificial aid at
all, and telling us still more marvellous
stories of their mothers in turn, who
'ncvcr wore pair of spcctaclcs" and
could see to read fine print ut Il great
age.
Ono of the causes for this rapid and
complete change of optical conditions
must be traced to the sort of light our
houses and streets have accustomed us
to. The electric glare. or the dazzling
flicker of the gas jet. harm the eyes as
the soft shade of candles and even the
SubuuCd lamp light did. One woman
who comes of a family Of weak eyes. and
who has lately begun to have trouble
with her sight. has entirely discarded
either gas or electricity. with which, for
merry. her house was lighted.
She does not go out in the evening
when she can avoid it. and especially
shuns all public gatherings III brilliantly
illuminated rooms. She uses candles in
her home and has Il great wcodtirc by
whose soft glow she spends most of her
after-lark hours in converse ton. if posi-
bic, and not trying her sight by any hard
usage.
These methods of prevention, she
thinks are helping her quite as much
as what the specialist prescribed for her
trial. and certainly add to the pleasant
appearance of her pretty home
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
Painting Things Blue

Since the Baltimore & Ohio has adopt
cd the system of printing it's coaches
blue, with such success, from both all
artistic and economic point of view, 9TH
or roads have begun to pattern after
the regular color. The latest road to
adopt tho new color is the pittsburg &
Western road, which has issued orders
that all coaches sent to the shops for
remuirs shall be painted blue.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
The, Are All Prince Hcinrichcs.

1t will soon he time for the little state
let of RcusS-Schlciz. in Germany. to
rcvommence numbering it's princes y
peculiarly of the law requires that every
male member of the rcigning family he
called Heinrich To distinguish, one
from the other. each prince Solemnly
numbered Immediately after he is born.
Every century these numbers are sol
cmniy wound up and written off in the
family Bible. and with the commence
ment of the rev century the HeinrichcS
begin at number one again. We do not
know bow many HcinrichcS there have
been in this century. hut one prince who
died about twenty years ago at ripe
old age and who was born in 1889 was
known as Prince Heinrich I.NNlI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
Picktc-Making in Indiana.

The raising of cucumbers is becoming
one of the greatest industries of North,
ern Indiana. During the season just
closed $1,000 bushels of them were de-
Evered at the factory in Laporte. Fig
ures Indicate that over 100000 bushels
were gathered in Northern Indiana last
summer and picked at various reposito-
ries, and that an amount in excess of
100000 was paid the farmers for their
Notwithstanding News, -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22

Tho Commercial club of Kansas City
has taken steps to erect a statue of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
The Mandrake in Ancient Times.

Among the practitioners Of the heal
ing art, the common mandrake plant
has always held "a high place. Even in
old times many virtues were attributed
to it. but the trouble was, no one could,
according to popular tradition. dig the
root up and live. The resemblance be-
tween the root and the human form gave
rise to the idea that the mandrake was
really an inferior form of animal life.
and Thomas Newton deliberately de-
scrib how, the ancients believed that
each plant was Il mysterious growth
from the body of a man who had been
hanged for murder. If anyone dragged
this plant creature from the earth, it
would utter such horrible groans that
no one who heard them could live 1t
was claimed that the danger was to be
averted by tying a piece of cord to the
herb and around IL dogs neck. The pos
sible strangulation of the dog during its
struggles seems never to have occurred
to the ancients, and as the man who
tied the cord always ran for his life.
the superstition as. to the mandrake's
groan was easily maintained
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22
Corriean to Become Cardinal

New York. Dec. 3O.-A special cable
dispatch from Rome to the Journal says
Impending elevation of Archbishop Cor
rigan to the cardina!ate. 1t is said that
in lmrloning Archbishop Ireland and
Bishop Keane the pope has. so to speak,
tlisaprroved of the conduct of the ac-
cuSers. To lessen. however, the effect
which this pardon may have produced on
the American episcopate. his holiness has
decided to raise to his cardinalate, Mgr.
Corrigan. who represents the party hos
tile to Keane and Ireland.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22

the articles are what they profess to be,
though at present small clue exists as to
their history, for after they were re-
moved otherwise stoien) from the Tuilc-
ries, they were evidently carried about
France, and passed from one unknown
hand to another. being ultimately
brought to England and-alas, that such
things should bestowed away with n
quantity of old rubbish in repository
for secondhand furniture.