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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
A NAVAL EXPERIMENT TANK.
To be Built at the Washington Yard, ant
to be About as Big as Il Dry Dock.

To be Built at the Washington Yard, and
to be About as Big as a Dry Dock.
An experimental tank in which mina-
ture warships will be tested is to be
constructed soon at the Washington navy
yard not far from the great shops where
all the navy guns are assembled. The
tank will be the first of its kind in the
country. and the largest under cover Its
dimensions closely approach those of the
big dry docks, and the depth Will he suf
hclent to float any Of the smaller cruisers.
On all sides it will be covered. and the
water will be supplied by the city reser-
vo!rs or pumped from the Potomac.
From end to end the tank will be just
inside the water space will be 415xi3
feet. Its depth will be II feet Run
ming across. close to the water. will be
carnage upon which there will be at
tached dynamometer to register the re-
slstance due to towing a model through
the basin. Models. varying in size from
ten to twenty feet of every new ship to
be built will be attached to this ma
chlncry and drawn through the water.
The wave motion will be observed and
the resistance it offers will be calculated.
The models will be plain affairs. con-
structcd only with view to presenting
closely the actual lines of the ship it is
mentS it is estimated that the plans of
all proposed vessels can he improved and
valuable information gathered for use in
designing the lines of ships. The cost
, of the tank will be 100000.
For years the navy asked for this APP
preparation but got it only from the last
Congress. The use of such tanks abroad
is common. Constructor Hichborn is the
designer and promoter of the new tank.
which will be ready for service in about
ten months
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
Blood Poison and INSANITY,

While the fullest credit should be given
to the staff of this important institution
(the State Institute of Pathology, it is
but fair to state that the study Of
toXaemia in connection with insanity is
by no means a novelty. nor is it the dis
covery of the enterprising young gentle
men connected with that establishment
who have been credited Herewith. Over
a decade ago Solomon. Regis and others
recognized the toxic origin of mental dis
eases. while no less than ten others.
among them Herter and Smith. lave
written extensively on the subject. Per
haps most credit should be given "a Dr.
Allan McLane Hamilton. whose laper
on 'AutotoXis as a Cause of Insanity"
was read before the Medical society of
London in May last and noticed in your
London letter a short time subsequently
In this paper. which contained much
original research, the connection between
toxaema and insanity WAS fully shown.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
A Professional: BeGgar.

A Mr.. Paulian of Paris, wishing to
write an exhaustive work on mendacity,
became professional beggar and prac-
ticed that vocation two or three years.
By turns Mr.. Paulian was "crawling
cripple, street singer, carriage door
opener, mechanic out of work, unem-
ployed professor, deaf and dumb" He
ran through the whole gamut of de-
formities and practiced every kind of
deceit, and always with the most distin-
guished success, and never failed but
once, and then says that it was his own
fault. Il was begging under the porch
of the church Of St. German DESIRES,
when the policeman who then arrested
me acknowledged directly afterward
that my arrest was entirely due to the
exasgeration of my disguise.' The re-
ligious appeal seems to be the most TAX
ing lure especially when the baptism lay
is plallsibly introduced Mr. Paulian
asked woman in the business: "And
your own children-have they been bap-
TIED in the Catholic or Protestant
church!' Her answer was: "My child
has been baptized twelve times in the
protestant and fourteen times in the
CATHOLIC church. Every baptism brings
me III 10 sous and a clean DRESS" There
IS a society in Paris that gives trusses,
baEdages or elastic stockings to those
who suffer. A beggar presents himself
who has, say, varicose veins. and he goes
to the hospitals and the societies and
gets an elastic stocking, say, from each
OF them. He hurries to the secondhand
dealer, who will give him 5 francs apiece
1or ms extra elastic stockings. There
are other beggars who will buy them as
important parts Of their get-llD
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
Only DIR. Nansen.

A story that has never been in print,
and is worth handing down to posterity,
relates to a reception some years ago at
the dwelling of a social magnate in an
Eastern city. It was attended by sever
al persons of distinction.
During the evening one of the guests,
a gentleman with a poor memory for
faces, and little near-sghted, took the
host aside and spoke to him in confiden-
tial whisper.
You see that tall man over there near
that vase. of fowers?' he said.
YES" replied the host.
Il was talking to him few minutes
ago about the terribly cold weather had
experienced out in Iowa in the winter of
1863, and he yawned in my face"
Don't you know who he is?'
mo"
"That's DR.. hansen. the Arctic explor-
cry Outh's Comma MON.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
Curious Eoreicn Terms.

For the purpose of assisting the trades
men of this country to a proper under
lstanding of the weights and measures in
stountres with which the United States
has established trade relations, the state
department in Washington recently
caused q compila ton to be made Of for
eign weights and measures. with their
American equivalents. This compilation
contains some curious as we'll as instruc-
tive features.
The word .candy" in India means 500
pounds in Madras. and 529 pounds in
means 100 pounds of raisins, while i'll
Malta it is a customs phrase for eleven
and four-tenths gallons. Dun" is Jap
anese for one inch. and LII is Chinese
for 2115 feet. In Germany the word
'last' means two metric tons, or 44SO
pounds while in England it stands for
s2!& bushels of dry malt: \ person who
would describe nine-tenths of a foot and
the person using the word 'Sho' in Japan
would designate one and six-tenths of a
quart.
"Rottle'' in Palestine means pounds
and in Syria Az pounds. Seer is In
dian for 1 pound Is ounces: ''Salm" is
Maltese for 400 pounds, and '.I'ood' is
China, Japan and Java means about
! 1-3 pounds. while in Sumatra it indi-
Gates about 2]s pounds. 'Coyan' is
Sara wax for 3 pounds and Siamcse for
about 215 pounds "Fanega'' is com
mon unite of dry measure in South and
Central America: it means 21a bushels in
Chill. 3.9S bushels in Uruguay, ~ bushel
in Venezuela. ~ bushel in Mexico and
about the same in Cuba. "Arroba'
means 30 1-3 pounds in Brazil and % 1-3
pounds in the Argentine republic. CAR
shine" is Russian for % inches. and
"Artel' in Morocco means 1.12 pounds.
In Denmark and Sweden some queer
names prevail, with widely different
meanings, although the pund (pound) is
the popular unit of weight in both coun-
tries. In Denmark ''Tonde" means 2.9+
bushels and "Tondeltnd' means 1.3G
acres. "Centner' stands for 40 pounds
in Denmark and 93.7 pounds i'll Sweden.
In the last-named country ''Tunna' de-
scribes ~ bushels, and "Tunnland' |. %
acres. "A1ir' in Denmark means 4.6S
miles. "Bu' in Japanese is one-tenth
of an inch, and ''To'' in the same Ian
guage is 2 pecks. ''Tan' is Japanese for
one-quarter of an acre.-Ncw York
Times
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
OLDEST DINNER EVER EATEN.
Food that Antcdatcd tho Most His:ori
of Railway Sandwiches

of Railway Sandwiches.
Perhaps the most remarkable dinner ON
record was that give! by an antiGunry
named Gocbcl. in the city of Brussels
\ dissertation of it is furnished to the
Boston Cooking School Magazine by one
Of the guests. Amaziah Dukes of New
York.
At that dinner ate apples that ripcned
more than 1900 years ago: bread made
from wheat grown before the children
of Israel passed through the Red sea,
and spread with butter that was made
When Elizabeth was Queen of England:
and | washed down the repast with Wine
that was old when Columbus was play
ing barefoot with the loys of Genoa.
The apples We're from an earthcn lar
taken from the ruins of Pompeii The
wheat was taken from Il chamber III one
of the pyramids, the butter from stone
shelf in an old we'll in Scotland. where
for several centuries it had lain in an
earthen crock in icy water. and the wine
was recovered from IN old vault in the
city of Corirth.
There were six guests at the table and
each had Il monthful of the bread and a
traspoorful of the wine. but was per-
mitted to- hrll himself bnuntfully to- the
butter. there being several pounds of it..
The apple jar held about two-t thirds of Il
gallon. The fruit was sweet and as
finely favored as if it had been put up
Yesterday
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
Severe ON CARLYLE.

Carlyle's severest critic and a critic of
his own school, was an old parish road
man at Ecclefechan.
Been a long time in this neighbor-
hood!' asked an English tourist
been here a ma days, sir"
Then you'll know the Carlyles?''
"Weel that! A ken the whole of them.
on his shovel, and bordering; there was
Jock; he was kind O. throughhither sort
O chap, a doctor, but no a bad fellow,
Jock-he's deid, mon."
And there was Thomas" said the in
quirer eagerly.
"Oh, ay; Of coorse, there's Tam-a USE
less, munestruck chap that writes in Lon
don. There's naething in Tam; but,
mon, there's Jamie, owre in the New
lands-there' S a chap for ye.5 Jamie takes
MAR swine into Ecclefechan market than
any ither farmer i the parish,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
Want the Street.

There are many ways of distinguishing
the. gentleman on the bicycle. The
selfish way i'll which many of the wheel
men act is enough to give one the impress
sion that they are hogs. They want the
whole street. or the whole road. and dc
not care TO turn out for any other cyclist.
They will glide away from Il vehicle.
however. not so much because they want
to, but because they recognize that Il COL
lisinn would prove the worse for them.
do not care to get out of the way of Il
lady, even though she be in the right.
They never have kind word for any
body. even FOR the driver who will turn
out on occasions, a courtesy that should
always be appreciated, SO seldom is it
granted. Their language is anything but
model and their action in keeping with
their talk. Some people who do not
ride judge all cyclists by these few. and
every rider suffers in consequence
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
Frogs to the Rescue.


There is Il country which until recent
~ was without frogs, and consequently
the inhabitants suffered from mosuuitons
more than those of New Jersey.
DIR. Ehlers whom the Danish govern
ment sent out in the summer of 1898.
along with an English. Il French and a
German colleague. to study the causes of
leprosy i'll Iceland, has written series
of very interesting articles about Iceland
in one of the Danish papers. He says
that in some parts of Iceland, especially
round the larger lakes, Thingyalavatn
Myvatn, and Syinayatn, the mosquitoes
and flies have become so much Of a
plague that people living around Myvatn
(Mos1uito Water) are obliged while
working III the fields. to protect their
hands and faces by gloves. wells or
toads to destroy these small tormentorS
The English physician, therefore. de-
vised very clever plan. and his German
colleague and DR.. Ehlers carried it out.
to import frogs to Iceland. The German
took along with him 100 vigorous frogs
from Kopenick, and DR.. Ehlers took IA
supply of 10 frogs, which he had cap
tured with great difficulty at Charlotten-
lund, the summer residence of the crown
from Germany-in a packing case rid
died with holes and lined with rushes
and drenched with fresh water seyera |
times a day-endured the long voyage
caDitally, So of the Danish frogs died
the very first night they spent on board
of a contagious disease the nature and
cause of which baftleni the understanding
of the learned doctors. though it was
pronounced by the first mate to be home
Sickness
At any rate. the frogs were let loose
on July 10, 1895. in Il bog north of the
hot springs by Reikiavik. the capital of
Iceland. the doctors hoping that kind
folks would Introduce them later Oil to
the mosquitoes and flies at Thingvulla-
vain. Croaking m2rrily. the 1O2 frogs
disappeared in the bog.
"Perhaps.' adds DR.. Ehlcrs. "my Eng
fish colleagues plan will succeed. or per
haps July 10, 1858, will only be ren,tm-
bered by the ducks that waddlcd IN to
the spot from the shore and surveyed
the little unknown beings with great in
tCrrSt'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
Like Beg0tA Like.

n woman was heard to make the as
scrtion the other day tat Sin nine cases
out of ten we like people because they
like us, or dislike them because they
have failed to appreciate u.s." 1t is some
thing of an admission to make, and yet to
a certain extent it is true. We cannot
help being influenced in our opinions of
others by their evident opinions of us.
for the person who is interested in what
we say, who defers to us and enjoys our
society naturally appears to us in ia
vorable light. On the other hand, the
man or woman who never notices us,
who takes no pains to conceal his or her
Indifference or dislike, need not expect to
receive our hearty good will and esteem.
1t shows touch of self-conceit Oh our
part and yet it is human nature.
Sometimes, however, we misjudge 9TH
ers by this feeling We take unreason-
able prejudices against people and per-
haps by our very actions cause them to
dislike us, and then blame them for it.
It is decidedly egotistical to find reason
for disliking person in the fact that he
or she does not properly recognize our
virtues. But it is an almost unavoidable
failing and the best we can do is to al
low it as little as possible room for
growth. -Philadelphia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
Redeemiug MutilataI MOnev

The efforts of man at the sub treas
ury today to secure the redemption of a
bill which had almost all bec.l destroyed
prompted Assistant Treasurer Marion to
make the following inter sting remarks:
1--WE have application to redeem mutt
lated bills about every day. The sys-
tenn is simple. If person presents
three ffths of Il bill it is redeemed in
full. If half of bill, onp-half of the
full value is given: but if only a small
part of the bill is presented, proof must
be given that the remainder has abso-
lutely been destroyed before it will be
redeemed. l have seen pieces of bills
saved from fire scarcely larger than a
mans thumb redeemed at full value. I
have known bills to be redeemed which
had been chewed up and swallowed by
animals. One case l know of where
man died from swallowing paper money.
He was cut open and the money re-
deemed. Bills found in rat and mice
nests, all torn into pieces, have often
been redeemed. but fire wipes out more
than anything else. \ government eX-
pert in Washington figured out that the
government is about $50 100000 to $780,
100000 ahead in paper money which has
been destroyed during the past thirty
three years.'-New York Letter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
"A Real Dramatic Act.

A. recent French writer, discussing
Partisan mendacity, relates an incident
which we'll shows the ingenuity displayed
by the French fraud. A man jumped off
the Alma bridge into the Seine, then an
other man jumped i'll after him and saved
him: Let me de-" said the proposed
suicide. II have no work. I have eaten
nothing for three days. The rescuer
says, taking twenty-five confines out of
his pocket, ''Accept this. 1t is all I
have. l shall only have to go without my
dinner today" Then the assembled
crowd showered money on the two. There
hours later the two were arrested by the
police for being drunk and disorderly,
They have had a magnificent time of it,
and generous public has contributed to
their joll fcation. Then the police discov-
er that the pretended suicide and the he
roic rescuer are cOnyicts who rugged ND
thels melodramatic act for an excitable
nrhIic
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
Worried Women.

every day as it comes, to avoid remorse
over what is done, and forebodings over
what is to come. but it is no less valuable
advice. Nervous prostration is seldom
the result of present trouble or work,
but of work and trouble anticipated.
NJ entail exhaustion comes to those who
look ahead and climb mountains before
they arrive at them. Resolutely build Il
wall about today and live within the en-
sad or wrong-it is over The future
may be like the past, but the woman
who worries about it may not live to
meet tiff she does she will bear it. The
only thing with which she should con-
Germ herself is today, its sunshine, it's
air, it's friends, it's frolics, it's wholesome
work, and, perhaps, it's necessary sorrow.
American Woman's Home Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
The Book was Wrong.

Representative Fleming of Georgia
made an effort on the floor of the House
Oh Saturday to show that an appeal from
the Speakers decision was a ,lebatahle
question. Mr.. Reed said that it was not
After the adjournment. Mr.. Fleming
went to. the speaker with little red
book. 1t was entitled Reeds parlia-
mcntary Rules" In it was IL paragraph
which showed that the appeal could be
debated.
"What do you say to the that?" asked
Mr.. Fleming, triumphanty.
II see it," drawled Mr.. Reed; as he
cast his eye over the paragraph in his
book, but Mr.. Fleming. the book is
wrong. ashington Correspondence
New York Tribune. 49,. 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
A Curious Legacy.

An original individual of Mons, who
during his lifetime was fond of good liv-
fG0O to FIVE friends under the following
extraordinary conditions: The legacy
must be spent on dinners served in off
ferent restaurants, and the deceased had
stipulated that at each meal certain
special dish and particularly wine, Of
which he was very fond, shall be served,
drunk. Furthermore, the five compan-
ions must dine in black clothes and black
gloves, and must enter the dining room
preceded by 4 flag and the music of an
accordion. The first dinner took place at
Brussels yesterday, and the injunctions
were carried out to the letter. OF the
from Antwerp, one from Mons and one
from Charleroi.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
WHY He LOafnd.

Gibbs-"What are you loafing about
town at this time Of night for?''
Dobbs-" 'Fraid to go home. Wife told
me to be sure and remember something,
and I've forgotten what it was"
Gibbs-"It wasn't groceries, was it?'
Dobbs-"No."
Gibbs,-"Baby food, lacks or theater
tickets
Dobbs-"No, but I've thought of it,"
, +Gibbs-"What was it,"
Dobbs-'She wanted me to remember
and come home early,''-Tyd-Bits,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
Very Progressive

Progressive and enterprising Chicago
has brand-new plan for selling goods
to country merchants. The Chicago
drummer is able to sell where others
fail, but in these times even he is COM
PEELED to devise new and original
methods of advertising and displaying
his goods. His latest scheme is the ''sales
train" This consists of railroad train
the cars of which are fitted up with
shelves and counters and are to all intents
and purposes so many stores. Other cars
are provided in which the statesmen sleep
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07

and take their meals. When the trim
reaches a town it is sidetraeked, and the
merchants appear upon the scene, inspect
~ goods, learn the prices and place their
orders. OF course the expense of sales
train is too great for any one concern to
bear, but when the jobbers and whole
salers combine the cost is greatly reduced,
and the results achieved are amply suti-
cient to Justify the outlay.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
A Bird Doctor.

Who wouldn't be bird doctor? There's
Il lot of money in invalid dickies The
eminent bird doctor resides in fashion
able street, and the costly pictures that
caught my eye as l passed through the
hall the other day were ample proof of
the bigness of his income-in fact, solid
exhibitions of money, says Il writer in
London Answers.
Money!" said the doctor. in chirpy
voice; Eyes, there's lots of money in it.
Study the birds for twenty years, and
there's 1850 year for you. Here's the
dispensary.'
l followed him into Il long, low room,
the walls Of which were hidden by hum
dreds of dumpy bottles and galIipots. A
number of stuffed birds in glass cases
were sprinkled about, and here and there
was Il bird skeleton. Notwithstanding
surgical instruments cleaned on the
benches.
''Everything for use, you see,'' said the
doctor.
We passed through into the hospital.
The chief ward was Il large, well-lightcl
apartment partitioned off into cages of
all sizes, and artiticially heated Dis
cOrdant bursts of song greeted our ar
rival, and here | saw hundreds of birds
i'll all stages of sickness, from Il scowling
eagle suffering from Il twisted spine to
EOluulcu WITH EapcS.
'All well-bred BIRDS" observed the doc
tor every one of 'em aristocrats. There
are about 500 birds in the hospital now
Each bird has his own cage, regular
meals and regular physic. The patients
under treatment, all told. represent afou
E4OO. Fifty of their number will 90 out
cured this week. but fresh ones fock i1
| every day. They mostly belong to we'll
to-do people, and they have to pay stiff
prices if they want them to be we'll care
for: Two pounds is the price for a,Apu
tating birds leg; sore throat can be
cured for 5s; indigestion will run you I'M,
| 7sGd: while an attack of influenza means
I'll if slight, or G3 if dangerous, rs lh,
| patient requires Il lot of attendance
Such little items as chilblains, NEURALGIA
| biliOusness or IL touch of lumbagu cos
| from Is to half guinea.
THE majority of my patients are par
rots. Parrots are subject to all diseases
but are the hardest of birds, nevertheless
| | receive Il good sprinkling of canalie.
| about the spring of the year. suffpril,
from cold during the damp weather. i
| very hot summer. too. brings Il 1oot
| batch of sunstroke cases.
II visit my patients every morning
my two attendants administer the plysi.
or bandage the affected part. as the ca..
| may require. One hundred pounds til.
medicine bills runs to; another 600 i:
| expended on food: EDO on fuel, and tw,
| attendants at f1OO year each amount:
to ESQ annually. l clear about $3.50 J.;
year after that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
There Is a Class of People

Who ere injured by the use of coffee. Re-
Gently there has been placed in all the gro
Gerry stores new preparation called
GRAIS-O, made of pure grains. that
takes the place of coffee. The most deli
cate stomach receives it without distress,
and but few can tell it from coffee. 1t
does not cost over one-fourth as much.
Children may drink it with great benefit.
15c and 25c per package.