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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
CHEAP PAPER.
How Official Records Are~Liable to Dis
appear in Bust in u Few Iears.

HOW Omciai kSecOruS Are Liable TO DlS.
appear in bust in Few Years.
The Prussian government has just dis
covered that during the last quarter Of a
century many of the documents which
tell of the greatness Of the Fatherland
have been threatened with complete de-
struction, owing to the bad quality Of
the paper on which they are written.
Ten years ago Denmark found that it's
records were mourning q like fate, while
in Italy the records Of the young king
dom are actually falling to pieces. The
bad quality of modern paper is RESPONSE
BILE for all this decay, for we nowadays
no longer mike our paper of raw silk or
linen rags, but of grass, wood fiber and
all sorts of materials, which will not
stand the test of time.
\ learned German professor has been
analyzing the paper used in something
like a hundred scientific reviews, and
has found that only six of them could be
principal ingredient which does more
than anything else to make modern pa
per perisha Bile is said to be chloride Of
lime, and it: is calculated by this Ger
man scientist it will cause the paper
into whose composition it largely enters
to crumble within comparatively few
years. It is within the bounds of prob
abilit! to say that century from now
only those books and manuscripts on pa
per Of the finer sort will be deciphcrable
or i'll existence. -.
Heretofore the principal enemy to the
material life of books was considered to
be the bookworm, though in tropical
countries, owing to the climate, it is
next to impossible to keep books from
becoming pulpy masses hardly1to be rec
ognized after the advent of the rainy
season.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
HOME Discomfort.
The Trials of Wife ard Mother fcra
FffeHuaiior.

FkfeHuaiior.
\ woman with no cart Of hrnic Or HhG
shirks domestic duties breausc they ar,
unplea SAINT may owe this defeat TO train
Ing as much as 10 nature Thfre are TIrlr
who perform all tasks prrfunctosi,y and
have no love for work. Women har;-
more cause for the discomfort Of domestic
dridgery, because il is mere inonotonou5
than the employment of most men. II
there is trouble in the mouse The wifi.
is left to solitary brpodi..s while ti,s.
man goes out among his fellow, aud
soon finds distra ction. Going out is a
change: returning hUine is another. By
evening the events Of the day have driven
away the cares of the morning. Had the
wife the same cpTorl nnit!e= her iittlr
troubles would sit light: Upon her
Where there is discomfort there Is u-,I-
ally local Gauge. which, mag lie re-
moved. If it is characteristic il is pitt
able. The normally discontinued wcman
is a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES frolU 81 u,.il-
tai disorder which nes'ds-->uch t"nic- Is
are usually given to grief. The trials of
a wife and mother viii alft.a al ~ Iuast
men as afTnrsiins SOME rxt+nuat:n'l. ] hr
monoton! of domestic duty. and tEl'. IlgE.,
limited opportunities for daily chang.
will suggest tolerant confederation and
efforts to afford her relief even unknown.
to herself. There is wide range b.,
tween the disconnected with lrksnsne aGi
dreary routine-the, aspiration for isoTr
pleasant if not more commemorative cccu~
pa1ion-and that discomfort whiri, Genes
of pampered selfshness. II will rtuuir.:
fully as mucI. considerations and ,artfu!
attention on tho i;art Of the husband Ia
amellorate it, as effor, on the part nf ths'
wife. And in the husbands efforts will Il
reward be found i'll THE. cxaltatinu Of his
own character, even if it fail completely
in its effect upon the woman..@Phi!ar'~t'
phia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09

sort of: bridge on frame, or wood about
ono inch thick and four inches above the
level Of the top. Then. directly in the
center of your frame and beneath it. fit
"a: SMALL paddle-wheel with four f]anges
about four inches long, bring the axle ul
through the frame. ard attach to it at the
other end 4 very small grQoyed wheel.
You must then provide q highly gcared
motive power in the shape OF Il driving
wheel several feet i'll diameter. and opcr-
ateu by Il treadlc or Il crank. Run a belt
from the fan-wheel. over q roller at
tached to the side of the box, to your
motor, and you have an arrangement that
will cause the IAN to rcvolvc ut all cX>
trenely rapid rate.
At the bottom of the box place Il pan
of heated water and start your MILL Soon
the water will become greatly agitatcl
and form itself into spirals. AS little by
little the surface is sucked up. producing
IL liquid cone several .inches in height:
above which a number of small drops will
accumulate and fall back im Il series of
spiral showers. Gradually there will APP
of the conc; this will gyratc upward to-
ward the fan and lose itself in the upper
part--in exact reproduction Of !; real wa
tcrspOut. So strong is the current of air
about this tube of vapor that it will
cause light objects such as straws and
pieces of paper which may be floating on
the surface. of the water to be drawn UP
almost to the top of the box:
A little soap in the water will add
to the interest of the experiment, as soap
bubbles will nbe seen il, violent :,gitat ton
ut the foot of the cone.
You will notice that your ~watcrspout
is a spiral tube of vapors which twists its
way upward after the manner of cork
screw. Now at tie center of this nebu-
of cool air shooting downward. -.
This current of cool air serves to con-
dense or thickcn the .vapor to some de-
gree, and if you will blow puff of smoke
across the mouth of your waterspout you
will see it at once so to the interior Of the
tube, gracefully roll itself into slender
cone. and, make its way down to the
surface Of: the water, relrcsentlng exactly
what takes place when III a real water,
spout the clouds are sucked down and
mingle with the cone Of vapor that rises
from The surface of the 'ugitatcd sea:
The spiral column is the harmless, part
of waterspout, though we hear tale Of
ships being, wrecked, andS cvenEof small
boats being drawn up into the air b!
umn Of vapor, hut by the invisible aud
terrific whirlwind that RACES round it
which, ii your miniature reproduction,
causes the straws and pieces paper to
mount into the air. IL ~ - ,zfs,...- .zz1.F:#
1t has been held By many that the
course Of the waterspout is downward
and not upward, but this simple little ex.
pertinent disproves this theory, by show
ing the formation of ting column upon tho
surface sc the water the direction taken
by light objects. and the descent Of the
smoke through the center.
To produce Il realistic illustration of q
rain shower and the winds that accom-
pany its formation is q MUCH simpler but
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
WALTZING ON THE ICE.
stSwS dish Scissors" is tho Name of the
Latest Figure.

Latest Figure.
Waiting on the tip of the toe and
cutting the Swedish scissors. 4 figure
recently introduced by European skaters,
are the achievements most sought after
by experts Oh the ice. To skate merely,
no matter with what speed, is not re-
garded as giving sufficient ec!at to suit
the tastes of those who strive to sand
in the first ranks. The waltz, while diff,
only perseverance, but the scissors, ac-
cording to an eminent instructor, Is one
of the most trying feats known.
gao All really fine skating is done to music,
at what is known simply as the prone
made is in reality a two-step, which must
be executed with precision and nicely to
get a good effect. The outer edge and
the cross roll are the first fancy steps
taught, but familiarity with them is sup
posed to make all future effort comp,ra-
lively simple. and with two-step luasic
the schottische or waltz is appropriate
and is used. Once Il woman can execute
these steps with ease she is OH he high
road to become an expert, and to reach
that state Of perfection which allows of Il
long continued waltz, during which only
her toes must touch the ice.
An elaborate figure known as the
grapevine is also much in vogue and
deed, any other figure. is almost an i'm
possibility, but the looker-on has an inn
preston of series of graceful curves,
twined- and intertwincd. that are not
inaptly named. Few women, it is said,
learn the figure to perfection, but those
who do make Il graceful picture that has
Il rare charm. III fact, an hour spent as
a looker-on at any one of the indoor
Kinks shows many attractive SCENES:
hn has x~o+ l.
but few. Even to the expert it is aslifli-
cult task. and the instructor himself adj
mits that it was tax upon his rare skill
Nevertheless it is the thing to do and,
perhaps because of it's very difficulty, is
the goal of all ambitious fancy skaters
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
CHUNKY WITH SHARKS.
They win Not Eat the Natives


Ceyfon.
Il saw an article about the unusual
n,,mber and yoracity Of the sharks along
the Florida coast, remarked gentle
man yesterday, that interested me ex-
ccedingIy. 1t brought an incident to my
recollection that had almost forgotten.
1t happened when / was making a trip,
on sailing ship nrany years ago along
the coast of India. and you know what
q place for sharks the Indian ocean il.
We'll, We had occasion TO drop anchor off
an island near Ceylpn, andssebt n boat to
the shore for 4 supply of fresh water. [
accompanied the boat, and IVES realty"
scared out Of my wits 10 wiumgs TIC in
credible number Of niaI-patlHg sharks
that played about the yawl. -
s., When we had secured q barrel or two
of water We put off aee0nfa iIied by tw,
Of the natives, who wished 10. see the
ship. We told them not to come. but
they insisted, saying, or indicating by
signs. that they would swim back. Not
taking them seriously. We pulled TO the
ship. The wafer was smooth and we
were hoisted aboard without difficulty.
The water was clear. and we could see
dozens of huge sharks plasing about the
ship, and it was among the lot that the
natives plunged when they had sect
and ran to the side of the vessel. cx-
pectihg: 10 See the hazardous fellows tori,
to piee3S~ For an instant there was 10
couaiiUfien among. the eharks. and then.
Apparently sccntiiig-hu,nan flesh, fully ii
| score of the gigantic Inau-eateTs darted
through the water in the direction Of
| the natives. who were swimming quietly
for the shore.
The water was cut into sllreds by the
fins of the sharks as they fairly flew to-
| ward the swimmers. In another minute
the two men were surrounded by the
fish. and closed my eyes to avoid seeing
their horrible end. When | took down
my hands the natives were swimming
along in the same old way. and the
sharks were coming back TO the ship as
| quickly they had gone. Well. sir
acn {on h Wfb n ih. 'f sh we1f 10 Tc
never touched them. They had been
reared in the Same water and were Old
| fricndr.-\cw Orleans Tin,r.-Dcnocrat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09

scarcely less integestiug experiment,
though Your rain will not be of water hut
Of alcohol. Take d glass cylinder closed
1T nesend, about eight inches high and
fDH.s. inches in diameter, and partly fill it
with ~ per cent. alcohol. Cover Ii with
nm ordinary china saucer. and lmmerse
it in q bath Of hot water until the whole
becomes warm. but without allowing the
alcohol to boil. Then take the vessel out
OF the bath and place il OH a table in a
cool room. Soon you win nOffce 4
marked change taking place in the coil-.
tents of the glass. Thick yapors will APP
pear on the surface Of the saucer until al,
exact reproduction Of clouds in miniature
floats high above the. surface Of tire AL
cohol. and tipy rain drops fall into it.
This .rainstorm will continue for nearly
half an hour: Then yon~ will perceive the
upper surface Of the clouds is gradually
clearing, and that condensation is taking
place further down the glass 3
Here y0n have the ocean represented
by the alcohol, over it the rain descending
from the clouds. and above ALI the, clear
atmosphere and serene sky. Should You
wish to witpess Il genuine storm, Il, yPri
table tempest in tumblcr. you have but
to replace the warm saucer by Il cold.
one Immediately upon taking fi1e glass
out Of the bath. The rain will then de.
scend i'll torrents and gusts, rs if driven
by u fierce wind. r. +: {
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
KITCHEN RUN BY CITY.
AT Grenoble, France. an Associatien
= Serves Good Food NJ Cost

AT GreRoble, France, ap Association
81 Serves Good Food at Cos,.
Housewives who think the co.oDeri.
tive Kitchen is so far in the future that
IT would be absurd to look forward to
It for relief from daily drudgerx will
be interested to hear that Il kitchen with
the same end in view as the c0:eperu-
tive has been in successful operation for
n9arlx, fifty years. The Association Ali
mcDtaire of Grenoble, France, is a pure
~ municipal affair. The city owns it
and supplies meals ut cost in it's oMn
restaurant or delivers them at private
Prof. Osborne Ward Of Of the department itt
OF labor statistics spent his recent yaca-
cialistic experiments that are being ear
riel on in.various parts OF Europe. He
was interested more by what he saw lit
GrcnOble than by anything else. The
authorities gave him I'LL the aid in their
power, when they learned that he was
from the American labor bureau.
Everything at the Association Ali
The cooks are as clever as any in
France, which is saying great DEAL
The provisions are bought in the best
markets and arc carefully selected. The
service is excellent The dining rooms
are of several grades. according to the
furnishings and the .attenda nee. 50 that
all tastes may be accommodated: One
may dine there for 3 cents on. bread
and soup, and be. satisfied, Or one may
pay II cents and have Il full course din-
ncr. In the best rooms, which are mar
bic tioored and decorated with much ole
gancc, there are walters who look for
tips as naturally as though they were in
the SWEETEST Of Partisan cafes. -. - IT,,
Pure wines, which have been prop
crly aged, are served at about s cents u
liter.
There is. no financial profit to the city
III running this huge restaurant, which
serves. some 100000 meals day.
The charges are based on the cost ST
the materials used, the employment Of
help and the amount spent in keeping
the utensils, machinery and building in
reDair-NcW York Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
A Boys Tool. Chest.


Of the many convenient articles which
Il boy can make for Ills own use, u tool
chest is one of the most scryiceable; and
il IL no difficult matter for ii reasonably
clever yonngster to make one that will
serve the purpose for many years. =,
TO begin with, obtain whitewool
plank three-quarters Of an inch in thick
ness and fifteen inches wide: it must be
planned on both sides, and should be as
free from knots as possible: From this
long, and two pieces thirteen inches and
d half in length and twelve inches wide;
also two pieces twcnty-six inches long
and twelve inches wide. The length Of
the chest itself is to be twelty-six inches,
the width fifteen inches, and the height
twelve inches.
First frame up the front, back and
ends by cutting IL tongue and grooved
joint at the corners, as. shown in figure
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
GIRL GARDENERS,
school i'll Horticulture IN the Suburbs Of

Berlin.
4 London paper tells Of 7 school of
gardening for girls in q suburb of B,,r-
lin. 1t is a comparatively new venture.
having been founded two years az" by Il
private lady. At present it SEEMS 10 Ia
succeeding. The pupils-fiftcfn in nUln
ber-t1e the work entirely without eS-
traneous aii, growing all sorts of vcgt-
tables. as we'll as apples. lntii:>. grapes.
pears and cucumberS. for which ready
sale is found. They wear Il dark gray
uniform. consisting Of lotli"c and Il
skirt of rrasona biz length. which. bT 81
ingenious arrangement. c:s. Be- mad.
quite short for working il. and lct down.
at will. The girls beat ali the men at
the recent board. "f agriculture c&an!I"-
ton, and one of them has just ubtaiii'.d
post us gardener to Il gentleman al 81
salary. Of S12O Il year. with board aut
lodging. They are ali fiEe specimens Of
healthy. vigorous young womanh"od~
Commenting Oh this. The Lady says:
perhaps we see the thin edge of the
wedge. In the. near future women may
be eligible for: head gardeners posts, at
good salaries. And why not? We have
finer taste than nteB. and should E:'
quite in our element designing exquisite.
pleasure grounds. AS for the suita biliiy
of the employment it may he urged thar
digging is not harder work than MAN.
of the athletic wemans recreatiOnS. nor
is it Il dirtier process than trampin;.
through wet turnip fields after guns. y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
altered By the mir motors, most of the
apparatus being placed under the floor
BOB INGERSoLL.S NINE
He MNdo Fortune and Refunded Hi

Tie MNdo = Fortune md Refunded HiA
friends, LOsses ON stock.
n The story told that Salt l4akers are
negotiating for a lease of the once-f famous
isanhoe mine of Arizona made Alex Lee
feve. reminiscent, and fers thesiirst time
he reelted the particulars of an episode
IN Which Col. Robert &. lngersoll played
the star part, says the Salt Lake .rrib-
INC INC The plot in the play was taken
nine, that was, AT one time. looked upon
as The biggest BONANZA. III Arizona. There
had been 4 number of broils over il iii the
carly day, i'll which more than one gum
lighters death knell was sung BY Il "for-
VAS finally qaietea, Col. Iase sse f made
his. appearance in the field. 1t was Sin
1851 that the Ivanhoe Cola Mining com,
pany was organized, said Mr.. Lefeye.;'
The. appearance of Col. lngersolis mime
at ats heau at once gave it prominence,
and the search for the precious metals
TALKED at SID, 600, 600. It was elaimel
that the outlook at that time justified it.
That was u day. said Mr.. Lefeve, when
people talked nothing hut millions, and
thought no more Of adding 4 mineral to ,
the eompanx's, capital stock than Wyatt
carp or Doc Holiday did to adding
new grave to the cemetery. - &
From the grass roots qore of a very ]
rich natnre was encountered. -Four cars
of this were placed onSthes market that
snetted the company $S0,0o0 ton. The
shipment was one Of the most sensa-
=tional Of the century. The stock. that
had q par value of $40. went to $3.50. a
shire = Then Col, 1ngersolls friends hes
sansto gather abaut him. They wanted
a sood thing. and0f his block Of stock
he slet go&enough to realizeshim $50, 900
He was not alone in the deal, but had
with him such celebrities as Senator
Plumb of Kansas. 1t was about that
time that Mr.. Lefeve was offered a posi-
tioi, on The Ivanhoe uuu left for the
property Arriving there he found that
ut 4 depth of $50 feet the ore had petered
out. and with a knowledge of that, hold
ers of the stock began to dump it on the
market. The result was n breakdown,
in which it fell to 10 cents Il share. :
1T appalled, Col. Ingersoll." continued
Mr.. 1.efeve. 'He had sold stock ut $500
believing he was letting his neighbors in
to It good thing, and woke up to find the
ore gone and the stock down to nothing.
Then he came out to the mine, but there
was nothing there to comfort him. Pho
outlook Was as dark as two black cats.
The colonel went home crestfallen and
did something no mining man was ever
known to do. :: He called the neighbors
who had purchased stock of him to-
gether. and to each handed check rep
resenting the difference between the fig
IRE at which they had bought and the
figure at which the stock was that day
quoted.
Il am informed" concluded Mr.. lie.
feve, that Salt Lake parties are now
negotiating for 4 lease on the ground,
believing that a very deep shaft will de-
termine the whereabouts of the lons-lost
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
Vegetables by ELECTRICITY.

Some Of the Long Island growers of
early vegetables arc Investigate ting the
matter. Of forcing vegetables under glass
by electricity. They find that it has
been used successfully at the experiment
station at Cornell university and by
growers of vegetables at Boston and else
where. MIR. .Higbie, who has investi-
gated the subject, says: "NVhere cleo
tricity can be obtained at reasonable
price. it can be used to advantage, and
it will 10 doubt come into general use
wherever it will pay to force early vege-
win he found most effective. It works
best upon lettuce and cucumbers, and
slortcns the period Of growth from one
to two. weeks. Of course, we cannot
use it here until we have the electricity,
but this we hope to have soon, as the
Merrick road will undoubtedly be lighted
New York - 80 =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
To Free Furniture from Moths.

"Upbolstered' furniture can: be kept:
free from MOTHS a Western upholstcrer
says in a pamphlet OH the subject, Shy
taking the furnitnre outside about once
Il month and beating it thoroughly with
strips of ticking about an inch wide at
tached to a piece of broom handle.
Should one hit the wood hard with tlsis
it will not mar it, while tho regular rat
tan and wire bcaters mar more parlor'
frames, ruin more covers and break up
more inside filling than dozen children
could do. The main reason we have
moths is VIC arc always going to beat
out our upholstery furniture, but rarely
get around to it. Clothing, including
furs. to be stored III the wardrobe during
summer, can be kept entirely exempt
from attack if put into new flour sacks,
or anything of that ma ture, and tightly
tied so that a moth cannot enter at the
mouth. Chests, serve the same purpose
when tight enough to prevent the moths
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09

pieces OF furniture are not appropriate
for small rooms; nor is any piece seen
ut its best unless there lii room for its
Individuality 70 assert ITSELF. In d r..
brary that Is only used us d reading and
table ia properly placed dn t6s a as,a, 81
the floor, but not IN any other apart
=ment. dining-room sidetable should
be, placed in II corner conveniently near
tho p,lntry door. Table for. fdsraceiSs
5er IN main hall should stand collvenientiy.
near the front door Or the eiitraileG to,the
.parlor. + the hall Is used merely as an
,entrnnce, stand heehairsor CHAIRS agaiist
the wall. If used as d waiting or re-
ccptiOll room, treat in a less formal man.
mere oMNn'a Home COMPANION. - .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-09
london and Paris Lighting.

London is getting to be a great consunl-
ter of electric light, and outshines Paris.
although one gets a contrary impression
from the glitter Of the boulevards. In
Paris there are only seven electrie-cur-
rent supply concerns, one Of which is
managed by the municipality. In Lon
don there are 49, of which three are
lamps connected; London has 1,17S,O 600.
III 1888 Paris consumed s, LOT ,253 kilo-
watt hours Of current; London, leaving
out three Of it's largest areas, eonsumed
9,5a3105. Itwoulh seem, however, that
in the use Of electric motive power Paris
probably leads, having 1000 horsepower
n;tins. Owing to its loftier buildings, it
has no fewer than 800 elevator motors.
Il is said that New York has over TO-
600 horsepower Of motors doing elevator
work SE5{s a%5s$@&Et%t zssf5& 49, X ~