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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
a Bloodhound's Keen Scent.

\ remarkable exhibition of the keen
ness OF scent Of the bloodhound was
given at the little town of Bronson, in
Allen county, the other day. The town
recently appropriated 500 out of the
city treasury for the purchase of one Of
these animals, the purpose being the de-
lection and capture of thieves who were
operating in the neighborhood, and a
test of the hound was considered de-
sirable. At noon three men started out
on foot and walked four miles into the
country. Then they mounted horses.
and by circuitous route returned to the
town. Six hours later the hound was
permitted to smell Il glove WHICH had
been Worn by one of the men. and the
next instant with Il deep howl he caught
up the trail and followed it on the run.
at one point the man had walked fGr
thirty yards on a fence. and when the
hound came to this point be carried his
nose along the rail with hardly any re-
duction of speed. Coming to the place
where the men had mounted he took Iii
the trail of the horses and followed ii
into town. where. in a crowd of more
than 100 men, h. picked out the one
whose glove had been given him to smell
Kansas City Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Bedtime


% Three little girls are weary,
Weary Of books and of play;
Sad liz the world and dreary,
Slowly the time slips away
Six little feet are aching,
Bowed IL each little head,
Yet they are up and shaking
When there Is mention of bed.
Bravely they laugh and chatter,
just for a minute or two;
Then. when they end their clatter,
Sleep comes quickly to woo.
Slowly their eyes are closing,
Down again drops ev'ry head,
Three little maids are doing,
\ Though they're not ready for bed.
Tint Is their method ever;
Night after night, they protest,
Claiming they're sleepy never,
Never lii need of their rest
Modelling and almost dreaming
Drowsily each little head
Still Is forever scheming
Merely to keep out Of bed
Chicago Post
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
The Holy House Loretto.

About fifteen miles south of Ancona
on the main line is the station of Loret :
to, and on the hillside. about three miles
from the sea. stands the city. Tower
ing far above the town rise the great
dome and campanile of the wonderful
fortified church which shelters within it
tho santa casa. or holy house, every year
the object of pilgrimage of so many thou
sands of the faithful. On entering the
church one sees at once. standing under
the dome. a strange low chapel covered
With white marble carving and Slcam-
ing sculpture \ host of Sixteenth CEN
fury artists-chief among them SailSo-
vino-carried out Brauantc's design for
the marble easing of the holy house.
But in striking contrast to the rich ex-
terror are the plain aud rough stone
walls of the interior The innumerahlc
silver l,mos give dim religious light.
and the jewels on the image of the Ma
donna and Child--a wonderful black inn
age. carved. it is said, by st. Luke from
cedar of Lcbanon-scintillate in the
the gloom like imumerable stars.
Such is the holy house which angels
are said to have brought from Nazareth
in the Thirteenth century in order to
save it from Dissertation by the intideI.
But the house was not brought imme-
diatcly to L"rctto. The angels placed
it first on hilltop near Fiumc. on the
three years when it was moved again
and deposited i'll a wood on the opposite
side of the Adriatic. near Rccanati. The
wood was Il laurel wood. and the house
was consequently called domus laurc-
tana. or house of Loretto. Twice more,
however. the house was miraculously
moved short distances. till it was ut
length placed in its present position: not
very convenient one, it might have
been imagined, for it was then the middle
Of the public road.
1t seems almost unnecessary to say
that there have been those that have
made merry ut this frequent ''transla-
ton" of the holy house. yet an innumcra-
bic multitude of the great ones of the
earth. including many Popes and Kings,
have paid homage to this black Madonna
in it's rude stone cottage.-Westmin
GaZpttp
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
A Rlnn1x Verse

IN I.Owther church a curious mOnu-
mcnt is erected to the memory of Sir
Richard Lowther, who lived in the time
after proceeding to give an account of
the public ser, ices and private worth of
Sir Richard. concludes by saying that
he died in 1907. 'uttering with his las:
breath these verses following" But no
verses follow. and upon this circum-
stance a late bishop of Carlisle gave ut
tcrance to good thing. He and one of
his archdenconS were looking at the
stone, when the latter asked the bishop
what was his opinion of the poetry.
"It is. I think" said the bishop, "a
very good specimen of blank verse" -
Pearson's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
OWLS KILL RABBITS,
Have Nearly ExtermiEated Them in Som.
Parts of Wisconsin.

Parts of Wisconsin.
The large gray owls of this vicinity
have played havoc with small game in
the forests of the Northwest this win
ter. The rabbits and cartridges especial
~ have been victims, and iumbermen
say that in some portions Of the woods
they have been almost eXterminated.
Rabbits have always been the prey OF
the brawny gray owls during the winter
season. hut this year more than over
before. in the history of this place have
they been slaughtered. 1An extremely
hard. icy crust has formed~oyer the snow,
which causes the rabbits when attacked
to slip in running, thus rendering them
helpless. When the snow is soft enough
for them to hold their feet they are af-
torded protection in lodging in and out
among the bushes. but when a crust has
been once formed they have no protection
Whatever. The cartridges are handi.
capped in about the same manner When
the snow is soft and deep they are al
ways safer when attacked. for the rea
son that they burrow in the snow. where
they remain for hours at a time En-
Shcriff Lou Thompson of this place. who
has been III the woods near Brulo. a
small station on the Northern Pacific
road, thirty miles from Superior, says
thnt thousands of rabbits have been
killed III that neighborhood during the
last five months
If the slaughter continues for any
length of time" he said. "the sports.
men Of this section will be at loss fo1
game next fall. In some portions Of
the woods the little animals have beer
entirely eSterminated, and in other parts
those that have not been killed have
heen scared away. The owls made theil
rendezvous around a number of the lum
Der camps, where the woodsmen had set ;
rabbits In the morning when we Wouli
90 to the snares we would find only !;
little Of the rabbits hair which was shej
while the owls were carrying them off
At one camp the employees told ,lr thai
more than 200 rabbits which they hat
trapped had been carried off in this man
ncr."
Il have had considera bic exncricncf
with gray owls this winter myself re-
marked John Touryille of LYMAN Lake
EurlnS the last two months thew car
RED away four Of my cats and Il uumhr,
of chickens. The last one, q large tom
cat: was taken a week ago. Myself an(
VII" were eating supper. when we hcarl
some racket upon the top Of Il she'd Just
behind the house. We ran out, and =
minute. later We could hear the cal
screaming several hundred feet above tho
ground as it was being carried away
\ friend of mine at Lyman Lake had =
little png carried away a week aco. and
har6ly a day passes that number OF
rhlckens are not carried off.''-Wcst Su.
W1'or tNlS) correspondent Chicago Rec
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
The Great Gray Wolf.

The great gray wolf Of the north is
most powerful beast and pursues mcn
with hungry eagerness when snow pre-
vents it from finding its usual food, says
Forest and Stream. 1t is not large
crea ture, but it is all muscle.
The gray wolf is not much taller than
a setter dog. He is longer and heavier,
Il sort of combination of wire and raw
hide. which never tires and can cover
ground with great rapidity. A man not
long ago started two wolf hounds after
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
Deafness Cannot be Cured

By LOCAL applications. as they cannyt reach
the diseased porti,n Of the car. There is
Gully one way to cure dea fuess. and that is
by constitutional remedies Deafness il
caused by an infla1ned con'ijtion IT the n?li-
cous lining Of the Eustacbian Tube. Wien
this tube is infamed you have TClnbAn z
sound or imperfect hearing, aud when it j.
entirely closed Deafness is the result, and
unless the iuilA inition can be taken out
and this tube restored 10 lis normal condi-
ton, bearing will be destroyed forever: nine
cases out Of tea caused by catarrh.
which is nothing hut an iDhamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh} that
cannot be cured by Halls CataTrh Cure.
Send for circulars: free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold BY Druggists 7Ec.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
THE DENTIST TEACHER.
Greensburg Young Woman Who Oper
ates on Her Pupils.

Ureehsbufg 1Oung Woman Who Oper-
ates on Her Pupils.
Miss Lizzie Rugh, teacher in the
Fifth ward, Greensburg, has beside the
necessary school apparatus a full kit of
dentists tools, which she uses almost
daily in extracting teeth for the pupils
who are troubled with aching molars.
Scarcely day passes that she does not
have to pull from one to half doze,,
teeth for not only the children Of her
own but the other rooms in the building.
She has become quite an expert at it.
She is also a frst-class teacher ami is
well liked by all her pupils.-Mt. Pleas
ant (Pi) Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
They Went TOvethcp

Eli Perkins mentions two instances of
William NJ. Evarts' humor. He saws:
"Mr. Evarts for years sent half-barrei
of pork every year to Bancroft, the his
torian' with a characteristic note. No
one ever read these notes but Bancroft.
When the historian died they found
these two notes from Evarts tied IN
with red tape by the hand of the dead
author: Dear Bancroft: If your his
tory Of America ever becomes as sue
cessful as 'Carlisle's History of the
French Revolution" it will be largely at
trlbutable to my pen. Evarts' Dear
Bancroft: send you two products of
nay pen today-my usual half-barrel of
pig pork and my eulogy on Chief Justice
Chase. .Eyarts.'"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
Signs of LQnreuitr

The signs by which a PERSONS chances
Tor longevity may be judged are thus
stated by an eminent New York author
ItE:; The head should be square or round
and wide behind and over the ears, The
eyes should be round and wide, not OBJ
long and narrow, for such eyes denote
deseneracy and weakness. The brow
should be ample and slope back slightly
from an absolute perpendicular, The
mouth should he full and well sct-a
small mouth is Il had sign-and the chin
should be square and firm This last is
important as showing that the proper
balance exists between the intellectual
and the animal functions. A man or
woman with a nose that is wide and full
through it's whole length and has omen.
easily dilating nostrils, probably has
good lungs and COOL heart. and will
get far more out Of life and live Longer.
than person whose nose is pinched and
whose nostrils are narrow. The long.
slender hand indicates a degeneration
from strength, and it's owner is not ant
to reach an advanced age. Narrow
headed people usually have harrow
hands. The hand that gives promise of
Il long life is the one with a square.
broad palm, with large joints and short
fingers. Another chara cteristic of long
lved persons is the presence of large
homes
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
Nothing Like 1T.

"How are things up at your house?'
was asked of man whose wife had
just returned from the seaside.
sob. we are getting on finely
Glad to have your wife baek?"
Eyes indeed. Things have resumed
there is nothing that will make a man
appreciate his home more than to find
his. collar stud in the batter pudding. -
Pearson's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

they could
cure me but
failed to do
so.
1 gave up
in despair
and took to
my bed. l
had dreadful
pains in my
heart,
fainting- IN
spells, WI
sparks be- =
fore my
my eyes
and Some-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
Wyoming Soda Wells,

A contract has been made for the drill
ing of three soda wells at Green river,
Wye. for the John Hay company. \ fine
flow of the fluid has resulted from the
venture and $4,000 plant has been pur-
chased by which the flow will be treated
for the making of caustic soda.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
The Cocoauut in Commerce

1t is probable that few people have an
idea of the Importance of the cocoanut
industry. The comparative few found
on The fruit stands is no indication what
ever of the extent and volume of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

The latest and most approved wsaves
elsewhere.
ESPENHAIN DRY GOODS co.
W.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

--Imlc Arton has admitted that he re-
cciyed 2,OOO.On0 francs to use in lobby
ing for the Panama canal project, and
has handed the hooks containing the &C.
count of his expenditures to NJ. lie Polite
vim. the JUICE Construction in his case.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
Stranger Than Romance,

One tires OF lives stranger than TO-
nlunce'-in the romances; but. seriously.
tured to invent a career like that Of
Diaz and date it in this century. 1t
reads rather like chapter from the
Crusades than like anything we can real
iZe as modern American. Probably no
other ruler since the Lion Heart has run
quite such a gamut.
Hero of more than fifty battles-and
not by Photograph. but, at the head of
his men-ablaZe with decorations when
in full dress. but with not enough medals
to cover one apiece the scars that earned
them; leader of desperate charges and
defender of forlorn hopes; half a dozen
times prisoner. and as often escaping
by the narrowest hazards: forty years
III service. and almost all Of it uphill
on grades. that might have daunted Sissy
phus-it is a wonderful story between
the orphan boy of Oaxaca and the head
of modem Mexico: 1t would be i'm
possible here to go into that career with
any detail: but the barest outline is sig
niicant.
Porfrio Diaz was born in the city of
OaNaca. September Is, 1880, on the an
niversary of the birth of Mexican indie
randence. There has been confusion as
to the locality, and in the city Itself are
a score of contradictory relations, so
have taken pains to be fortified over his
own hand:
1T was in the city of Oaxaca. street
Of La Soledad, south side, No. 10, in
which house is now sugar factory.''
His father. Capt. Jose Fatistin0 Diaz,
| was of Austrian stock which came to
Mexico in the first years of the conquest
He died in 1888. Dopa Petrona Mory.
Porfrios forceful mother. brbtight him
the drop of aboriginal blood, her grand
mother having been a Mixteca. She
marked the boy out for the church; and
after finishing with the primary school
at I, taking his turn, as errand boy in il
store. and going to the secondary school
from 8 to II. he entered the seminary.
The family had lost its modest fortune
| and he supported himself by tutoring
Here he fell in the way of the great
Zapotec, Juarez, the governor of the
state. who took a generous Interest i'll
the unguessed lad who was to mean
so much to Mexico and to Juarez
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
Easter Eggs.

Easter eggs for coloring should be
boiled hard or blown out by running a
hat-pin through them and then making
the hole in one end larger than the
other. Blow through the smallest hole
until the egshell is empty. eggs may be
Red eggs. may be made by using rcd ink,
and purple ones by Using purple ink. If
an. egg does not color well. a little gold
paint put on to cover the bare spots
gives a pretty effect. Eggs wrapped iii
bright calico and boiled make odd Easter
eggs. Queer effects are produced by
painting faces on the eggs. To make a
dainty cup and saucer, break an egg
she'll down till it is a little more than
glue on a cardboard paper handle and
paste the shell to a round piece of card
board, with huted edges.-L. f. S. in
New York Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

The California boar; .. examiners
has recommended an Hnnrnprlatien OF
S2SI 900 to pay coyote scalp claims.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
Lanes Family Medicine

In Norway people who are not vacci-
mated are not allowed to vote at an cleo
ton.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Over 4OO. 900 cured. Why not let Mol o.
Bac regulate or remove your desire for to-
bacco: Saves money. makes health and
manhood. Cure guaranteed, SOC and 81, all
GrupvjStS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

Moves the bowels each day. In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures
sick headache. Price 25 and SOC.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
MRS. GRUMPY ABROAD.
Very Little Freedom for the Young Girl
OF the Netherland,.

The etiquette Of the Netherlands is
ironclad. and knows no change among
high or low. An unmarried girl must
always take the right arm of her escort,
while the married M"lnan utiliZes the
left. perhaps because i, is nearer the
heart. The clareronagr of the young
girl is perfect She never drrnn,s Of 60
ing anywhere. even 10 church. unless
accompanied By her parents Or ,.nliIc NAH
member Of the family At dance. the
parents sit round the room like wall
flowers. slipping their coffee or WING.
and the Interested Young ,,,nu must INA h.
the most of the opportunity afforded hy
the dance: for when il l'icases the par
cats to retire from the ballrooul their
daughters 20 with them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
Sold by Druggists. 75c.

The wassail ale of merry old England
was made of ale. nutmeg. sugar toast
and roe Stpd anp,cs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

The average cost of criminal prose
cutions IN England at present is SlG:,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

Ny doctor SAID l would die. hut PiSo's
Cure for Consumption cured me.-Amas
Kelner. Cherry Valley. Ills, Nov. %. 80.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
A Wonderful Statement
From Mrs. McGillas to Mrs. Pinkham.

think it my duty, dear Mrs. Pink
ham. to tell you what your wonderful
Compound has done for me.
was dreadfully ill-the doctors said
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

The really popular girl of today knows
a lot; particularly not to gossip about
friends who have favored her, and those
who are able to show her favors. She
knows enough to dress appropriately at
all times. and never TO be- overdressed.
She knows enough not to wear diamonds,
discuss religion or politics. boast her an
cient lineage. She knows enough to keep
silence. and she knows how to talk well.
She knows how to dance, swim, row.
sail boat. play the piano and banjo.
sing negro melodies and college songs.
She knows enough not to give away
all the funny little confderces the boys
give her when in the blues or feeling
particularly good, and she knows how to
cook when they arc stranded OH an isl
and, becalmcd and without oars or a
stick without which to pole home. She
knows just how 10 catch fish and then
to cook it, and she knows enough not to
growl and whine and complain until they
arc safely home
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

Summer again will throb and glow,
The ice-bound brooks will laughing fow,-
win my sweetheart then pass me by,
Or will her smile be glad, though shy,
When once again to her show
am her slave?
Virginia. Van de Water In Harper's Bazaar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

The coal fields of Kent. aggrasIlin@
oN.OOO acres hitherto untouched. will.
it is calculated. furnish enough coal 10
supply the whole country until the yea
2NN The two pioneer shafts are being
sunk al Dover aud the syndicate expects
to bring coal to London in the autunn.
Experimental horingS are to be made i'll
Ave different parts Of the county.
In sixty years the number of Episco-
pal churches i'll Scotland has grown from
* to 3o1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

1t has been said that bees and other
insects are attracted to flowers by their
rolorS. but. according IT, recent French
observer. this is not quite true. He GOV
cred up the flowers Of dahlia> :" that
the bees could not see them. and Vet
they found their way to the honey all
the same. and, as he suppo~cs by the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16

Wax. matches are employed in Eu-
rope to an extent vastly greater than in
this country. - H..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
TUIlt's SllODping,

What's the use, of your going down
town in Il storm like this?" asked FULLY
Of his wife the other morning at break
fast. II have to go anyhow. and there's
no sense in both of us knocking around
IN blizzard just to buy one little piece
But you, know how YOU dctest shop
YES, to make business of it, But
IN not SUCH bear as to complain in q
case like this. just tell me what you
want and III do the crrand while you're
nice and snug here ut home"
well, If you're sure. What I need is
a yard of grOs-graim ribbon, turquoise
DOWN."
mo: this thing of making Il list of one
article is ridiculous. I'll remember it all
right, enough. and bring it home with
me this evening"
Iully. jumped from his car block above
the city hall and was soon speaking brisk
ly to Il pretty girl behind Il ribbon cou,i-
ter
please cut nc off Il yard of cross-grain
ribbon. turkestan blue" he requested in
her hilarity within a smile, and to say
that she was afraid they didn't have
the article.
"Of course you havc.' he rctorted rath
er hotly. every store keeps cross-grain
| ribbon. Let me look at the colors,' but
all the shades of blue had name. and
none of them was turkestan. After a
srat with the pretty girl and an intima-
ton from Itllly that it was only IL third
rate establishment anyhow, the head of
the department WAS called and succeed
| cd at last in acting as interpreter for the
ribbon buyer. But the girl still grinnetl
| and FULLY was too mad for utterancc.
When he delivered the goods it was
with a curt request that Mrs. Tully at
tend to her own shopping, and not he
sending him out on little picayunc or
ran''s as though he was the family mes
| sengcr boy. I'm the head of this
house." said Tully with snort, "and I'm
| not going to use ten-dollar time doing
| lO-cent chores. Just bear that in mind
madam. '-Dctroit Free Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
Flowers and Insects.

1t is said that there are over 2.He'.-
600 teachers in the Chimes" empire.