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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
WHAT SOME MOTHERS THINK.
Curious Superstitions that Prevail il
Some Eurouaan Cnuntries

Curious Superstitions that Prevail in
Some European Countries.
In Ireland belt of woman's hair is
placed about child to keep harm away,
and garlic salt, bread and steak are put
into the cradle of newborn baby in
Holland. Roumanian mothers tie red
ribbons around the ankles of their chill
dren to preserve them from harm, while
EsthoDian mothers attach bits of asa
fetida to the neck of their offsprings.
Welsh mothers put pair of tongs or
knife in the cradle to insure the safety
of their children. The knife is also used
for the same purpose in some parts of
England. Among Vosges peasants chill
dren born at the new moon are supposed
to have tongues better hung than others
while those born at the last quarter bet
ter reasoning powers. A daughter born
during the waxing moon is always preco-
cious. Investigation into the folklore of
any country reveals the oldest supersti-
tons regarding babies, and go into any
English family today and you will find
many unexplained ones still vigorously
observed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.
An Old Tannol Found Near Steamboat
,Szss fE$E. Sacks IF (snid Orc ~

An Oiu I0nnci Found Near Steamboat
Sacks Of Gold Orc.
An adventure that in Its narration
sounds like n romance and recalls the
stirring days of the Cos, when the re-
gion about here swarmed with pros
pectors and strange disappearallces
among the mountains were frequently
recorded, happened last Thursday to
Ed, better known US "ScOttie" McNeal
Comstncker, and Bob Cannon, Il
fancher, living near Steamboat Springs,
says the Virginia tNev) Chronicle of
February /.
McNeal aud Cannon were hunting in
the hills back Of Steamboat, and one Of
them shot and wounded rabbit By
the blood from the wounded animal they
traced 1t to hole in the ground. The
hole was like the partly closed month of
cave or, old tunnel, and the men pro-
could get in. The hol" led into Il tunnel,
which, after getting n candle, they un-
Gertook to explore.
On their first attempt to enter tile tun-
mel they were driven back by foul air.
A second attempt was more successful:
fourteen sacks of ore. 4 little further in
Il mans vest was found hanging to one
wall of the tunnel The vest contained
silver watch. Still further Oh n mans
coat was discovered on the wall. and in
one Of the pockets was found $41G, prin-
cipally in gold coin.
Most of the coin was minted in 1852.
Beyond the coat the tunnel was blocked
by mass of earth. which had caved
from the roof. McNeal and Cannon
made 10 further discoveries in the tun-
mel.
They took charge of the money and
the watch, and took some samples of
ore from the sacks; and then left the
tunnel. McNeal returned to Virginia
and told the story of the discovery on
Saturday to Commissioner Andy Young.
In the meantime Cannon related the
adventure ut Steamboat, and news of it
reached Reno.
On Friday officers from Reno came to
Virginia and arrested McNeal. The tun-
mel is i'll Washoe county. and the Washoe
authorities claim right to the money
and watch, which are now in charge Of
the court at Reno. The discovery will be
investigated and the rights of the par
ties determined later
The discoveries of the tunnel, from the
latter's contents and condition, draw the
inference that the owner of the coat and
vest was at work in the tunnel when he
was buried by the earth which caved
from the roof, and that his remains will
be unearthed by the removal of the dirt
heaped upon the tunnel floor. The trag-
edy must have occurred long ago. as not
one who knows anything about the tun-
mel has come forward yet.
The samples of ore from the sacks
seem to be rich in gold, and McNeal and
Cannon have located and recorded IL
mining claim covering the tunnel. They
hope to hold the tunnel; and unless the
ground is patented, probably will be able
to do SO. This remarkable adventure
has created much talk and interest on
the Comstock. McNeals friends hope
that he will find a big mine in the tun-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
WINE FROM AUSTRALIA,
New Workers Have Sampled it and All
American Consul lnhorses 1t.

American Consul lndorses 1t.
Samples of the Australian wines
shipped to this country within the past
year have met with so much favor that
steps have been taken by wine mer-
chants in Melbourne to develop trade
with the United States. American resi-
dents of Victoria have written letters to
friends i'll this city praisng the quality
of Australian wines very highly, AMI
United States Consul-General Daniel w.
Maratta, in IL recent communication to
the state department, says that in his
opinion there ought to be ii good trade
in wines between the two countries.
"A wine is grown here Tin Nictorial.
says Mr.. Maratta, (which may be classed
under the head of claret. comparing ia
vorably with the wine which is served
by the hotels and restaurants in Paris.
which sells at from Is to % cents per gal
Ion. This wine would perhaps not find Il
sale in the United States. as the Wine
made in California would meet the de-
mand at very nearly the same price, and
the duty would be avoided; but l am
ter class of Australian W ines with the
consumers of mcrica-Wincs that will
compare crcditably with the Bordeaux
and Burgundy wines of France (Which
sell in New York for 50 and 81 per bot
tle) and that are sold here at 35 and 50
cents per nOtIlc. Even aICPf paying the
duty. these wines would compete with the
wines now imported from FRANCE. and
could be laid down III New York ut
about half the price"
Consul General AIaratta further de-
clares that some of the wines produced in
Australia. notably the clarets. hooks,
chablis and burgundy. have a bouquet
and flavor approaching the high standard
of the French wines. An American firm
doing business i'll Melbourne sent about
thirty cases as Il sample lot to New York
about two years ago. and every bottle
was purchased by private parties. who
expressed themselves as much pleased
with the quality and flavor Of the wine.
About $375.O0O worth of Australian
wines was exported from Melbourne iii
1895 mostly to England. France and Ger.
many. and a slightly increased quantity
was shipped last year. No effort has
hecn made to introduce these wines into
the United States, because of the duty.
The principal wines manufactured in Vic
toria are claret,. burgundy, cllablis. hook.
reisling. Shiraz. hermitage, chassclas, Sau-
vignon. tokay, port. and sherry. There
the colony, and some Of the vineyards arc
very large. Comparatively little cham
pagne is made in Australia.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Longest Railroad Run.

The longest regular daily run made
without stop by any railway train iii
the world has just been placed Oh the
schedule of the Great Western railway
of England.
1t is made between Puddington station
in London and Exeter. a distance Of 1914
miles, in three hours and thirty-siN min
utes, by what is known as the Cornwall
express. 1t is remarkable not so much
owing to the time as for the fact that
not Il stop is made from one end Of the
run to the other. There have been
longer runs made without Il stop. but
they have been made by special and not
regular trains. The average speed at
tanned by the Cornwall express when
making this run is 53.S miles an lour.
although owing to a peculiar construc-
ton Of the road at Bristol, 11S miles
from London. the train is obliged to slow
down to a speed of ten miles an hour.
The express train is composed of six
long coaches, tender and engine. An
American would call it vestibulc train.
but the English prefer to call the cars
'bogie clerestoried corridor coachcs,'
bogie being Il term applied to the trucks.
They are fully as heavy as an ordinary
drawing room car, each one weighing
about 1900 pounds, while the train
without engine and tender weighs 14O
tons. The weight of the engine and
tender is eighty-onc tons, making tie
total weight of the train as it rlshes
along on its long run 221 tons.
During the run it is necessary to take
water for the engine twice This. how
ever. does not necessitate any stop. as it
is taken up from a trench beside the track
as the train speeds along at nearly mile
a minute.
The engine which draws this essential
ly Through train" is a curious looking,
ponderous affair quite unlike any locomo-
tive seen Oh American roads. 1t has on
either side single huge driving wheel
feet 8 inches in diameter. while what
must by comparison be termed the small
wheels Of the engine, six in number,
known as trailcrs, are 1 feet 6 inches in
diameter.
The water tank of the engine holds 49,
600 gallons, and when running at full
speed there is a steam pressure of 16O
pounds to the square inch, while there is
a heating surface of 1861 square feet
Each day TIE run is made, the train
leaving Paddington Station at 1925
O'Clock in the morning, and it never fails
to roll into st. David's Station, in Exc
ter, exactly on time; The time allowed
by the schedule for this run makes no al
lowance for delays of any kind. Even
the time lost in going over the loop
around Bristol and the necessary slowing
down when going through Bath is not al
lowed for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
A Strange Freak Of Nature,

We hope to sell 100000 packa ges
Golden Rind Watermelon. the most
shiny, yellow rind, crimson flesh. deli
cious! It's sensational. Took 500 first
prizes in 1896. You must have it to he
in the swim. Melons &c like wild fire
at $1.0O apiece. We paid $500 for one
melon! $500 prizes for earliest melon
-ripened in 1896 in II days. Lots of
money made in earliest vegetables.
Salzer's seeds produce them. Thirty
five earliest sorts, postpaid, 81.
Send This Notice ana Is Cents for a
Package of Golden Rind and wonder
full seed book. 146 big pages. to John A.
SalZer Seed Co. La Crosse. Wis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE
RULES THE WORLD.

Blessings OH the hand Of women. a
Angels guard her strength and grace; .
In the cottage, palace. hovel!
O, no matter where the placet
Would that never storms assailed 1t;
Rainbows ever gently curled;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rocks the world.
Infancy's the tender fountain:
Power may with beauty How.
Mothers first to guide the streamlet,
From them souls uuresting grow.
Growing OH for good or evil,
Sunshine streamed or darkness hurled;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rocks the world
Women. how divine your mission
Here upon our natal sod;
Keep. Q, keep the young heart open
Always to the breath Of God:
All true trophies Of the ages
Are from mother love inpearled:
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rocks the world.
BLESSING on the hand Of women.
Fathers, sons and daughters cry,
And the sacred song Is mingled
With the worship of the sky
Mingled where no tempest dNrRens
Rainbows evermore are eurlel!
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rocks the world.
William Ross Wallace
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05

passengers were slowly being :;rcom-
modated with shelter and food b.; the
village folks. Bert was very much inter-
ested, and stood listening eagerly 10 the
stories told by the passengers. A stran-
ger was talking to the telegraph ope-
rator.
Cant you get word through:'' he was
asking.
" Not word,' the operator answered.
"Why, the railroad people would 'lo any
thing to send a message to the: city, but
the wires are down. The connection was
broken half an hour before the accident
occurred
when will it be fxed:'
Not before morning at the earliest.
and perhaps not then. It's forty miles
to the city, and the line runs through a
Wen be lucky if the wires are working
by nOon.'
The stranger uttered an exclama lion
of anger and disgust. "And there's no
chance of getting message through in
any other way?'
The operator smiled. You see the
condition of things" he said. ':How
many people do you. think would try
driving or tramping through this SNOW |:
Why, man, it would be certain death.
Berton is the nearest town. and it's eight
miles away"
The stranger turned away, lit cigar
and began to smoke savagely. Bert APP
preached the operator, who smiled know
ingly as the boy came ~.
'"Thcre, Bert" he said. 'thcre's one of
your profession. and he's in bad fix.
dent, and he can't get it through to the
city. He's IL member of the Cosmos
staff, and was on the train that was
wrecked"
Bert was all excitement ut once. and
he regarded the stranger with curiosity
mixed with awe. He felt n great SYM
patty. for the man, too, and by and by.
spoke to him.
Its hard luck you can't get your ac-
count through" he said.
Its splendid story 1 wouldn't miss
making scoop OH it for 500 But it
must be i'll the office by 1:3O tonight or
the chance is gone"
Bert did not reply, but sat down on
cudgeled his brains for way out Of
the difficulty. If he could only devise
some plan to help the Cosmos reporter,
All at once he jumped to his feet. ''I'I
take. that message for you, and teIe-
graph it to the city" he said.
The man looked at him keenly. '.You
VIII. lie SHlQ. 'E1OW
I'LL take it down and across the lake
OH my skates-or, at least, I'll try.
can telegraph it from Pine Bluffs If the
wires to the city aren't down there, too
The man slapped him on the back
you're trump, youngster," he ex-
claimed. ''I'll have the story ready in
start?'' .->.-
"As soon as can get home and back,
That will be about. half an hour. It'll
take an hour to get to the Bluffs, for III
probably have to skate around lot of
thin ice: It's 8 o'clock now I'll be in
the Bluffs by half-past o..
"You won't lose by it, if you put the
story through for me-" said the Cos
mos man, emphatically. "I'll wait for
you here" ...,.5x U.s.. @4T-# +
But Bert thought little of what return
he might get for the task. The idea that
he was enlisted iii the service of the
Cosmos-the biggest Of the city papers
was reward enough for him. The
thought Of the possible danger ahead
never entered his mind either. Full Of
his project, he made his arrangements
and came back without stopping to ex.
~ :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Greece Makes SOaD,

Most of the soap factories in Greece
which number thirty-seven- to be
found ut Zantc. some working all the
year round and others only during Ger
tain months. The annual production of
common soap is about G,5OO.OOO okes, of
which threc-fourths are consumed in the
country, the remainder being sold to Tur-
key, Egypt, Bulgaria, Roumania, Aus
tria and the United States. Altogether
the industry employs 48O hands, whose
wages vary from to drachmas per
day. Native olive oil is used for the
manufacture. For some years past the
Grecian soaps have effectively competed
with similar manufactures OH foreign
markets, they being preferred to the
common soaps manufactured in Smyrna,
Mytilene, Syria and even in certain Eu-
ropcan countries. The annual exports
exceed 100000 okes.-London Chamber
of Commerce Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler l. Wheeler. IS and 50
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee,
Wis These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook free:
\. Darling. Milwaukee, pruning shears:
|: +. Cadman. Beloit, corn shelter: e. NJ.
Kemp, Rhinelander, extension frame for
window screens, etc: l. Laurin, Rhine
lander, bed: J. E.. Patterson, Marshfield,
ASSET, whifiietrec hook: j. H; johnson,
North Cape, sash fastener: A. Liepe, Mil
waukee. antiseptic tablets (tradmarkl; Val
Rlatz Brewing company, Milwaukee,, malt
extract (trademark).
". Craford and W. S. Atkinson, Bayfield,,
neckyoke iron; r. w. Drinker, Kilbourn,
automatic fireproof fue. stopper; P. G..
Feuerstein, milwaukee,, signal: Maximilan
t;essler, Milwaukee. bicycle lock; f. H.
Hoberg. Green Bay, toiiet-paper. fixture
Flora Hofmeister, starching machine; Ed
w. Salberlich, Appleton. knife cylinder: w
s: Sherman. Milwaukee, tool holder; W. S.
sherman. Milwaukee, tongue and groove
machine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Standing Over the pole.

Mr.. Peary, Z. s. A., the Arctic ex-
plorer. told some interesting things of
the polar regions at u recent public din
ner He said he could talk OF only oI;c
thing. and then laid hold Of the pole
Picuring man standing over the North
Pole, lie said that this pc son would haze
but one poin' to his go nplss and that
would be sou Ii. He go, Id not moyc ca-
cept south. Time would be unknown 70
him. He would know nv night or dag.
One hen ~ equal to All acre of land
according to the calculations Of "A Central
Branch. kas.. farmer. who figures thu;
whereas TIN" ground produces in Il year 20
bushels of corn. worth 81. the hen. which
costs less 20 take care Of, lays 10 dozen
eggs. worth 81 so.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
"A Cure for COrpulency.

A physician who makes speciality of
physical culture and the reduction of
sidewalk peddler who came to him for
some remedy to check his growing corpu-
lency. The man was a dealer in toy bal
looms, and the most prominent portion of
his frame was his abnormally large abdo-
men. The physician prescribed no drugs,
but advised the man to change his line of
goods, and to offer for. sale some me,
chanical toy that would be displayed OH
the sidewalk. The new prescription
obliged the patient to stoop over 200 or
300 times a day, and the doctor declares
it to be fact that in three months time
this exercise, without diet or medicine,
had reduced the mans girth, eleven
inches.-FIarper's Bazaar, ~.- :*s Z,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
HOW'S This !:

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
i. J. CHENEY Il CO.. Props. Toledo 0.
We. the undersigned. have known +. j..
Cheney for the last II years. and believe
him perfectly honorable i'll all business
out any obligation made by their firm
West 4 Truax, Wholesale Druggists. To-
ledo ..
Walding. l>innan & Marvin. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system Price, 15c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
sent free
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
204 BUSHELS coRN pm ACRE.

264 BUSHELS CORN PER ACRE.
It's marvellous how we progress, You
can make money at 10 cents bushel
when you get 264 bushels corn, go
bushels oats, liz bushels barley. 1909
bushels potatoes per acrei Salzers
creations in farm seeds produce.
$1,000 WORTH FOR 10 CENTS.
Just Send This Notice and 10 Cents
to the John 4. Saizer Seed Co.. La
Crosse, Wis, and get ~ farm seed GAM
pies. worth SO, TO get start.
Within IL few ,ears 200 aricsaI,
well. bav" been cpcned in Queensland.
Yielding 1oJ.GOO.yDD gallons of water 4
day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05

They are Introducing office girls in
Chicago. and those who have them in
their employ are well pleased with them.
They say that the office girl is superior
to the Office boy in many particulars.
In the first place. she does not smoke
cigarettes, and she does not whistle. AS
dino novels
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
SPINAL DISEASE AND
i NERVOUS PROSTRATION=

No Affection of the Spinc Is Possible
Except Accompanied by Most Seri-
Qua Nerve Observation-Disclosures Case
where Nerve Food Was Successful.
from the Journal. Detroit. Mich.
>"Disease of the spinal cord and ner-
rans Prostratien, was what the doctors
called 1t at first" Mrs. Rosa Tapley, Of
No. I'll Harrison street. Ionia. Mich,
SAID yesterday to a reporter, hut it was
not long before every organ and member
OF my body was affected. There was a
continuous beating at the pit OF my stom-
ach, my head ached on until thought l
smothering. aud my legs would become So
weak that | had to drop when felt the
spells coming Oh. As for sleep, that was
ont of the question teNcept little cat naps),
for IN addition to the feelings have A.
tempted to describe. l had neuralgia, ant,
for six months | kept getting worse and
worse. At last L was confined to my bed
in October. 1874.
II have nearly always thought it was Ia
grippe, Mrs. Tapley continued, "though
tho doctor never would say so. Whatever
it was, however. it kept growing worse
ans worse ESPECIALLY my head and nervesl
ans thought l should die. But l drag
ges: on wretchea existence until about
one year ago. when, while l was reading
the Detroit Journal and Saranac Weekly,
l saw long account of 4 similar case to
my own being cured by the use of DIR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. l
made up my mind t. try those pills, anl
So procured supply and hogan taking
them according to directions. took them
faithfully, gave them, in fact, most
thorough trial. and. l am happy to say,
with splendid results. so that now my
hearts action is normal, my back and
spine give me very little trouble, all neu-
ralgic and rheumatic pains have left me.
l have no headaches whatever. and after
the hell that suffered my life is now like
heaven.
Il cannot say too much in praise of
these pills. l have never tired of rec
my sister, who is 4 school teacher, and
had horrible time with her nerves and
less of memory. at my suggestion is TAX
ing DR.. Williams remedy and is being
rapidly curetn.
Read over what You have written"
Mrs. Tapiry requested. After listening
attentively to what she had dictated she
said: II can sign that statement with the
greatest pleasure and when the last re-
mark was entered the lady signed her
name to the reporters notes thus:
(Signed> MRS. ROSA TAPLEY,"
I21 Harrison street. Ionia. Mich.
Or. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a
condensed form, all the elements neces-
sary TO give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They
are an unfai!ing specific for such diseases
AS ]ncomotor ataxia. partial paralysis, St.
Nitus' dance. scatica, neuralgia, rheuma-
tis:n. nervous headache, the after effect
Of Ia grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale
and sallow compilations, all forms Of
weakness. either in male or female Pink
Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
SEM postpaid on receipt of price, 80 cents
never sold in bulk or by the 1000, by adj
dressing DR.. Williams Medicine Com
pany. Schenectady. y. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
RaniShcd for Life,

Car Nicholas has just signed de-
cree sentencing the son Of Gov-Gen
karpoH to punishment for life in the
remote Siberian province of 1rku,sk for
having killed an engineer named kur-
man. Young karpotf. who was a cav
airy captain. entered. with couple of
fellow officers. Il railway carriage while
drunk. and so grossly insulted two
women passengers that they appealed for
protection to the only other occupant of
the compartment. the unarmed engineer
Thurman. On the latter attempting to
rcmonstrate with the officers, Karpoff
drew his revolver and fired three times
at the unfortunate man. killing him on
the spot. The court-martial appointed
to try the case found the captain guilty
of homicide. with extenuating circum-
stances. inflicted small penalty and de-
rlined to order him to pay sufficient
sum to provide for the maintenance of
the widow and orphans of his victim.
This. however, the Car has now COM
PEELED him to do. and has at the same
time transformed the sentence of the
rourt-martiai into one of lifelong Danish
mpnt