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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19
Bright Boy Composer.

One of the youngest and most talented
composers in this country is q 17-year-Old
boy, who three years ago had not the
slightest idea that he was the possessor
of genius, which, unless all signs fail,
will eventually gain him a great name
and fame among the worlds musical
artists.
Already. although only youth, she has
composed and published o.. in Seattle,
Wash. a pianoforfe composition which
has taken the town by storm.
Like many another genius before him,
Aubrey Levy discovered his talent for
music by. accident. Neither he nor any
of his friends dreamed that he had the
power of putting, his thoughts and day
dreams into soul-stirring melody until
one day his music teacher in the public
school of Seattle asked the 400 scholars
if there was one among them who could
write out music suitable for, the words
of a song called q My Country" 4"
Of the many who made the attempt
Aubrey Levy was the only one who sue.
ceeded in composing anything! like. a
than the best of the other compositions
submitted. and 50 far beyond what any
body could possibly expect from boy
only Is years old that not only the. mu-
sic teacher, but, all who heard it, were
amazed. The song was set to music
ana sung In the puDllc SCHOOLS, ana later
was often heard in the streets of the
city. r + y T. -.,".ssf*4st ~ 81.
In this manner young Levy discovered
that he had d gift for musical compost
ton. and from that time he began to
devote himself more particularly to the
study He. had some previous musical
training, acquired by four years practice
on the violin II as'i''J t. }. 1T j. X tisElI
Following the success Of his. first, COM
position, he composed. while vet a school
boy, grand ,marchi several Ewaltzes,
and violin solo. These, however, were
that Of lis vo,n9
Of them has eyer been published,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19

whose honor the city is named. She won
the respect and admiration of the early
settlers of Washington by disclosing to
them plot of her people to massacre
the settlers of the then frontier settle
ment of Seattle.
The march was first played at the
opening Of the Seattle Food show, having
been arranged for full orchestra by the
local "leader.' 1t was a distinct sue
cess. After this first production it was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
Tho Sweet, Sad Years.

The sweet sad years. the sun, the rain, I !:
Alas! too quickly did they .wane,
For each some boon, some blessing bore;
OF smiles and tears each had Its store, Ss
Its cheqnered lot Of bliss aud pain. #s
Altho' 1t idle he and vain, ""
Yet cannot ! the wish restrain
That ] had held them eVermore;
The sweet sad years!
Like echo Of nh old refrain
That long within the mind has lain,
l keep repeating DER and DER
"Nothing can e'er the past restore,
Nothing bring back the years again."
The sweet sad years!
Canon Bell In Leisure Hour.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19
Ripping Garments to Pieces

There is general impression that it is
an easy enough matter to rip up a gar
ment. Most anybody can do it, and il is
an undertaking that requires no special
skill or care. Acting Oh this idea, cloth
ing Is pulled, torn, cut with knives
shipped with scissors and finally taken
to pieces after this Improbable fashion,
and the operator comes and declares that
everything is ready. A dyer who han
dies a large quantity of black goods says
that he long ago gay" up expecting any
body to rip a garment up as it should be
done. If the seams are ripped they are
full of threads; sometimes there are but
tons on; hooks and eyes are not uncom-
mon: the fronts of them are stuck full
ings, braids and the like remain III whole
or in pieces, just as the individual who
had charge of the diSintegrating process
happens to leave them.
10 rip up garment properly there
should be no pulling, tearing or dragging
apart. If one cannot take the end of the
thread and pull it out, the stitches should
be cut with Il sharp knife. Very few
persons can rip il garment with scissors
without doing it great harm; indeed.
many find it impossible to cut stitches
with anything without making holes that
render the goods absolutely worthless for
the one who originally wore it, When
it is done the edges are so ragged that
IL much smaller pattern must be used.
In preparing goods for the dyer, or to be
made over, every stitch should be taken
out. 1t seems scarcely necessary to say
that facings. braid and hooks and eyes
must be removed. but this is Imperative.
in view of the condition III which gar
ments come to the dressmaker and the
dyer. Many dresses, capcs and jackets
are perfectly wearablc after being care
fully ripped. brushed. sponged and
pressed 1t is Il wonder that someone
does not set up an esta blishment for rip
ping clothes and putting them in order
for the dressmaker. The owner of them
frequently has not time to do them prop
erly. or is too careless and understands
too little the requirements of them to do
it had she all the time in the world.
Some scmi-nyaid in every community
might get a tolerable living, or at least
add to a limited income, by preparing
garments for remodeling.-New York
Ledger.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19
Aplea for the Little Dinner.

a dinner engagement, no matter
whether the dinner be large or small.
formal or informal. is the most exacting
or social obligations. Indeed | always
fee! double sense Of obligation when
invited to Il small dinner. In selecting
those who are cOngenal. If among your
friends you number physicians, lawyers
or politicians do not invite one of each
class. nor all of one class, simply be-
cause their professions are the same. but
select .congenial spirits. Ten small din
ners. well arranged, are much more on
]oyabie than one large conventional din
ner served to sixty Unsolicited people.
The food is better, service better and
question better, and even when trained
he!p cannot be employed the hostess may
ENJOY the occasion as we'll as the guests.
The art OF dining, remember, is quite
apart from the art of giving dinners &
A reform i'll dinner-giving is being in
stlgated. Simple dinners arc now ''the
elegant dinners" The man who has
studied the art Of living lives frugally. :,
A hostess must never forget that dur-
ing the short time her guests are under
her roof she is responsible for their hap
piness and comfort. A huge dinner of
not conducive to either. Sayarn said,
1.-THE dinner table is a place where men
are never bored for the first hour;.' the
lnsinuation that second would prove q
bore is. rather prominent.
If people in the ordinary walks of life
are to make such entertainments a sue:
cess they must never try new or clabo
rate dishes. or even new ways of sery-
ing: they should simply add an extra
plate or two to the usual number, and
invite their friends
The conventional dinner can only be
served in the homes of the very wealthy
and very few of these succeed in doing
it well, and but few of their guests enjoy
it. just contemplate for Il moment the
dinner of ten years ago: Icc-cold oys
ters III quantity sufficient for Who'll.
meal, hot soup, and fish. relieves: and ell
trees. then roast-a pause for highly.
seasoned. stimulating punch. to bring TIL,
stomach back to life. that it might bs
crushed again by game, salad, sweets
and another ice. Coffee was then intro
duccd as an antidote, and as a warming
pan to the poor. chilled stomach. If IL
all our schools. both public ana private
the children could be taught to frown OF,
such gluttony what blessing it would
be.-Sarah Tyson Rorer in Ladies' Homo
Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19
AN OLD NURSERY RHYME.
Meaning of the Four and-Twenty Blake
birds Baked in a Pie.

George Johnston writes as follows to
the Scottish-A -Four and
twenty blackbirds baked in pic begins
IAN old nursery rhyme. The -four and
twenty blackbirds' are the -four and
twenty hours of the day" The pie is
the space between the earth and the sky;
its lower and upper crusts. when the
pie was opened means when the day
began to break. =
".The king in the parlor counting out
money" represents the sun. The sun,
throncd in the sky. is the king of day
The bright golden sunshine. scattered
about, is meant by ''counting out money
The queen upstairs eating bread and
honey is the moon. 1.-THE maid in the
garden hanging out clothes" is Aurora,
the goddess Of dawn. up jumped a
little bird and nipped off her nose refers
to the first hour; for Aurora. or dawn.
disappears as soon as the sun rises.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19
Bicycle Tires as Ice Bags.

ice bag to a limited area of the face. and
not being near a supply house, had the
patients husband make bag from sec
ton of an old inner tube of Il bicycle tire.
One end was sealed with bicycle cement
and after the cracked ice was put in the
other end was folded over and encirclcd
making ice bags For the face. mastoii'
larynx. spine, groin, or in fact for any
part where the application of ice to linn
tied area is desired. Again is 1.-The bicy-
cles in therapeutics" in evidence.-Meli-
cal Record
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19
A Rule of Style.

\ very simple rule to remember in the
selection of style for a lady's costume is
that straight Perpsndlea1ar Lines ,ncr '';
lines running horizontally give the effect
of decreasing the stature, so that short
and stout figures should always give
the preference to straight downward
lines. and tall figures should us much rs
possible adopt horizontal lines: white
dresses make the wearer look bigger.
and black decreases the apparent size.
One of the chief reasons why coats arc
so generally worn this season is undoubt-
eddy due to the fact that considerable
amount of care and attention has been
directed toward the Introduction of
curved lines into the cut of the coat: the
square corners of the collars. revers, and
the bottom Of the coat have all undergone
important notifications, and length has
been added to the figure by the introduce
ton of duplicated skirt, the graceful
flow of which lends grace and elegance to
the Wearor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19

Were asked for receipt for longev-
ity, beauty and happiness l would write:
"Be we'll fed, well warmed and we'll
rested Many people arc thoroughly
welded to the idea that it is just as we'll
to sit down and work on, or that it is a
sign of laziness to lie down in the day
time. There is just such ignorance in
the world-for ignorance it is-of the
simplest physical laws. If woman is
observed to rest often she is soon re-
garded as ''lazy.' People who are averse
to exercise, or lag easily in their work,
are sick. When people shun exertion it
is because the physical balance is weak
ened.
Another old bit of bigotry stands like
/; Zion in the way" Our grandfathers
and grandmothcrs did not so, etc. In
this case it is plain that they did not need
the amount of rest that is required in
these days. They had not Il tenth part
of the distractions of these hurrying
times. Besides, perhaps, if they had not
had such faith i'll their straight backed
chairs and long hours their progeny
might have been blessed with stronger
nerves. Therefore,, my weary. quick
tempered, cross woman. hasten to be
healthy. wealthy and wise" by going to
bed early and often, and be not too early
to rise Also. invest in some sort of
comfortable couch, which shall be in
stalled in the post of honor in your sit
ting room, and thcn-use it.-Rose Thorn
in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19
Letters to Michael Angelo

will shortly publish some 600 letters. in
their entirety and in chronological order.
which were addressed to Michael Angelo
by his MOST celebrated contemporaries.
These letters are from popes, soyereigns.
artists and writer's. They have been
stored in the sBounarotti archives. and
only portions of them have hitherto been
published.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19

dogs dogs in Constantinople. we had been
out three or four days when we pitched
camp near a small river which the
guides said was in the center of the
lion district. We were all youngsters
outside the Zoo, so each one was nat
urally anxious to get the first glimpse
of the so-called Monarch of the For
est During the afternoon l had been
exploring the banks of the stream, and
had discovered a rocky pool Of con-
the camp. Along the edge of the even
ing I announced my intention of walk
ing up there for bath: The guides
tried to dissuade me and told thrilling
tales of being attacked by lions and
the like, but the beggars hate the very
them, and with my rifle over my
shoulder trndged off to the pool. dis
robed OIL the bank and plunged into the
stream. The water was glorious, and l
enjoyed foundering about in it to the
full:
"Therc was a clump of big boulders
just in the center of the pool, and I
swan over to them and sat down on a
small rock to rest. l had remained per-
fectly quiet for about five minutes, when
the advance guard of a swarm of
black flies discovered me, and l looked
lOnglngly over at my clothes Then L
nearly tumbled off the rock-for there,
curiOusly noSing about my garments,
| was a lion which,. to my excited fancy,
| made Sir Edwin Landseers bronze ones
in Trafalgar square seem mere babies.
Il sat very still and held my breath.
| The beast poked about my garments
| for bit and then, horror of horrors!
he placidly lay dow N beside them and
! prepared to go to sleep. In the mean
! time the black flies began to arrive and
settle on my naked back I stood it as
long as l could, but finally made up my
mind that I would as soon be eaten by a
lion as by flies; SO l suddenly sprang to
my feet, waved my arms wildly, and at
the top of my voice yelled 'S-s-c-a-a-t!
| The lion jumped at the same time that
l did, gave just one glance at me, and
then, with tail erect and name bristling,
dashed off into the forest. He never
paused to look back and I could hear
him crashing through the underbrush
for quarter of mile, quite as fright
ened as l had been. l sat down and
laughed, then swan over, put on my
! clothes. and returned to camp. The
next day one Of our party shot a lion
which the guides claimed was the same
which had seen. He was only an or
binary sized lion; but then | had my
clothes OIL, and he was dead.'
| The story was received without a MUIR
muir of doubt. and in the discussion
which followed l fell asleep. If it is
true. it certainly reduces the tcrrors of
| lion hunting to a minimum.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19
aluminium Bronze Bearings.

Foundrymen agree that aluminium
bronze castings are difficult to make cor
rectly. Practical brass foundrymen have
trouble with the metal, owing to it's
sbrinkage. which varies under certain
conditions. The scum which floats on
the surface of the melted alloy in the
ccrucible also bothers: Then if the metal
is heated excessively. the aluminium will
oXididc and defective castings result.
However. there is no denying that alrl-
minum bronze is coming into practical
use for machinery. The parts to which
the metal is applicable are numerous.
Some castings of aluminium bronze 90
per cent. alloy were made into half
sleeves for box bearings, shaped and set
up for shaft to revolve in. Shafts of
different types were then prepared and
the shaft was revolved in this under
test pressure $50 times per minute. The
testing device, which was erected spe-
cially for this work, proved the alumni
mum bearings to be quite eficient-Bos-
ton Commercial Bulletin
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19

Red hats were first Worn by cardi,
nails in the year 1916.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19
.

Perhaps a serious matter to the thou.
sands Of lovers Of historic buildings is
that, secretly. almost clandestinely, in the
gray dawn of a recent morning, the
demolition of the glorious west front of
Peterborough cathedral was begun. It
is difficult to exaggerate the bitterness
Of the dispute that has been raging be-.
tween the local dean and chapter, and
the learned societies, backed by great
critics and artists, as to the proper way
in which to repair this beautiful old
work, without doing destructive damage.
But an English dean, within his limits,
is almost as powerful as is All English
duke. and much more atitocratic. So
down goes the world-known west front
One: English duke there is who is dcserv-
ing well of his country and who is so far
unlike, the dean of Peterborough that he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19
Hollow Spars from Paper.

In new method for making hollow
spars, shafting and kindred articles from
paper, tests have demonstrated that the
best stock consists of paper shavings of
all sorts, old book stock. letters, en-
velopcs. etc. The first work is very
The. books are ripped into pieces, folded
sheets of paper opened and extraneous
substances removed. busting follows
and dirt and other foreign matter
knocked out. Boiling comes next and
the stock reduced to a soft pulp. Both
the open pan method of boiling the stock
hours. and Treatment in a. digestcr i have
given satisfactory results. After boil
ing the stock is raised and put through
the special operation which is necessary
to prepare it for use in making hollow
spars and shafts.-Boston Commercial
Bulletin.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-08-05
STATE NEWS.

A pillow thought TO be about 100 years
old was dug up in Salisbury, Addison
county. Ii is supposed to have been
made At Blsks's furnace 10 Brandon. 1t
will be sent to the historical society at the
state capital.
s. L. Griffith Of DAuby says that be is
not having very good luck this year With
bis trout hatchery. He planted $50 600
eggs aud bstchsd sbou. 200. 600. There
are nov only about $4,000.
The Holden Granite Company OF Hard
sick Of which j. @. Holden, Of Benning
ton, 10 principal owner aud president 10
msking extensive surveys on the Fairms o
meadow IN tbs, town, preparatory to the
erection Of e large steel granite cutting
shed. /, gill be 800 fee, in length and
large enough to shelter 800 cutters.
Tb. only 500 Of Mr. aud Mrs. Geo
Tatro Of wsrttori. aged . little more than
,vo years, died Friday nigh. OF last week
from the effects OF eating Paris green
TAs child broke open a package which
bad 10 been purchased al the store be
fore be Was noticed
|, is said that a fes gold democrats OF
southern Vermont will 5000 take 40 indie
pendent stsBd aud orsanizi uader the
leadership Of A. 7. Cbilds Of B-ualngtoa,
lha, they will advocate sound moueg
currency on q gold basis sud tlr,d fgr
revenue only.
Martin Callahan, Wilmington hue
band ~ho had been svsy for q fes dsys,
vent home lsst week Monday 10 dnd that
bis ~iis had drawn all bis money from
.hs savings bstk and had shipped away
.bsir household goods, lssving him roth
"a TO keep aoase With and GO Information
II hsr vbetssbouta
A cloud bufst last Saturday raised
lreams higher than the poiht reached bv
be 90 if.shtt In Csbo, and M.shhsId. |
ridges we're washed away aud roads gall
Cd, 90 thai The total damage by the storm
Iill snoubi 10 $1,000. Ezra H.ip..i.
snily Of Cabot ssrs carried through the
isias vslers 10 lum Der wagon, and |
Ir,har Wales, 10 trying 10 uvs some OF
lie fathers property, fell into the raging /
orrent, bot escaped by SWIMMING. sv
raj huildings we're hosdsd aud dana Cd
/ Lover Cabot.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-08-05

Mr.. A, G, Wolfe OF Daudse, No who
travels for Msusur & Iibbs,ts. Implement
Co., OF 81 Louis, gives travelling men and
travellers 10 general, some good advice
Being a Knight Of the Grip. he says,
have for the past thiee years, made it .
rule to keep myself supplied with Cham
berlsin's Cole, Cholers and Diarrhoes
Remedy, spd have found numerous oc
sssions TO test its merits, not only on my
self. but Oh Others az well. / can truly
say that never, iu 3 single instance have
known il to fail. consider IL one OF the
best remedies travellers csn carry and
could relate many instances where have
nsed The remedy on sceptics, much TO
their surprise aud relief / hope every
travelling man 10 the U, s. will carry
bottle OF this remedy in bis grip. For
sale BY A. II. Pstlibone, Manchester De
pot j II. Whipple, Manchester Center
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-08-05

MIRA Mary 4. Les e OF K.nsss. il 10
aid, ia 10 run as a candidate for = high
state office neIt TALL, on tho basis OF her
refusal TO bquiaate note given IN NOR,
gage, II the facts are as reported, ne csn
think OF no better iIlustrstisn OF the twist
a oral sentiment, which recent experience
has made popular 10 Ksusss and other
sesiern con monssslths. The staten emit
Ia made that Mrs. Lease sorfoxsd sl1O0
o1 house and land, which proved TO be
worth only $500 Although the money
Wa borrowed through . mortgage com
psny. the company acted simply asa brok
sr the sll00 representing the savings OF
. widow woman, who, working BY the
Day, hsd. by degrees, put this sside gu,
Of her hard earnings, Mrs. Lease, having
obtained from this sister Of heu-,hst 10,
sister 10 the brotherhood OF man refused
10 pay interest upon the loan, and when,
90 foreclosure, u vas ioutd that The pro
perry was only worth 5000. refused 10
make good the $500 deficiency for which
she stood bound The state court hs.,
appsren1ly, lasltaed her IN this defence,
shi abe no~ proposes 10 stand a. a osndi
date 90 the issne Of refusal TO pay debts
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-08-05

Pred safFeai 81 Tlynouih ie,. tbs road
ht8 ASA gaaef ttm - ths h71lfeal q
press taa slass 10 Mfre5ithi \, II Tees
ulski q l.g veet lie stayed ca, si3s-
trselsi be saslBs. svtm seioss hreot,
20 sse.lea BY tie rtis' tbst u rs.hsd iiss
md desn tie ngusttiat, got .ctoss zone
boz ssa rzthea az The The track 10 tie
sun uh 10 tsAfag O. t'eP two irslas ibai
strt close hshiud bin
TIE shpolias asvs has been received
81 Hyde Fst that Charles T. HTunslae
formerly Of that town. vss shsl and Killed
10 sttsmyuDs 10 bHtsl.r.Es toass 10
Mis1epgus recently, Toe Hsrrinston
lastly vAs nueb respected 10 this aud ID
lojuicg lauss. bat Ch,rles ~s somevhsi
sili youus man, lie left Iome come
ys.p ago sDd little hss been heard iron
TIA since
TIE Goal deisiIs Of the pes Masonic
trnpls Al Bsfliustun. ~hieb b. b go sst
lated 20 The ifs'erelIy Tor may ytars,
-srs settled lsst ~sek a. that city when
tae tauaIGg Contract uEs .sued Belts
Brothers Of R4tl.ai sre The oenltse.ors
lbe foundation lie uow lid aud the soa
gract covers the eu.its building above
tbsL TIE cosl Of the siruc are gill be a
boat $50 900 1t ~il be buet uilh terra
outts tfi4-mIUgs
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-08-05

President AMI Mira Mckinley lsh Wash
ington Wednesday 10 special car, and al
rvsi =, BluH Point, south OF pIsttsburg.
\ Y, Fudsy morning. They were scoom
psnlsd by Secretary and Mu AIssr and
Secretary sud Mra. Porter The Prssi
deai will remain ct Lake Chsmpl.is until
August % wheD be will 60 to the Grand
Army eBosmpmeut at Buffalo. He will
sitsrwsrd vl,It Ohio aud later make .
cruise OF the lakes, The President will
undoubtedly s.tena the meeting Of tbs Yer
mout f,sh and Game League at lsls la
Mote August & aud those Who apprscis e
the persuasive powers Of Peek feel conf
dsnl that he viii lndaoe the Presideut to
attend the euoampmeul OF the Vermont
National Guard al Chester.