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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26

Seemed to Enjoy Life in Its Subterranean
Prison.

Seemed to Enjoy Life in Its Subterranean
Prison.
The people out in Germantown, Pa,
during the last month, made numerous
complaints about the water; so, on last
Monday men were detailed to examine
the pipes in and about certain houses.
At last they came to the conclusion that
the main pipe was choked and laborers
were at once put to work digging the
dirt out for about ten feet. After sew
eral hours they reached the main where
the obstruction was supposed to be-.
Every now and then they were surprised
from within the pipe, and many reasons
were given as to the cause. Finally the
pipe was opened, and they worked, tax
ing out the pipe for some distance, until
the whistle blew for dinner, says the
Philadelphia Press.
After eating their well-earned meal,
they all started for the hole to begin the
afternoons work. On reaching the spot
they descended. But, behold! they saw
something crawling along the pipe. Each
dared each other to go below and find out
discovered that it was an alligator, which
was about two feet six inches long.
Everybody in the neighborhood began to
wonder how the reptile got there, and
many began to think how nice the water
had been tasting within the past few
years. Germantown has built up very
rapidly during the last five years owing
to purity of the water, which was as
clear as crystal and resembling that of
Pitnam Grove.
'"The alligator is about ten years DID,"
said gentleman who was we'll posted
on animals and reptiles, land is the pref
test one that I have seen for many a
day. The gentleman made a good Of
fer for the reptile, but, to his regret, it
was refused.
One explanation for it's appearance is
that it had crept away from it's owners,
being dissatisfied with the water given it,
and made for better place. Another
is that it may have been brought from
Florida by a tourist and escaped"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
VANISHING OF THE RAVEN.
A War of determination Waged for Over
Quarter of Century.

Quarter of a Century.
The wide domains. the large timber
and the ancient families survive, but the
raven has vanished. 1t occasionally
takes a young rabbit. But the human
ravens of Somerset-to-wit, the men and
btsIdo the same: do 4 9 os Suppose 3, that hat
''poached"Eif " anyone likes set that IT, word
better-in the country; probably a larger
number. The existence Of pail. of r:lb-
bits ON an estate of 10000, 10000 or 10
600 acres would not add mitch to the
loss. No doubt the raven kills other
creatures that are preserved for sport,
but it does not appear that it's extermi
nation has improved things in Somerset.
Thirty years ago, when black game
was more plentiful than it is now, the
raven was to be met with throughout the
country, and was abundant on Exmoor
and the Quantocks. The old head keep
er on the forest Of Exmoor told me that
when he took the place, twenty-five
years ago, ravens, carrion crows, buz-
yards and hawks of various kinds Were
very abundant, and that the war be had
waged against them for a quarter of
century had we'll nigh extirpated all
these species. He had kept a careful
record of all birds killed, noting the
species in every case, as he was paid for
all, but the reward varied, the largest
sum being given for the largest birds
ravens and buzzards. This book shows
that one year, twenty-three years ago,
and trapped. After that the number an
nually diminished rapidly, and for sew
eral years past not one raven has Eecn
Embellishments MAGAZINE
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
Essentials Of a Dairy Farm,

A roomy clean, dry. light and we'll
ventilated stable or cow house. To pro-
duce good milk. cows must be comfort
able, and these conditions not only add
to their comfort, but are absolutely
necessary to keep them in the best of
health.
Healthy and clean cows. which ap-
pear well-fed and contented.
An abundance of pure water to which
COWS are given access at least. twice a
day.
Feed of good quality; the grain and
coarse fodder should be free from dirt,
decay, or musty condition.
A spirit of kindness toward the stock.
exhibited by everyone employed about
them, and gentleness of the animals
themselves.
Provision for washing and sterilizing
or scalding all utensils which come in
contact with milk.
Provisions for straining. acrating and
cooling the milk in !: clean atmosphere.
free from all stable and other odors
This treatment should take place iln-
mcdiately after the milk is drawn from
each COW.
Facilities for storing the milk and
keeping it cold.
Especially great cleanliness in regard
The atmosphere of the stable should be
pure and free from dust when milking is
being done. Employees should carefully
wipe the udders and wash their hands
before milking. and should be in clean
clothes. Whitewash is a good disin-
fectant. and should be seen in many
more stables, and land plaster should be
sprinkled about to absorb moisture and
odors.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26

be hard for him when lie learns that she
won't have him. He went on plying
his friend almost all day. ss Ts
Strangely enough Henderson's thoughts
ran In a similar strain. He congratulate
ed himself and wondered why he had
neglected to propose for 1862 days. He
felt very sorry for Carney, and deter
mined that he would not gloat over him
after he had been accepted. .#
At dinner the most important subject
to both of them was not touched, and
later in the evening when Carney said
he was going out to make call, Hem
derson did not ask whom he was going
to see. - ~ ~%,
Carney did not return to his room that
night and Henderson breakfasted aud
went down town alone for the first time
in many months. After the days work
was over he went to his room, but there
was no sign of Carney, and so he went
out to pay a call. The call must have
been interesting, for it was near ~
o'clock before he again sought his lodg-
ings. -.
ried about the whereabouts of Carney,
and besides he seemed to have some other
troubles that caused comment by his
business friends.
He stayed In his room all the morn
ing and tried to read, but it was use
less. He dropped off to sleep without
undressing, and awbke to find Carney
sitting at table writing.
Happy New Year." said the latter be-
fore Lawrence was we'll awake.
New Year" questioned Lawrence, lis
it New Years day yet?'
mo, not the day, but it's after o'clock
and the chimes have just finished ringing
But I must congratulate you,' said Car
Congratulate? What for?'
why, on your engagement to Miss
Wallace, of COURSE" said Carney.
MY engagement! Why, l was re-
fused. and l thought you must be the
man." said Lawrence in surprise.
And L. said Frank. Thought that
you We're the lucky one"
They gazed at each other. in silence,
until at last Frank said: Larry, it
are not the only men on earth. There
was some other fellow in the case.'
The silence fell again, but this time
Lawrence was the first to break it,
Prank, what was your New Years
resolution?" he asked.
MY resolution was to break tip your
love affair by marrying the girl myself"
he answered she,epishly, but it seems
that the immovable met the irresistible,
and they're both there YETI
Say, Frank, let's make q resolution
day, you know
Done" replied Carney.
Here goes for the resolution. Repeat
after me these words: I solemly resolve
that will never again make u New
Years resolution New York Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
THE BLUE MEDITERRANEAN.

Why Fresh Water Lakes Are More Trans
parent in Winter than in Summer.
Investigation shows the peculiar fact
that the deepest part of the Mediter-
ranean sea, contrary to what might be
expected under apparent circumstances,
appears intensely blue, says the New
York Sun. This has been supposed to
be caused by minute particles held in
suspension. hut recent experiments made
by Prof. Spring at Leige suggest diff
fcrcn+ explanation of so interesting a
phenomenon. He has found that warm
Ell Currents passing through pure water
interrupt its transparency, even when
the difference of temperature is but very
slight. Such currents may cause deep
water to appear blue by rejecting light
back from it's depths through the trans
parent layers above. This, it is suggest
ed, explains the fact that fresh water
lakes are more transparent in winter
than in summer because in winter cur
rents of heated water are not traversing
them. Ever the shadow of a noun
tain falling on 4 lake may increase the
transparency of the water by cooling the
surface. The well-known theory of
scientists concerning this matter has been
that pure water appears blue when light
is transmitted through a certain thick
ness of it, ard that when opaque par
ticles are suspended in it the hue of the
water is greenish, but while pure wa
ter looks blue when it is in deep re-
ceptacle, like the basin of a lake or the
ocean, it ought to absorb all the light
and look black.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
BURIED SHIPS.
They Were Founa Under q Portion Of
Dublin by Sewer Workmen.

They Were Found Under q Portion OF
Dublin by Sewer Workmen.
The excavations in connection with the
main drainage works have resulted in
some discoveries of considerable interest,
particularly to the antiquarian, Unfor-
tunately those who came on the finds
are not enthusiastic searchers into the
overexert themselves in the work of in
Vestlgation. When the trench for the
nam sewer at Upper Ormond quay was
being dug, the diggers came on an old
SNIP, which was buried In the ground,
some twenty feet down, nearly opposite
the head Of East Arran street, The d.
rect!on OF the ship was at right angles
to the quay wall, the bow projecting to-
ward up river
Z The vessel was evidently swallowed
up in the sands which formed the banks
OF the river long ere the present auays
were built. The width Of the ship is
htteen feet. Its length is an unknown
quantity, for those who found the vessel
simply cut away as much us was neces-
sary to construct the sewer. Even us
depth was not ascertained, because the
bottom of the new sewer is only some
two feet underneath the point where
the gunwales of the boat begin, and the
Workmen did not go to n greater depta
than they We're compelled for main drain
age purposes. The material Of which the
ship was made is oak, but owing to its
long stay in the ground the wood is
stained almost black.
"A peculiar feature in the construction
Of the vessel is that the timbers are al
most all fastened together by means of
oak plugs, there being very little iron
employed. From the charred appearance
OF the deck timbers it is considered PROB
able that an attempt was made to set
fire to the ship, but the fire did not
spread, as the side timbers show. no
traces OF burning. Near the top of the
a 14-pound cannon ball was also discov-
cred. Higher up the quay, almost OPP
posite the city sheriff's Office, another
ship was found. This one, which lay
in the direction parallel to the quay wall,
had also evidently been swallowed up by
the sands which used to border the Lif-
dey IN its progress through the Dublin ';9inn
of construction. as were observed in the
case of the first ship were noticed in that
of the second. There did not, however,
appear to have been an attempt to set the
boat on fire.
The workmen express their belief that
the ships are as old us the days of Brian,
the latter name being rather familiar
reference to the conqueror of Clontarf.
The presence of cannon ball would
seem to do away with this theory, for
at the time of this historic conflict fire.
arms We're unknown and the gentle art
of projecting heavy missiles at ones fell
low creatures by means of artillery was
not employed for the spread OF civiliza-
ton until Brian the Brave had been in
the. grave for several centuries. 1t is
probable, however, that the ships are at
hn nf orJa
or even of Queen Eliza eth.-Dublin
In1oDoo1o,t
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
Hard-Milking Cows.

There is nothing more provocative of
profanity than to milk a hard-milking
COW. especially if she is kicker, as the
hard-milker is apt to be. Farmers who
pray that they be not led into tempta-
ton, ought to give more care to the kind
OF COWS they keep for their boys and
GUS business putting temptations to
swear in other peoples way. There
is another reason why the hard-milking
cow is not likely to be profitable. TO
easy-going people, too good-tempered to
be profane, the temptation takes another
form. that is, not to swear at the cow,
but to stop milking her before all the
milk is exhausted. Thus many COW
has dried up prematurely and never Civ
Ell her owner any profit, while if she had
been an easy mixer she had the capacity
to become as good Il COW as any in the
dairy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
THE SWEETEST ROSE Is THE LAST.


Der the mountains wild comea little
And all the untrodden ways s II.
Are blooming bright, meath his steps OF
And the valleys ring with his praise; .
And the morning glints ON his brow, and
His cheek with Its rosy rays. Il. ~ Z.
His bright eyes beam and his tresses
Shot with the sunshne's darts u.
That mark his way through the gates of
As the dying year departs. .--
And the vacant throne Is now his own,
And his kingdom Is human hearts.
The songs he sings and the joys he brings,
Are wonderful, sweet and rare; = =
And the future CLOVIS like fragrant rose
Meath the wand that he waves In air,
And with kisses sweet, and with smiles,
+. we greet ''S@ Vs., :,
The beautiful, glad New Year.
And cover the head Of the old year, dead,
With a cold, cod shroud of snow.
Life Is sweet but time Ia feet,
And the years must come and go;
The beautiful years, with their smiles and
The years that we all love so.
Kisses anu tears for its joys and it's cares
The year whose steps have passed
Into silence sweet. where no TALL OF feet
Is heard In the Dim and Vast.
TO the Old-his due; but we love the New
The sweetest rose Is the last!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
Fate ming Sheep and Lambs,

There. is always money to be made i'll
winter fattening Of sheep, and still more
in the fattening of lambs, which in this
money requires experience in buying the
right class of stock to feed, and still
more in feeding so as to keep the animal
always from becoming cloyed: This is
very difficult, and requires both close at
tention and practical discrimination in
the kinds and amounts of feed to be
given. A thrifty growing animal is al
ways preferable to one that is scrawny
and poor. If digestion in either sheep or
lamb is once injured, the animal never
fully RECEIVERS. Hence the beginning of
feeding ought always to be very light
and part of it should be Of bran and a
teaspoonful of oil meal mixed with it for
each animal at feeding. After a weeks
feeding on this a few oats. whole, may
be added, lcssening the amount of bran
at the same time. AS the weather grows
colder, whole corn may be substituted for
third and finally one-half of the oats.
With this mixed feed, bran, oil meal.
oats and corn sheep will seldom get off
their feed if it is limited to what will be
eaten clean each day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26

ued rise of wheat. The government
crop report for November gives the to-
tai corn crop at 2,211, 100000 bushels,
an increase of 10000, 600 bushels over
last year, but this increase ought TO be
more than Offset by the increased de-
mand resulting from the foreign wheat
failures. The greatest factor in keep
ing down the price of corn Is the search
ty of livestock for feeding purposes, a
condition from which there is no escape.
The next best thing, however, is to give
the stock on hand the best possible care,
and all the feed they will take with
profit-a good policy in other years as
well as this.-Farm News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
Cows Going Dry Too Long.

The time COW goes dry is time when
she is costing her expense of keeping
and making no return. 1t is with many
COWS worse than this, for the COW that is
suffer during parturition than the MIXED
COW which keeps in moderate flesh. A
worse result follows, as the cow allowed
once to go dry too long gets in the habit
of drying off at the same period of
CESSATION, and is thus made less valuable
as mixer NIL her life. If the COW
is well fed she may be MIXED with adj
vantage up to a month before the time
for her to drop her calf. This is better
than to stop milking two or three months
earlier and feed less literally, so as to
prevent an excess of fat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee.
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook free:
G. 4. Higgins, Milwaukee. head rest; A.
kress, West Bend, purse; II. w. Lynch,
Madison, lock buckle; r. A. Peterson, APP
pleton, snOwshoe attachment for bicycles;
T. +. Spencer. Ashland. harness; W. O.
Vilter, Milwaukee, vent attachment for
cOrkinR machtueR
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
500 Reward. 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all Its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease. requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrb
Cure Is taken internally, acting directly
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
prietors have much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send
for list Of testimonials
Address. r. ]. CHENEY & CO..
Lodi
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26

Prince Bismarck is reported rs en-
joying the political commotion he has
caused by his revelations. TO visitor
the other day he said: 81 certainly
thought that the stone which the Ham
pond wonld cause good deal Of quack-
ing, but that the noise would be 70
dreadful is great surprise to me-"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26

Lettuce is so hardy that a little scwn
very late i'll fall and slightly protected
in winter will get an earlier start than
it can if planted then. 1t is best not to
SOW early enough to have the seed germ
mate in the fall, though early-sown let
tuce with pretty thick covering has WIN
tered safely in winters moderately warm,
or with plenty of snow to keep the let
tuce covered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
A Mich1ran Mama Cron,

James J: E: tombstone has three acres
of ground in the south part of Chesaning,
says Michigan paper, from which he
raised the following produce this year:
Six hundred bushels of pure leaf sage.
which would be about 1900 pounds; IS
pounds sweet marjoram, 800 solid cab
bage, .6S bushels of sweet corn. 40 BUSH
els winter radishes, 68 bushels carrots,
= bushels popcorn, y bushel pole beans,
l bushel field beans, ~ bushels green
peas, Is heads cauliflower, bushel beets,
| peck butter beans, some cucumbers, 1
bush busheI red peppers, y bushel onions, 4
bushels rutabagas, a few turnips (sown
in vacant spaces), some melons, $50 to-
mato plants, bushels plums and 100 to-
bacco plants. Mr.. tombstone carried
seeds in his pocket all summer and when
ever he noticed six-inch space anywhere
in his garden he would plant it to some
thing. His popcorn was grown between
the rows of sage. He employed on an
average two persons throughout the en-
tire season, in tilling the three acres and
harvesting the product, beside his own
work.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
Corn HnskS for Ref3s

There is no nicer cheap mattress than
can be made from dried shredded corn
husks which every farmer can save while
doing the fall husking. They are much
cleaner and more durable than straw
mattresses, and to most people more
pleasant than the iron mattresses now so
common, although where the bed has an
iron mattress, it is likely to be the direct
point at which lightning will aim when
it strikes a house. We believe if farm
ers made more of their corn husks into
mattresses, they would get we'll paid for
their labor when people learned where
they could be had.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26

1t is possible to be suffocated by the
perfume of flowers.
a very popular young Partisan actress
recently accepted an immense floral trib-
ute during the progress of the play. At
night she placed the flowers in her room
She was found dead next morning. suffo-
Gated by the perfumes.
and life are violets, hyacinths. lilies and
heliotrope. 1t is evident. too, that the
deadly exhalations from large quantities
of these particular flowers. if confined in
small room, would asphyxiate the
strongest person in few hours.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
Only Feet Left.

After one of the recent engagements
near Dongola, one of the officers said
jokingly to one of his men:
Il suppose you did great execution
among the enemy?"
''True for you, ysorr,' replied Mike,
"and did! l walked up bouldly to one
Of them, and cut off his feetv'
"Cut off his feet? Why did you not
cut off his head?'' said the officer
"Ah! and, faith, that was off already!"
ronlio1 no = .-' -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
Care of Wheat in the Fall.

If the late heavy rains have left any
water standing in low places Oh wheat
fields burrows should be run through
these places to take the water Of or
diminish it's damage. Wheat will surely
be killed wherever water freezes down
to the ground over it. But usually with
the opening of frost the water sinks
down to a lower level. If there is an
underdrain near sometimes sheet of
ice will form over the water at night,
and by morning all the water under it
will have disappeared. In such case the
wheat is benefited rather than injured
American Cultivator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26
Hurd]ing Sheep on Turnips.

The English practice of hurdling sheep
IN the fall on potato ground and letting
them harvest in the crop cannot be prac-
tised by our American sheep. The Eng
fish mostly grow the Rutabaga or Swcde
the soil, holding it's upper part in posi-
ton. The English sheep thus fed are
large coarse wooded and very hearty
feeders. They eat into the Rutabaga
eating it down as far as they can and
leave the rest. In our climate and with
the small turnips grown here, the roots
would be soon, pulled out and muddled so
The sheep is very delicate about it's food
Any dirt on it causes it to be quickly re-
jected.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-26

-Supt. James Neyin of the Wisconsin
state fish commission is authority for
at the Bayfield, hatchery some eighty
bushels of lake trout eggs. The spawn
averages 100000 eggs to the bushel,
which makes grand total of 100000
aQGa