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The Virginia enterprise., 1897-03-19
+ TIE CITY NEWS.


DR.. Bates went to Duluth We'd
nesday.
An ad. IN The Enterprise will
find you customers. It reaches
the people.
Mrs. J. w. Crockett returned
on Tuesday evening from d short
visit with Duluth friends.
Wool suitings 12} yard, worth
double Bee Hive.
Dick Bailey went down on Sat-
urday to see the sights and eat
Sunday dinner at home.
Lace Curtains 45c. pair: Sale
now on at the Bee Hive.
P. W. Scott looked after his
interests in the vicinity of Hib
bing, Monday and Tuesday.
For carpets, mating and oil
cloth call at the Virginia Cash
Store.
]. F.. Dacey, of the Virginia
! Boiler Works, was in the city
over Sunday.
An elegant line of ladies and
gents underwear at Jackson &
Co.'S.
Jos. Cohen, of the firm of S.
Sax & Co., Hibbing, has been
visiting friends in the city dur
ing the week.
"A large stock of checked Main
Sock India Linen and Dotted
Swiss just received at the Vir-
ginia Cash Store.
W. P. Mars left on Monday
last for an extended business trip
to Milwaukee.
Beautiful shades, spring flan.
neliets, Z, 8, and &c. at the Bee
Hive.
E. J. Leydon transacts bust
ness with our merchants today.
Don't forget about that elegant
stock of millinery at the Virginia
Cash Store.
L. Cohen came in from Eveleth
today.
Chenille Curtains fine goods,
worth $3.50 a pair. For a few
days $3.50 at the Bee Hive.
Trust our spell of weather may
not catch cold.
Military collars and cuffs at the
Virginia Cash Store.
The first rain of the season or
Wednesday.
A full line of dress lining.
just received. Reduced prices d
the Bee Hive.
The u, M. & N. will erect :
depot at Sparta.
Finest crockery and glassware
display on the range at jackson
& Co.'S
A frst-class milliner at tn,
Virginia Cash Store April 1st.
Mrs. M. Delfeld returns frou
her trip to the St. Paul and Chi
cago markets, tomorrow.
The Enterprise on sale at +
S, Weekley's, ,,....,...... = =.
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The Virginia enterprise., 1897-03-19
FOR SALE.

The homestead of P. w. Gee
kie, in 9 61-18, 100 acres, some
cleared, together with all build
ings, house hold goods and sup
plies on hand, for sale at a sac
rifice. 5000 takes the lot; with
clear title. Well worth double
the money, the buildings alone
costing $500. For further in.
formation enquire at this Office,
The Virginia enterprise., 1897-03-19

Spring goods arriving daily at
the Virginia Cash Store.
The Virginia enterprise., 1897-03-19

No QUESTION OF DATID'S BREED
An exchange very pertinentiy
remarks: "Help a dog out of a
ditch and no matter what kind of
a dog he is-town dog or coun-
try dog, educated or illiterate,
aristocratic or plebian-he will
wag his tail into paralysis to tell
you that every drop of blood in
his veins is at your service.
Help a man out of a ditch and
what may follow will depend up.
on his breed" ~
The Virginia enterprise., 1897-03-19

We issue tickets to
GERMANY, ENGLAND,
FINLAND, AFRICA,
SCANDINAVIA, ITALY.
Lo,cest Rates. All Steamers.
r. II. LARkE, Commercial Agent,
426 spaulding House Blk. Duluth. MINI
8w-37.
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The Queens relephon,st.

A new Office has just been inaugurated
at Windsor castle in connection with
the household of the queen. 1t is that
Of court telephonist, and the respon-
sibility of the position may be con-
ceived when it is borne in mind that the
queen does not herself speak over the
telephone or place her ear to the re-
ceiver, deputing that to the newly APP
pointed court telephonist. who, accord.
ingly, becomes initiated into every
secret and confidential matter that
passes over the wire between her maj
esty and her ministers and officials.
The court telcphonist, who will rank
with Mr.. Hiley, the court telegraphist,
is son of the late Gen. Sir George
Maude, known to SO many American
tourists in London as superintendent
of the royal stables and crown equerry.
Young Mr.. Maude, who is relative OF
Lord Montalt, has for some time past
been attached in a secretarial capacity
to the Office of Sir Fleetwood Edwards,
keeper of her majesty's private purse.
The latter s colleague, Sir Arthur Bigge,
private secretary to the queen, by the
by, has become such an enthusiast
about the bicycle that he insists on us
ing it even for conveying himself a few
hundred yards from one part of the
castle to the other.-London Letter.
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The Cuban .Trocha..

The .trocha" to which frequent refer
ence is made in Cuban dispatches de-
scribing the movements of Gen. Weyler
is fortified line extending across the
island from Mariel on the northern
coast to Majana on the southern. The
purpose of the Spanish commanders. in
constructing and fortifying this line,
was to cut off the western province of
Pinar del Rio from the rest of the island,
and thus to prevent the retreat of the
forces of the Cuban leader Maceo, who
is operating in that province. Mariel,
the northern terminus of the line, is
about 25 miles west of Havana; and at
two points, Guanajay, which is six miles
south of Mariel, and Artemisa, which is
four miles north of Majana, there is di-
rect railway connection with Havana.
West of the "tracha- there is fairly
open country for few miles, but beyond
is the mountainous region in which
Maceo's forces have their camps
Youths Companion.
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BEsIEGED BY NUNS.
The Curious Tale of 3 Monastery In the
Canary Islands.

The Curious Tale of . Monastery In the
Canary Islands.
A curious tale of besieged and con.
quered monastery belongs to the early
history of the Canary islands and is
retold by Charles Edwardes in his de-
scription of the isles. In the early part
of the Eighteenth century there existed
in Orotava, on the Island of Tenerife,
a convent of Dominican nuns, who, after
some years of ease, had the misfortune
to be burned out of house and home.
They went into temporary quarters for
q year, but became dissatisfied with such
unconventional walls and began look
ing about for permanent abiding place.
At that time there was in Orotava q
house of Jesuits, which had lost it's
former Importance, and, though COM
modious and healtbful, gave lodging to
but two men-the rector of the house
and his assistant.
On this mansion the nuns cast covet
Gus eyes and soon resolved to appropri.
ate it. One morning about 40 of them
advanced upon it, by strategy induced
the Jesuit brother to open the outer
door and then, trooping into the court
yard, fell on their knees, thanking God
for this preliminary success. In vain
did the two men reason with them on
the scandalous conduct. They merely
held their ground, exclaiming: Father
Andrew, this is large cage for SO few
birds" Some of the more reasonable
members of the sisterhood explained
that they were really in need of dwell
ing as spacious as this and that they
did not propose leaving it. The rector
in despair fed into the sacristy, from
which retreat he exhorted his colleague
tobe of good cheer. Patience, brother"
cried he, "and do your best to extricate
yourself from these ladies'" That, how
ever, was more easily said than done,
especially as the nuns were becoming so
excited that they might momentarily
have been expected to resort to the argu-
ment of nails. The siege lasted for three
or four hours. News of it few about the
town and bands of young men, scrupu-
lousy neutral, watched proceedings
from the bars of the outer gate.
Eventually the Jesuits yielded and the
nuns occupied the house until new
convent, entirely to their taste, was
erected for them.-London Globe.
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SEEKS SCIENTISTS.

They Are Asked to Experiment with .
New Cancer Cure.
One of the greatest triumphs of the
medicine of the future will be the dis
covery of cure for cancer. M. Den
lsenko, a Russian doctor, on the strength
of Investigations he has made, earnest
ly entreats the medical profession to ex-
pertinent upon the sap of the wartwort,
Chelidonium majus, as a possible rem
edy for the treatment of this frightful
scourge. The sap of the plant is widely
rsed in Russia, as 1t is in other coun-
tries, for making warts disappear. DR..
Denisenko has found that after pro-
forged use in very small doses prepa-
ration of the sap, administered inter-
nally, causes cancer growths to disap-
pear. He has published paper, illus
trated by photographs, in which the
history of seven cases of cancer are
given, four being cases of external
growths in such places of the body as
rendered surgical operations of no use,
and three cases internal growth in
the esophagus and the stomach. From
the photographs it would seem that the
effects of the internal treatment espe-
cially are simply astonishing. The
erowths have totally disappeared. The
growth in the esophagus was formerly
so great that the patient could swallow
liquid food only; he can now swallow
chopped meat, bread and hard-boiled
eggs. This is said to be the first case
on scientific record of cancer growths
being expelled by the use of internal
remedies only. OF course, the growths
may reappear. It is to settle this ques-
ton that DIR. Denisenko specially APP
peals to his colleagues for cooperation.
Another essential point is that the Chel-
idonium sap contains two deadly aka
loids, chelidonine and sangui-pyrine,
and it has to be proved whether it's con-
tinued use, even in small doses, will not
tell in the long run.-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
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scieNcE AND INDUSTRY.

The first anthropological society
for The study of mankind considered
with reference to the animal history
of the race, was founded in London
In 1868.
The temperature of the suns sur
face is greater than we have anywhere
on the earth. The temperature of the
suns surface has been measured and
determined to be between $4,000 and
10000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Until 1870 the smelling of iron was
always performed with charcoal, nor
was its use wholly superseded in large
foundries by coal and coke until 17SS,
and indeed in many establishments and
for several kinds of manufactured iron
charcoal is still employed.
-Tortoises live to great age. In the
library of Lambeth palace there is the
shell of tortoise which was brought
there in 1923, and which lived until
1880. Another in Fulham palace, pro-
cured by Bishop Laud in 1923, died in
1883, and one at Peterboro lived 220
years.
I'm the city of Durango, Mexico, is
an iron mountain GAO feet high, and the
iron is from 60 to 20 per cent. pure.
The metallic mass spreads in all d.
rections for radius of three or four
miles. The entire deposit is sufficient
to supply all the iron required in the
world for 1000 years.
Great Britain has more than 3d.
100000 sheep on territory not greatly
in excess of Minnesota and Iowa.
France has 10000, 900 on much smaller
area. With their high-priced land they
seem able to make profit on their
sheep. This country has room for a
much greater number.
The editors of the Geological Rec
ord have recently drawn up table that
indicates approximately the number
of the living species of animals. The
following are the figures given: Mann
mails, $500; reptiles and batrachlans,
4,4O0; tunicata, 900; brachipods, $50:
crustaceans, 10000; myriapods, 1900;
echinoderms, 5000; celenterata, 1000;
protozans, 6,10O; birds, 12,500; fishes,
$4,000; mollusks, $4,000; bryozoans,
800; arachnids, 10000; insects, 23O,
900; vermes, 6,150; sponges, 1900. Gen.
eral total, 366, 900 distinct species.
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and as / stopped to unlock my trunk
her strong paws clasped me around
the neck from behind and her hot
breath painted in my ear. 1 dared not
move; her claws were sharp, and I
knew they would press in terribly if l
tried to put her away. / could only
think: "What will be, will be-" Then
she laid her soft muzzle against nv
cheek and her hold relaxed. After that
! had little fear of my friend.
At the Marine hotel they kept her
chained by q light iron chain 16 feet
long to an iron stake in the courtyard
so that she could roll in the grass, lie
on the veranda or go to bed under the
arches. safely sheltered from rain or
wind. Here l had much opportunity
for studying her peculiarities.
She cannot NEW, as domestic does,
butshe purrs very gruffiy. though never
for more than o short time. The pupils
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gently rolling white ball under he,
sound paw.
She was a very obedient patient when
i'll. Having taken severe cold by lying
wet in the wind after a shower, she
showed some fever and signs of de-
lirium, whereupon / fed her bits of
raw steak, four of which had been
dipped in castor oil. She ate all the
undipped bits first; then, with rigidity
in every muscle, ate the castor-oiled
doses, which soon cured her.
Her conduct was very curious and
unexpected. One day when mumbling
my hand, which had been severely
scratched the day before, she tore the
skin SO badly that blood ran into her
mouth. l had been warned that if ever
she should taste my blood she would
try to devour me at once. Instead of
this she skunk away as if utterly
ashamed, and for several days seemed
so abashed by the recollection that she
would not play freely if were near.
Her favorite plays were much like
those of smaller kittens. She loved to
knock about cocoanuts and balls. to
crouch and stalk at the gunnybags
which we shook at her to amuse and ex-
ercise her, and to bite and tear at sticks,
palm-leaf fa9s, or newspapers.
For want of use in running and climb
ing trees her sharp claws grew overlong,
and threatened to turn in and wound
her. Now she much disliked any med
ding with her claws, and so /, in advis-
ing her owner that he should clip them
with wire nippers, told him he would
need to be very cautions, and be content
to cut one claw day, seizing chances
when she was asleep or very quiet; but
she made no objection whatever to the
clipping, and he cut them all at one
time. Evidently she had the good sense
to understand that his purpose was
her benefit.
Ladies were playing with Tiger when
left the hotel. She would then eat
beef gently from the hand, though at
first it was unsafe to be near her when
she was feeding. In short, kindness
had quite tanned her, and 1 saw every
reason to believe that Waterston, the
naturalist, is right in saying that
pumas, reared gently with human be-
ings, will, when mature, let children
ride on their backs. When / hear of
tanned lions, tigers and other great cats
that have turped savagely on their
keepers, blame the men more than the
beasts. The poor creatures have, prob
ably, been ill treated; or else they have
gone insane from loneliness and long
ing for their kind, just as many human
beings would go insane if they were
shut up in barred cages and poked and
stared at by lions or tigers.-You
Companion.
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nous cat they are bringing aboard!
Well might he call her so, though she
was then but two months old. Four
weeks later she weighed over 40 pounds,
and was four feet four inches long
from the muzzle to the tip of her tail.
She was, in fact, young cougar or
striped puma-always called tiger in
the Guianas-one of litter that had
been captured by an Indian of the ANA
zon when they were very young. He
had sold this one to Capt. Crimp, of the
Hubert, who was now taking her to
Barbados. There he gave her to the
Marine hotel at Hastings, where stayed
for some weeks and completed my ac-
quaintance with her ladyship.
On first seeing her she looked so dan
gerous that had no expectation of
reckoning her among my cat friends,
and / gave her no attention.; but the
next day at sea saw that she was sut-
fering thirst.
81 give her water once day, and then
she takes very little Of it," said the sail
or who had her in charge.
So had a basin of water put near
her, of which she Tapped little many
times a day, as cats will, and for this
she was probably grateful. Moreover,
placed steamer chair so that she
could lie in its shade.
The next day, while / was reading
near where she was chained, / felt
something placed on my knee, and,
ore ohs
her two great brown eyes looking up
ut me; so it was plain that she was af-
fectionately disposed. After this !
frequently spoke to and stroked her,
with such results that one evening
when she slipped her chain and sneaked
away unseen, they found her under the
berth in my cabin which she had
"smelled out" for mine. So, at any
rate, the sailors insisted, probably with
good reason.
Her friendship was not an unalloyed
pleasure, as the sailor, Williams, who
fed her, had occasion to know. Being
fond Of her, he would sometimes roll
over and over with her, a sport which
she evidently enjoyed; but now and
then she would bite him playfully, but
so hard that he had to yell, stout seaman
though he was. After such an occur
renee he would punish her by avoiding
her for day or so, and then she would
utter what we spoke of as her "love
call" for an hour or more, until he came
and was good friends" once more.
This love call is a very curious sound
"a chirrup or musical whistle as If
from the throat of a bird. When first
heard it her head and paws were in my
lap, but I did not perceive the sound to
be hers.
Where is the bird?" asked her at
tendant sailor.
bird be blowed! It's the tiger
said he.
One evening when 1 went into the
trunk room for some clean clothing /
found Tiger seated near me on o barrel.
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conee I'm Pul FORM.

Take a pill from your pocket, drop il
into cup of hot water and in the twink
ling of an eye you have coffee as black
as your hat and as strong as you can
drirk it. That sounds like fairy tale,
but it is true. This new preparation
of caffeine, which is to do away with
all the boiling and clarifying and fuss,
which makes the coffee barely worth
making, has just been discovered by
two chemists. If their expectations
are realized the making of coffee will
be simply the matter of compound
pellet, containing the coffee ingredi-
ents, along with the milk and sugar
Cincinnati Enquirer,
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PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

-She-"Mr. Pyeface is such witty
mani" He-"To be sure. His mouth
itself is a funny crack."-CincinnaA
En- Suirer
People who spend the least money
at the opera house, usually kick if they
don't get the best seat when they do go.
Washington (1a.) Democrat.
Papa, why do burglars always
have low brows7" $50 they won't have
any trouble in crawling through coal
holes and transoms. chicago Record.
: -He-'Did Westside make favora-
BILE impression when he called the other
night?" She-"Not particularly So
for himself. He accidentally set down
on his hat."-Buffalo Times.
-"Oh, children, you are SO noisy to-
day. Can't you be little quieter and
better?" ''Now, grandma, you must be q
little considerable, and not scold us.
You see, If it wasn't for us you wouldn't
be grandma at alt -Tit-Bits.
Mr.. Ireland-"This book on swim
ming is very useful inssdden emergen-
cies." Mrs. Irelaud-.Is it?" Mr.. Ire
land-"I should say So. If you are
drowning turn to page 103, and there
you'll see how to save yourself. Tit
Bits.
-Unwritten History.-It was be-
ginning to look like rain. "Noah,"
called out the Insurer who had accom-
modated the ark-builder with a small
loan, "when are you going to settle
that little account?" II Think" replied
Noah, putting his head out of window
in the side of the vessel and scanning
the heavens, II shall be able to liqui-
date fully in about 40 days." And he
drew his head in again. Chicago Trib-
une.
Jack" said Mrs. Snaggs to her hus-
band, show do you spell chrysanthe-
mum?" 81 don't think would put any
chrysanthemums in letter if / were
you," replied Mr.. Snaggs. "They will
make the letter overweight" "Oh, il
you don't know how to spell it, you
needn't try" "Who said didn't know
how to spell it?" swell, how do you
spell it?" 1.-THE right way" And Mr..
Snaggs resumed his perusal of the even
ing neutrality-suspicious. Tele-
graph.
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/ of ner eyes do not contract to an up
right slit like those of the house cat,
but are round in all lights. She is fond
of water; loves to lie out on the grass
during a shower; rolls in the puddles
after rain, and will often make an arti-
fetal puddle to sprawl in by upsetting
her water dish.
Like many house cat, it pleases her
to be lifted and carried about by a
friend; she loves to sit in ones lap; to
curl up in big armchair also delights
her.
OF her familiar pet names she is so
fond that she will soon notice them il
they are uttered caressingly, even from
distance. and will respond by her sim
gular love call. Invariably she chirrups
welcome when the hotel doors are
opened by the Waterman in the morn
ing, which shows pretty clearly that
she has missed human company during
the night.
She enjoys being stroked or scratched
on head, neck, back, belly and fore
paws, but allows nobody to NEEDLE
with her hind legs nor with her tail.
Taylor, colored man at the hotel,
made rapid strides in her favor by rub
bling his head against hers. When
did the same she showed the liveliest
affection, and then 1 surmised that
she had been seeking this caress when
she put her paws round my neck in the
trunkroom on the steamer.
She likes to humble friends hand
in her mouth, or to chew gently on a
thumb; when she did this to me in
the dark she would frequently stop and
lick my hand as if to reassure me. AS
a favor she will give her paw to be held,
and she likes to lie in touch with a
friends foot; evidently such personal
contact is with her a sign of affec-
ton.
She is very fond of human company,
and when a witness is present plays
much more gaily than when she thinks
she is unobserved. Music quite fasci-
mates her; when the music box of the
hotel is set going, or when the maids
sing in kitchen or laundry, she is sure
to perch on the steps and listen, whether
by day or by night.
White cloth and red cloth seem to
please her particularly. have seen
her carry white silk handkerchief
for ten minutes without tearing it in
the least. Once she severely wrenched
one of her forepaws by leaping with a
complication of her chain, and during
the weeks while her hurt WINS mendinp
she would lie for hours on her side,
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WHY HE FAILED.

Within the quiet park they sat
The light was growing dim;
He idly dallied with his hat.
She fondly gazed at him.
And so you failed In love-" she sighed;
Your manner tells me So"
ALIAS, I did," the youth replied,
"'Twas many years ago.
loved a maid Of virtue rare
And features fair to see;
I loved her tenderly. 1 swear,
And she was fond of me.
"Our perfect courtship rippled past
Like melody, but OH
That dream of Heaven could not last
1t never does, you know"
." But why" she softly asked of him.
why were you never wed?"
He turned away-his eyes grew dim;
I'VE were," he sadly said.
IN. Y. Truth.
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Select as perfect punches as possible,
Wash them thoroughly and drain
through a colander. Mix the we'll
beaten whites of eggs with water, al
lowing one tablespoonful to each white
Of egg. DIP each bunch in this. Hang
by the stem until they have drained
little, then roll them in powdered
sugar and Icy them on. white paper,
and when dry roll again in egg, then
in sugar. repeating the process until
they are satisfactorily frosted. These
are very nice, and make pleasing adj
dition to the tahle.-Ladies' World,
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An examination of Christianity y
absolutely impossible without an I'M
vestigation into Judaism, its languages
liturgy, literature and laws. Jesus
Of Nazareth was Jew, His apostles
were Jews. the ethics taught by them
were Jewish ethics. The maxima
taught by Jesus were maxims taught
by Jewish rabbis. The ideas taught
by the Jews in that time were the self,
same ideas taught before the possible.
ty of q universal Christianity ever
arose. Rabbi VoorsanRer, Hebrew,
San Francisco, Cal.