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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
"Expanded METAL Construction.

The old building Observation-Disclosures,
mortar and timber-Were found in many
ways unsuitable for tall erections (of the
'tecl skeletoned skyscraper type, and
we're adopted, giving the greatest amount
u strength with least weight and en-
,bling the builders to occupy the smallest
AMOUNT of window space. and economic
page inside by lighter floors and inner
walls, Pinch thick inner wall of con
rete and steel, for instance. being as
strong as the old 9-inch wall of brick.
The latest improvement in this science
IT construction is that known as the ex-
banded metal' do not fully explain them
selves to the reader. who has not seen
he material. The word expand" must
De understood in the dictionary sense of
o open. out, to stretch. to spread. A
sheet of steel of any thickness up to a
width, say 6 or 8 feet in length and / or
: feet in width, is put into the expanding
nachine-a remarkable device which
constitutes the patent It is then
punched through with rows of Sits Gov
arlng the whole surface of the sheet,
with a width Of untouched steel between
aach line OF Sits Of quarter or half an
wise from the next slit on the line by
perhaps an inch of steel. The machine
then stretches the slitted steel widthwise,
perhaps to six times it's original width.
Ind when it leaves the machine it repre-
'ents, roughly speaking, a 6-foot square
piece OF steel lacework with diamond
shaped meshes. In the process of
stretching the steel lacework. correspond
ng with cotton threads iii an ordinary
ace curtain. is turned on edge~to an an
gle of As degrees, thus greatly increas-
ing it's bearing strength and firmness.
The process of using this expanded steel
IS to embed it in concrete in q similar
way to the old system Of iron rods, but
the steel network, being many times
stronger than the iron rods or any other
system, less concrete may be used to eff
feet the required strength.
AS compared with concrete alone, tho
use of this expanded steel adds to its
strength from eight to ten times over.
The Importance of this multiplied
strength and less weight in the case of
f1oorings. for instance, for tall erections
such as the many-storied buildings in
America or elsewhere, or those recent
erections called Eiffel towers and espe-
cially dock warehouses, whose floors and
walls have to bear enormous weights.
cannot be exaggerated. Another adyan.
tage of this expanded steel system is that
the whole flooring, no matter what size.
is practically one solid slab of concrete
covering the whole floor: and binding the
outer and inner walls, and if the outer
walls are also built on the new system,
the entire building would be knit togeth.
er so as to form complete block, i'm.
penctrab bic to wind, water or fire.-NTan.
chester (Eng.) News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05

tian mummies SHOW these people to have
been of medium size; the remains taken
from the catacombs do not differ In size
from the people Of the present, while the
armor which was worn by the warriors
of people who are not at all gigantie-or.
at least, extraordinarily above the aver,
age-either in girth or stature. There
were great men in the old days, hut as
great still obtain in this Nineteenth cen
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Saving Tree, Tops for Kindling.

1t is natural Tor American farmers,
when clearing land. to pile the brush
from tree tops in heaps and burn it AS the
easiest way to dispose of nuisance.
Yet, when cut fine and dried. as this
brush can be very easily, it makes the
cannot be compacted close together
makes it worth all the more as kindling
for the larger pieces of wood that are
required to kindle fire in hard coal. The
pile of brush that goes up in smoke i'll a
few minutes will sell for 81 or more
when cut up and bound in small bundles
for sale to city coal consumers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
More Manure for Orchards.

While the experience Of many apple
growers last year was most discouraging
on account of low prices, says an ex-
change, it remains true that, taking a
series of years for our reckoning, the APP
pie has paid better {ha than any y
quite likely to do SO next year, for the
small proportion of apple trees that will
bear in 1897 will bring fruit that will sell
for much higher prices than for many
previous years. Hence, instead of de-
stroying or neglecting the apple orchard,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Wells in Barn Easements.

Every basement barn built for housing
stock should have a we'll under it. In
this way water of proper warmth can be
always secured for cattle. and tub or
kettle kept full all the time will add
greatly to their comfort. 1t is we'll for
all stock to run out of doors in cold
weather for awhile each day.. hut the
animals ought never to be forced to
drink water nearly or quite down to the
freezing temperature. We have scores
of times seen cows turn away from the
water under hole in the ice because
they were so chilled that further drink
ing of icy water was impossible. Much
Of the lack of thrift Of cattle in winter
is due to drinking ice cold water. and
will be remedied by having a supply of
water from we'll in the barn basement
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05

Ao MlstIess VI tue WuVe. y =.
] We feel the thrill through Englanl's soul
or nOblest passions birth;
We hear her drum-alarm roll ,-~
The circle Of the earth.
When mothers kiss with pallld lips
The wounds Of murdered sons,
We see the sailors on her ships
Leap to their shotted guns.
We hear her martial trlumphs blow
The challenge Of the free;
Her lean steel war-Wolves bowling 50
Through gateways OF the sea.
: The taleMs OF her eagles tear 4.
The vulture from his feast;
The lion mangles In his lair
The tiger Of the East.
All. what a cheer from Asia breaks
And roars along the dawn,
As rescue's battle-thunder shakes
The walls Of Babylon!
Will Fl. Thompson In the Century.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
DISMAL SWAMP.
1t is by No Means as Gloomy as Has
Been Painted.

1t is by No Means as Gloomy as Has
Been Painted.
The Dismal swamp is by no means so
dismal as it has been painted, and ac-
cording to the description of local geo.
graphers possesses features which ought
to make it IN attractive interchangeable
and sanitarium. It is not, as most peo-
pie imagine, vast bog sunk low in the
ground, into which the drainage of the
surrounding country flows On the con-
trary, according to accurate surveys. it
IS above the level ground, some fifteen
or twenty feet, and, instead of being the
rece otacle. is, in it's immense spongelike
bulk, gathering the waters that descend
upon it, the source of rivers, five of
which take their origin within it and
flow onward to the sea. The swamp is
entirely of green timber; there is no de-
caying wood, the two principal woods
that grow there being the juniper and
the cypress, which never rot. They fall
stead of decomposing, they turn into
peat, and in that form remain unchange-
able and indissoluble. There is nothing
in the swamp to create miasma; no rising
of the tides and decomposition of rank
vegetables; no marshes exposed to the
burning rays of the sun. All is fresh
and sweet, and the air is laden with
balmy odors. The water is tinged with
the juniper to faint wine hue, and is
thought to possess valuable sanitary
qualities. 1T is often used by vessels
gong on foreign cruise, on account of
it's healthful properties, and also because
1t keeps fresh and clear for years. Those
who live near it are not slow to declare
that it is the healthiest place on the con-
tInent, and are perhaps not without rea-
son TOR the faith which is in them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Feed for Bone and Muscle.

In feeding all young animals thrifty
growth is much more Important than to
fatten them. Many people suppose that
the only way to lessen fat is to restrict
diet until near starvation point. But
they find by trial that if the food given
contains the fat-forming nutrition re-
stricting its amount makes what is given
so much better digested that the fatten-
ing process goes on as before. a far
surer and better way to accomplish what
is wished is to give food plentifully, but
not of the kind that builds u9 fat, and
especially to give what makes bone and
muscle. 1t is for this reason that wheat
bran and wheat middlings are 50 valua-
BILE for feeding. They will not fatten if
fed moderately with hay, straw and
roots. and they will keep young stock
thriftily growing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
How to Move Large Hogs.

Make a cage or box large enough to
hold the hog, but without any bottom.
To get the hog in throw down an ear of
corn. and while she is eating it let two
men lift the cage and put it over her.
One can do it by tipping it just right.
Have a loose bottom ian old door will do
very welD little wider and longer than
the cage; place this from the ground to
the wagon or sleigh. Garry or drag the
cage along the ground and up the slant
ing floor and the hog will walk right on
the sleigh or wagon herself, and there
will be no lifting excepting the cage.
Throw the bottom OH top of cage, put
chaiu over and fastcn to wagon. When
unloading, just reverse the operation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Over Meigges' Famous Railroad.

Ward Z. Winchell, passed assistant
engineer of the United States ship Plila-
delphia, has written Mrs. Winchell in
San Francisco from Callao, stating that
day or two before Christmas the Off
GERS Of the ship went over the ceIc-
brated Meiggs road in the Andes to a
height Of 1866 feet. Many of the Off
GERS were almost deathly sick, the sick
ness in some cases lasting several Guys
The officers of the Philadelphia were
the guests of the road and were taken
up in special train. The train climbed
from sea level to the enormous height
alluded to in going but 1O6 miles. There
were always two or three tracks in sight
Oh different levels, and in one place five
were observable.
when we got well up we began to $. e
droves of llamas. going in long process
sions along the trail, each carrying 100
pounds Of freight dashed to it's back.
works at Casapolea. 1t is the highest
manufacturing establishment in the
world, being 1906 feet high. They re-
fine copper, silver and lead ores, aud en-
ploy about 200 men, Here most If our
party were sick. Their faces were. a
CHASTITY blue tint from the blood not
being well oxygenated. The disease en-
ReHueFed Dy the attitude Is called the
ciroche by the people. 1t is very much
like seasickness.
ITO skirt along the edge of one Of
these half-mile cliffs and see the mist
covering everything below was like look
ing at the very end of the ear:h-as
though beyond that cliff was naught but
the infinite space one sees on starry
nights.
Il saw four condors. the largest bird
that flies, sailing away up above the
mountains, in the rare, cold air.
LAS for the cliffs, they were 80 awful
that they may be called dream cliffs, or
rather nightmare cliffs, like those one
sees when he is falling. falling ali the
time through hours of agony conccn-
trated in moments nightmare And
the mountain streams and waterfalls
| were there in all variety. In some
| places there would be two streams run
! ming toward the same point. one white
and silyery shining pure in the sun and
the other earthly and dark and muddy
! with the red soil it carried in its .urbu-
| lent arms. But when they mingled and
dashed on together the white one never
| turned the other one white, and thereby
! hangs an old, old moral as true today as
it was centuries ago, before it WAS worn
| threadbare by the preachers
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05

It should have during 1907 greater care.
than ever before. While we would not
advise heavy manuring Of orchards now,
they should all have liberal supply of
potash and phosphate fertilizers, not
1897 but for the years that follow after.
It 10 the amount of mineral fertilizers
that mainly determines the quantity aud
quality of the fruit the trees produce
But to secure the best results this min
eral fertilizer should be applied at least
q year before fruit IN expected. Nature
does not form fruit buds unless the min
cral fertility needed to perfect the fruit
has been first supplied.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
Tie Ic0nOcl3SfS,

They have tempered with old Jonah,
And the whale IL labeled mud,
They're sure to tackle Noah
And thus desiccate the food:
They'H fall down hard on Samson,
They are chasing after Lot,
For poor, old. harmless Adam
They will surely make 1t hot;
Let Absalonl and Joshua
Prepare to jump the track,
For there's no sort Of telling
Who these chaps will next attack.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
ORGAN AND DOG IN SYMPATHY.
Gordon Setter stops a Corner TO
Wall,

There is all old adagc that music hath
charms to soothe the savage breast. but
this is not always the cas-" vt the cor
ner of Beacon and Mount Vernon streets
in Boston. may be found almost every
evening just at dusk al Old lady bundled
up i'll shawls and wraps turning th..
crank of little paper hand organ. Th"
sounds issuing from the instrument can
not be termed sweet. ard to hyp"rscn~i-
1iv" ear they are painful.
The other evening as the clever Obser-
yer of the Boston Post was passing the
musician. a Gordon settler came running
along. He had evidently lost his master
for there was an anxious expression on
his handsome face. When in front Of
the organ grinder he stepped. The alb
Sence Of his owner was trying enough,
but that music was the last straw.
Throwing back his head he gave Z howl
that seemed like the wall III Il lost soul
Not once. but time and again the animal
poured forth his sorrow. Had the Oh
server been Il ,hrcSophiSt i'll belief. he
would have declared ithat the dog CON
tanned the spirit Of musical critic. Yet
the old lady was obliyious TO it all. and
the organ still played on.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
The Art Of shoon,np well

tered certain principles must be thor
ough1y understood, and to the lack Of
this understanding may be traced the
fact that SO few women really know how
to shop we'll. The great ma ority of
women who shop are on an endless quest
enough for only five, and It is: one Of the
problems for the future to settle whether
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Potash Salts for Manure Heaps.

Almost all stable manure is deficient in
potash. 1t is best supplied in the form of
German potash salts, which are not caus-
tic, and will absorb ammonia rather than
dissipatc it if applied to manure heaps.
In this way a double purpose is accom-.
plishcd. The most valuable quality of
the manure is saved, and the manure is
at the same time rc-enforced in the min
eral fertilizer which it most lacked to be
oAn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Men Have Not Depenerated.

1t is common to hear of the giant pen
pie who lived in the old days; yet. it is
decidedly uncommon to find proof that
the average ancient was any larger or.
more powerfully built than the average
person Of the present day. The Egyp-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Horses IlluSi0N

4 coachman who for many years had
been in charge of a large stable of valu-
able carriage horses, gave the writer
some curious instances of the nervous
Illusions of horses. Only once did he
find whole stable in anything like per
manent fear
He had taken ten carriage horses to a
large house in Norfolk. where they stood
in line in ten-stalled stable. There
was a tame monkey in the stable, very
quiet, which slept unclaimed. sitting on
one of the divisions of the stalls On the
first night, about II o'clock, he heard a
stamping and kicking, and very uneasy.
He got light, entered the stable. and
found them all in great terror Nothing
that could disturb them was there except
the monkey, apparently asleep on it's
perch.
He quoted the horses, locked the door.
and went away. Soon the disturbance
began again, and this time, slipping
quietly up, he drew pair of steps to
one Of the windows. and as the moon
was shinging bright, had view of the
interior. The monkey was the source of
terror. It was amusing itself by stee-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05

Grymes-"The bride was quite popu-
lar girl, wasn't she"
Gobang-"Yes, indeed. The Daily
Whoop sent their sporting editor to re-
port it. He printed list of rejected
lovers half ascolumn long under the head
Ing, Among Those Who Also Ran. -
Truth.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
The Jack Rabbits Doom.

\ new industry has sprung up in Kan
sas within the past few weeks. that of
hunting jack rabbits for their pelts,
which find ready sale at numerous points
i'll the state, where they are collected and
shipped to hat manufactures in the
East. The discovery that the jack has
a commercial value will undoubtedly
prove his undoing. The buffalo throye
and multiplied upon the Western plains
so his numbers were as the sands of the
sea until he became commodity.
Then the market hunters declared
war upon him. and he disappeared.
The Kansas jack rabbit is not con-
structed on graceful lines. hut, de-
spite his uglness and ungainliness. he is
one of the picturesque features of all
typical prairie scenes. and a great fa
vorite with the coursing clubs by rea-
son of his wonderful fleetness. The fur
of the jack rabbit, it has been ascer-
tanned is better adapted to hatmaking
than any other material.-Goodland
(kas.) Republic
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
Build OF Eiks Near Portland, Or.

\ well-known sportsman of Portland
was heard to remark yesterday Fiat he
would give 500 if this was the open
season for shooting deer and elk. says
the Oregonian. On being asked why he
was so anxious to get rid of his money.
he said that he knew where there was
Il band of twenty-five elk, Sarded within
a days travel and not more than two
miles away from road. He said. in
answer to further inquiries, that there
were nine bucks in the band. and several
of them had very handsome sets of ant
lers, which he would like to possess. He
said that bands of elk always yard up"
i'll the winter. whether there is any snow
on the ground or not, and that ne had
seen the band he spoke of. and haS
watched them for about an hour. They
We're in thicket of vine maple and
huckleberry brush. covering some seven
or eight acres, and have remained with
in these bounds ever since winter set in.
Brazil has at present 100000 acres
of coffee.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
IN A ROAD SPRINKLER,
Lumber Jack Hid Himself from the
Wolves.

Wolves.
An employe of the Bay de Noe Lu1n-
Der company, at Murphy's camp, near
Manistique, Mich, was cutting 4 hole
through the ice to supply logging road
sprinkler, when he heard first one omi-
nous howl, then another, and finally
found himself surrounded by nearly a
dozen ferocious wolves. He Just had
time to jump into the sprinkler, " here
he remained all night long. The tenn
perature was II below zero, and lie was
badly frozen, but he said he would
rather be turned into ice than serve as
supper for wolves.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05

Nearly three minutes are required to
bring big steamer like the >Campa1lia
to full stop; and in that time she will
have advanced almost half a mile from
the place she was when the first move
ments were. made to stop her,. Il .s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
A Pigs Long Fast.

4 strange story comes from Cummings.
s. D., and is vouched for as being ALSO
lutely true. Charles Davis, living near
Cummings, lost several pigs during tho
first severe storm Of the winter, which
occurred on last Thanksgiving day. Sew
but without any success. until few days
ago. Mr.. Davis managed to locate one Of
them with long pole with which he was
digging into Il large snowbank. TIL"
snowdrift was opened and a unique hog
pen discovered. with solid roof Of lei
cles. The pig which it contained was far
from being dead, and. excepting the loss
of considerable flesh and all of it's tail.
which had been frozen off. red TO
be none the worse for it's long fast Of
hfty-seven days. Mr.. Davis is now dill
gently and hopefully searching for the
other snow-buried hogs.-Barnesvillr
(A1inn.) Cores. St. Paul PionecrPresS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-03-05
The Pushing Woman in Society.


Why one woman remains in the hum
er, with equal advantages, is continually
getting closer to the most exclusive soci-
ETY. is a mystery that will never be solved
by the confession of those who are sue
ceeding. Your self-made man may be
rather proud of his career. Your self
made woman of the world will never d-
vulge how she "arrived." Diplomacy
blame poor woman for being "push-
err when you regard the same quality in
a man of business most admirable?
Il have often wondered how Mrs.
Clymber secured so many desirable for
eigners for her functions" said one of
that lady's acquaintance, s'but I think
I have discovered one at least of her
err evening. Many Englishmen bring let
tiers to them. Your visiting Englishlnan,
by the way, is a simple soul when he
first comes over, not knowing who is who
at all and not caring much, since he
thinks of us all as only Americans. The
guest of honor at this particular dinner
was Sir George Blackie. young, bar
lovely, well-groomed Englishmen, With
only average brains, the face of an
Adonis and the figure of an athlete.
~:sYou people are awfully kind to fell
low,' Sir George said to me. Il never
in my life had 50 many invitations. To-
night l have on a dinner, the opera, q
supper and dance, and I don't know
one of the people who have asked me-
"But are you going?" inquired, won
dering. to what queer places he might
be hidden, and naturally anxious he
should be taught that there are people
and people, even in America: why, of
course, he answered, with British can
dor, L want to see as many varieties of
the natives as possible
do you mean to say I exclaimed,
that people just send you invitations,
without any acquaintance at ALP Yes
he replied. that is what l think is SO
kind: Now, have a card in my pocket
for Mrs. Clymber's box at the opera,
and am going on there from here
", too, was going to the opera with old
Mrs. Van Amsterdam, who, as she sur
veyed the house throug h her glasses, re-
marked: There's that new Englishman
the women are all raving about in that
little Mrs: Clymber's box. 1 wonder how
she got hinv felt that i was showing
true Christian charity when I refrained
from enlightening the old lady. But
then l really liked Mrs. Clymber, and
had partaken of her salt only the week
before New York Trihunp ~.