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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-18
solou,on,s Temple.

Solomon's temple was 1O7 feet long.
SO feet broad and 50 feet high, not being
larger than many private houses of the
present time. ss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-18
Fad of English Women.

Amateur photography is now the fad of
English women, and each gentlewoman
has her favorite subjects. The Princess
of Wales prefers portraiture and nearly
every member of her family has been
her sitter; She has photographed her
grandchildren in their pony cart, her
daughter, the Princess Maud, in a rail
way car: her husband on his yacht Brit
ANNA; her daughter and son-in-law,
Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark.
The Duchess Of Fife and the Princess
Victoria also prefer portraiture and their
relatives and friends have been willing
subjects. Little Lady Alexandra Duff
and her baby sister in daintiest of cos
tunes have posed in the garden Of Mar
Lodge. Deeside in the Highlands Prin-
cess Victoria finds her dogs very amusing
subjects, and her pet fox terrier has as
sumed many athletic attitudes before her
camera. !. ..i>. I. - 81 81 s.
Princess Maud of Denmark has taken
the best picture extant of the Princess of
Wales, which is saying much, MS the fll-
ture Queen Of England is probably the
most-photographed woman in the world.
Marine views have received much atten-
ton from her Royal Highness, Princess
Henry of Battenberg. Mrs. Joseph
Chamberlain stands at the head Of the
landscapists. and many Of her negatives
are said to be exceptionally fine. The
Countess de Castellane, born Anna Gould,
is an expert landscapist. and the favorite
subjects Of the beautiful Lady Randolph
Churchill are sailors bold.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-18
ONE ENJOYS

UNIV ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
TEN effectually, dispels colds. head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects. prepared only from the most
healthy and observation-disclosures, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug.
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute. ~-~.s 81
CALIFORNIA re syrup CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. i.
k0uSHAtE. IT. NEW fQRk Ill
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-18
Give Your Wife n Little PraIxe.

IF husbands only knew. or if KNOWN.
only cared, how very much their words
and manners affect the temperature of the
home world, they would never. by word or
deed, leave it enshrOuded in gloom" ar
cues Mrs. A. NJ. Marriott in Woman's
husband is the sun around which every
thought revolves. There is scarcely an in
slant in which his presence is not felt as
she goes about her work, or even when
at rest. If she is preparing the meals.
the way John likes this or that, or some
remark he has made about some article of
food is recalled to mind; if she looks
about her she sees his hats and coats
hanging on the hooks, and the hats in.
variably wear the same expression Johns
face wore when he left in the morning;
jolly. good-humored look, if he went
away pleasant; if angry, gruff, defiant,
attend-to-y Our-oWn-business air takes the
place of the so lately gentle pliable shapes
i'll felt, and fairly bristle with wrath over
some trif1e, but still enough to obscure the
sun Ill the little world for many weary
gotten. '
Ihere IS no true woman but will repay
her husband over and over again for kind.
thoughtful treatment He is ready to cali
her childish, and she may seem so to him !;
out one thing is sure, a woman never for
Soso' All uitlc ueeUS OI love or thought
fulness sown by his hand yield a certain
and abundant harvest. She may love her
home better than any other spot on earth,
yet. she sometimes gets so weary of the
daily routine Of never-ending duties that
fall to her lot that she cannot help an
occasional feeling of envy for those who
have more time for recreation. for going
abroad, for all the little things dear to the
heart of every woman, but which the stern
hand of duty most effectually debars her
from enjoying. Still, for all that, she
would not for the whole world exchange
places, even if she could, with any other
woman, leaving home and Johll-dear old
John-as the price of her freedom from
care. If your wife has been a
faithful and true wife to you, tell her So
DO not think it lowers your manliness
any to let her know that she still has a
place in your affections. She has toiled
early and late for you and your children,
through sickness and health, and self-de-
NAL has grown to be her motto. 1t takes
but little from her loved ones to make
her happy, so do not begrudge her
word of praise now and then as her Just
reward, and of far more value to her
starving heart than gold. There are some
things which money can never buy, and
wounds which it cannot heal; but love
levels all obstacles, OvercOmes all difficult
ties, and, UNNECESSARILY sweetens ife."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-18

Silver money $50 years old is still in
circulation in some parts of Spain.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-18


Books written on bone stone, bricks,
tiles and oyster shells: Bibles written on
palm leaves and manuscripts transcribed
on bark, leather, papyrus, parchment,
wood. lead, ivory and copper are among
the treasures of the British museum.
Our senses do not fall asleep stimuli
taneously. The eyelids are first affected,
and shut out sight; next follows the sense
of taste. then smelling. hearing and
touch, the last named being the lightest
sleeper and the most easily aroused.
Some of the Connecticut Daughters
of the Revolution have suggested that u
hitting monument be erected to the mem
DRY of the women Of the Revolution. The
suggestion is one thing. but the raising of
the necessary $4,000 is quite another
ALI the officers of st. PauIs Episcopal
church. Otis. Mass. are women except
the rector. Women are now elected as
.vestrymen i'll some Episcopal churches
but this is supposed to be the only III
stance in which all the yestrymeu are
women. 7
Great Britain and her colonies, which
have hitherto had almost a monopoly OF
the Persian market for shirtings and
sheetings, are being left behind by Rus
STA, whose shipments into Persia are gain.
ing as steadily as the British nlantlfae-
ttircrs are losing. & ~ BILL
-"leSH 10 tHc" COlOF llOSI Oeneuc1dt 10
the eye in liffused light, and reds and
pinks the most harmful. In strong di-
rect light, however. blue and neutral tints
are the best for the eyes, and pure white
the most harmful, as is proved by the phe-
nonlena snow blindness. I'LL.
According to the Menestrel, the we'll
known Partisan musical weekly Rou-
manian manufacturer has announced bis
Intention Of sending to the Paris cxhibi-
fiCn of 1900 a yriauofnrfo' IF Slrcf1 e~ooy1
tIcnal sorority that it's tones can be
heard at distance Of six miles.
CROOKED teeth can be Strengthened
by new dental appliance. consisting Of
a small god, on each end Of which is
mounted a screw threaded socket, carry
ing split band, to be attached to the
teeth, which are then drawn inward 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-18
spray, Papa"

A pathetic incident occurred in connec-
ton with the killing of George Caudle by
a train at st. Louis recently. George
was 16 years of age and was on his way
to school with his 12-year-old brother
when he met his sad fate They were.
running race with a railway train, try,
ing to beat it to the crossing at King :
hiohway When thnr saa. tho trim 1o,,,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-16

training in the primary and grammar schools. What they do get is too much in certain space of time. They can not accomplish the grade work as read- fly as the white children can, and the two schools ought to be graded differ ently. Longer time ought to be al- lowed for the accomplishing of the grade work, and the course, by all means, ought to include manual train ing.
 After nearly twenty years eXperl- ence as a teacher in colored schools it seems to me that it would be wiser to recognize the existing conditions-to recognize the dense ignorance which prevails among the majority of the col ored people; to recognize the fact that the standard of living is not the same among the colored people as among the whites, and to make allowance for it in our school system. Neither the income nor the intelligence of the colCred peo- pie enables them to live as the majority of the white people live. Why not re- cognize the fact? Some of the colored children must add to the family income. Instead of making rules which refuse to recognize this, why not rearrange the system so that they can have the ad- vantage of the very necessary train ing?'-Baltimore Sun.
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filling the land, there will be no likeli- hood of such strange happenings.
 The cause of this peculiar condition in 8 large area of the city is ascribed to the nature of the soil which engin- eers describe as mixture of alluvium washed down from the hlllsldes, ooze from the bay and decayed vegetable matter, the formation of ages upon the original bedrock, Engineers say that in places no bottom has been reached with piles sixty to eighty feet long, and the heavy structures erected thereon sustain the tremendous weight by force of friction or resistance against the sides of the piles. How deep in the ooze has not been ascertained in most places in the sinking area. Nor is it positive ly known whether the soft subtratum moves out into the bay under the pres sure or merely packs tirmer and so be- comes more statble.-Milwaukee Eve ming Wisconsin.
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about stating whether they have seen the young snakes again make their appearance, The ruth of the matter Is that adult reptiles do swallow young snakes although not necessarily their own young. But the unfortunate youngsters disappear down the adult reptiles throat for the purpose of sat isfying cannibalistic appetite.
 A heated controversy upon this sub ject was started at recent meeting of the Linnaean society, which holds it's sessions in the American museum of Natural History. During the progress of paper entitled Snakes Found Fifty Miles from New York City" the question was brought up as to the probability of snakes swallowing their young for the sake of protection, The subject evoked considerable discussion at the time during which the scientist presenting the paper declared the act to be physical impossibility. Not for the serpent to swallow a brood or young snakes, but for the latter to live, even for a short time in the body of the parent. This being on account of the thick, viscid character of the gastric juice of these reptiles, which would suffocate the little snake
 The explanation did not quite tally with the views of many present, show ing that this time-worn fallacy is still entertained by even those who profess a scientific standing.
 Many who imagine they have seen | the mother reptile providing for the safety of her offspring have really wit messed a cannibal species during the progress of a meal. Cannibal snakes are not of rare occurrence, a number 1 of species even existing in the country l immediately adjoining this city | Among these are the black snake, the milk snake and the copperhead. Although these three species feed upon other creatures besides snakes, there are numerous cannibal varieties in the United States which restrict their food to members of the serpent family Among these is the king snake, a native of the Southern States, and quite useful creature, as it frequents regions where the "cottonmouth" and the rattlesnake abound, creating con- siderable havoc. among it's numbers.
 Strange to say the different species of the cannibal snakes are immune tc the poison of the venomous varieties. That is, they feel no i'll effect from the bites of deadly species, while other snakes die quickly from the same
 They attack their victim in a curious manner, seizing it by the neck and throwing a number of coils around its bodv The pray is then gradually squeezed to death.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-16
ALMOST A NATIVE.

''Are you a native of this parish?" asked a Scotch sheriff of a witness who was summoned to testify in a case of illicit distiliins.
 "Maistly, yer Honor" was the re- ply.
 q mean, were you born in this par ish?"
 Ma, yer Honor. I wasna born in this parish; but I'm maist a native for g that"
 You came here when you were a child, I suppose you mean?" said the sheriff.
 "No, sir; I'm jist here about sax year noo."
 Then how do you come to be nearly native of the parsh?"
 "Weel, ye see, whan I cam here, sax year sin, I jist weighed eight stane, an I'm seventeen stane moo sac ye see that about nine stane O me belongs to this parish an the ither comes from Camla- chic. .s-Tit-Bits.
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FRISCO SAID TO BE SINKING.
City May Disappear Under Water in
 a Few Decodes.

City May Disappear Under Water in
 Few Decodes.
 San Francisco is sinking This is the startling statement of the civil en- gineer who conducts the work of the city and country surveyors office at the City Hall. Sinking slowly but steadily, each resurring year bringing additional evidence that a large por- ton of the city would in a few decades be below the water of the bay This is no wild or irresponsible statement, but d cold fact demonstrated and proved by the careful scientific operations of engineers in the service of the municipality, men who have been es- tablishing levels throughout San Fran cisco for years and have the data and records of the city surveyors office as the basis of their discovery. These en- gineers find in surveying or levelling, in the unstable districts that the of ficial monuments indicating the levels, or heights above the city base, have sunk with the land, and so it is neces- sary to begin on firm ground and carry lines OCT those snken marks, and always with the same results-streets, sidewalks, curbs, street railroads, buildings, all have gone downward to- gether.
 | The peculiar feature of the ssinking phenomenon is that the whole surface i settles equally, a fact which has not 1 only averted attention from the con- stant settlement, but also been the source of endless disputes between owners of land in the district who inn agine the grade is raised upon them by city surveyors every few years. i An interesting field for mathematical ! effort is opened through the city sur veyor's figures upon this subject The average sinking of those districts which insist on moving into neither re- gions is two inches a year. There is a tendency to settle less as the years pass, though the settling does not stop, and the ratio of the decrease is so sig nificant in comparison with the time as to barely worth considering. Two inches may, therefore, be taken as the basis of calculation. In 100 years the water of the bay would be ebbing through the first stories of buildings and the second floors would be what seamen call awash. But as the inhab- itants of San Francisco will keep CT
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-16
A PECULIAR REMEDY.
Something About the New Discovery
 for Curing Dyspepsia.

The Rev. r, I, Bell, a highly esteemed minister residing in Weedsport, Cay uga Co.,, N r., in a recent letter writes as follows: "There has never been any thing that I have taken that has re- lleved the Dyspepsia from which l have suffered for ten years except the new remedy called Stuagts Dyspepsia Tablets, Since taking them l have had no distress at all after eating and again after long years can sleep well, Rev. F. l, Bell, Weedsport N. Y., for merly Idalia, Colo"
 Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets is a re- markable remedy not only because it is certain cure for all forms of indi- sestion, but because it seems to act as thoroughly in old chronic cases of dys- pepsia as well as in mild attacks oi indigestion or biliousness. A person has dyspepsia simply because the sto- mach is overworked; all it wants is a harmless, vegetable remedy to digest the food and thus give it the much needed rest
 This is the secret of the success ot this peculiar remedy. No matter how weak or how much disordered the di- gestion may be, Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest the food whether the stomach works or not. New life and energy is given not only to the sto. mach, but to every organ and nerve 1T the body. A trial of this splendid medicine will convince the most skep- tical that Dyspepsia and all stomach troubles can be cured The tablets are prepared by the F. A. Stuart Co of Marshall, Mich, but So popular has the remedy become that Stuart's Dys, pepsia Tablets can now be obtained a any drug store at 50 cents per package Send for book on stomach diseases free
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-16
THE PROBLEM OF NEGRO EDUcA.


 "One of the most serious mistakes that have been made all over this coun- .ry in the treatment of the negro" the principal of one of the colored schools said yesterday, "has been the estab- fishing of schools in every way like the schools for white children. The white children have the inheritanceS which have descended to them through gene rations of cultivated and intel igent an- cestors. The negroes have no such in- heritance. The education that is adapt ed to the higher intelligence of the whites is too high for the negro in his present state. Three or four genera lions hence he will be ready for the kind of education that is offered him now. What he needs now is industrial training, combined with some literary training.
 .The present system of training has A tendency to qualify them for clerical positions, but nine-tenths of the col ored people earn their living by manual labor, and for many years to come will have to do so. It is true that we have q Polytechnic Institute for colored boys here in Baltimore. but more attention is given in the grammar grades te preparation for the High school course than for the polytechnic course.
 q don't want to give the impression shat I think they get too much literary
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-16
D1pr,OMATrc COLORs.

Books blue and books yellow: The Figaro publishes a note on the colors of the official volumes communicated by different European governments to Parliament and the nations The Yel- low book which France circulates is the brochure coming from the French for elgn office; 1t is destined for the use of the chambers, the embassies and the press. About two thousand copies are issued in the publication, but they are not on sale for the nation. French usage differs from the English in this respect, and throws heavy burden on the press. The Temps, for instance, lately found it necessary to print a special page devoted to the Yellow book on Fashoda, The German chan cery publishes White books for the Reichstag, but only on colonial ques- tions, while Italy binds in green and Greece in red. Austria and Russia are says the Figaro, without analogous documents, and the United Statea gov ernment contents itself with a simple communication made to congress in re- lation to foreign affairs. "On dit" says Dderot, "qu'il des couleurs amies ct des couleurs ennemies." In the case ot these official bindings one can only say with regret that whether blue yellow red green, black or white, they have never formed general harmony yet Pail Mall Gazette.
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the cone firmly in one foot, trying not to detach it from the bough, and tries every side, sometimes hanging head downWards, sometimes tail downwards, and, if the cone becomes detached, keeping it's grasp, and fiuttering down through the pine tufts till it can catch hold of one with it's disangaged foot This constant flutter.ng and falling would break stiffer and closed feathers than those of the crossbill. As it is, the looser ones give way while the stiff tail and wing feathers do become ragged and broken. While the flock are at work the grove it quite silent. except for t' Q constant fluttering and the fall ing of the cones which they have de- tached by accident or finished search ing. So close were the birds that they could be seen "husking' the seeds when extracted, and it was noticed that their peaks showed various degrees of length and crossing of the mandible. In more than one the tips did not project be- yond the depth of the other mandible, and it was only when the bird looked full face" at it's visitors that the crossing was visible About one-sx- teenth of an inch was the average over- lap
 The difficulty of extracting the seed by any other means than those provi- ded by the peculiar bill of these birds must be very great. So tough and rig i'd are the louvres of the cone that, un- less they gape from ripeness, the seed cannot be extracted without the great est difficulty even with a strong knife. Beyond the fortification of these rigid louvres of wood, the seed itself lies in a special little socket, in the very core of the cone. According to Yarrell, the bird first opens it's beak until the points do not cross, this being possible be- cause the mandibles have some lateral play It then pushes this in like a wedge, wrenches the mandbles cross wise again, and so prising open the crack, extracts the seed. The seed it. self lies al the base of a little wing, like that of a small dragon-fy. and the birds manage to extract this without breaking it, or the light husk which envelopes the kernel. They could be seen "husking" this, and pushing the wing and the husk out of their mouths with their tongues, just as a parrot does The kernel, when extract | ed is no larger than mustard seed and tastes like mocsel of Brazil nut favored with turpentine. The cross bills evidently consider it very delicious and would not taste buckwheat seeds which were inserted into cones as an experiment. The resinous dainty had more attraction than the peaches ripen- ing in numbers on walls close by.--Lon- don Spectator.