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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
Ferocious Wild Dogs.

John Bargeman, undersheriff of Ma
vajo county, has returned to Holbrook
from an extended trip through the noun
tains along the border of Arizona and
New Mexico, bringing tale that wild
dogs are creating havoc in that region
among cattle and sheep The dogs have
been known for only three years, first
making their appearance in small band
in American valley. in Western New
Mexico, says the Holbrook, Ariz., CORE
spondent Of the New York Sun. They
have increased wonderfully, aud are now
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
TeunYSON'S ReliriOn.

1t was fortunate, says Mr.. Mabie, in
the Atlantic" that Tennyson's biogra-
ply was not prepared by a biographer
who was anxious to minimize the religious
element in his life: OH the contrary, it is
thrown into the boldest relief, and the
reader is thrown into those profound con.
victions which gave the laureate's poetry
whole subject is dealt with, in connection
with "In Memoriam,'' with the most. sat
isfying fullness. '1n@ this vale Of time
the hills of time often shut out the noun
tains of eternity" Tennyson once said.
The nobility of his verse had it's springs in
those mountains. and they inclosed ana
gloriied the landscape Of life as he looked
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
Brides ReceptiOn Drass.

Taffeta has become so cheap that it is
i'll some respects an economy to buy it.
There is no silky material that sets as
we'll to the arms, is so easily fitted, wears
us we'll and costs SO little as taffeta. A
November bride who has managed a very
large trousseau out of very moderate
sum counts among her most cherished
possessions an all-yellow dress, of which
the waist is taffeta-that is, the yoke and
sleeves, for the vest and skirt yoke are
of point de Venice lace.
The waist is cut with shirred yoke of
yellow silk, which is drawn in many small
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18

: X Young Folks Column x 8


OATS My LIP Boy.
Doan keer how he rompih' round
Fill de house wild joy:
Lee 'tm play en- have his way;
OATS my III boy!
Go ter school twell holiday,
Wild his book en- toy;
"Beats de LAM" de teacher say,
OATS my li'P boy!
sfammy gittih' OF; spec
Soon she'll miss de Joy
Er his aims er6uh' ,het neck;
Good-by, Ii'I' boy!
Frank l.. Stanton.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
.Jerties on Puget Sound

a contract for the construction of jet
ty at Gray's Harbor, Wash, has been
let by the government to Portland firm.
The contract price is $4,000. The jetty
and half miles from the high-tide limit
Of Point Handen. The following is an
estimate Of the amount of materials
which will enter into it's construction:
Piles. 10000 square feet: lumber for
trestle, zoe, 900 feet; steel rails, 600 tons:
iron bolts, loo, 900 pounds; brush, Al, 600
cubic yards: stone, SOC, 600 tons. It 10 be-
will give permanent channel into Grayss
Harbor Of "a feet at mean low water, b q
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
1rksOmo Daily Tasks.

In the programme of daily tasks there
are some, very naturally, for which even
the enthusiastic home maker has no TASTE
Perhaps she even shrinks from the per-
Torrance of these tasks, and would like
to shirk them altogether if her pride in her
so; and yet she knows that they are just
as important and essential as the more
pleasant duties in making up the sum of
her daily work. The unloved duties are
the trying points of each days work, and
are often left to- the tired end of the day,
when they are doubly annoying. Taken
one at a time, while we are fresh, and alb
solutely conquered, they no longer serve
as the bitter drop to our 1abors. The
tasks we call unpleasant often show us
the weak points in our characters, they
are the duties that call for special pa
tience or caretaking, or a marked concen-
tration of thought and skill for a certain
time, and perhaps a perseverance we are
unwilling to give before perfection is
reached.
A group of young housekeepers, talk.
ing Of their home-making, are almost
with the things they "hate to do"
Harry likes pie, but almost never
make them, for can't bear to make the
crust" says one. 'How 1 do hate to
clean the lamps" adds a second. "Is
there anything more tiresome than dust
ing? continues a third. Yet all these
young women have won prizes in school,
perhaps have stood high in scholarship
in college, and not one-half the conquer
ing force would be required to learn to
make good pie-crust, not third of the
patience would be called for in busting
beautifully polished new furniture, or the
immaculate shining Of lamps that they
have applied for years to tasks of diff
ferent nature. Every unloved task raised
from it's humble position to that of sue
cessful accomplishment, and the pleasure
that always accompanies such results,
adds just so much to the complete round
ing of our characters. Achievement,
after honest effort, is one method of
drawing up the dropped stitches of life.-
Constance Conrad in Woman's Home
COrnnoniOn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
Washington Oysters.

In chatting dish|. Put fifty fine. large
oyesters. with their liquor. in a large
chafing dish. Season them we'll with salt
and pepper. Chop nice. tender head of
celery very fine; add it to the oysters:
next add n blade of mace. Cover the top
then pour in half pint of sherry. Put
the cover of the chatting dish on, light the
alcohol lamp under the chatting dish, and
let the mixture cook until the edges of
the oysters curl; then extinguish the fame
and serve the oysters in soup plates
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
A Mother at 60.

Mrs. William Gillivray of 80 Regent
street. this city, who is over 90 years of
age. has given birth to a baby girl Her
Years ago. is IS Mrs. GiIiVrav has se seen
married twice. and this is her twenty
second child. She married FIRST when
10. The baby is all right and doing we'll,
Toronto tOnt.) Special New York Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18

Evaporated vegetables will prove no
small item in the makeup of a Klondike
outfit during the rush to the gold fields
the next few months. Hence several
evaporators are now in full blast at Port
land and other points in Oregon. Onions
are particularly in demand now, and the
evaporated article, it is expected, will
bring fancy prices in some parts of Alas.
table evaporating plants are now in oper-
alton in Whatcom county, Wash, with
r,1onfv If orders
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
Thirty Miles for an 4 chrD

Down in Mexico there lives wood
pecker who stores his nuts and acorns in
the hollow stalks. Of the yuccas and
magueXs. These hollow stalks are sep
arated by joints. into several cavities. and
the sagacious bird has somehow found
this out, and another at the lower.
through which to extract the acorns when
wanted. Then it fills up the stalks solid
II. and leaves its stores there until need
Ell, safe from the depredations of any
other thievish bird Or four footed animal
The first place n which this curious
habit was observed was on hill in the
midst of a desert. The hill was covered
with yuccas and nagueys, but the nearest
it was calculated, these industrious birds
had to make fight of sixty miles for
each acorn slowed thus in the stalks!
An observer of birds remarks: "There
are several strange features to be noticed
in these facts: The provident instinct
which prompts this bird to lay 10y stores
of provisions for the winter, the great
distance traversed to collect kind of
food so unusual for its race, and its seek
ing i'll a place so remote from its natural
abode a storehouse SO remarkable
Can instinct alone teach, or have expe-
rience and reason taught these birds that.
far better than the bark of trees or GREY
ices in rocks Or any other hiding place
are those hidden cavities they make for
themselves with the hollow stems of dis
tant plants?
This we cannot answer. But we do
know that one of the most remarkable
birds in our country is this California
WoodDecker and that he is we'll entitled
to his Mexican name of Eel Carrintero-
the carpenter bird.-St. Nicholas.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
Your Husband's Mother.

Bear anything before you permit your
self to complain to your husband of his
mothers faults" writes Mrs. Burton
Kingsland in the February Ladies' Home
Journal. "Say to your own soul, May
God do so to me, and more also, if l
ever do anything to rob a mother of a
fraction Of her child's love- The sturdy
toddler at your side may make you a
mother-in-law some day, and as you SOW
now so you will reap. Should you ever
ind it necessary to break through your
rule of silence never speak while under IT.
ritation.
"Few attention will please her more
than to seek her to tell any bit of news
that you may have heard. Aside from
the fact that the average old person feels
lively interest in the affairs of friends and
neighbors, she will value, more than all,
the q implied wish for her sympathy IN
seeking her to share your budget Treat
her with special honor and Difference III
the presence of your servants, your chill
dren and your friends, Their conduct
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
Cloth from Wood

Cloth is now being successfully made
from wood. Strips Of fne-grained wood
are boiled and crushed between rollers,
and the filaments, having been car1ed
into parallel lines are spun into threads,
from which cloth can be woven in the
usual way.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18

Twenty-two business men, who acted
as the coroner's jury in the investigation
of the recent great fire in London and
served for fourteen working days, re.
Sceiyed 4 pence, 8 cents, each as conapen-
,eatiop, "A & ST. .s555s,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
Scientific Sinking.

No woman's strength is equal to the
demands made upon it by claims-domes-
tic, social and intellectual-of these latter
days, and since this fact is indisputab!c
why not look the problem squarely in the
face and decide calmly when to shirk :?
The question, of course, chiefly concerns
the homekeeper; she who endeavors to
keep house up to concert pitch of tidi-
ness and not just occasionally and in
spots, either; but all over and all the
time. Besides the mere sweeping, dust
ing, arranging and incorporating to be
superintendent, there are, too, the hospi-
tally that she must be ever ready to offer
smilingly, and the duties to herself-not
to speak of church and charitable work,
club life and the claims of society. One
cannot do everything; why try? Of
course, the question at once presents it.
self: Where shall the remedy be applied
In answer to which common sense, sys-
tenn, a right estimate of essentials and
self-cOntrol may be suggested as the best
aids to the conscience in deciding what
shall be left undone. OF course, each
woman must decide for herself what is Of
the greatest Importance. There are
housewives whose standards of bliss are
measured by the amount of real estate
that their family and friends bring into
the house upon their boots; others, to
whom the glory of belonging to every
club in the community is all in all; and
yet others who revel in excepting up a
calling list of several hundred. Someone
has said that ''the spirit of housekeeping
is lost because of discouraged housekeep-
ing" With a judicious application Of
scientific Sinking" there need be 10
lasting truth to this statement. However
degenerate it may sound, "shirking'' is
the only thing by which woman can,
under the pressure of present living, hope
to keep her health and to escape a care
crazed brain.-Exchange
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
A Wise Mule.

Among our pack mules was one who.
on fishing trip several years before,
had visited this very locality in which we
were cncamped; but she had come. the
previous time. the straight route over the
mountains What was our amazemcnt.
one morning. to find this mule gone.
and with her two of her comrades. whom
she had evidently led astray. Hunt
high and hunt low. we could not find
them. and after wasting several days in
this fruitless search we set out for home.
Upon arrival there we were surprised
and delighted to find that the mules had
preceded us. The old mule had at once
recognized her previous camping place.
changed though it must have been by
the severe storms to which this region is
subject. and had determined in her wise
old head to strike out for home imme-
diatcly, without waiting for the formali-
ty of carrying a pack. And this she and
her companions, ill-advised but evidently
not misguided, did: not following the
trails. for we had carefully inspected
them, but heading through the dark and
confusing forests, guided by the old
mule. as straight as though directed by
the answering needle Of magnet
ompass.-Charles Dudley Rhodes, U. S.
A., in Lippincott's.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18

to keep her health and to escape a care
crazed brain.-Exchange.
To Offset the Dryness of Furnace Air.
In answer to the question care we dry
ing up in our oyerheated houses?" some
housekeepers have already settled a de-
Tense for themselves by very simple con-
triyance. Remembering that delightful
kindergarten story, 1.-THE Towel Gave a
Party" which is intended to show the
working of capillary attraction, the guests
being a lamp, which brought it's wick and
sponge, which came in tin coach or
basin. Nine. Housekeeper utilities this
plain idea: She places a china or glass
bowl on the floor, in front Of the hot-air
''register," or the receptacle may be a
brass jardiniere, or one of the cheap red
good supply of water. She then throws
a handsome towel over one of those low
down towel racks that take UP very little
room, allowing the fringe of the towel
barely to dip in the water. The towel
rack is thus converted into handsome
little screen, the hot air evaporates the
moisture from the shining damask, and
thus sends quantity of moistured air
into the sleeping apartment to the great
comfort of it's inmates.
Plants in sitting rooms have always to
tight against the over-dry air of even
some furnaces that have their water sup
ply in the cellar. But plant in room
with this ready-made moisture-giver will
flourish as finely as though it were in the
kitchen.
Everyone knows that a kitchen window
is the best place in the house for grow
ing ferns, as the steam of the teakettle,
to say nothing of the constant use of
hot water from the boiler and even the
incense that the washtub sends up, all
keep the air most agreeable to brea the
tor either human being or green, growing
things. The atmosphere of most kitch-
ems is exceedingly pleasant and wholesome
on this account.
The more decorative boxes, which are
destined to go in the parlors, are made of
brass, perforated, but this is only to con-
ceal the original towel idea, as all their
use is to evaporate water, contained in a
galvanized tank inside, and lifted into the
upper air by means of strips-canton fan
mel will serve as well as any other-that
rest in the water at one end.
1t is surprising to notice the large guam
tity of water which the towel evapora tor
disposes of in dispensing it to the at
mosphere of the sitting room or sleeping
apartment. You will have to fill that bowl
far oftener than you think would be
needed.
If your bookbindings are drying up and
cracking, your furniture coming apart,
your hair coming out, your windows rat
Ting in even little wind, these are all
notifications that the house air is too hot
and dry, to say nothing of the more seri-
GUS warning given out by headaches or
weakened threats and lungs. There is
even a sort of "hay-fever cold' and sneez-
ing which comes of sitting in these too
dry rooms, and which is at once relieved
by getting into the moist, colder air of
"out of doors. "-Philadelphia Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
King Leopold's Yacht.

King Leopold of Belgium, the purchaser
of the late Ogden Goelet's steam yacht
Mayfower, will rechristen her Clemen-
tine, possibly after his third daugh-
ter, the Princess Clementine, who
was born in 1872. The crew of
the royal yacht will be composed of
Belgians and English, in equal numbers.
with English officers. She will be reftted
at Southampton and from there will 90
to the Mediterranean.
Mr.. Hunsicker from the Carnegie COM
pany of Pittsburg was in London this
week on his way to st. Petersburg to
sign large contracts for rails.
The weather has been colder and stormy
and the first snow fell in London on Fri
day.
Influenza and measles are epidemic
The former is so severe in Cornwall that
business is severely interrupted and many
schools are closed.
The death of Lord Clonmell. which was
announced on Wednesday last, was caused
by his dropping little hot sealing wax
on his hand, whereupon blood poisoning
rapidly developed. He only succeeded to
the title in 1896.
Ferdinand Gottschalk. who took part in
the production of "Never Again here.
sails for home next Wednesday to join the
Never Again company in New York.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-26

the amount received, under penalty of not exceeding $500 for failure to report.
 The setting apart of s750,00o for the Marine Hospital service from the re- ceiptS from tonnage duties IS limited to the fiscal year 1899. For the expenses of assessment and collections of these taxes s100,0 ,000 or so much of that as is necessary is appropriated for the em- ployment of such deputy collectors and other employees in the several coilec- ton districts of the United States as may be necessary.
 The exemption of bonds debentures or certificates of indebtedness issued by the Federal, State. county, town and municipal corporations from the stamp taxes imposed by the bill is extended to include ''or other corporations exercis ing the taxing power" Punishment for failure to acquire an adhesive duty stamp on any dispatches or message Is waived in the case of press news dis patches. Bank certificates of deposit not drawing interest are taxed 2 cents, and those drawing interest cents. There are many other minor changes.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-26
sHARKEY AT THE BEACH.
The Muscular Heavy Weight Is Feel ing First Class and Confident
 of Success.

Thomas Sharkey, the bold sailor lad arrived from Vallejo yesterday and will complete his training for his bout with Jeffries on May 6 at a resort near the ocean, and which Is within easy distance of the pure salt water.
 Sharkey Is crack swimmer, and de- lights to be breasting and buffeting the big rollers which dash to pieces on the sands. He says that swimming forms great part of his daily exercise and that without 1t he would be unable to train properly for any athletic contest
 Of the injury Sharkey sustained at Vallejo few days ago while lifting a bale of hay, he says at first he had fears the strain would cause him no end of annoyance, but as time wore on he grew rapidly well, and was pronounced the physicians who attended him. He will have four men to handle and train him for the big match.
 Sharkey contends that two men are not enough as they cannot go the pace he puts on when he feels like hammering somebody.
 If nothing unforeseen happens between now and the evening of the contest Shar- key expects to be in trim to fight the battle of a nation. He is very sanguine of defeating Jeffries and will have several large commissions on himself in the pool rooms befor. he will put in an appear ance in the ring.
 Jeffries is training at Oakland under the care of the astute Billy Delaney. The big Los Angeles heavyweight has not a word to say of his chances, but intimates that there will be a surprise in store for somebody before many rounds are fought
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-26
"MAY BE NEEDED.'
Lieutenant Sidney A. CIO- man Ordered to Remain
 at Berkeley.

BERKELEY, April 25.-Meutenant S.. A. Cloman. Fifteenth Infantry, U. s. A, commandant of the cadet battalions at the university, to-day received a telegram from Washington denying him permission to leave the university to join the army at the front. The dispatch, which came from Assistant Adjutant-General Schwan, was as follows:
 Request for release from duty at the university not approved by the Secretary of War at present. Your services may be needed in California"
 Lieutenant Cloman is not certain just what is meant by the suggestive closing sentence of the dispatch. Tt may be that I shall be required to assist in mus tering in recruits" he said, ''or possibly to assist in coast defense. although we have plenty of men in California for this purpose. It is not unlikely if danger on force of troops would be sent to protect Puget Sound, which is not nearly so strongly fortified as San Francisco har- bor''
 Although the university cannot send its military commander to the war it will send its two cannon to the front Pres- dent Kellogg to-day received a dispatch from the War Department requesting him to have the big guns forwarded to the Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Ar morer John Mitchell and half a dozen pa and spent most of the day getting the guns, carriages and limbers ready for their trip across the continent The guns will be shipped from Berkeley Station about Il o'clock tomorrow morning. and a number of the students are preparing to make the event an occasion for d grand patriotic demonstration.
 In spite of the departure for the East of Colonel George Burton, U. S. A., who was to have reviewed. the university cadet battalions next Thursday, the review and inspection will take place. Major Ed ward Field, U. s. A, will be the review ing officer. The inspection will take place at 1O:3O a. m., followed at 1:30 p. m. by regimental review, bayonet exercise. bat taIion drill and company competitive drill
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-26
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