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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Gen. Miles Uniform.

Gen. Miles has adopted some new de-
vices for his uniform which add consider
ably to it's attractiveness. He has added
gold embroidery to the sleeves and collar
of the full-dress coat The design is a
delicate tracery of oak leaves in gold.
The familiar epaulettes have been aban-
doned in favor of the fiat Russian Shout
der knot, without fringe, bearing the coat
of-arms of the United States and the two,
stars Indicative of the rank of ma jor-gen-
eral: To this is added Il belt of Russian
leather piped with gold bullion and EN-
brodered in oak leaves to match the de.
sign on the collar and cuffs of the coat.
The new features of the uniform are COM
pleted by a sash of alternate stripes Of vel.
low and gold, which extends from the
right shoulder to the left side.
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Wina for Young GirlA.

Should young girls ut dinners take
champagne? is one of the social ques-
tons relative to debutantes which has
been more or less discussed this winter,
and Mrs. Grundy has decided that it is
in better form to refuse the sparkling
beverage, not because there is any harm
in taking glass at dinner or supper, or
that there is any real danger of any self.
respecting young woman taking more
than she ought to, but on account of I'M
kind criticism which might ascribe to it's
influence unusually high spirits or the
natural extravagant gayety of excited
youth:
''Of course, if you are known never to
touch wine,' said a woman of the world
admonishing her daughter, "you can be
as full of fun and frolic as you choose,
spirits, and even what you would call
darkness will make you popular, but if
it is once suggested that the holiness is
heightened by champagne at supper IA
remark [ have often heard made. by the
way, about certain girls) you will be al
ways liable to misconstruction.
'"The fact of the matter is said an
old clubman and friend of the family,
who was listening to this exhortation.
you girls get tipsy anyway-on excite
ment, late hours, and perhaps the twr-
ing around like so many whirligigs-and
YOU had better not add champagne to the
list. l have seen young women at a late
dance, who l knew had not touched a
thing, show all the signs of incipient in
toXication, or at least what would be
called so in a young man similarity af-
fected- CLASSY looking eyes. excited de-
meanor. meaningless speech, etc. Of
course, an old stager like myself under
stands how easily sensitive nature may
be overexcited by the concomitants of a
ballroom-the heat, the atmosphere, the
unwonted excitement. But the young
men are not so reasonable. and if a girl
drinks champagne she is apt to talk. so
altogether, l think, my dear child, that
you had better do as your mother saws.
and let wine alone. New York Tribune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Should Women's Colleges Teach Man.
n9rs.


One of the first notes struck in the be-
ginning OF the movement for the higher
education of women was equality of men
tai power: 1--WE women have as good
brains as you men, and we are going to
prove it, 1t is safe to say that many
believe women have proved, through more
than generation of college lives, that
their brains are us good as mems. Is
there further step which women and
Women's colleges should take?
Humanity makes certain demands on
women which it does not make on men,
1t sets up certain standards of conduct a
little higher for women. Whether it
ought. we are not now considering: we
are only interpreting il social condition.
humanity requires of women good man
ners with an urgency which it does not
demand of men. 1t emphasizes charm
grace, and the graces with Il strength
which it does not lay on mans possession
OF the same traits. 1t asks women to en-
body the "Beatitudcs' of character as it
asks men to obey the Ten Command
ments of conduct.
There is reason to fear that the colleges;
tor women have not given just heed to
this demand. They have endeavored to
make scholars and thinkers. They should
and they will not cease. But the colleges
should lay stress heavier and constant
upon securing in each of these scholars
and thinkers a graciousness of manner, Il
certain charm of presence, which are the
crown of womanhood. The methods for
securing these great results are questions
for the specialist in evolution to whom
we beg to commend the Question.-I1es-
lies Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

"A stab wound. Of the heart has Just
been seWed up by Dr.. Rech ot Frankfort.
and the patient recoys rsd, s..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
from a Glacier.


Last winter the Bavarian ice crop was
poor and toward the end of the summer
Munich was threatened with an ice fam
inc. But millions of tons of ice fell down
from the clouds and filled the wants Of
the Bavarian capital.
Trospectors were sent out by Munich
ice company to the nearest Alps, with the
idea CT mining a glacier and getting ice
that way. The glaciers Mount Arlberg
Glockner and Mount Feurstine were i'm
spected, but it was found that they couIt
not be utilized with profit Then the
prospectors were told Of great ava
lanche of frozen snow, which had come
rushing down from the mountain peaks
the winter before and had lodged in :;
funnel-shaped hollow on the side of the
BirnhOrn
The avalanche of ice stood up out OF
the funnel into which it had fallen as high
as church steepe. Through the center
of the mass ran a stream of water which
formed by its burrowing mighty ami
wonderful ice cave. SO the Munich ice
company seized on this natural icehouse
and sent men to get out the ice.
From the ice-flled hollow in the noun
tain a chute was built down the side of
the Birnhorn, nearly a mile long. This
led down to the railway running to Mu-
Mich. Then dynamite was USED and grca
pieces of ice blasted from the cliffs, where
lueS uuu uullS, anu pieces UldSCeQ out
the great mass of ice itself.
These big pieces were then broken into
smaller ones and sent down the chute.
where a train was in waiting to carry II
to Munich. The ice is carried to the Ba-
yarian capital in special cars. SO built
that the outside air will not reach it, for
it takes two days for the ice train t.
the foot of the chute. This natural ice
house. which is now having its stores rr-
moved, lies in the Passau section of thu
Alps.
Making Rats Work.
There are $50 men in North ST. Louis
who defy any one to dispute the fact that
Tom Mcguire is genius. Mr.. Mcguire
is yard foreman at the Laclcdc Gas COM
pany's plant at Second and Mulanphy
streets His enthusiastic prorlaimrrS Of
his genius are his fellow-workrrS in the
big yard.
\ sewer pin. leading from one of the
buildings to the river bank. 16O feet
| away. became clogged. The pipe is Ii
| feet below the surface. 1t not
known just where the obstruction was.
so arrangements We're made to open the
trench. Then Mcguire brought into play
what proved to be the trump card. viz,
rats.
He had been thinking about the plan
| for several days. One night. by the aid
of generous hunks of fresh cheese. he
managed to entrap two big gray rodents.
aud these he determined to put into the
| sewer. They We're taken to the mouth at
| the river bank and released. The open
ing was then closed securely behind them
| leaving the animals with only one chance
of life. That was to go straight ahead.
And they did.
Several more rats We're caught each
succeeding day and turned into the sewer.
until Il dozen fine specimens were gnaw-
ing away in the pipe. The morning after
the last detachment joined the main ro-
dent army water commenced to trickle
from the pipe Iron rods and steam We're
applied. In ten minutes the sewer was
| clcar.-St Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
"a Lass am T."


A lass am ], and wait my day;
TO some twill be nay, but to one twill be
yea:
When the time comes, shall know what to
say.
The Winter goes, and the warm wind blows,
And who shall keep the color from the red
red rose!
A lass am |, neither high nor low;
My heart Is mine now, but Id have the
world know,
When the winds right away it will go.
The brook sings below, and the birds sing
And sweeter In between sings the lover to
john Vance Cheney in the Century
Moisture in Wood.
Over 90 per cent. Of wood may be con-
vertcd into liquid. The strongest n.y.
draulic pressure would not squeeze one
half of per cent of moisture from dry
wood; but by putting the same material
into an iron retort and converting it into
charcoal by means of heat, the gases and
smoke, to the extent of fully IS per cent
of the weight of the wood may be con-
densed into pyroligneous acid, from which
are obtained wood alcohol, acetate of
lime and wood tars. A cord of wood
weighing 1000 pounds produces about 2
$50 pounds Of pyroligneous acid and 100
pounds Of charcoal. The pyroligneous
acid from one cord of wood produces 8
gallons of 81 per cent. crude. wood alco-
nj, 200 pounds of acetate of lime and
about rs gallons of tar, besides IS bush
els of charcoal. After the pyroligneous
acid is neutralized with lime the wood
alcohol is distilled off, the lime holding
the acetic acid in solution. After the
separation of the wood spirit, the remain
ing liquid is boiled down in pans to a
sugar, which is dried and becomes the
acetate of lime in commerce. Acetate Of
lime is used for making acetic acid. Full
ly three-6fths of all the wood alcohol
and acetate of lime produced in the
world are made in the United States.
A considerable quantity is also produced
in Sweden, and at the exhibition now
being held in Stockholm specimens ma
be seen. Over $1,000 acres of forest
per year are cleared in the United States.
Wood alcohol affords perfect substitute
for grain alcohol for manufacturing and
mechanical purposes, and at less than
one-third the cost 1t is used principa lily
as a solvent in the making of shellac
varnish and in making celluloid and pho
tographic paper. 1t makes beautiful dye
tints, is antiseptic and is used for lini-
ments and for skin rubbing in bath
houses. Mining and Scientific Press.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12
A Single Plea.

Aristotle maintained that four separate
causes ars necessary before anything eX-
lists. One great cause alone is sufficient
to justify you in using a Delmarvia
Phone.
It. is home Company. The Delmarv ia
Company should penetrate clear into tho
warmesu appreciation of the citizens of
Wilmington and no inducement what
ever should be considered when offered
you to remain with the 1orelgn corpora
ton.
1t Is duo to the home Company alone
that telephone subscribers can now have
service at u reasonable rate. To whom
then should your support be given? TO
the corporation who for years maintained
q high rate and not altogether salts
factory service or to your own homo insti-
tuition who were first to place the lele-
phone at the present low rate, and with n
serFice that cannot be excelled by any
telephone Company in tho country
Tho Delmnryin is tho long distance me-
tnllic system, which will give more salts
factory service than any other system in
uso. There is no need of arguing this. The
case is like that of tho Western man who
declared his candidate to be greater than
the opposition "You can't pr W that
said tho auiienco of one. II don't IL eCd to-
said the former, 'he admits it HIMSELF
There Is no rebate on Delmarvin phone
rates. 1t is II fiat rate and guaranteed for
five years. How long will the rebate be
guaranteed by tho monopoly? Who can
answer this2
Take no chances. Patronize your own
home Company and have Delmarvia
phone. Full information furnished cheer
fully II you send name and address to Dol.
marvia Telephone Company, 7Jh q Orange
streets,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12

Joseph Countess. wnll-known In South-
west Baltimore, died yesterday morning
at his home, 123 South Fulton avenue, OF
the inllrmines of old age, after an illuosi
of sig weeks.
Ho was born hero about eighty years
ago. He was teamstsr, but uftorward
became city lamplighter Ha retir od
about four years ago.
Mr.. Countess fought through tho civil
war on the Union side. He had votell
the Democratic ticket for sixty years.
Surviving him arc two daughters, Mrs
John n. Ahigill and Mrs. Joseph j. brady,
and four sons, James G., Joseph W., san
francisco and Milton H. Countess. His
wife died twenty-five years ago. Mr.
Countess was member of Holy Cross
Protestant Episcopal Church
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12
HOME DRESSMAKiNG.
HOWTH WHOLE FAMILY CAN DRESS
WELL AT SMALL COST.
No Need OF Looking Shabby Even Though
. Times are Hsrd-Easy to flake Old
Gowns end Suits Look Like
New when cne Knows How.

1t is atonisbing how much can bc made
from seemingly u.oless garments by the
woman who knows how. The old fadsd
gown that is out of style can be readily
dyed with Diamond Dyes to fashionable
color aud then made over so that it viii!
look almost new. Suits for the boys can
be made from old ones discarded by thu
father and q bath in Diamond Dyes will
make them look like new. Dresses and
cloaks for the little girls can be made with
little trouble and scarcely any expense,
from cast off garments of the older folks,
and when the color Is changed with Dia-
mond Dyes. the made.overs will look as
though they wero fresh from the dress.
maker.
Diamond Dyes are made especially for
homo use, ard the plain directions on
each package make it impossible for even
the most inexEs rionc,d to have poor luck
with these dyes. They color anything,
from ribbons, feathers, and scarfs to heavy
coats and gowns. and make perfectly non
fading colors even handsomer than those
made by the professional dyer.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12
THE PRODUCE MARKETS
AS Reflected by Dealings In Philadel-
nhia and Eal tInnrn

phia and baltimore.
Philadelphia, Jan. 11.-Tlour steady;
winter supcrnne, s2.90G3.l0: do extra $315
a3G0; Pennsylvania roller, clear, Aff4.20:
do straight. A25Q4.40: western winter,
clear, &.l)gl.25 do. straight, Sti014.C0;
city mills. extra. s3.2oT3.40 per barrel.
Wheat weaker; No. 2 red. 9Gl2WAG3c.; No.
Pennsylvania and No. 2 Delaware red.
spot, 9Tt$197%c. Corn quiet but firm; No.
Q yellow, for local trade, 32c.; No. mixed,
in export elevator 3G3i 132c. Oats quiet,
but firm: No. white. 30c.: No. white,
clipped. 30d3JMc.; No. / white, clipped,
%0i lIGlc. Hay rathar quiet: choice tim
othy. Sl2l1250 for large bales. Beef firm;
beef hams, S23I2%5o. Pork steady; mcss.
SsG9b0; short clear. s9,75u ll.15; family, $12
@l2.5O. Lard steady; May, $5l5. Butter
quiet; western creamery, 14Ao0c.; do. fac
tory. l2Gijc.; E!gins, 2Oc; imitation
creamery 13igdiSc.; New York dairy. 40
zoe; do. creamery, l2Ul9c. Cheese steady;
large, white and colored, September Sl29D
saic,; small do. do, September 9AQ91ac.;
light Skins. GVGi2c. Legs steady; Now
York and Pennsylvania. 2OT22c,; western,
fresh, 19d2lc, Potatoes steady; New
York. $2.12l3Q22: sweets, s24295. Cot
tonseed oil steady: prime crude, l9c.: DO.
yellow. 22l&c. Cabbage quiet at $3.IGi
Coffee closed steady: March. s5G5G5.TO:
May. $3.50; September, 50; December $50
Baltimore Jan, ll.-Ilour dull and un-
changed. Wheat steady: spot and month,
91hIgIasc. February, H7&U95c. May, SIC:
steamer No. 2 red s24ftJ5c.; southern. by
sample, 93G:9Sc.: do. on grade, 9SQ51Ec.
Corn firm: snot. month and February.
S2la0229sc.; steamer mixed. S0IG3lc.:
southern white, 29MG3ii2c. do. yellow, 20
G23c. Oats firm No. white 29laT20c.:
No Q naked 21A125c. Rye firm; No. 2
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12
NEW JERSEY OFFICIALS.
Nominations Sent to the Senate by
Governor Griggs.

Nominations Sent to the Senate by
Governor Griggs.
Trenton, Jan. 12.-Governor Griggs
sent to the senate yesterday the fol-
lowing nominations: Judge of the court
Of errors and appeals, William H.
Vredenburgh. County judges-Bergen.
David Zabriskie; Hudson, John A.
Blair; Warren. George NJ. Shipman.
Prosecutors-Hudson James S. Erwin:
Sussex. John l.. Swayze. Judge of the
Hoboken district court. Abel I. Smith.
Port warden, John j. Toffey. All of
the above nominees are Republicans,
who succeed Democrats. The governor
also sent in these nominations: Trus-
tees State Industrial School for Girls.
Lewis Parker and e. R. Cook (both
reappointeO; member of state board of
education James 3. Woodward (re-
9ppointed): member board of managers
of State Insane hospital at Trenton.
Joseph Rice: managers of Home for
Feeble Minded Women. Mrs. Emily S.
Williamson and Charles II. Anderson.
of Cumberland.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12

The Bin ignored.
Tho Grand Jury ignOcol the lnd!rtmaN.
preferred az ainst William Polk, Of Bridge.
Vile, who was charged will selllug liquor
without having paid Il Government tax
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12

The Democrat majority III City Council
have hard time to agree Oh the appoint
ments to be made by them. Last July
Council should havo performed lis duty in
electing clerk Of Council, hallff, city
auditor. auditors cleris, clerk .: shennar-
ket, coal oil inspector and city treasurer's
clerk, but thus far they have failed in their
sworn duty. Now thero Is regular cat
and dog time going on in selecting four
city vaccine physicians who receive 500
cnch for their duties.
Monday tveninEatS tnsTas held to settle
on them hutw urdcrstnnd no conclusion
was arrived at. They should havo been
elected on Thursday evening OF last week,
but the Bomocrat members were unabe
To ngreo on tho men to IN appointed. 1t Is
nearly ttmo that the majority can agree on
ths mon to I'LL tho different positions that
tho law raqn',es them to m ana not play
ihe baby act on every occasion The quos--
lion has been aske,;, arc TIC members of
City Council prrforiaing tho duties that
they took The oath On eil,erin,: that body
to do: 1t Is time TO cal hnt and for
that body to euaform 10 tho law soveruing
them.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12
Presidential Nominations,

Washington, Jan. 12-The president
yesterday sent these nominations to tha
senate: Ivory G. Kimball. Of the Dis
trict of Columbia to be judge Of the
police court Of the District Of Column
bia; Thomas N. Anderson. of Virginia
to be attorney of the United States
and S. Brown Allen. Of Virginia, to bo
marshal Of the United States for the
western district of Virginia To be con-
suls: W. Maxwell Greene. of Rhode
Island at Bermuda; Joshua Wilbur, of
Rhode Island, at Dublin. Ireland Hen
ry D. Saylor, of Pennsylvania, at Ma
tanzas. Cuba.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12
TWO EMINENT AMERICANS
Discussed by Emily Crawford In tho
London Truth.

London Truth.
London, Jan. 12.-Mrs. Emily Craw-
ford, in Truth. gives an interesting
sketch of the late Mrs. Josephine Mel
len Ayres (who died In Paris on Jan.
81, and speaks of the Swarm of para
SITES who fattened on her, adding:
AN American lady who knew her well
thus describes the contention among
these friends: They fought over her
like dogs over a bone, and when there
was no longer room to hope for line
in her will or further festlvlty at her
expense there was general desertion.
She was SO neglected at the end that.
although she died at o'clock in the
morning, her death was unknown until
3 o'clock in the afternoon
Mrs. Crawford has another sketch.
dlsst citing the late DIR. Thomas w.
Evans, the American dentist Of Paris,
commencing with the quotation:
1.-THE rich man also died and was
buried" She says this text does not
apply to DIR. Evans, as nobody thought
it q duty to celebrate his obsequies.
Mrs. Crawford adds:
"There were only servants and Sec
ItldilGS Ill the IlouSe!iolu WITH lie uleu,
and Of course they were not going to
incur expense, SO the remains were
thrust into vault somewhere, pend
Ing the opening of the will
1.-The manner In which the doctor dis
posed Of his wealth has not surprised
me. His virtues were small, and his
vanity made terrible inroads upon
them. He felt himself mentally Ma
poleons superior, and had u passionate
desire to figure posthumously as the
Napoleon of dentistry and occult di-
plomacy.
"The Idea of the Evans Museum must
have been suggested by the former
Musee des Souverains at the Louvre.
The Evans Museum will abound in
memorials of imperial and royal graft
itude, which do not contain a single
document Of value, except for their
autographs"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12
No Evidence Aaainst EanoII.

New York Jan. 12.--All proceedings
against Charles Ianoli, suspected of
poisoning his four wives for the pur-
pose of obtaining he insurance they
carried in his favor, may be abandoned.
Professor Witthaus, who has been
analyzinE the contents OF the stomach
OF Zanolis fourth wife, made a report
yesterday that he had found poisons in
the body but not in sufficient guam
titles to warrant belief that the de-
ceased came to her death from their
effect 1t Is reasonable to suppose that
the poison found may have been con-
tanned in the elnba!ming fluid used by
the undertaken.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12
He Threntened tho Minfsters.

New York, Jan. 12..-Charles Mouser
an ex-convict, who had been threaten
ing Methodist ministers In this city.
was arrested yesterday. Mouser was
sentenced to seven years In prison at
Sing Sing for shooting at DR.. Clark
Wright, pastor Of the Union Metho-
dist church. While in Sing Sing he
wrote to DR.. Wright and other Metho-
dist ministers, threatening to kill them
If they did not give him money. About
two weeks ago Mouser was released
from prison and got on a train for the
the Grand Central station. Detectives
here were waiting to rearrest him, but
he gave them the slip. Since then he
has called at the houses of several
Methodist ministers here. He Is be-
lieved to be insane,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12

London, Jan. IA dispatch TO The
Daily Mail from Rarritz says: "The
Carlist movement in Spain is growing
90 rapidly that a rising Is possible
sooner than has been expected. Not
for 20 years has the possibility of q
successful upheayal been so openly dis
eussed. Among the incidents indl-
eating the gravity of the situation is
the fact that Don Carlos himself has
rounternanded an intended mission to
Cuba to raise the Spaniards there in
his favor"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12

Annapolis. Jan. 12.-The legislature
of Maryland met last night to receive
the governors message. The docu-
ment Is devoted almost entirely to local
issues but lynching is strongly con-
demned and the passage of laws to
suppress OUTLAW" race tracks is
strongly urged. Anti-prze fighting and
dog fighting laws are also urged. Sen
ator J. Writ Randall, president of the
senate, is announced as candidate
for the United States senatorship, ball
loting to begin next Tuesday.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12
Mrs. MoCusk or trenathens Her Case.

Camden, N. j.. Jan. 12--Tha trial Of
Mrs. Florence McCusker fer the mur-
der Of her husband, Michael McCusker
was resumed yesterday, the defendant
taking up her testimony at tho point
she left off Monday. Mrs. McCusker
maintained her assertion that the dis
charge Of the pistol was the result OF
an accident, aEd the general impress
sion was thai her testimony materially
strengthened her case. A number OF
others testified that McCusker had fire.
quently beaten and abused hi:, wife.
Among these were the mother. sister
and brother-in-law of the prisoner