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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-30
]; when $1,000 I,ooked; Big.

| Divide ANY thing up. into parts and you
mighty it. a certain wise man took this
;waysto give his Wife an idea of how much
$1,000 Isl. She had no idea of money!. Her
pure were Senormous II happened
one day that her eye fell fupon. j mag
nifcent ring, and she coveted It. It cost
$1,000. But what was 81 600 to her, in
comparison with the ring? OF course her
husband consented to the purchases
What. else could a,.dutiful, affectionate
husband do? But he tried this method
Of educating his wife concerning the
great price of the ring. He Instructed
lis bankers to send her the $1,000 in
small. pieces pennies, dimes, quarters.
In came, the money, bagful after bagfuI
She never had such an idea Sof $1,000 be-
fore.., When the money was piled before
her It alarmed her; the price Of the ring
went up.a hnndred fold, and was lconsid
cred at once an extravaganza which she
OF her Iown option abandoned. New Or
leans TimeS-D Democrat. ~ sSssSS s57S.s S.Es
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80 I0Idtyzed Op TIE FnN. DIR, williams
Pink Pills FOR Pale People. He coaxed
his granddaughter to get him box Of
the pills. After that box had been used
he secured nnDther In three weeks he
began to feel d, little life in his arm; at
the end Of four. he could move his fingers,
at the end Of two months he could walk,
! and in three months he could shave HIM
self with the injured hand. :
As he tDld his story III the Herald Office,
he looked the perfect picture of health.
He carries q box Of the pills. III his pocket,
md whenever he does not feel Just right
he takes. them. They cured him after doc
tors had givet, him up, and his death was
daily expected, 2 lS5 s$ z5@ II #
All the elements necessarily to give new
a life and richness to the blood atid restore
shattered nerves are contained; in d coii-
densed form iii Dr.. Williams' Pink Pills
for Pale People, They IRE an ,uIfailing
ataAia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus' dance,
sciatia, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, the after effects Of Ia grips,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow
compilations, all forms Of weakness either
In male or female. II ;*S i:ss
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PRACTICAL KINDNESS.
One Hundred Thousand Grateful Sol
diers. u ~.,..g .r..~-,~. . -

j. Ihese war times have tried mems souls
in many unexpected ways, but. like a.
shaft of. sunshine and good cheer out of
the cloud of privation and endurance has
been the work that, The American To-
bacco Go. has done among the U. S. Sol
diers and Sailors ever since the war be-
gan-for when they discovered that the
camps and hospitals were not supplied
with tobacco they decided to provide
them, free of cost, with enough for every
man, and have already; given outright to
our Soldiers and Sailors over one. hun
bred thousand pounds of ""Battle Ak
Plug and Dukes Mixture Smoking
Tobacco, and have bought and distrib-
uted fifty thousand briar-wood pipes, at
a total cost Of between fifty and sixty
thousand dollars. -, -. ia; ~:
This work has been done quietly and
thoroughly, by establishing headquarters
in each camp, SO that every camp and ev-;
cry hospital of the United States Army
has been supplied with enough tobacco
for every man and the sailors on thirty
United States Ships in Cuban waters
have shared with the soldiers this most
welcome of all FRA ions"4 vs. ~ X =
Perhaps it will be only fair to remem-
Der when we hear the remark again that
Corporations have no souls,"> that there
is.one American corporation whose soul
has been tried and has not been found
wanting in practical Kindness & !
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His Reason,

8 Hes.was always a peculiar fellow was
Sandy Mcintyre, though as jolly as most
people when the sunlight Of whisky was
beginning to shine through his optics.
!. We often wondered whether it was the
way he disposed-of the nectar that caused
him tosbe SO n1ellitiueht, for whenever
neat Phyllis brought in the wllis-
ky Sandy always carefully clutehed the
glass the moment it was set before him,
and with one big gulp he sent the whole
contents to tickle his diaphragm n
This proceeding set us wondering many
a time as to it's cause, and 5at last we
yentured to tax him. =$ -. .55ss5zs'
s5s S Look here, Sandy, what makes you
drink up your whisky SO greedily and SO
quickly Why can't you enjoy it as we
do p u
Eth, mon," said Sandy, and look Of
sineffable regret came into his eyes; as il
he thought Of some past misfortune "eh,
mon, once had one knocked over. q - =
Scottish Nights. s:5#zS
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.tiSE :. s4I ~ :
Sta hfn Einhra

The matter Of stable floors does. not al
ways receive the attention from farmers
that 1T ought to, and yet it must be said
70 9. lneir credit that some farmers are; per
lect cranks on the subject. Board floors
nave i no faith in whatever, says a writer
u New York q Witness, and when possible
8 would never allow horse to stand on
one. Our plan has been to allow the
hof@e to stand right on the dirt with
! ga NO #sqbsoii-having two stalls, one for
the night and one for the ;day-though I
am aware Of the fact that the urine be-
comes a total waste, but as we have no
use for It at present this is really a bene-
Mt Y BY the Use of these stalls / find that
g sound SOU horse, travelling principally on
/ sore, never .hasrsl corn, and such a thing
as a fever in the foot is rtnknuwn. .tror:
an unsound: horse, I found that The TO-
suits We're just as good: "A .k11ee=spriing
colt that L at one TIME owned was kept
in one, Of these, stalls When she first
came to the. place SHE was very we:tk
forward, and after driving, her legs would
/ sla ke quite good deal It, was not long
before. this colt showed an iriprov ai1ent,'
and; when 1 parted with her aftersa year.
or two, no oile could discern any weak
ness at all, sand she was in every way
Just as good as a sound horse. credit
all this to standing the horse on dirt. But
for those on the farm this would not do,
as they are in need of every bit Of fer
tilizing material they can get hold Of
Some have fallen back on cement hot
ms-keeping plenty of straw in these MS
an absOrbent-andsit is said by those that
have placed these cement ,foorings in
their stables that they work like charm. :.
Cementscosts quite q good deal in itself,
and placing a bottom for it is also great
cost not only in material, but in labor,
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Tulare Lake Dries Up.


Tulare lake has passed out of existence.
Where once there was body of water
in central southern California more than
1000 square miles in area there is now
only a barren desert of mud, drying and
cracking in the heat of the desert sun
shine. For years this lake has been
known, as the largest body of fresh water
west of the Rocky mountains. 1t was
over eighty miles long and about thirty
FIVE miles across at the widest point. Its
depth was never. very great. From 1854
to 1872 the waters Of the lake changed
Yerys little III area. It was about these
years that irrigation was started in the
valley between Visalia and Bakersfield,
and>Etl1e shrinkage became very rapid.
The Kings river and Tulare river were
tapped in several places, aud the water
that would have gone into Tulare lake
was spread out over the dry pastures and
YcornHelds.a From 1872 to 1875 the shrink
age was not marked. The southern end
Of the lake contracted and took the form
of creek. It narrowed until it was not
more than q mile wide, and had drawn
up from the southern end at least fifteen
mites Between Il SO and 1880, when
vineyards began to be planted, the waters
shrUnk up almost to the borders OF Tulare
county. In 1882 they crossed it and left
Kern county altogether. Boston Tran
'scriTt sssts#@stst 3 49, -,
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SPANISH BELL CHANGED LOT.
Formerly in a Malaga Monastefy@Now
in an EDiscODa1 Church. -

IN an Episcopal NnuTC0s =
The. bell sthatshangs in the tower If St.
Johns Protestant Episcopal church at Ell
licottville. Cattaraugus county; N: Y,
for more than 100 years occupied place
ina Spanish monastery. The monastery,
was destroyed In the Civil war fomented
by the first DON Carlos and the bell for
several years lay within its ruins.
An enterprising Yankee skipper finally
bought the bell to use dis ballast for his
ship, and it was brought to this city. In
time it attracted the: attention Of tha late
Nicholas Devereux, then agent for the
Holland Land company, sWithsan Office at
Ellicottyille. When he returned to his
home he started a popular subscription To
buy tthe bell and 1925 was raised With
by the Erie canal to Buffalo,. thence By
two yoke of oxen sixty miles south to Ell
licottville.s Itwas raised with great DIFF
F hcnltE to the tower IN which it now
hangs in the autumn of 1888, and was
the first church bell to be- rung in that
county. a~xss, :. ,,5x<1. - - ~.->...,
f For thirty-five years it rang at s o'clock
in the morning. Cat noon and at 9;p. M
It rang also at midnight to usher in New
Years, ashingto1l's birthday, the
Fourth of ytil5 and Christmas. This prac.
rung for. sordinary Church services and
Dewey. the fail of Santiago, the destrucss
ton of Ceryera's fleet and the acceptance
by Spain of our peace proposals.
Tie bell is a feet 2 inches in circum-
ference at the top, feet 2h inches at the
base, and is feet 8 inches in height. It
has allzaverage thickness of 3 inches and
its weight is estimated at 21OO pounds.
r - 49, z
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knew Them ALL.

AT a big royal review one day at Al
dershot an artist of one of the London
illustrated papers, deputed to make some
life sketches, happened to lose his way
amid the dense crowd Of Laffan's Plain.
He approached sentry on duty at one
of the canal bridges, and, DESTROYS of as
pertaining the whereabouts Of the royal
party, asked that individual where was
the Prince of Wales or the Duke of Cam
bridge. -sfe$ss s:sf ,s ! :
!. Entirely misunderstanding the inquiry,
the sentry laconically replied: 49,. 49,,
Blessed if ! know! Ask my chum
t'other end of the bridge e knows the
name of every bloomin' pub in the place.''
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Can't. Overs Sword.

The sword of honor which the citizens
of Baltimore are to present to Capt. N. NJ.
Dyer lat one time, stationed in .BnffalU)
who commanded the cruiser Baltimore at
the battle Of; .Manila, is nearing compile
ton at the Atiies works 1T Chicopee, Mass.
The weapon will be of bronze and gold
It is probable that the blade, as well as
the scabbard, will be Of bronze with q
steel finish, MS this IS the rule with re.
gard to presentation swords. Bronze, il
is explained, is more easily worked by the
sword blade: ~ % y SsSs+, - 81
~ The sword will have d gold amounted has
ket hilt eiuboFately engraved. The arms
of Maryland and the; Battle Monument
of Baltimore city will be among the en-
cravings OH tie scabbard. The sword it.
self will bear. the inscription designating
the donor and d record Of the victory Of
Manila, which tie sword lis. intended to
commemorate: Mars will appear on the
basket hilt .of the sword; and the dragon
on the ssdabbard: Ailegofical war figures
will make up the design. The belt and
trappingsS will 5bes Of e heavy gold wire
The sword will be presented to Capt
Dyer on his first visit to Baltimore, when
hp -.
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The Czarina's PHOTOGRAPH.

A photograph of the Czarina nursing
her baby recently appeared in an English
6newspaper, and when it reached the Rus.
sian censor the latter was much-puz.
zled official. He consulted with the min.
lister of the interior, who was equally per-
picked, and who decided to consult with
the Czar. E2. =. .-:,..~ -.s'E-s
"The best thing can d." said the
Russian Emperor, lis to show this to the
sCzarina and let her decide'' u -
81 In n few minutes, according to the
story, the Gar returned and said with q
smile to the minister of the interior: "a
Her imperial majesty finds nothing in
the picture contrary. to the law. Let It
ma &c - =. : - -
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sWereEt. w hat did tell you tOdayl
|Stlf course You didn't tell me YOU would
be here 20 sool--yer first eyening, You
4 didn't think II necessary Is advise
said Vanduren,, eoldly, while he stood
before the mantle ipieee critically ex-
amiHing all leppliq.ie draper
hat i right. anduren auite right.
/ Now gbef0fe they come down let me tell
you s. some Trims. Z, Yanduren Il, turned
quickly and faced the other man. We
have no. time to lose. cement went on,
speaking hurriedly s on may not know
it but YOU are nj god out OF the ma
chine that,s :, 4 classic Il ]. illusion, s "
here, I knew we'll enough you'd be here
tonight. That was: why i told you I
was coming. g Now yosl want me to get
out, don't you D. 3 -
For answer VaiidureIl only stared. 81
es, ron do Miss Prisey won come
down. .s5
How do you know that y asa
ment. I only want to make d straight
forward business opposition TO YOU. II
I I get out of this will YOU promise to pro-
pose TO Miss Nab this very night? Yes
...VVYell, TN be-sho t!' vanduren .ex-
claimed in an 1indertone. ~ SIS!
~ Yes, ] know, said Clement. II does
seem a queer and quaint idea, but
there'll be timey for explanation later.
Les OF no 3. 81 !, "a, .,.
stairs. Ss.s MS
Yes s, said Vanduren, making his de-
| aGood for you-for us both. Clement
whispered 70 him, as the skirts came
nearer the door or the SITTING room.
ana tel her TO take or Two Two "
'h M4, y oYernot 80. NUT ), 3,
I'm SO sorry, Mr. Va and &" said
Map, opening the door. 'risey mas g
neadac . on are gong 70 ne mere 3: :
some time, are - you not! IN the cry
Inat right. ohe to!d me 70 S. say sne'
hopes youii* come asaln soon. :, She was was
". Inc rest, Tor tenor hfteen minut '
vas sMail TAX, apout trav ~, ana art
Mexico and volcanoes. Then Clement,
IN conformity With his promise, got out
OF that ~. = 49,. ,sssss5E 4
Next afternoon the two girls were TO-
gethe e gam IN; their room: irlsey was a
turning over letter thats had come 20
her through the man, Sss 3 HI .,ss5s. ;,
said fhk 9p ag Toa see m mine see sester
day: - I. - s,
AZ last. after some hesitation, Prisey
without speakmg, handed $her sister the
setter, winch 8 read ~, i. !, ss$
aou must not think me over poid II
! refuse to take your no I1r an an
swer and come back again With1n forty
elgnt hours OF my de1eat NJ the Jernay 9.
n,oneumng leads me- e, 20 lne eonvictloh
that TINS Is q speclaliy fayoraDle cnance
Iol. me Io5&,try again.. WH you recon recon
slder your declsioh, or IS there really no
nope for me e III E,. 5-$ . >. 80, -s@
In. the latter case, ;mercltully end my
suspense by an early answer. III
- ~ .s.S$12asy. illus Clement.
y wonder what he means by some,
thing, Prisey remarked as Nab handed
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sG a;. sna ey ~ H. sSsps
$ BIGGEST THERMOMETER.

SEVENTH foot "Tnbe Lowered Into the
i Earth at Winchester, Mass. ~
Biggest, of all thermometers in the
world is the one which Col. knight is set
ting in the ground at Harestock, Win
chester, Mass It is seventy feet long,
nearly twice the length of the longest ever
made before. The object of sinking such
= shaft is to take the temperature Of the
earth at that depth. To lower the tner-.
momcter it is necessary TO put up scaffold-
ing at least seventy feet highssgThe in-
strument was raised by means Of steam
cranes; and then lowered carefully into
the seventy foot hole which had been dug
for it. 49,. Is Il & I: s .5@s
The thermometer is made onssthe game
principle as the household ones, but. be-
cause of its size, several unusual difficult
ties had to be overcome. Ordinarily the
freezing and boiling points are marked ac-
cording to actual tests, and the interview
ing degrees divided off accordingly, but
this process is impossible in such a big
instrument as this, and the scale had to
be laid out arbitrarily. sss 81 81 ~
The longest thermometer made hereto
fore mea sured forty feet and was made
by Forbes. This one will take the tenn
perature of the earth's interior at nearly
twice the depth that it has been possible
to sink Thermometer heretofore. New
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-
. But we never fed them to cows after
they were partially decayed sOf after:
Hlrouting nlthes cellar, or after turning
green by exposure to sun and wind. III
the two last cOnditi we thought them
unWholes0me and bitter, even ii not actu-
afly Poisonous ID the sAnimaf. while VIC.
have no liking for partially rotten vege-.
tables OF my kind for the cows more than
for ourselves germ az decay goes
% tie milk very ..qlniek ron, the sun
burned potatoes or the SPROUTS Ne should
expect betfpr milk and frOthys cream.
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FELL FROM a sc "A .FFOLD.

from 1Ne Herald, 7Waterto,oy., N y. z
John Young, Of lie Roy, N. T., is u
years old, and is we'll known in that and
neighboring towns. While putting some
wca tller boards on barn, standing on q
caffold twenty feet from the ground,
lie felt dizzy, lost his balance and fell to-
the ground The side Of his face, arm
he struck, were badly bruised. Picked, M
and carried to the house, he was: under
q Doctors care for several weeks. The
doctorfnally came to the conclusion that
his patient had received a stroke of par.
Ia F'St -'E& alysi Is and
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The Oldest Flag.

William Secher, Danish vice-consul at
Cleveland, O., takes exception to the eur
rent statement that Old Glory is older
than any European flag. He says that
the flag of Denmark white cross in a
scarlet field--has existed since the begin
ming Of the Thirteenth century, having
fallen from the heavens according to ira.
dition) in battle under Valdemar the
Victor against the Wendo. This. ensign,
Mr.. Secher believes, is the oldest Of any
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I Very Systematic

This Islander is told in Sas New York
daily Of d New England man and his wife
who live very method cally. One evening
at exactly 9 o clock they went to the;
kitchen to make the final preparations for
the night. Maj thy, 4 said the hnsband,
after d few nome It's, shev ye wiped the
sink dry Wit "
] s e; Josiah Z she replied why do you
..N1ell =, u he answered, II did want a
drink, but 4 guess III git along till the
morning Il 9
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Wheat.Fed Hogs.

4 sAs wheat is now cheap again, more or
lesss Of Y - likely to be fed g hogs. II
does corn, and therefore takes the eye of
the purchaser Rut ifs,some wheat Is fed
with the corn the pork will be MS fat MS
Il wholly corn fed. and will be much bet
fer an quality. The hogs will eat. more
and digest better when wheat and corn
are fed ftogethe because the combination
of these two grains make better-bal-
aneed ration than either alone. . 8
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The Growth of Socialism.

standing armies of the world in which
men are often made to enlist, and thus
become discontented, The growth Of a
stronger race is due to Hostettcr's Stom-
ach Ritters, which is the best medicine
for, c9stiyeness, dyspepsia, fever, ague
and all nervous troubles. Try one bottle
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VALUABLE SPRUCE.

Some of it Worth More for Certain
Purposes than the Finest Rosew
Spruce is not commonly accounted a
costly wood, but some of it may be very
valuab Bile. Spruce is largely used for the
tops of stringed musical Instruments, such
as guitars and mandolins, the finer
grained being the more desirable. The
value of rosewood depends upon its color
and quality. It ranges in price. from a
cent and q quarter to 10 cents a pound.
iThirty-grain Adirondack spruce would be
worth more than the finest rosewood. 1t
might be that not one such log would be
found among 1O0O.-New York Sun.
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..=st Where to Buy Your Plano. Is, !.
Write for our special price-list. We
sell the finest pianos at manufacturer
prices. New uprights from $50 up.
The s. A. Mondschein Piano Co, 4
5:% 418 Broadway, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Everybody SAYS SO.

Thousands Of people. from all parts Of
Wisconsin and Michigan have attended
the. Milwaukee Exposition during the
past three weeks, and they are almost
unanimous in the opinion that At is lsxhe
best show Of its kind in the Northwest.
It will continue until October 10.
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Evidence Centuries old.

In d recent chancery case involving the
right Of agricul tenants In Derby.
il for the right was that given before i
parliamentary committee soon after the
adent of King Charles j. The case was
decided on defce more than 200 years
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"A ro;lroad comma \ q ms heen sr

"A railroad compa any has been sued by
Leayenworth church for damages be
cause its switch engines make So much
Ioise that the worshipers can't hear the
preacher. e s. y ~ 5$Ns
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~ . "a AU'
was beyond
medical aid:
He could not
use one arm,
or turn z over
in bed.
Q n e day,
" b ii e lying
on the bed,
he read of q
c a s; e some
thing like his
hor;nr Y hoan1
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& Halls ,Catarrh Cure.
Is taken internally. Price IS cents. y "

Half the ships in the world are Brit
ish. The best of them can be converted
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lola May Turn Priest,

London Life says that it has informa-
ton that Emile lola il about to become
is said to have been made by Father
Cougen, the pastor of small parish
church and an intimate friend of the snov-
elist. Sc & $3.50 sss,ss
The Kankakee river, III ulinoi9, Is
said to be slowly drying up On account az
the drainage Of the sWauaps from hjeh
1 s. recefyes I'm suppl
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Hook After thexwateziug Place.

We wish to 7offerea word of; caution
about the neglect, on many stock farms,
OF the watering places about the barn or
premises, says an exchange. In much of
the Western states, cattle and sheep are
left to run at WILL throughout the fields
after the corn is husked, and in MANY
instances the: watering places are not
looked after as carefully as they should
.be.# If, the water supply COMES from the
Windmills. the mills should be nut lin Of
der before the winter season comes on.
and the tanks should be- protected and
looked loo after every day To see that there
as an ample supply OF water for all the
stock. In the matter of supply about the
barns, i is essential that the filth accu-;
mutations in. the tanks be cleaned out
and the tanks be put in good order before
the winter sea son, arrives. And then, by
careful and frequent inspection of ali
such places, there need be no suffering.
on account of lack: of water, by any live
stock on the place. 1t is also equally as
to give the matter OF protection
some attention. at this time. The good
feeder &c and stock raiser, who USUALLY
! max 2 money out of his years, opera
tons, is the one who usually PREPARES
protection for all kinds of stock. -.s.,-