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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
DEATH OF MAHDISM.
Reek Of Counties Abominations a
Onadurman.

Reek Of Counties denominations at
Omdurman.
In the London Mail G. w. Stevens
tells the following story of the events fol.
lowing the destruction of the KhaIifa' s
army on the Nile:
Next morning the army awoker re-
.freshed, and were able to appreciate to
the full the beauties of Omdurman.
When you saw it close, and by the light
of day, the last suggestion of stateIiness
vanished. 1t had nothing left but size
One or two relics of civilization were
found. Taps in the Khalifa's bath; a
Aship's chr0nOmerer; small pair of com.
passes in a boys writing desk and q
larger pair modelled clumsily upon them
the dropping telegraph wire and cable to
khartoum; Gordon's old Borden, a she'll
torn husk of broken wood round engines
naked Egyptians once government serv-
ants; Charles Neufeld, the captive Ger
man merchant, quoting Schiller over his
ankle-chains; Sister Teresa, the captive
nun-fOrcibly married to a Greek, pre-.
senting a green orange to Col. Wingate,
the tried friend she had never seen before
such was the pathetic fotsam over.
taken by the advancing wave Of Mahd.
ism, now stranded by its ebb.
"For the rest, the Mahdi's tomb was
shoddy brick, and you dared not talk in j,
lest the rest of the dome should come Oh
your head. The inside was tawdry pan.
els and ratings round gaudy pail. The
Khalifa's house was the house of q we'll
TODD fellah, and a dead donkey putrefied
under it's window-holes. The arsenal was
the reduplication of all the loot that has
gone for a dollar a piece these three
years. The great mosque was wall
! round biggish square with a few stick
and-thatch huts at one end Of it,. The
iron mosque was galvanized shed,
which would have repulsed the customers
of third-rate country photographer
Everything was wretched.
"And foul! They dropped their dung
where they listed; they drew their water
from beside great sewers: they had filled
the streets and khors with dead donkeys:
they left their brothers to rot and puff
up hideously in the sun. The stencil of
the place was in your nostrils, in your
throat, in your stomach. You could not
believe that this was the city where they
crucifed a man to steal handful of base
dollars, and sold mother and daughter to-
gether to be divided 800 miles apart to
live and die in the same bestiai concubin-
age.
''The army moved out to khor Shamba
The accursed place was left to tester and
fry in its own filth and lust and blood.
The reek of it's denominations steamed IN
to heaven to justify us of our vengeance
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
New Soil for Palms,

A soil composed of three parts of good
fresh pasture loam and one part each
of leaf mold, sand and well-rotted ma
nure is good one for palms. Water fire.
gently enough to keep the soil moist, and
when it is given let it be in sufficient
quantity to moisten the whole ball of soil,
leave it until the surface of the soil looks
a little dry and then again water plenti-
fully. 1t needs hardly to be said that less
water will be required in winter than in
summer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
The Best Poets for Girls to Read.
II believe nv dear girl every go0t
Making the Breakfast Table Attrac'
tive. :

If we could only impress upon the house
keeper of moderate means how essential
it IS for the table to appear attractive in
the morning; she would, no doubt, use
her every effort in studying this means OF
putting her husband and family in good
hunior for the day.
At this season of the year a novel idea
is to have at each breakfast plate half
well-chilled cantaloupe filled with bits
of dhipped ice.
The careful preparation of the same 50
that it may appeal to the senses together
with the delicious aroma creates as fine
an appetizer as one could we'll wish. The
bits Of ice can be removed and the melon
sprihkled with powdered sugar.
Any housekeeper would feel amply re-
paid for this extra course Mt breakfast
by the gratified and pleased expression on
the faces Of each member of the family
as they await the serving of the cereal,
which heretofore, perhaps, they might
have omitted at breakfast for lack of ap-
probation OH account of the monotony of
its fegularity.-Boston Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04

Charles Conroy of Aurora, Ind, while
hunting, made most peculiar find. Dis
covering the detached skull Of the skele.
rolled it over, revealing in the cavity of
the skull the corpse Of rabbit. A fur
Their investigation disclosed the fact that
the rabbit had entered the hollow skull!
us 4 place of retreat, but in doing so dis.
lodged q piece of the vertebra bone of the
horses SHELTON, which lodged In the open.
ing through which It had cfa wled. and
fab6it q prisoner in its bony sepulchre,
where it was kept confined until starvs
tion brought death.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
How to Secure Fluffy Locks.

With the arrival of spring it will be
conlplish shining pompadour has gone
in for elaborate curling. To do this she
is making her hair as fluffy as possible
The locks should be rippled first, combed
out and then curled, just as if it had not
been rippled at all. When finally combed
out, the hair will be all crinkle. It will
fluff up to an amazing extent, and win
hold its fluff, too. A rat" is hardly need
on the under side of the side locks. which
ends turn under, held by the comb. This
is a new trick, too. but just take good
look at he Lenten ladies meekly vending
their way to church, and you will see that
the crinkled hair is the latest effort to get
away from bangs and curls.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
The New ENGLAND Pie.

The stereotyped and much maligned
New England pie is beginning to cast
aside it's under crust, and now frequently
appears in a deep dish with only the tor
crust, after the manner of it's English
cousin: Apples quartered, sweetened and
plums with their pits still in, and peaches,
halted and sugared and tucked under the
protecting upper crust, are all seasonable
and delicious.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
Boiled Hamt.

Thoroughly brush and clean a large
ham In lukewarm water In which a tea
spoonful OF b0rax has been dissolved,
Then soak in cold water over night. In
the morning shave off every particle Of
the hardened surface. Put It into a large
kettle and cover with cold water. Let It
heat slowly, and as 1t begins to boil re-
move the scum. Then add bay leaf,
one onion, two large sprigs of parsley,
and one quart OF sweet pickle. vinegar, or
the kettle where it will barely bubble,
and let it cook till tender: allow thirty
minutes to the pound from the time sim
mering commences. If a fork will pierce
through the thickest part and the skin
will peel off easily, it Is done. Let it re-
main in the liquor until co.u. Then care
fully peel off the skin, trim off any ragged
edges and with soft cloth sop the melt
ed fat from the top. Mix one cup of
fine cracker crumbs, half cup of brown
sugar, one saltspoonful of pepper and one
tablespoonful of powdered tarrugon, and
n,oisten slightly with melted butter.
Spread this thickly over the fat surface,
and return to the oven till brown and
crisp. 'e
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
New Peach Disease.

/ Unless remedy Is soon found for "a
new disease which 10 devastating . the
gan. the .peach-growing industry in that
section will drop OF considerably. This
disease. the ca useofs which ah expert from
the agricultural departmen at Washington
has been unable to discover after q per-
s6nal examinati on of affected trees, Fsis
called stlittie pEaches,a because it Aca1s{s
the peaches to stop growing when about
the size Of hazelnuts. The trees affected
;Spteaas yefy rapidly. IN Saueatuck town.
ahtp 4|dne 1000, trees have been destroyed
the past season, -..s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04

Prosperity In thu. Cherokee Strip.
The Cherokee strip, which Vas thrown
open to settlement FIVE years ago. has
now population of over 100000 with
farms, farmhouses. twenty large towns,
with waterworks, electric lights. good
Represented in an assessed valuation for
purposes Of taxation of over SIS, SOC, 600.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
Wanted q Partner.
The following letter was received re
Gently at Wallack's theater. 1t was ad

The following letter was received re.
Gently at Wallack's theater. 1t was ad
dressed:
Mr.. Wallack's Theater,
New York
City.
This was The letter:
BALTIC Oct. 8, 1888
Dear Sir
We would like to have
A man to 60 in partners
With 2 Of us and we would
Like you to find the scenery
And Acters and or Manager and
II salty Send Word to
VIM Chesholm
29l9 Fait ave.
ID, BALTIC.
The Show Call Lost and found
Or The Settlement In The West.
There was nobody at Wallack's theatel
who had any actors and scenery to spare
for this purpose, but there may be Others
elsewhere who would be pleased with
such an obvious opportunity for fortune
New York Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04

day. Do not disturb the surface, as stir
ring permits the s''extractives" or davors
70 escape. Mush made of good meal by
the above method, and served with rich
Kretschmar In the Woman's Home Com.
pani0n. X qS Il S
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04

Mrs. Eliza Hendricks, widow of the
former vice-prcsident. IS managing her
husbands estate 50 well e. to earn TIE
title at the best business woman IN lndi.
ana. 81 ssss. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
Some Pts and o..

..r Some Pts and o..
Pray, little lads and lassies gay,
Que lesson do not lose:
As through the world you wend your way
Oh, mind your P's and Q's!
For while r stands for pears and plums.
For pleasantness and plays,
For patience and for prOmptitude,
For peace. poilteness, praise;
Yet. lackaday! It leads In pert,
In pInches, pests and palm,
Perverse and petulant and pfy,
And also IL prOfane!
Q stands for Quaker quietpess,
For ounces. quality.
For quicknesg and for Queenllness,
For quaint and quittance free.
But then. 1t heralds quake and quail,
Aud querulOus-indeed,
All bubbles. quarrels. Quips and quIrks,
And quacks, 1t serves at need.
Then watch them, little maids and men;
For folks will soon excuse
Full many q fault and folble, when
You mind your P's and Q's.
Elizabeth Carpenter In st. Nicholas
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
Some Good Conuudrums.

What domestic article represents pill
lar of Greece? A candle.
Two geese sat ON top of mountain.
one facing east and the other west: and
five feet apart. How could they put their
bills together without turning round? By
walking straight ahead.
why can you be absolutely certain that
a blacksmith is horse? Because he is a
horse sure (horeshoer).
Why are geese impOstOrs! Because
there are n great many quacks among
them.
What game gives many persons cold
Draughts.
What game is affixed to baggage? Tag.
What game peremptorily orders silence!
Whist.
If you were the first letter of the al
phabet, what country ought you to get
your employees from? Serv:a.
Is there q country in which any letters
of the alphabet are musical: Well. there
is Tuni-s.
What American city is most closely
identified with Noah? Newark.
The Antiquity of Nursery Rhym IS.
"Three Blind Mice" is in a music book
of 1909.
"a Froggie Would A-wooing Co. was
licensed in 1863.
Little Jack Homer is older than the
Seventeenth century.
pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, Where Have
You Been?'' dates from the reign of
Queen Elizabeth. :,
"Boys and Girls, Come Out to Play
dates from Charles H., as does also LUCY
Locket Lost Her Pocket"
ssOld Mother Hubbard" 'Goosey
Goosey Camden and "Old Mother Goose
apparently date back to the Sixteenth een'
fury. :,
"Bluebeard' and Tom Thumb" were
given to the world in Paris in 1897. The
author was Charles Parrault.
"Hmpty Dumpty" was a bold, bad
baron who lived in the days of King John
and was tumbled from power. His his
tory was put up into riddle, the meaning
of which is an egg.
"The Babes in the Wood" was founded
on an actual crime committed in Norfolk
near Wayland woods, in the Fifteenth
century. An old house in the neighbo5'
hood is still pointed out, upon the mantel'
piece Of which is carved the entire his
tory.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
What to Do with Horse Chessnuts

What to Do with Horse Chestnuts.
First-Cut with q sharp knife hole
about a quarter of an inch in diameter.
Cut out the meat in little pieces and
shake out of the hole. BY holding the
nut against the lower lip and blowing
into the hole, a whistle of amazing power
can be produced. BY boring small hole
into one side and stopping it with the
finger a kind of trill can be performed
with some kinds Of nuts. BY fastening
several whistles of different pitch on u
strip of wood a tune can be played on
them.
Secondly following nut, leaving a
hole at the top about half an inch III di-
ameter, and the same size at the bottom,
cutting holes for eyes, nose and mouth,
and illuminating with a small candle, a
grotesque JACKIE lantern can be made.
Third-Thrust wooden toothpick
through a nut, leaving quarter IF an
inch on the other side, and sharpen to Il
point. A good teetotum is the result. Tho.
teetotum can be decorated by cutting the
shell in various ways. BY following out
the chestnut and leaving a hole in the
side, musical teetotum can be made.
BY cutting various spots upon the SIDES
the teetotum exhibits rings and other lines
when in motion.
Fourth-A face is cut upon the side Of
large chestnut, lifting a portion Of the
shell for eyelids, and cutting the lips to
represent teeth. A little bit of red paper
is stuck in for a tongue. A napkin is
then placed over the top of tumbler 80
as to form depression. In this the head
is placed. The sides of the napkin are
then grasped by the hand on the outside
of the glass. and by moving it slightly the
head rolls about in the most amusing
way. A little hat or feather makes the
head still more comical. This performed
with an orange is sight never to be for
gotten.
Fifth-Cut out the eyes so as to show
white, raise triangular flap for nose,
thrust short stick into the nut and dress
as a doll. 1t makes a particularly good
China boy if a cue is stuck on, aud
cross piece is put on for arms.
Sixth-By gouging a quarter-inch hole
with knife and sticking the nut on the
end of pliable wand or rod with free,
arm movement, the nut is thrown on ana
goes an incredible distance.
Seventh-By sticking pins into nuts and
hanging them by means OF threads on a
horizontal rod, some of the experiments
on transmission of motion may be dem
onstrated to some extent. For this the
nuts should be as nearly as possible the
same SIZE If four nuts are hung in this
way, and touch each other, on lifting one
of the end nuts and allowing to swing
back 50 as to strike the next nut, the last
nut on the other side will be thrown off,
demonstrating the transmission of power.
Eighth-A drum chorus can be per-
formed by following out the nuts suti-
GENTLY to allow the insertion of the fin
gers. Several boys with fingers thus
armed and playing on tin pans and boards
produce sufficient noise to make them
selves Objectionable to the last degree.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
POrtierea.

Portieres, it should be remembered, are
supposed to have their origin in need.
They are intended to do service to shut
out disagreeable draughts; sometimes
sounds. Such being their service, it is
manifestly unsuitable that they should be
tightly shirred on pole in way that
takes sharp and reaching pulls to draw
them. They should be Invariably on
rings, and move easily and quickly over
the pole, the arrangement of cords that
draw them aside instantaneously being
preferred. Their design should be simple,
solid colors of neutral tint being the
most acceptable: 1t is rare that a figured
hang in a doorway where the doors are
open and set back. They sometimes
cover acceptably door that must be peg
manently closed, but otherwise they re-
place a door that is removed for reasons.
Their texture, while thick, should be soft
and pliable, hanging in easy folds. Moth
ing is more tasteless than a stiff, wiry
fabric to screen a doorway. The poles
should be within the door frame, and set
perhaps six inches from the top, never
over the molding and finish of the door.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04

dozen explosive compounds known to
chemists: now there are over 1000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
Hair Muaf Re Red.

!ldCuldT VI tHe IaFlSldn, Cinl IL. lnere
is scarcely a French actress whose hair
is not some shade of red, mahogany, gold
en- brown, bronze or russell. One woman
told an inquirer the secret of her hair,
which was most beautiful russell, wav-
ing and soft, as we'll as brilliant. 1t did
not bear trace of dye. A Turkish lady
from Constantinople for some favor re-
ceived gave her large package Of pow
der. One tablespoonful of this powder
Put in oil and alcohol, applied lightly to
the hair, produced the effect, the oil pre-
venting the harsh. dry appearance all
dyes give. The mixture actually increased
the growth of the hair. but unfortunately
nobody knows what it is, for the Turkish
lady vanished.
There are four colors the woman who
has dyed her hair red should strictly ad-
here to-white, black. blue and gray
There is in Paris an autocrat, who
charges terrific prices, to whom women
go when they want an opinion as to what
color they shall tint their hair He talks
with them for an hour, studies them in
his Louis XIV. drawing room, which has
no suggestion of hair dressing, regards
their eyes and set of the features, in
quires what colors predominant in the
toilets selected by madame for the sea-
son, and sends the inquirer away. In a
day or two she receives water-color
oAeeCH VI HOW sne VIII look with tiny
curl of red hair, the shade he has de-
cided best suits her, pinned to the cor
ner: She goes to the hair-dresser the
artistic adviser employs, and presto! the
change is made.
For the house, hair is worn very high
or very low, and the beautiful parting
which men admire very much is done
away with, the pompadour effect, with
puffs and curls, taking it's place. The
parting is left for very old ladies' and
schoolgirls. All kinds of jeweled orna-
ments are worn in the hair.-New York
The evening times., 1898-08-11
Catholic Total A..,tnence Union

Boston, Aug. ia downpour of rain
did not prevent the parade of the Cath
oiic Total Abstinence Union last evening.
although 1t reduced the ranks to less than
2,0o0 men. But the program was carried
out, and the procession was revived at
the Holy Cross Cathedral by Archbishop
Williams and at the City Hall by Mayor
Quincy. When the parade arrived at the
Music Hall mass meeting was held.
presided over by the Rev. Father Scully,
of Cambridge, and speeches were made
by Governor Wolcott, President Cleary,
of the National Union, First Vice Presi-
dent Logue Rev. Patrick O'Brien, of
Ohio. Vicar General Byrne, and Mrs. l..
NJ. Lake, third vice president.
The evening times., 1898-08-11
PANIC AT A FUNERAL.
Thunder and Lightning FriR5hten
the MOurnerH

Port Jervis, n. Y, Aug. 11.-At a fu-
neral service in church in Bethel on
Monday a panic was caused by thun-
derstorm. The Rev. Mr.. Closa. of Coch-
ecton, Sullivan County, was conducting
services for Miss Cochran, of New York
city. who was to have been married this
month to a New York man. The church
was crowded.
Soon after the service commenced a
TERRIFIC thunderstorm came up and light
ming repeatedly struck close to the
church. Several persons received shocks
and two horses standing in front OF the
edifice were killed before the owner. who
had rushed out to free them, could un-
harness them. The man was badly shock
ed and could hardly make his way back
to the church.
The storm increased in fury, the flash
es of lightning and crashing thunder be-
came more frequent ana worked up the
women in the church to such a pitch that
many of them threw themselves on the
floor in terror, while men knelt and pray
ed for the storm to end, each trying to
make his voice heard above the rest
Words of encouragement were shouted
in the ears of the sobb.ng women by the
pastor. He went from one to another
for three hours. trying to reasure them,
before the electric storm abated at dusk
A few of the mourners followed the
casket to the grave, a mile distant.
The evening times., 1898-08-11
a Demand for Recorni,o,

New York. Aug. n.-Edward Z. Lee, of
New York. Richard Croker's representa-
tive, was elected president of the Negro
Democratic League at the second session
of its convention yesterday. George E.
Taylor. of Iowa, was elected general sec
retary. In the platform adopted are the
following declarations:
We most emphatically censuTe the present Ad-
ministration Of the War Department for jiscr;m-
mating against negroes as army officers, believ-
ing as We do. that candidates fo- any CT all Of
such positions should be judged upon the basis of
merit and not color.
We are proud of the valor and he:oism dis
played by the negro troops at the battle OF Santi-
ago. 1t is but a repetition Of what the neglo sol
dier has done in every war from that of the
Revolution to the present time
We are unalterably opposed to the un- American
exclusion of negroes from the West Point Military
School and the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and
to the opposition against negroes in tine artillery
service.
The resolutions were adopted unani-
mously.