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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07
a Surprised bicycle Part :.

"A liverpool paper is responsible for the
following story: At a party in the Border
district, to which many guests rode on
their cycles, the hostess made elaborate
arrangements for the care of the machines
and a system of ticketing, similar TO that
in use at hotel cloakrooms, was adopted.
each cyclist being provided with check
ticket. The housekeeper was intrusted
with the care Of the bicycles and the
issue of the tickets, and as, they arrived
the machines were carefully stored and
labeled lab SO that there would be no difficult
the housekeeper was not a cyclist,sand iid
not understand the mysteries of the pne,l.
matte tire. She pinned the tickets on the
front tires of the machines, where they
could be best seen, and took good care
that the pins We're stuck well into the
tire. When the guests came to take their
departure the pathetic scene may be mag.
ned-Inyention. aSS9sE. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07

efence for brandy and soda, for the cham
payne cup that seems 10 touch you in
fascinating way, but once your foot is on
the native heath of the Southern girl ron
meekIy bow down to the julep, accepting
the one cent y0u after the morning lance
anything else worth drinking.
Next to the julep comes the eonsump-
ton OF chicken, and, though up to date
you may have thought chicken good
in it's way and undoubtedly heaithful,
it is simply surprising to see these
Southern women eat II meal after meal
and prefer it to the jniciest steak, the
most underd0ne bit of mutton or the nm
est fish that ever was caught Do they
the feathers growing out of their shout
ders, or do they think that IN chicken
lies some virtue that viii make them
young foreyery
The belle of the year IL talking softly
of a beautiful woman who was the belle
derful beauty, a great wit-the daughter
of Judge Ouid of Richmond. known to
all the country round as Matte Onid.
She did everything, and she did every
thing we'll. Men fell before her as fin
soldiers before an active broom, and yet
she never lost her sweetness OF temper.
though many. times she fevenged some
OLHtI "UIadu ny ueE VIII
At that time Miss Triplett, also
from Virginia, was sort Of rival to
this beautiful girl, and my pretty belle
was telling of supper that is counted
among the archives of the Springs. At
it was large party, and the rivals were
opposite each other. Miss Triplett was
asked to give toast She declined
where she was standing, looking lie a
picture, holding her glass triumphantjg
in the air, and, making a graceful b0w
to the other girl, she said: Here's to
youth. beatty and health. United this
makes a tffplet." And many stories are
told of this one and that one. and the
whispers Of the beautiful place where
Matte Ohld sleeps. of the graves cor-
cred with daisies and how ON the day of
her funeral, when all Richmond that
couldn't drive walked to see their pride.
their beauty, laid away forever, instead
Of hymn four gentlemen sang her
sleeping HEIR vas the little baby whose
life, lasting only few minutes, had been
her death.
Then there was sf1ehce, and in the
quletness that comes over me as it does
over them / understand why the women
Of the South are popular with mer.
It is .Recahse they are always affection
dle neg never bSc an DpIOFtuH1tS 10
give kiss, to PAT compliment or to do
a something that viii please the man that
rules their hearts.
1t is because they never tafk scandal.
a pleasant gossip being enough fst them.
since. their homes. children and husfands
usually make world that satisfies them.
It is batatse while they are intelligent.
well-read womeh.. usually women up in tie
classics. they Wifi hot touch the foul sex
novel of today.
1t is love. love. love- that makes fife
Southern girl 60 around. EVER girl ex~
poets to get husband and to love him
with all her heart, and she is seldom dis
appointed. The average man is usually
very happy when he gets the 'sbelle of the
springs or one of her admiring wome.p
friends for wife, and he ought to be-.
oughtn't he? Bah
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07
! The Disease Beyond Medic,ne.

Mrs. Ward, correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Record at Santiago, writes pa.
thetically of the disease beyond medicine
from which the soldiers in the hospitals
there suffer. Although there is SO little
selfshness among the brave boys who
faced death together, the hospital attend
ants say that whenever a new lot of men
starts for home the sight of their exuber-
ant happiness has a correspondingly de-
pressing effect upon the stay-behinds.
raising the fever pulse fully so per cent.
The poor fellows are SO homesick that
mai di pias," as the Spaniards call it.
has become distinct and often fatal
disease, which medicine cannot touch.
Suddenly the strains of 'sHome, Sweet
Home invaded the silence of the hospital
and an electric shock could not have
produced more marked and instantane-
Gus effect. Every man who was able
sprang to- his feet and the dying raised
their feeble heads; tears coursed un-
checked down bronzed and pallid faces
and busy nurses and doctors paused,
spell-bound, in their weary rounds. So.
even from his grave, does the homeless
poet still touch the hearts of the world
with his tuneful praise of home. Under
the circumstances, however, it was
thoughtless, not to say unkind, in the
jubilant fellows headed for Gods coun-
try to make that music within hearing
Of their disappointed comrades So :, !
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07
A NOTED SOCIETY WOMAN.
Mrs. August Belmont Whose Death DC
l., Cured in Paris a Few Days Since.

-
New York society people were greatly
shocked by the death of Mrs. August
Belmont. which occurred in Paris on
Monday evening. September &c. 1t had
been known that Mrs. Belmont was in
poor health, bat no fatal result had been
anticipated. even by those ultimate
friends who wefe presumably best ac-
quainted with her condition.
During the last eight, years Mrs. Bel
mont. by reason of the death Of her hus-
bands father, and more recently that of
her own mother, has been much in re-
tirement
She was suffering iif-health iii the srfins
and went to Europe with her husband nj
July to take the cure at Pfofrbiefes. In
France, from which, however. she derived
no benefit. She remained in Paris under
the care of physicians while Mr.. Belmont
returned to New York on September 10
with his son. August Belmont, Dr.. tor
place him at school and with the purpose.
of arranging some of his business adairs~
He was to return to Europe to bring
Mrs. Belmont back in November or De-
cenber.
Contessa Muccioli, formerly Miss Ter
| ~ of New York. an old friend of Mrs.
Belmont's girlhood, was with her at the
time of her death. as we'll as her aunt~
Mrs. Sophia Robbins.
Mrs. August BeImont's maiden h:8sse
was Bessie Hamilton Morgan. She Hss
the daughter of Edward Morgan and
granddaughter of Matthew Morgan, who
was we'll known to the elder generation as
one of New York's leading bankers and
| merchants. The families of Mrs. Bel
ment and her husband were very intimate
during the early part of the century and
it was in Matthew Morgau's opera box
that August Belmont, ST.. first met Miss
Perry, who later became his wife.
Mrs. Belmont will be well remembered
| as the beautiful Miss Bessie Morgan dur
ing the winter of 1880. and in 1881 she
married Augast Belmont, !r. She has al
| irons of the day the society wOnlaH whose
home life and children were pre-emiHentIy
heY first thought. although she kept fully
in touch With Che best social life of the
metropolis, and she and her husband were
pioneers i'll devotiHg country life to out
of1loor sports.
Mrs. Belmont was locked up to as
leader In the yetugef married set in So
eiety. About four years ago August Bel
mont took the house at 100 Madison ave,
ME, where he and his family have lived
during the winters, going to their Hemp
stead place. Blemton manor. early each
spring She was a constant attendant at
the races in the nefghborhood of New
York when her husbands horses were
running. She was always with -Mr. Bel
mont at Sheepshead bay, often In the pad
dock or on the green. She WIS also a
capital whip, and was extremely fond of
driving. s.
! Mrs. Belmont is survived by her hus-
and Morgan-her father, sister, Mrs.
Butler Williamson. whs is abroad, and a
brother, Edward Morgan, Jr., who mar
ried Miss Faith Walcott.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07

IL il was supposed that tho Kim Pan, i
Chinese Journal published an peking FOR
the last 1000 years, was the Oldest news.
paper in the world. In Il very d BILE work
recently published, however, Imbault5
HURT, the Freleh consul at Canton,
shows that this high honor belongs To the.
Ising, Ra0, which has been pNblished con.
said to- have been founded some 600 years
shofer that date, or early In the Sixth
century. 500 years before ii newspaper
was known In EnrOnts ss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07
The Antiquity of Glass.

Glass has been employed, we know,
both for decorative and, domestic pnr-
poses, since the dawn of civilization. The
earliest remains date from Egypt, 3O64
B. c., and are preserved in the British
museum. 1t is an amulet in the form of
a lions head, of Opaque blue color, with
hieroglyphics that determine its date. On
the rock-cut tombs of the metropolis Of
Memphis glass-hlowers were depicted as
early as $500 B. G.. Stories are told by
Pliny. Josephus and other writer's to ac-
count for its discovery; but these are
very doubtful, so that we have only to
rely upon facts attested by actual re-
mains. The discovery was doubtless for
tuitcns; such lucky finds are often the
work of chance. When it occurred we
cannot determine; but so far as we know.
Egypt, as she was the germ of all civ
i'ization. was also the mother of this art,
which she applied to a multitude 81 pur-
poses. strangely excepting that which we
deem most necessary, namely, to admit
light into buildings. The 1wellers by the
Nile handed down the art to the Phoeni
clans, who in like manner bequeathed it
to the Assyrians; then it was passed
along to the Persians and the Greeks:
then to the Romans and the Byzantines.
who in turn communicated it to the
Venctians; the monks of the Middle ages
appropriated it to beautify their Gothic
temples, and so it came down the centu-
ries to modern times.--Frank FL. Vie
tCiIy in WOman'S Home Gonna Mon
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07
Our GrandmOthefs.

Grahdinothefs, their white or gray hair
surm6unted by lace caps, are being de-
manded by social observers, who declare
that the assumption of a youthful pose at
present the habit of ladies of so and uIr-
wand is neither becoming nef fit. The de-
mand viii fall upon deaf ears. says Vogue.
for the extension of the time of youthful
feeling and youthful appearance is rapidly
being reduced to working formulas which
are eagerly carried out by most women
over 80. Much of the recommendation is
in the line of attempted visual decetHiun by
the means of cosmetics, hair dyes, severe
scorseting or padding out, but the intelli-
gent proportion of the, no longer young
are coming to realize that the preservation
Of young appearance is the result of i'm
ward experience rather than outward an
plyings, and in the quest for rejuyenation
the seeker comes to appreciate the truth
of the old copy-btok maxims, such as those
which enjoy a curling of the temper and
q snbjugation of that vampire, worry.
Settling down resignedly to old age is
no part of the modern woman's inten-
ton, aud her frantic clutchings after youth
are not infrequently ridiculous and inef-
sfective; hut If her passionate desire to
remain attractive and vigorous stimulates
her to the cultivation Of bodily health.
mental activity and moral purity and
Sweetness, the motive may be pardoned for
the sake of the results ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07
Kansas, wonderful Clinate

s AZ wichita man has & beanstalk Is
feet high which grew from q seed re-
6eeived from AIaniln, where the normal
height Of the plants IS feet. I is prob
able that in the glorious climate of Kan
! sls one az those Manila girls might even
grow pretty Kansas City journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07
TO Perpetuate Song Birds

a new society Of BIRD Restores has
been organized in Boston for the purpose
uf replacing native song birds in their
former hannts. protecting aud encourag-
ing them in the breeding season and
planting colonies wherever practica BILE.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07
Heroes Who Don't Drink.

The recent brilliant English victory on
the Atbara was won by force conn
posed exclusively of total abstainers. For
months Sir Herbert Kitchener has de-
nicd all liquor to his troops, with the re-
suit that in one of the deadliest of eli
mates, no army has ever had SO little
sickness, been in such magnificent phys
zeal and moral training or won hard
fought BATTLES after forced marches of
snch extraordinary character No won
der that the total abstinence principle in
warfare is being pondered by military
authorities throughout the world.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07
RELATED BY a MINISTER.
/ How q Careful Mother Coached snsan
and with What ResuIta.

How q Careful Mother Coached Susan
and with What Results. .53s
A clergyman who for many years was
the beloved pastor of one Of the largest
Presby terrain churches IN Buffalo recently
came buck to town to renew old acQuain>
tanees and preach sermon to his old
parishi0n ers. OF course he was enter
tained .hy such Of his friends as could get
hold of him, and after 4 quiet little dinner
ministers among old friends often do, told
4 story or two, and the one which i will
attempt to relate as he told it concerns one
OF his sons who has been pastor Of a
church in Pittsiield, Mass, for not very
many months, and who has many dear
friends himself in Buffalo.
w hen r went to Pittsfield," said
the father, sshes told me that he was going
to try to build UP his church. the members
of which We're largely working people, BY
attending assiduously to his pastoral d,i,
ties aside. from his regular, work in the
church. He even went so far as to an
nounce from the pulpit that 4 certain day:
in the week would find him at such and
such neighborhoOd, and that the people
a pastoral call from him. E.S5
his sort Of thing was decided limo,
walton, and created more or less excite
ment of a mild kind among the parishion-
ers. In the locality he designated for his
calls ON a certain day tlwelt q young Mrs.
Smith who had daughter of the kinder
gartcn age. Mrs. Smith put on her Sun,
day gown in anticipation Of the visit, and
after arraying her daughter in her best
frock thought that little coaching as
to the child's behavior would not be amiss.
Now, when the pastor comes she
said, he win probably say, We'll, little
girl, what is your name? What would
you answer?' >, :.es:
9 Susan Smith, - ..se. +, 80
thought So, said the mother. You
must say Sir every time. Now, if he
asks you it You are good little girl, what
will You say p a. - .a3:ii.
Yes, sir
And if he wants to know if you
attend Sunday school?' +
Yes, sir -s< %'5
"t'And if you forget to say your pray-
ers every night?' 3
No, SIR b
And perhaps he may ask you if you
know what happens to bad little girls
when they die /
To this question the child gave Il
strictly orthodox answer, and the next
moment R appeared on the scene. He
at first did not see the child, but stood
talking to the mother, and in the means
time Susie had learned her lesson we'll,
and had begun to fidget around to attract
the attention she thought she deserved
She was fairly bursting to be heard. when
Il turned and caught sight of her. s3.as
SWELL he said. cheerfully, there's a
little lady haven't met yet and, going
adding: And what's your name?' 12
Susie Smith, sir; yes, sir; yes, sir; no.
sir: go to hi, SIR said the well-coached
child in q breath. Buffalo News. :. pr
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4 Now gently falls the fading light,
The AutNinns6 sunset vel.
While dusky grow8 the Wayerings Night
OF whippO0rWill and quail.
Il The grain Ia hound, the nuts are brown
On every wooded hill
b Tho light ID SOftened on the down,
Aud Tsllvered on the rill.
B The partridge drums; the ployer's call,
Salutes the BpOrtMan's ear, III
And Just above the waterfall
The fisher sets his weir.
The reidened leaves. with withesed wings.
Sweep lightly TO the sod,
And Autumn walks the land and NlnEs, ss:
With rNstling sandals shOd. s
81 II. DierhOld In WoMan's Home Com
s panlOn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07
Autumn Travelling Gowns.

lEoe .ee,.:I,a ~ = 49, Al.o .-.' y
god opnu"h - tr.ra, &, ~ erIa .ns Vas
PORTION = Of human;tv whom r.n. IN :
;o,,r,av I'm 10 III ~. $40 Coz d,,9x, ,sia, :
~ .anu - Ssa, .oi uIty - Pleas.
an, and ho+ - ous .,;tS M ;aa .tst
81 ,,.o4tn. MAJ ana as
~ ,',;,,a., D. ~. w. sur ~
,:ias - ao..s
a~a ehonnad aiI th;s. and c az.
n"t;on t%at snd anod ni"tba ~, =.
innrerha..1 Theero =; sooL aIo,o;hIa Or
CO.., ~. M t,s ,,oins 20 20 nH
f oun 90 = gu ~; 81 g. ine Sni - n ,Onk
sIn 60 sne u.n ,, a. s Ius,
uus. anu lain .nu su y
snn:; anu ne1 sain .s are sup1eeleu stg
= s..a. anu MeaI aAu w.
sile U.S. ssnse alu III,
sue san nha Ia ts1,aas an,l
e oyeigo ~ vei;n a eR
com ortable and bec 50, s..a.s
Americans travel more NOR and more. ii
home and abroad. every year and 'coI,se
.nnently. American women give more and
more thought 70 travelling Clothes Van.
Zoo ingennitys no Emronean nennla caiT +
stands rs in good stead IN this matter h
# does in everything else. for We bny onr
ira yelling clothes with = view r. general
as we'll as ssnecial 1nse. English and
fravel;np9eyen elahorateIv so-hnt s t l,,
Inv their TRAVELLING dresses. ia servo the
ono end = : - $50 60 az - 10 - =
:, Drnsnoct;vo . ,,t,,mn hr;i1oc q 70 n,.orrl {. s,
moro Interested IN tra vei;ng to;ieta - 4h h
momcnf tho : anr ctbor cls &C. ~ 1vnma,,
Int ali Who tourney from, ono rs, II of ths
verdi To another With each changing son
girls who arc ahont leaving home to IS.
$50: - ,. . -. :. 10 -. - =. e. e
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07
The llL Linen Outht.

find what amounts Of table linen and bed
ding are absolutely necessary for the first
year in the new home.
Each bed should have for It's outfit
three pairs of pillow cases for its square
pillows: two pairs of sheets, which meas
IRE fnll yard more than the length 81
the mattress. to insure undisturbed and
protective covers; two. white spreads, Of
quality easily laundefed and light in
weight, and two pairs of large, all-Wool
blankets, of which one pair should he
bound separately these constitute the
sole essentials, says an, exchange. To
them may be added q h0me-niade quill;
and comfortable. !.
The table linen must include d best
cloth for special occasions, three really
good ones for general use, and two dozen
napkins that will hot shed lint. rs s
OF towels there is theoretically no limit
to the needed variety. Practically, how.
ever; there are only a few that are abso.
lutely Indispensable. One dozen hem.
stitched huck for bedroom use, one dozen
checked linen for china, and dozen crash
for the kitchen, all made in yard lengths
besides three roller towels two and one.
half yards long, will easily supply the or.
binary demand under the conditions i'm.
posed. II. 5Ss5. zss;.3ss, s
OF course sickness, lavish hospitality
or even a delayed weekly wash day
would necessitate large supply in each
case. A maxim proftably observed by d
successful housekeeper is worth passing
on for consideration In this connection
Expense for essentials only, plus remu
lucrative labor, equals thrift" =
With this in mind, one can easily de-
terMine how much can or must be added
to the supply on hand, when the thoughts
of thrifty housewives turn toward the
linen closet. Usually one pair of sheets
md 01<~r
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being eagerly snapped up by dealers a
correspondent cites handsome old wal
nut wardrobe, with three full length bey-
81 mirrors, valued at $15C, which was
sold for Less than SIS; and that is sim
ply one of many examples. Psi
The y;ife Of one of the most noted
Paris dressmakers has Il valuable book
valuable because in future years it will
be complete record of the feminine dress
of today. Each page has small pieces OF
the fabrics, Innings, laces and trimmings
of GOWNS made for customers. The
Queen Of Italy, the Czarina, Empress El-
genie. the Queen Regent Of Spain, Sara
Bcrnhartlt. Carmen Sylvia. Otero and the
s Queen of Hawaii are all represented
Mrs. Richard King Of Texas is prob
ably the richest woman iii the United
States, not excepting Mrs. Hetty Green e.s
Her wealth is partly inherited from her
father, pioneer Presby terrain clergyIi man
the first who ever went staff and Bible I'M
hand to preach the gospel to the Indians
and mixed races that peopled the vast do
main over which his own little daughter
was destined to hold sway as d landed
proprietor. Mrs. King is q widow. and
her landed estates in Southern Texas
amount to 1,250, 600 acres, Of about 2OOO
square miles.
When Burmese husband and wife
{ decide to separate the woman II goes ont
and buys i two little candles OF equal
length. which are made pscialIy for this
Z use She brings them home. She and
her husband sit down on the floor, plac-
ing the candles between them. md light
them stimuli aneonsly, One candle stands
for her, the other for him. The one
whose candle goes ont first rises mud goes
ont Of the house forever. with nothing
but what he or she may have on. The
one whose candle has survived the LONGER
time, even BY q second takes ything.
Thc dsst neN'spapet III the 81
q the TAin2s peo. % ekln9s foiiiI5ISlI