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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
WESTERN MINING NOTES.

Mrs. Mary w. Hepburn. widow of
the Ia'e Col. John w. Hepburn of Chi
cago. has purchased the Bellwether mine
III Amalor county. Cal. for $9S.6OO, and
intends to have the property worked in
systematic manner
Dry canyon. which has it's source in
the headwaters of the Swapk and it's
the scene of large foods within the last
mcnth. ard considerable gold is being
found i'll the fresh wash gravel along it's
course.
The ore in the Standard ut Mountain
City. New. is carbonate carrying gold.
and in Il dump of 100 tons the lowest
assay showed S6S III gold and So in sill
YER. The early prospectorss looked for
horn silver and chlorides and thought the
ore of no value.
A dispatch from DeadwOod, S. D.,
states that in the case against the Golden
Reward Mining company by the Buxton
Mining company to recover S22O,0OO for
orc extracted from the Buxton ground
hy the Golden Reward. jury awarded
S61. 800 damages.
The Alaska Mining Record says: "Start
any number of prospectors into the hills
Of Southeastern Alaska after quartz
claims and at the end of two years the
average discovery valuation will exceed
ten to one the average sack of the return
ing klondiker. And ere long people will
begin to find this out
In Swank district. Wash. Philadel-
phia capitalists have recently become in
terested in the Rigby gold mines. These
mines are in the old river channels, and
have produced more large nuggets and
coarse gold than any mines i'll the Pacific
Northwest. These nuggets usually
range from $50 to $3.50. and the gold is
worth at the minis about SIT per ounce.
It is the intention of the new owners to
introduce new and improved appliances.
Gilman, Wyo., reports considerable
activity in the Big creek portion of the
Grand Encampment district. The ore
body there seems to be an extension of
the celebrated Battle lake copper belt
and several very promising mines are
now being opened along its line, showing
in some instances well-defined veins Of
copper at Il depth of twenty-three feet.
Some fifteen miles southwest of the Big
creek district are situated the rich placer
fields of Independence mountain, cover
ing an area of some $4,000 acres of land.
a Colorado firm erected hydraulic
plant OH portion Of these placers last
season, completing the same in time to
make three weeks run before winter
set in. The cleanup gave between $13,-
600 and $4,000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
n Remarkable Decision.

If you want to chastise your enemy ill.,
vite him into federal government build
ing and pound him within an inch of his
life. If tho inch remains you are safe
from punishment by federal or state law.
A st. Louis, Mo-, judge recently held
that the United States statute Of 1872
gives the federal government supreme
and exclusive jurisdiction over offenses
committed upon its property and that
murder done there is the only crime pun
ishable by that government. The case
was that of a colored porter who as
saulted the janitor of the federal building
in the office Of the internal revenue col
lector at st. Louis. Arrested on war;
rant charging assault and battery, he
successfully interposed plea in abate-
ment on the ground that the act was
committed on United States reservation
and that the state had no jurisdiction
Lawyers say the decision correctly inter-
prets the law. At any rate, it relieves
the colored porter from all fear of prose-
cution and establishes an interesting, not
to say very bad, precedent.-Leslie's
Weekly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
She Wasn't Afraid Of War.

Summer Hill. close to Studley, Va is
IA very interesting place. built over hun.
dred years ago. and was the arena Of
much active warfare about the year 1852,
Mrs Newton resides~there. the widow Of
Capt. William 3. Newton. scholarly gen
tlenlan and brave commander of cavalry
in Gen. Fitzhugh Lees brigade who was
killed at the battle of CuIIpfler court
house. He was brother Of the late
Bishop John peterborough Newton. who
died last Ascension day. Summer Hill
was taken for headquarters by Gen. Grant.
and there he held council of war with
Gen. HANCOCK and Gen. Mcdowell Cen
Grant told Mrs. Newton he was expecting
an attack, and that a battle would be
fought under her very rooftree, and added:
Il advise you strongly. madam. 10 go
over into King William county With your
little children. I will be glad to furnish
YOU an ambulance and Safeguard to Cross
| the lines
She answered: $40 / prefer to stay
here. This old home is all | have left.
and if its fate is to fail down it will have
to fall on my head. / cali put the chill
dren down in the potato cellar. and. geu-
eral, if you should get SCARED When the
firing begins, you can go down there with
| them"
Gen. Grant laughed heartily and said:
Have year own way. madam You are
| brave enough" After the war was over
he inquired very particularly of her. and
expressed the hope that she came out ali
right.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
Judge Fitton Fixed Him.

The venerable Judge William Fitton is
not an athlete. but he is no coward.
When called upon to defend his person,
or his rights held SO dear by every true
born American citizen, the judge has
ever shown himself equal to the occas-
Drawn and muscle on his side, yet Judge
Fitton is an arm of the law-and he
knows how to WELD it. The man who
endeavored to start a trough house" in
Justice Fitton's courtroom few days
ago can youch for that. lie wasn't car
ried away tied up in the throes of solar
plexus-neither did Judge Fitton call in
the fire department to sQuelch him, but
his bank account was placed on the verge
of Involuntary liquidation.
\ case had been decided by Judge Fit
ton in the defendants favor. Naturally
the plaintiff was not in good spirits
plaintiffs never are when they lose their
suits. This one was in 4 particularly
ugly humor. He was strapping big
fellow, and had mean way of express
ing himself. The big fellow waited I'M
til the crowd dispersed; then he walked
up to the court and glared. Judge
Fitton moved about uneasily and the big
fellow began. He had some well-in-
formed exceptions to the courts de-
cision, and said so in loud voice. With
every word he seemed to grow taller. and
when he began to pound the Courts
desk with a ponderous fist Clerk Tracy
could not fail to observe the discrepancy
in stature on the part OF the court
1t certainly looked as if trouble had
come. Clerk Tracy knew there was not
time enough left to call in the sheriff be-
fore Judge Fitton would be dashed to
atoms, and he was about to shout for help,
when the court Strengthened up. Be
fore the big fellow could make another
move there was a sounding whack Oh the
desk, and the judge said slowly:
Courts in session."
Not grasping the situation, the big fell
low kept Oh.
Your objections are overruled, SIR
calmly interrupted the court. You will
be in contempt if you say another word!'
The big fellow glared again and walked
out. Then Judge Fitton adjourned court
and gave Clerk Tracy 4 'segar."- Jo-
seph Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15

this wellknown trait Of President Nc
Gosh 3 character, a prominent sPhiladel-
Sphia educator tells how one of the doe
tors friends and Chaunrey NJ. Depew
once eoaspired to mortify the good old
Princetonian at a Yale dinner.
1t was arranged that the friend should
accuse the doctor of begging, and that
Mr.. Depew should follow with vigorous
denial. During this address DIR. McCosh
turned white with anger, and he started
to reply, when the chairman recognized
Mr., Depew. II believe that all the accu-
sations made against our Princetonian
guest are entirely without foundations"
said Mr.. Depew. II have never heard of
his begging from broker "Never!
never| cried DIR. McCosh. And never
heard of his attending meetings called for
other purposes and begging for his uni
versity." "Never!" again echoed the doc
tor. =: ..r~
''The only time l ever heard of any
thing of that kind implied" continued Mr..
Depew, was when I was told that he
stood on New York street corner with
a monkey and Il hand organ, wearing Il
placard, on which was printed: Il am
poor and blind. therefore please help
Princeton" DIR, McCosh never attend
cd another Yale dinner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
Tobias Mother Gave Her Fits

A young lady teacher in rural school
tells an amusing story of the anxiety her
conduct unwittingly caused the mother of
one of her pupils. The pupil in ques-
ton was stupid and overgroWn but we'll
behaved boy of 10, named Tobias Hodge.
He was older by several years and far
bigger than any other pupil in the school,
but he was not SO we'll advanced in his
studies as some of the younger ones. He
seemed so anxious to learn that the teach
er often induced him to remain after
school for the purpose of assisting him in
his studies. Their homeward way lay over
the same road, and they would walk home
together after the hard places in the les
sons had been made easy for Tobias.
Often in the morning, wnen she left home
to go to the schoolhouse, the teacher
would find the boy waiting for her, and
she tactfully gave him several lessons in
politeness, such as raising his hat to her
and other ladies, and assisting her over
bad places in the road She was begin
ming to feel that she might really make
something out of Tobias, when her efforts
OH his behalf received sudden check by
the receipt of the following note from his
widowed mother: "Maddum-I just want
to say that have heerd how you are car.
ryin' ON with my son lobe; and all I've
got to say is that he amt of marryin' age
an l am his gardeen! A word to the
wise ought to be sufishent." - Family
Herald
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
Aids tor Russla's Baltic Fleet.

Russia's Baltic fleet at present is mainly
supplied with English and German coal.
A movement is now On foot not only to
have the fleets fuel come from native
sources. but to make Lilau one of the
greatest coaling stations in the world and
a formidably fortified harbor for the Bal
tic feet as well. A special commission
Of imperial naval experts is now sitting
in the ministry Of the marine at st. Peters
burg discussing the coal question. It is
the consensus Of opinion in official cir
cles that the enormous coal fields Of Rus
sian Poland will before long make Rus
STA independent i'll regard to the mporta-
ton of foreign coal for use in the Baltic
feet. while the equally extensive coal
fields of Southern Russia will gradually
afford an ample supply for use in the
Black sea and volunteer fleets The COM
mission is also considering the practical
bility. of employing liquid fuel instead of
coal in war vessels. Large quantities of
the RESIDUAL products of Russian petro-
leum have already been successfully used
as fuel in st. Petersburg factories, and a
foreign mining engineer is now in that
city furthering the project Should his
efforts prove successful and the Russian
government reduce existing freight
charges. a decisive blow will undoubtedly
be given to foreign coal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
This Man Was Too Deaf.

A well-known public man, who is a
little hard of hearing, sometimes attempts
to save himself from annoyance by pre-
tending to be more deaf than he is. In a
public place one day he was approached
beeVe Was abeat to bore oe f him 9eS Wth 10
tale Of woe. The office-seeker said, in a
low voice which the others present could
not hear, Twill you please lend me $5?'
"What do you sayY' asked the public
man, in tone which he thought would
deter the applicant from repeating his re-
quest. But the stranger, in voice which
drew the attention of everybody within
hear bearing d e16 ex s, NED "Will you
was ashamed to refuse. "Why, yesv' he
said, and gave the man a $40 note. AS
he went away, the lender looked after
him, and said, with sigh, ''Td have
saved SIS if I'd heard him the first time!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
A Few Biblical Remarks.

The subsidiary humor in these pro-
phetlc illusions to women and their fl sh-
ions cannot escape attention, especially
where Ezekiel balloons being then for
gotten) calls the bloated sleeves pill
lows'-they being probably stuffed with
feathers, as the similar sleeves Of our
grandmothers certainly were. The numcr
of old Isaiah (grim as it may be) swclls
and growls with every added item of his
long inventory of feminine array and
raiment. And. notwithstanding its SOL
emn style and the obvious effort Of all
the translators to suppress everything
like levity in the original, there is still a
good deal of humor in our King James
version of the Bible The history Of
Jacob is full of diverting, if questionable,
sharp practice, but we laugh with JOY
when Laban bites the bitter. pa}ming off
Leah upon him for Rachel, and making
him serve seven years more for the lat
ter. Succoth refused to give bread to
the followers of Gideon. and jeered him ;
and in Judges we are quantity, told that
Gideon 'stook thorns Of the wilderness
and briers. and with them he taught the
men Of Succoth.' as a modern mother Of
the people teaches her errant boy with
a rod. In Judges, too, Samson propounds
his riddle to the men of Timnath: ''Out
of the eater came forth meat, and out Of
the strong came forth sweetness" His
wife wept the answer out of him. and
disclosed it to the men of Timnath;
whereupon Samson said, eff ye had not
plowed with my heifer, We had not found
out my riddle" One of Jobs friends calls
him "a man full Of talk" and, replying
to these friends, Job says, 'No doubt but
ye are the people, and wisdom shall die
with you"
Doctors of medicine are no new SUBJ
iects Of cutting remarks. In II. Chroni-
cles it is recorded of Asa that, being dis
eased; che sought not to the Lord, but to
the physicians. And Asa slept with his
fathers" To the same effect we find the
following in st. Mark: ''And a certain
woman had suffered many things of
many physicians, and had spent all that
she had, and was nothing bettered, but
rather grew worse. ''-William Cecil
Elan, ill., Lippincott's.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
GumbO for Ballast.

Some Of the Western railroads are maxi
ing extensive use, as ballast for their
tracks, Of gumbo, sort of clay found
in large quantities in that part of the
country, and declared to be the best pos
<sible material for that purpose after hay
ing been burned. With this in view, a
track is laid in a. field, sometimes mile
long, and, moving along this track, i'm
mense steam shovels take up the clay
from the trenches on either side; bed
Of old ties and other inhammable stuff
laid along the intended trenches is COW
cred with about one foot of the gumbo;
then followsa covering Of fine coal, which
is spread over the gulnbo several inches
thick, the steam shoveis, again travelling
the entire length of the kiln, throwing
up on top of the coal another foot of
the raw gumbo. This process continues
over and over again, the trenches getting
deeper and deeper and the kiln higher,
until depth Of ten or twelve feet is at
5tlined. At this stage the shavings and
kindlings which. have been placed be-
tween the old ties are set on fire, and
the burning continues until the material
takes. on q bright red color, when it is
the proper condition to be used for bal
=lasting. Gumbo also prevents the growth
nf syvan1S S57-s fE&5s Il s.s$gE-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
Ballet Girls Should be Spanked.

The wife Of a Well-knoWn senator took
her little daughter, a 4-year-old damsel,
to a matinee once this season to see
''Jack and the Beanstalk." a week or
so afterward she was discovered pirouet-
cheya i glass. Her father o reproved her r
and told her it wasn't pretty way to
do. Why" said the child, Il saw the
angels do it, ''The angels!' exclaimed
the father; ''why, whereY' "When NAM
ma and I went to heaven that day" said
the child. The father explained that the
fancied heaven was only the theater
they angel kS s iaee a st "a said
the father, "they were just girls The
child put on an air of intense disgust
"Well," she said, II fink they ought to be
taken home and spanked, cause they
wasn't dressed any more than angels
Washington Post.
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A Constant Eufergt:

been neuralgia of the stomach, which was
very painful, and exhibited all the symp-
toms of ordinary neuralgia, nervousness
ana indigestion. Physicians did her no
good whatever. She was discouraged
and abandoned all hope of getting we'll.
Finally, however, a certain well-known
pill was recommended (Dr. Willians'
Pink Pills for Pale People).
She supplied herself with quantity Of
them, and had not taken them two weeks
when she noticed marked improvement
in her condition. She continued taking
the pills until seven or eight boxes had
been consumed and she considered herself
entirely cured. She can now eat all kinds
of food, which is something she has not
oeen able to do for years, and is not trou-
bled | the least with nervousness.
IT any one would like to hear more of
the details of her suffering and relief
gained by the use of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People they may be obtain
60 probably, by writing the lady direct
She is one of our well-known residentsL
Mrs. Ellen A. Oderkirk, Paw Paw, III.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15

sit on this bench and keep himself from
1n e et e e floor by ea s On the The
where a guest may get cup Of coffee
and roll, with the privilege Of sitting in
n chair all night, for 5 cents. There is
the dormitory. for 10 cents, and still
better dormitory, where the propriet0rs
give a clean, comfortable bed and cup
of frst-class steamipg hot coffee with milk
and sugar and a big roll for Is cents
New York Letter to Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
How Could He Drive =?

They We're all so sorry when they gath
cred around the girl in blue! "We'ye
just heard of the accident that happened
last week. said the girl in gray. $50
very sad:' said the girl in dark-brown.
''The man who broke his leg was your
fiance-wasn't he?" asked the girl in the
picture" hat, anxious to be sure vi the
fact before becoming too demonstrative
i'll her expressions of sympathy. He
was" admitted the girl in blue ''Think
of IT. they all cried together. "a brok-
en- leg! How horriblc!' That's what l
thought" said the girl in blue denure-
ly, until George explained to me that
been worse?'' Eyes: suppose it was an
arm he couldn't use?'' They all said.
''Yes, yes. of course!" and the girl in blue
blushed a little moro deeply.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
Didn't Like the Fork.

She was not much more than 2 years
old, and she was having for the first
time a meal ally with the grown-"n people:
York Times, and she was consequently
much elated. She sat up in her high
chair with a knife and fork and napkin
in front Of her just like the rest of the
people.
But what was mammals surprise to
see her little daughter, after examining
carefully the table utensils, take up her
face all wrinkled up, and the tears IN
her eyes, as she cried:
II don't want a 'poon wiz Sits in it,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
! Packing Away C.o,t n, 3. :.

7 When the clothing is packed away.
sachet bags should be placed with It,
Powdered orris root makes Il most de.
lightful sachet, much resembling yiolets.
Sew It up i'll little bags of thin muslin.
and drop them in with the clothes. Dried
lavender flowers make another excellent
sachet, thC,:gh stronger than the orris
drug store and cost 80 or 40 cents n
pound: Sa!.e lemon peel and cut it into
tiny bits and dry thoroughly. When this
is done, reduce the bits to powder BY
grinding them i'll the kitchen coffee mill
Add to the powder two ounces Of ~ al
ounce and half Of powdered caravan
seed. mixing thoroughly To three ounces.
of oil sof bergamot add one and q half
drai,,s Of Oil Of lemon peel and ( pour d
few drops Of this a L q time on The pow
3dered peel aud seed. Is elightful powder
will be the result Put ID muslin bars
and place 81 with the makey
q itSt!pe md special II, m esant lachet.a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
Business Women as Wives.

1t has frequently been said that women
in business employments do not make as
desirable wives as their sisters who have
lived only domestic lives, but recent OBJ
server takes wholly different view of
the case. He holds that the effect of the
woman in business is not so much to the
advantage of the woman herself as to the
business man. Such woman has more
respect for him, more regard, more SYM
pathy::, She is altogether less likely vol
unfairly to impose upon him or inyolun-
taflly to harass and worry him. She has
been there, she knows how it is herself,
ana this personal experience and knowl-
edge make her more lenient and consid-
crate.
!, Every woman wage-earner worthy of
me name learns first, last and all the time
that success is only attained by close at
tentlon and single mindedness. The
woman who realizes this must also realize
that the same rule holds good of the bust
ness man. In present capacity of
daughter and sister, or in future ca
paelty as wife. she is certain to show such
Il Keen consideration for the business
dreamed of in the philosophy of the other
kind of woman
mere Is no danger of her husband
being besought to just stop on his Way
downtown. and attend some specially Sc
ductive special SALE or to leave his office
an hour or so earlier in order that he may
p prmg her home lot of samples" She
1t Is through this sort of thing that bust
ness interests are made to suffer and she
doesn't propose to let this knowledge NAV
her false. A woman's apprecia ton Of
business and business ways and means
mus mus lnsures domestic comfort; if condi-
tons warrant it, it benefits the business
man even more that il benefits tho hns;'
ness woman herself.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
Congressman Allen was Generous

In debates in the House of Repre-
sentatives the representatives OH either
side abuse each other like a lot of pick
pockets, but what they say is intended
and accepted in a Pickwickian sense.
Very often the hardest blows are struck
by the warmest friends. During the ter
rife encounter on the pension bill the 9th
err day the time was equally divided be-
tween the two parties, but the Republic
ans exhausted their time first. whereupon
William A. Stone of Pennsylvania, who
was in command of the majority. called
over to Mr.. Allen of Mississippi. who
was the leader of the minority-both of
them were throwing hot bricks at each
other-and said: II say. John. lend me
ten minutes?"
"All right" retorted Allen. Then, ad-
dressing the speaker, he said: Il yield
to the gentleman from Pennsylvania ten
minutes of my time. Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
Bill Could Describe 1t.

4 newsboy at one of our railway sta
tons was very much puzzled as to what
made the steam which issued from the
railway engine, says Spare Moments.
< Seeing learned-looking old gentleman.
pacing up and down the platform, he ac-,
costed him thus:
II say, mister, will you tell me what
steam is
Steam, my boy-steam, did yon say?,
Oh--er. steam is steam. of course"
The lad felt as wise as ever after re.
ceiving this reply. aud, seeing mate of
his coming toward him, he addressed him
With:
Bill, do you know what steam is ~
Why, Of course, do, Jack. It's q
bucket Of water all Of e sw@st, be ye-
Piled With snoring Oh.