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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
AMERICAN GAME PICTURES,
For Decoration of Homes,

Probably at no time in the worlds his
tory has as much attention been paid to
the interior decoration of homes as at
present. No home, no matter how hum
bic, is without it's handiwork that helps
to beautify the apartments and make the
surroundings more cheerful. The taste
of the American people has kept pace
with the age, and almost every day brings
forth something new in the way Of pic
ture, a draping, piece Of furniture or
other form of mural decoration. One of
the latest of these has been given to the
world by the celebrated artist, Muville,
in series of four handsome porcelain
game plaques. Not for years has any
thing as handsome in this line been seen.
are American wild ducks, American
pheasants, American quail and English
snipe. They are handsome paintings and
are especially designed for hanging On din
ing room walls, though their richness and
beauty entities them to place in the
parlor of any home. These original
plaques have been purchased at a cost of
$4,000 by j. G. Hubinger Bros. Co., man {.
ufacturers of the celebrated Elastic
Starch, and in order to enable their num-
erous customers to become possessors OF
these handsome works Of art they have
had them reproduced by special process,
in all the rich colors and beauty of the
original. They are finished on heavy
cardboard, pressed and embossed in the
shape Of a plaque and trimmed with
heavy band of gold. They measure forty
inches in circumference and contain no
reading matter or advertisement what
ever.
Until Oct. / Messrs. J. C. Hubinger
Bros. Co. propose to distribute these
PLAQUES free to their customers. Every
purchaser OF three ten-cent packages Of
Elastic Starch, fIatiron brand, manufac-
tured by J. G. Hubinger Bros. Co., is en-
titled to receive one Of these handsome
plaques free from their grocer. Old and
new customers alike are entitled to the
benefits Of this offer. These plaques will
not be sent through the mail, the only
way to obtain them being from your gro
Ger. Every grocery store in the country
has Elastic Starch for sale. 1t is the old
est and best laundry starch On the market
and is the most perfect cold process starch
ever invented. 1t is the only starch made
by men who thoroughly understand the
laundry business, and the only starch that
will not injure the finest fabric. 1t has
been the standard for quarter of GEN.
fury and as an evidence Of how good it is
twenty-five million packages were sold
last year. Ask your dealer to show you
the plaques and tell you about Elastic
Starch. Accept no substitute. Bear in
mind that this offer holds good short
time only and should be taken advantage
of without delay. :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
Had an Accessory.

A darky was suing a railroad company
for damages-caused by the killing of his
COW, says the Atlanta Constitution.
There was strong suspicion that he had
purposely driven the COW on the track.
''Did you not drive the animal in front
of the engineer asked the lawyer for the
railroad.
"No, sub, didn't
"You'n swear you didn't?'
eyes, suh-teh times over 81
He won the ease, but as he pocketed the
check for his money, someone overheard
him say: - 80 -al 49, :.
dat wuz narrow escape had l tell
you; but l tot him de truth. 1t wuzn't
me what driv' de COW in front of de en-
CINE, but my brother-in-law. he de one
done it! | mighty glad dat lawyer stop
when he did, kase he was right in de
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
Try Both of Them.

The affinity of the open-hearted sailor
for good spirits was APPLY illustrated when
an old boatswain's mate, learning that his
former captain was in command of a shin
lying off the navy-yard, called to pay his
respects. After a moments conversation
the captain said: -!
".Well, Jack, Of course you'll have some
thing to drink Will you have some rum
or some punch or little brandy?''
II thank ye,s sir; much Obliged" said the
horny-handed son of the sea. II think /
will have little rum while you're mix
ing the punch, and take the brandy after,
ward. ION a Man-of-War," ...7
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
Two Hints.

Rev. D. Spencer of Florida :sketches
'cm a-comin' an a-gwine,' as the saving
goes. A Florida exchange has this per-
sonal note of him: "Rev. D. Spencer, a
missionary Baptist of Florida, will visit
this county from the 10th to the last of
this month and preach to the people: in
their church if desired; -also will treat
any chronic sore or cancers on very rca-
sonable terms" y. The above, remarks
Herald, is in line with the announcement
Of a Georgia brother, who informs rs:
II will be, in Whitsett, Providence ,,er-
hitting, oh June II, to prepare the dying
for the next world and to comfort ti1eliv-
ing in the faith. will stop with Brother
Green at the Forks, where dill remeHl-
brances may be left" .5.~'*5EE e:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
OF Great Importance to You.

Every man, woman and child in Wis
consin and Northern Michigan is remind
ed of a fact of Importance and great in
terest to each and every one: 1t is the
opening, in Milwaukee, on September 10
of the Milwaukee Exposition, which will
continue in daily operation for five weeks
It is also fact of interest to all that
the extensive preparations show that this
will be by far the greatest exposition ever
held in Wisconsin. Every foot of space
In the vast building has been engaged by
exhibitors, and among the most wonderful
displays will be an especial exhibit of
electric and mechanical wonders. There
will be nearly 200 separate exhibits. in.
PRODUCING all the latest scientific, mechan-
ical and automatic devices of value and
use i'll human existence. The railroads
will sell excursion tickets from all parts
of Wisconsin and Northern Michigan, on
Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays dur.
ing the exposition, at a rate of fare and
third for the round trip. these tickets
to be good for return until the following
Mondays in each case
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
Jack Stra,y's Castle.

Jack StraW's castle, on the heights Of
Hampstead, is in process Of transforms
ton at the hands Of the builders. Here
Dickens came for Well-cooked chop ard
"a bottle of good wine after rambIe on
the Heath. Washington Irving intro
duces the inn in his "TaIes Of a Tray-
eler,' and it has always been hosiery
beloved Of artists. Here, too, the old
Courts Lect were held. As matter of
fact the ancient face of the Castle hotel
is to be preserved, but the interior will be
entirely changed, the low rooms and bar
being replaced by loftier apartments aud
q modern buffet. ss5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
Quite an Inducements,

An Indiana grocer prints the following
in his circular addressed to patrons: NO
tice is hereby given that if you will come
e my ser sn three rtb tines day drrg The
Ky each time, paying 10 cents d drink. at
the end of the year 1 will donate i've bar:
rels Of my best Hour, 100 pounds of fine
graduated sugar, 100 pounds of rice, 1C
pounds of coffee, 10 gallons of syrup, SO
yards of calico, pairs. of SHOES, one
$1,000 cloak for your wife; and then /
will have $40 left to pay for the liquor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
The Harvesting of Corn.

This is all through the Northern states
the. month when frost may be expected
earlier or later in the month, says the
American Cultivator. Corn must be har.
vested before that time or the bursting
Of the sap in the leaves will admit all
and cause the leaves to be discolored. II
il very hard to keep corn stalks after
the leaves have been frozen even slightly
The effect, as some farmers have de-
possibly not far from good scientific
definition Of what happens, for bacteria
iii vegetable tissues is the cause of poison
Gus fermehts.
1T lis d great surprise that so little i'm
provement has been made iii corn har'
vesting machinery. -Four or five years
ago a Kentucky farmer, named John
Armstrong, invented corn harvester
which was said, tt be d sHceess. Bit we
have heard nothing aboiit it sihce. I'm
til this year, however; Western farmers
chiiery of amy kind, and the invention
may be really meritori0us, though so lit.
tie has been said about it. -
Many farmers who have reaping ma.
chinery cut their corn with a reaper
throwing off the bundles the same as is
done with small grain. But this is al.
ways very unsatisfactory. The bundles,
green and full OF sap, are thrown on the
ground, where they must lie until bound
and built into small stocks, putting seven
to nine up against each other, 80 as to
give support, and binding closely ut the
top. But il a wet TIME comes; these
stalks will rot where they are bbttnd iii
the middle IF each bindle: More or less
of the corn will be moldy. Unless Mr..
Armstrong; machine or sonic 0thet
proves successful; we shall prefer the Gid
way of cutting by hand and setting up in
small stacks as fast as CUT: OF our East
ern Flint varieties twenty-five hills are
enough to make a stock. The Western
farmers have stocks much larger than
this. The result is that much of the
Dent corn is spoiled by rains before cold
weather comes to dry it out. Only ex-
perienced cutters should be employed.
Any man can swing a corn cutter and
put the corn in some kind Of stocks. II
is very important that the amount Of cut
stalks should be nearly equal on eacl
side. Then it will stand up better. If a
stock once ..lops down. from too heavy
bulk Of stalks OH one side, much Of the
value Of both stalks and feed is lost il the
corn Is not husked quickly. Much Of the
corn grown In the East is now put into
the silo. It makes very heavy work
handling the stalks. After they get in
the cutting box the steam power used
for cutting will also run carrier to get
the stalks out Of the way after they are
c,,t 4&.L 81. .sf=Et
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
swalIowed q NeedIe and DIED.

A tailor accidentally swallowed nee
die and died as result of the infamma-
ton. Little things frequently have great
power, az is seen in a. few doses Of the
famous Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which, however, has an entirely different
effect: The Bitters make nervous, weak
and sickly persons strong and well again.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
Curios from the klondike.

Mrs. Alice Palmer Henderson of Chica-
sc. who was On the Jury OF Ethnology
during the Worlds fair. has recently re-
turned from a trip through the klondike
country. She has brought back with her
many curios, trinkets, clothes and cary
ings.
Among other things she has .''parka,
composed entirely Of breasts of looms; this
is a kind of hooded cape. 1t is a pale
gray. and the commandment of the Bear
the hestknown of the Arctic revenue-scrv-
ice boats, says it is the finest specimen of
the kind he has ever seen. She has also
two dolls: one of them is made of the
fossil ivory of the hairy elephant, which
is salt 10 hay: become extinct some $780,
GOD years or so ago. The doll is about
eight inches high and Dr. Sheldon Jack
son, the United States commissioner of
education for Alaska, pronounces it the
finest specimen he has ever seen. He
has used all his powers of elequence to 81
cure it for his Sitka collection. but in vain.
Mrs. Henderson has recently published
a book on her klondike experiences, called
''The Rainbew's End She is a great
traveller: has visited the homes of the
cliff-dwellers, and next year it is her pur-
pose to so into Siberia in order to continue
her researches of ethnology.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
Again I,econciIed to the King.

4 traveller who has just returned from
Athens says, according to the London
World, that, strangely enough, the
Greeks. who not so long ago were shout
ing their favorite cry OF Down with the
King! Out with his right eyev' have now
returned to the most aggerated loyalty,
and King George has never enjoyed SO
much popularity since he came to the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
Shake Into Your Shoes,

ze Aliens Foot Ease, "A .powder. for the
feet. 1t cures painful, swollen, smarting
feet and Instantly takes the sting out of
corns and bunions. It's the greatest COM
fort discovery of the age. Aliens Foot
Ease makes tight-ftting or Few shoes feel
easy. 1t is certain cure for sweating
callous and hot, tired, nervous, aching
feet Try it today. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. BY mail for 25c in
stamps. Trial package FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy. N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

Where to Buy Your Piano.
Write for our special price-list. We
sell the finest pianos at manufacturers
prices New uprights from $3.50 up.
The S. A. Mondschein Piano Co,
Alb Broadway Milwaukee, Wis
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
Moving Pasture and stubble.


Mowing pastures is work that in many
cases ought to be done, but more times
i ls decided, not to do it. To get out of
9 job of work is what many are looking
Tor, so to let the moving of the pasture
go gives little relief in some ways. and
then we console ourselves by thinking if
we NOW the weeds in the pasture we
might cut off some punches of grass that
VIII be wasted, and as the supply is scant
there Is none to waste. Then there will
he the weed stubs to prod the noses of
the. stock. says Wallace's Farmer, and
perhaps the stock will eat some Of the
weeds if we let them alone, and then, too,
the few weeds that remain, BY winter
VIII act as protection to the grass by
holding some snow that may come. So
the details are carefully gone over and
the conclusion is arrived at that we will
not NOW the pasture. But reader, did
you ever notice that when one does not
wish to work he can find many reasons
to- support his theory? Not all pastures
need moving. Land that has been in
pasture for some time should be we'll
sodded oyer and there is very little chance
Tor weeds to gain a foothold. But the
newer pastures will have some weeds
and these should be cut at such times of
year as will prevent them ripening their
seed and soon we are rid of them and
have good looking pasture. And the
same will apply to stubble fields. Where
there is weed growth they should. be
moved. Last spring was very favorable
for weed growth during the early grow
ing period of the; oats, and what got
started then got up enough so they were
cut off by the harvester, and this, with
the absence Of rain since harvest, has
caused but scant fall growth of the
weeds in the ,stubble fields. For some
years l have moved the worst part OF
the stubble fields, and when I put them
where the moving had been done by the
absence of weeds. l always seed all land
soWn in small grain as it is required te
keep up the rotation. Other years il
| looked hard to NOW off the clover in the
| stubble that was ten inches high ant
| blossoming, but still I do not think il
hurts it any; it just stimulates it to bette,
growth. If bunch of clover is allowed
| to. 20 to seed it seems to have filled it.
mission, lays aside activity and does not
grow much more, while if the top is cut
off it realizes something more is wanted
Of it and it awakens to newness of life
sends out roots in new directions; new
| foliage appears and all goes OH gaily
The protection the standing stubble ant
weeds afford the young grass may b,
something, but if left standing they viii
be gathered in with the next hay crop
while when moved the rubbish and clip
| pings as mulch are a great benefit t,
the young grass. and then they are out O
the way of the next hay crop. And tn
neat appearance of the field after it i
! moved will we'll repay the tidy farme
/ for the trouble of doing it,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
J, So Near and Yet So far

The story recently printed in the Pitts
burg Dispatch about the reciprocal solici-
stude of Gladstone and John Bright as to
each others mental condition after their
estraDgement recalls this parallel to
writer in the New York Evening Post:
Hiram Barney, collector Of the port Of
New y ork during the war, and the late
Mr.. Clifford, the famous lawyer. had been
warm friends for many years, but as they
grew old had lost sight of one another.
though their offices were but few blocks
apart. |ss: 81 B IA
Mr.. Barney was applied to for advice by
q young friend who wanted to make the
law Of patents a speciality, and gave him
a letter to Mr.. Clifford firm, remarking
that his old friend, who had been very
eminent in that branch. was dead, but
that doubtless Mr. Giffords son would
advise him. The young lawyer presented
the letter and waited in the outer office.
& In few minutes fine old gentleman
none other than the elder Mr.. Clifford him
self-ap peared, and said: II take it this
letter is from a son of my old friend Mr.,
Barney 10. Z said the young man, 81
is from Hiram Barney himself. . IVY III. =
said Mr.. Clifford, I /. thought he was
dead = 6
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

biscuits made of 100 parts of wheat
flour, thirty-three parts Of gluten. and a
small quantity of fat, then dried in an
oven and smeared with sugar syrup, is
now part of the French soldiers rations.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
A Divers Feat.

Few people are aware of the immense
weight which a diver carries with him
under the water. Two divers of Detroit
recently became involved in an argument
with that as basis, and one of, them
offered to bet the other $50 that he could
not walk from the Solway Process plant
in that city to the city hall in two and a
half hours with his feet incased in diving
shoes weighing 241 pounds each. The
bet was promptly taken and the expert
ment begun. The diver accomplished the
feat and had thirty-five minutes to spare,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

In plea for preservation of Black
more's Lynton and Lynmouth district, in
Devonshire, from railroads, the Westmin-
ster Gazette asserts that not long ago ff-
ty-two artists were counted at work in
tho snace of Two miles =. 80
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

A large part of Cuba is occupied by
impenetrable forests, not more than 10
per cent. of the island being under cult
yatiOn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

Piso's Cure for CONSUMPTION is our
only medicine for coughs and colds
Mrs. G: Beltz, 439 9Th ave-, Denver.
COL, Nov. %, '05.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
September Storms.

There is always likely to be high winds
in September, because it is in this month
most rapid. After the 21st there will be
+ more night than day everywhere north of
the equator. So it is not wholly "super-
stition'' that causes farmers to speak of
.tseqninoctial storms" They would much
better use the words September. and
March storms tathets. than the word
equinoctial, for such st0rins may come
normal seasons postponed into the next
month.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

r. When the scalp s annoyed with dandrun, Glenn's
Sulphur Soap will be found an infallible remedy.
hill's Hair and Whisker Uye, black or brown, SOC.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
Lane,s Family Medicinf

1WNO y II 011111y U1C91CtH0
Moves the bowels each day. In order
TO be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures
sick headache. Price, Is and Soc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

Mrs. "inslOw's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflammation,
al1ays pain, cures wind collie Csc q bottle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

wAETED.-Case OF bad health that R-I-P-A-N-s will
not benefit. Send cents to Ripans Chemical Co.
New York, for 10 samples and loo testimonials.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

in South America there is race of
cats which does not know how to new.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16
Proud or II.

Here is another excerpt from ..Collec-
tons and Recollections, BY One Who Has
kept a Diary, just printed in Eng
land: a story of d highway robbery
which excited me when was a boy .yvas
died IN 1916. J He had always declared
that anyone might without disgrace Be
overcome BY superior mum bers, but that
he would never surrender to d single
shighwayman. As he rms crossing Houns-
low heath one night on his way from
1erkeley castle to Londo his trsyelinf
carriage was rped by d ma son horse
.Daek ne put q N se II # tAs sladpgg|
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

- If the Prussian conscription were ap-
piled in India, England would have $500.
600 regular soldiers actually in barracks,
with 100000 recruits coming up every
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

The American Bible society has sent
$500 Spanish New Testaments to Santi-
ago Cuba. III @~*@
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

Some one has exported ton of Irish
turf for an Irish fair at San Francisco.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

American pu'p-making machinery is
gaining considerable Roadway in Scandi-
nayia,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist today and get
a sample bottle free. Sold in 2j and so.
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan.
gerous. -. = *: g.,
The coalmasters of South Wales have
declined to admit the intervention of Il
conciliator in any way in their dispute
with their GOLFERS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-16

Theatrical companies in Mexico must
play everything they advertise or pay a
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Halls Catarrh Cure

Is a constitutional cure. Price IS cents
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SeaninrsA, Apples,

eepinHs Appless
Es All meet inK OF the Missouri Valley
culkuy1 4 slociety Secretary aoodlnan
III h@ kI1 from 3O00s ia AO0O bush
d q l| y celia. 4 tr q
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