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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14

try to do you harm. He will spend money
to worry you and will succeed i'll turning
one of your friends away from you--as
shown by the eight of hearts next 10 him.
He cannot. however. do you much harm.
though he will annoy You considerably
He will influence woman against YOU
and that woman will have it in her power
to annoy you. The position of the ace of
diamonds between the eight of hearts and
the seven of clubs (thc latter meaning
money in this easel tells that he will
spare no expense to worry YOU.
In fortune telling the even numbers
stand for females and the odd numbers
for males. except in the picture cards
when they take the sex shown.
We will next read the picture cards
The queen of diamonds. occupying so
prominent place at the right OF Your
Representative card. denotes that you
have femal> enemy who is powerful.
You will be robbed during the year and
by Il woman. She will take away a cen
siderable sum of money from YOU. and
will lose her friends by doing So. 1t will
be we'll known. The queen of hearts tells
of Il friend who will SymDathjZt with
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TELL YOUR OWN FORTUNE FOR 1898.


i'll luck that will haunt you during the
coming year.
Each card has its special significance.
hut in fortune telling this is greatly modi-
fed by the position i'll which the cards
| are placed.
After you have laid down the cards
| rs directed. count seven from your repre-
sentative card. which in this case is the
ace of clubs. You will come out at the
queen of hearts. Now read the first
chapter of your fortune for 1898.
You have a woman friend connected
with you by marriage. She is true as
steel and you can place your trust in her.
If the marriage has not already taken
place YOU can look for it. and you can be
sure of this true friends constancy after
she has become your relative. Trust her!
! Her presence next to the ace of hearts
tells you that she comes to YOU by mar
! riage. Now count seven again, keeping
| to the same order. skipping over to the
! left side of the line of cards now You
will come out at the nine of spades.
>. This is sad note: You will have
little sorrow in your lot during 1898. but
! this will be tempered by a snecial piece
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14

To tell fortune you must keep your
fingers clear of the pack. Select out the
ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine. eight
and seven of all four suits, but do not
handle the cards you throw away
Handling the cards below seven will
bring on sudden misfortune sufficient to
counteract the best good luck you ma
foretell.
You have now thirty-two cards. Shut
file them we'll and draw one from the
number as your representative
All! You have drawn the ace of clubs
The luckiest card in the pack. Let us
hope it's surroundings will not neutralize
it.
Lay it in the middle of the table and
lay seven cards each side of it. These
cards must be drawn by your own hand
and placed in order as drawn. The first
seven are placed at the right. the second
seven at the left, going from the ace.
Now it is time for you to understand
the meaning of the cards.
Clubs. whenever and wherever seen.
mean luck. good fortune, honor and pow
er. When l told Gen. Grants fortune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14
Found a Lot OF Silver.

Max Dukes, who lives in Baltimore
Hundred, Del, while cutting timber on
the farm, struck something that blunted
the sharp edge of his axe. He at once
went TO work to see what it was, and
soon discovered it to be large stone
buried in the ground. After working for
some time the stone was removed, and to
his surprise q large iron pot was hidden
beneath it, Dukes was not long in dic.
gng out the pot, and it was full of silver
money. He counted the treasure over,
and found that it amounted to $4,000. !.
. It is thought the money was buried
there by man who lived on the farm.
during the late war, and who was known.
to have considerable money, but his heirs.
never knew what he did with it,--Balti-5
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CHARITY IN FRANCE.
Society Women Nurse in Hospitals WI
LOAthROme N1Saases Ara TraataA

Society Women Nurse in Hospitals Where
Loathsome Diseases Are Treated.
Miss Anna l.. Bicknell writes of
"French Wives and Mothers" in the Jan
uary Century, the article being illustrated
by the eminent French artist, Boutet de
M0nvel. Miss Bicknell says:
Ladies' of the highest rank, who seem
the most engrossed by frivolous pleas
ures. will perform heroic arts of charity
IN the most unexpected manner. The
lnirmary for Cancerous Diseases. con-
tanning the most fearful and loathsome
examples of that repulsivc malady. is
have their fixed days of duty. when, each
in turn, they dress the wounds with their
own hands. The Duchesse Dues, one
OF the beSt-known leaders of fashion,
whose splendid festivities fill the chroni-
cles of the leading newspapers is one of
the most assiduous, showing an adroitness
i'll the exercise of her charitable functions
which induces her care to be particularly
desired by the patients.
l know great families who, when resid-
days in the week when the daughters of
the family dress wounds and sores among
the surrounding peasantry. The mothers
III such families repress energetically any
morbid sensibility which might interfere
with such duties. "What will you be fit
Ior Ill a1ter llIe II you cannot command
your feelngs?" I have heard said by a
venerable marquise who looked as if she
had stepped down from the frame of one
of the pictures in her chateau. may
quote another instance of lady in a
less high position, who took in wretched
begsar child on cold wintry night, per-
forming maternal offices as regards re-
moving the consequences of his neglected
condition which We're so repulsive that
her. physical strength gave way and she
was taken violently i'll in consequence.
On my praising her charity, she exclaimed
almost Indignantly: "What! when our
Lord washed the feet Of his disciples, you
would have me shrink from doing what is
necessary for 4 poor, wretched child,
merely through a feeling of disgust?"
| said nothing, but could not help
thinking how many would have left the
care to others.
1t must be acknowledged. however. that
by the side of acts of heroic charity there
is. saving exceptions, great lack of that
genial kindness which shows itself to
equals in any trouble by many little
friendly attentions in England and
America-the "cup of cold water of the
onSpnl
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True to His Name.

When the notorious forger known as
''Jim the Penman," on whose life n plav
was written some years ago, was trans
ported to Tasmania, he was ushered along
with the other malefactOrs into the Office
of the governor of the penal settlement.
and told to write his name on form sup
piled for that purpose. In those days ed
ucation was not as common as it is in
these times, and the official in charge
told Jim that if he was unable to write
he-the official-would write the name and
the forger could add his mark. With a
curl of his lip the forger remarked: IF I
couldn't write shouldn't be here, old
chap" and proceeded to sign his name.
whereupon the astonished functiol,ary
was so taken back that he apologized for
his remark.-San Francisco Wave.
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Palms ut Kew.

While acres of fertile soil are covered
with all the plants that can stand the
English climate. there are others from
more sunny climes that must have the
protection Of glass and heat. The palm
house, which accommodates the ferns
and palms of priceless value, is 362 feet
long, 100 feet broad and IS feet high
ture of it's kind, fitted up with all the
modern inventions to make plant life
strong aud vigorous. A spiral staircase
conducts the visitor to high room or
platform where all the exquisite green
cry aud graceful forests of plants can be
viewed. The view is a glimpse of fairy
l i yeritable Illusion of the senses
1rn,dsumner nights drea M George ii.
]. walsh ID u an1ary Lippincott 81,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14
The French Peasant.

The French peasant has an independ-
ent means of existence. He owns the
soil he tills If he employs laborers,
they. at least will own a house and gar
den, and hope to own plot. The Eng
fish villager is either small tradesman
Or a laborer. A garden which he cult
Yates but does not own is as a rule the
extent of his possessions. There are two
classes in an English village, and these
may be subdivided into various religious
sects. There is only one class in our
French commune-a fact which has a
material bearing npon the social economy
of the community. Every inhabitant Of
the commune is a proprietor of something.
and all are bent on saving, yet, with ali
their individualism, they combine for com
mon and mutual interest This is illus.
trated by the organization of the syndi-
cate for buying at wholesale prices. They
unite for the cultivation of the soil, lend
ing each other horses and making up
teams. Every commune has a field
which is common property, and where. on
payment of a trfling fee, animals Craze
After the harvest all the fields become
common property, and the gros betail and
the other betail are allowed to roam Mt
arge.-Contemporary Review.
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rutfle extends very high in the back and
Is indpscribahly rich i'll effect
The waist has Il vest Of the coral
caught under a belt of ypranum-r,d vel
vet. TIL" sleeves are of the red silk. and
over the waist is worn II very short tUlrr,,
Of the red silk. dotted with coral cut
l|nci with Gilt steel beads put on very
dclicattly.
The bolero is edged with the. tiniest of
blackhird feathers. and it is i,ordere.,,
around the throat and neck with a fine,
white ruching
This dress is made after recently i'm
ported! model AMI is one of th. most beau
tlful of the season. Helen Grpy-Pagp.
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Edwin Booth ma a Hu.ha,h

At this period the second Mrs. Booth.
always nervous invalid, began to show
signs of the mental lack of balance which
finally sapped her own life and almost
broke his heart. During her frequent
two families met in New York and in
London, sometimes she was very trying,
but l never knew him to show a sign or
utter word of impatience. He bore
meekly with everything she said and did.
made excuses for her, concealed her irri-
liability and her responsibility as much
as possible; he held her in his arms. as if
she were baby, for hours and nights to-
gether without murmur, and he showed
q devotion that hardly can be equaled.-
Laurence Hutton in Uarner's Mnra zinc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14
A. Scotch Story.

Lady Betty Cunningham. having had
some difference Of opinion with the par
ish minister. instead Of putting her usual
contribution in the collection plate. mere
ly gave stately bow. This having oc-
CURED several Sundays in succession.
the elder in charge of the plate at last
''ss rI dae VII H' Iess out:
and MAR O yer Siller. ma Teddy
Dining on one occasion at the house of
a nobleman. DR.. Chalmers happened to
repeat the anecdete. whereupon the host,
in a not over-well pleased tone. said:
Are YOU aware. DR.. Chalmers, that
Lady Betty is Il relative of mine?'
Il was not aware. MY lord replied
the doctor. but. with your permission. I
shall mention the fact the next time I
oil he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14
RObbing the Farmer.

"Here's some more of the horrible
work Of them blamed monopolists," said
Farmer Hayricks. as he hung his coat
over the foot of the bed. ..s2
Goodness. where?' asked his wife. =.
"Here's a sign what says Don't blow
folks burn it all night, So's to run ur,
their bills on 'em. Gosh. don know
what this country's conin tor Ieye-
land Leader,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14
RetrOspectfOn.

My heart liz with song tonight
Filled full to overlooking,
And, o! its burden Is the flight
or years, forever going
Departed ere the man has gained
A minimum Of power
And while the laggard soul Is chained
A victim to the hour
OF present joys and all that is
OF Idle dreams and wantonness.
l feel the force of mighty men
Within my being surging
And rouse myself with thoughts OF when
Will be its grand emerging
But, day by day. the years glide by
With dead ambitious teeming-
The hours mock me as they fly,
With widest, yainest dreaming,
And. O! my dearest fantasies
Become my darkest memories
Exchange
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14

!: \ Gossip for the Ladies y 8
.,1,,,.,.,,,l
A Bold, Had bug.

I am sitting by the river,
Where the waters dance and culver
12srt sss sas s sss are SINKING wsns
Till their melody Is ringing
', Through the trees.
Here together We sat cumming,
Eloise,
While we listened to the humming
And you said when l made money
AS the little bees made honey
l would be your solid sonny
o! you tease!
AS we sat beneath the willows,
Eloise,
Bosoms heaving as the pillows
or the seas,
Q! how fond the recollection
That by prudent clrcumspection
l was winning your affection
BY degrees.
All at once u scream went flying
Through the trees,
Seemed to shatter cen the signing
And the voice which erstwhlle charmed he
Now with pltying ring alarmed me,
Till the very blood that warmed me
Seemed to freeze!
What chill Of fear came DER me,
Eloise,
AS you threw yourself before me
On your knees.
AHu YOU Salu Il Dug tnat l0rm meant
Was between your back and garment,
And you begged the dreadful varmint
l would seize!
But my modesty was riven,
Eloise,
And my bushes ran up seven
Ty degrees,
And you called me craven coward,
EpithetS upon me ShOwered,
And alone left me embowered
Meath the trees.
So again here am sitting,
Eloise,
And the same old birds are fitting
Through the trees;
IN the same old way they're winging,
And the same old songs they're singing,
And the same old musfc's ringing
On the breeze.
but I've grown whole lot older,
II you please,
And I've certainly grown holder,
BY degrees,
And II now had occasion
| would stop that bugs invasion
without any hesitation,
Eloise.
E,vo,~
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A Wheelman'S Clock.

4 new method of reckoning time is re-
ported from Washington by way of the
Star:
''There is such a thing as becoming
too much devoted to the bicyclt.' said
Il young woman IL was riding with 4
friend of mine who demonstrated that
fact
Did she talk continually about the
wheei?"
NO. she didn't talk about anything
until I asked her if she knew what
the hour was She looked down at her
cyclometer and said we'd better hurry
home, as it was two miles and a quarter
past dnner-time."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14
Denver Evening Post.
A Fur J3lOuse.

Fur coats, while the most elegant
things in existence, are too expensive
for the slim purse, and often the woman
who has to divide her allowance be-
tween several members of the family.
does not feel as though she could ex-
pend $500 upon a jacket for herself.
The new coats, while largely in genu-
inc fur, are also very desirable made of
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how Horses Drink,

how Horses Drink.
Experience shows that horses must not
be allowed to drink freely before hard
riding or driving; but this too, is in keep
ing with their natural, or perhaps we
should say their acquired, habits when
originally wild: If, az is probably the
case, the wild horses lived in the Central
Asian steppes, like the kiang. or Central
Asian wild ass, water could never have,
been plentiful; and like the African ante
lopes and zebras, the originals of the spe-
cies probably drank only once in the
twenty-four hours, going to considerable
distance to obtain water. Another prob
able survival is the horses dislike to
drinking very cold water. 1t is common
~ said that horses like pond water and
dirty water. What they really like is
water with the chill off, cold s,rng water
disagrees with them. Moreover. they are
mighty particular as to the taste of their
drinking water. Some years ago one Of
several horses refused to drink his water.
and was at once pronounced to be ill
This caused inquiry, and it trauspired
that one of the children had washed u
guinea pig i'll the horses bucket. The
horse would not drink the guinea pigs
bath water In the same way, cows.
though less select in their choice of drink
ing water than is desirable for thoH.. who
consume their milk. dislike touching wa
yer from tuDS from which Il dog has
drunk, and will refuse it altogether if a
dog has bathed in it. The Turks always
allow their horses to drink as much as
they please and when they please; and
the Osmanli were always accustomed to
make long Journeys Oh horseback But
the more intelligent Arabs. than whom
no race except the English has paid more
attention to the subject, give their horses
little water-a practice they follow them
selves. A paste of -four, dates, little
water and camels milk is among many
tribes the staple food for the desert horse,
But we may say of him and his master.
'Ihe wilderness and the barren land are
his dwelling; he scorneth the multitude of
the city, He is born "abstainer," even
from excess i'll water drinking London
SDpct1tur
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14

an offer from the company twenty years
ago to cash the policy for $1,000, or pay
take the annuity, and now, at the age Of
W, has drawn from the company more
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14
The Origin of Pupbet Shows.

Inc puppet show is such an ancient in
stltutlon, and has been popular in SO
many countries, that it's origin is unite
obscured by the mists Of antiquity, An
tiquaries with chronological spe,tac les
have peered into this pristine fog and
dlscerned connection between the pupppt
show and religious observances! they have
established the fact that dolls and mario
nettes are closely related. and even adj
vanced the theory that the shadow pup
pets. used in many lands, denote time
when all the people saw of religious care
MONIES was the shadows of the sacred
priests cast upon the walls of the sacred
tent.
In classic Greece the puppet show was
a popular diversion. The pcripatetic show
man, known as a nevropaste, journeved
from town to town CARRYING his wooden
figures in box under his arm, and with
his booth strapped to his back, quite Ike.
his modern descendant who freUlents
English country fairs. The foibles Of h:;-
man nature furnished ample material fer
these ancient per ormances, and one can
readily imagine that the satire was Keen
and strong, if not exactly delicate.
The puppet show had it's patrons IN tie
time of EuriDides. and at Il later period
when Athens experienced the decadrncc
OF the drama, the wooden man ins
usurped the place Of the fiesh-aml-hlood
actors in the regular theater.
Socrates unbent his philosophic mind
OH one occasion to ask puppet show
man how he made living in such Il
manner. THE folly of men is an :Acx-
haustible fund of riches" sententionsly
responded the nevrQpaste. himself evil
IDENTIFY a philosopher despite his lowly STA
ton: land am always sure of filing Fly
purse by moving few pieces of wood. g
From 'Pupbets. Ancient and Moderll.' -
by Francis J. Ziegler, in Harbers Maga-
zine
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Compass Twists.

Experiments that have been made by
Russian and French sayants in connec-
tion with the remarkable DETECTION of
the magnetic needle over an immense
area in Central Russia have given curl
GUS results.
The observations were confined to the
strip Of country between Moscow and
Kharkov, a distance of about $50 miles.
The needle showed the greatest aberra
tons in the province of Kursk, where in
the north it was DETECTED 20 degrees.
One hundred and fifty miles southeast
ward the detection exceeded 96 degrees.
the needle pointing east and west, in
stead of north and south.
Engineers who are engaged building
railroads i'll that part of the country are
much interested i'll the experiments. They
speculate as to how the characterization
will affect the dura bilty of the rails.
1t is known that rails are usually more
dura BILE when laid north and south than
III other directions. the greater wear from
magnetism being when they are laid due
east and west.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14
Our Dav of Reckoning.

Moderation should be our watchword
if we are intent upon self-improvement
SO few of us women are ever moderate
in anything and certainly we fail to show
our sense in the management of those
physical aids that properly handled might
be blessing and not n curse.
There is a fad just now for electricity.
No.. l should not use the word fad, it
is all wrong. Nothing so frivolous should
be applied to this wonder-working agent
We are told, you know, that it is to sup
ply us some day soon with the fountain
of youth. Then how can we, as women,
treat it lightly?
very seriously, and yet any number of
bungling fingers are tampering with this
subtle agent. The result will be utter
disbelief in its curative powers unless
more care is taken not to fall into the
hands of well-meaning but ignorant oper-
atOrS.
1t only needs to start rumor of the
duclng toWheedle women into trifling with
electricity. They set up a battery at
home and then they start in to see how
far they can go in the way of treating
themselves, without experiencing unpleas-
ant consequences.
They actually bank on this power as
loop hole of escape from excuses that
might otherwise destroy vitality. They
are reckless in all matters of living be-
cause they expect to repair damages by
means of it. Moderation is thrown to
the dogs. 1t does not take the most stu
pld of us long to find out that science,
marvellous though it is, refuses to stand
sponsor for our blunders
. we run to drugs, and how we dose!
oomeDody advises purgatives to improve
a bad liver. We are not content with
moderate frnHfrnnnf orI Il
out? With Il ruined liver. If ever our
DOUBTS are settled as to lotions we imme-
diately go to an extreme in which the
SKIN pores are never allowed one hour to
throw Off unhealthy secretions. We are
literally plastered with creams. It is the
same WIN paint and powder. A delicate
flush that would be becoming deepens un-
til we blush lurid carmine for our lack
OF moderation.
Our powder puff is constantly welded
ana we buy powder that is villainous
because someone talks about dainty
slit of rice flour" rs skin refiner. If
ever we get hold of an eyebrow pencil we
proclaim to the world at large that we
are doctoring our brows.
met woman not long since who
started in to take quieting dose now
anu then for her nerves. / was as
founded when she told me of her utter
dependence upon drug for "go," as she
expressed it. Some day she will drop off
with paralysis of the heart She little
realizes she. is Fastening her doom by
utter lack of caution,
;, ! never tell women that cold water or
not water or tepid water is all right that
DO not expect them to soak away their
Ilyes. literally wash out every bit Of VI
tality they have. s%a F1!ew,SI am sure, ever
could be made to understand the sense Of
n q. eiessness q hat steals over my
spirit when I braveiy step to the. fore
With advice know IL Il IS accented
1naf atsWtA not BE- II moderation. Then