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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
Poultry Notes.


Sunflower seed improves the gloss of
the plunage.
Introduce new blood among the poultry
once a year.
BuckWheat. oatmeal and milk are good
for lay Ing hens.
Give lime for growth of bone and for
cggshell material.
"A little cayenne pepper in the food often
stimulates laying.
Good leghorn hens may be kept until
they are five years old.
The usual chses of roup are cold, damp
ness and exposure.
A laying hen should have her food and
drink at regular intervals.
DO not winter late pullets that have
failed to make good growth.
If the hens show ali inclination to pull
feathers feed them salt pork.
1t is essential that confined fowls he
supplied with plenty of gravel.
Intelligent management and feeding are
rs necessary with chickens as with other
stock.
Corn is fattening food, but can nearly
always be given at night to good advan-
tagc.
The best geese for feathers are the
Embden, for the reason that they are en-
tirely white.
Cornmeal fed to poultry will be the bets
ter if mixed with boiling water, which
partly cooks it.
Common sand is poor substitute for
gravel. 1t Is neither coarse enough nor
sharp enough to answer the purpose.
Keep the hens with a reasonably sharp
appetite, and they will lay more eggs
which will hatch better and produce
stronger chickens-St. Louis Republic.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
HABITS OF THE CT.
Its Actions Show 1t 10 a Solitary Ami.
mai by Nature,

IT. Actions Show 1t 10 Solitary Ami.
A.. NAL by Nature.
All the cats habits show it to be by ma
tnre 4 solitary, animal. Even in early
life, when family ties bring out the in
stinct of association, this is apparent. If
you compare the play Of puppies with
that Of kittens you will find that in one
case companionship of some kind is an
essential, for if puppy has 10 playmate
Of his own species he will try to make
use Of the nearest biped; whereas a cork
or bit of string is all that is necessary
to satisfy the requirements of the kitten.
The way In which the cat takes it's food
Is sure sign that in it's natural state it
is not in the habit of associating with
greedy companions.
When given something to eat it first
carefully smells the morsel, then takes it
in deliberate and gingerly way and sits
down to finish it at leisure. There Is
none of that inclination to snatch hastily
at any food held before it which we OBJ
serve even in well-trained dogs, nor does
q cat seem in any hurry to stow it's goods
in the one place where thieving rivals
cannot interfere with them. Indeed, no
greater contrast in natural table manners
can be observed anywhere than when we
turn from the kennel or the pigsty and
watch the dainty way in which cat
takes its meals. That a cat allows Deo-
pie to approach it while it is feeding with
out showing jealousy proves that it does
not attribute to human beings like tastes
with It's own.-Wild Traits in Tame Ami
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
Farmera' Alliance.

To the Members of the Farmers ALL
ance and Industrial Union: have made
careful investigation from the best
sources Of reliable information about
the Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co.'s
Remedies, and found that they were
giving good satisfaction. l therefore
our members to say that believe that
the claims made by the company for
their remedies will be fully realized by
those who will give them fair and rea-
sonable trial. Yours fraternally, Jno.
G. Hanley, Business Agt. F. A. & 1. U.
st. Paul, Mimi, Oct. %, 1898.
The wonderful success that has at
tended the Introduction of IS DROPS
is unprecedented in the history of the
world. Think Of 1t! It has cured more
than one million and quarter sufferers
within the last three years. This must
appeal to you! One million and quar-
ter people cannot all he mistaken. II
suffering from Rheumatism, Sciatica,
Neuralgia, Backache, Asthma, Catarrh,
Sleeplessness, Nervousness, Nervous
and Neuralgia Headaches, Heart Weak
ness, Earache, Group, LaGrippe. Mala-
ria, Creeping Numbness, Bronchitis and
kindred diseases, send 25c to the Swan
son Rheumatic Cure Company, 167
Dearborn street, Chicago, ILL.,, and they
will send you by return mail trial
treatment or a large bottle, 300 Doses
prepaid by mail or express for $1.OO. Nc
household should be without this grea,
remedy Is Drops" Agents appointed
In new territory.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
sOLITuDE.

=
It Is not that my lot Ii low, szs..s
Ihat bids the silent tear to flow:
It Is not grief that bids mo moan, ~
1t Is that am all alone. 8. = =
In woods and glens love to roam, s., !
When the tired hedger hies him home; ;.
Ut by the woodlands pool to rest, r7a5#
Wheh pale the star looks on Its breast.
Yet when the silent evening slghs
WITH hailow'd airs and symphonies,
NY spirit takes another tone, 800. .
And stghs that 1t Ia all alone.
The autumn leaf Is scar and dead,
It floats upon the waters bed; .. D.
! would not be a leaf, to die
Without recording sorrows sigh!
The woods and winds, with sudden vail,
Tell all the same UNMARRIED tale;
I've none to smile when 1 am free,
And when l sigh to sigh with ME.
Yet In my dreams a form view.
That thinks on ME, and loves me too;
| start, and when the Visions flown,
l weep that am nil alone.
II far from me the Fates remove
Domestic peace, connubial love,
The, prattiing ring, the social cheer,
Affections voice, affectton's tear,
Ye sterner powers. that bind the heart,
To me your iron aid impart!
o teach me, when the nights are chill,
And my tire-side Is lone and still;
When to the blaze that crackles near,
I turn a tired and pensive ear,
And Nature cOnQuering bids me sigh
For Loves soft accents whispering nigh,
Q teach ME, on that heavenly road
That leads to Truths occult abode,
To wrap my soul In dreams divine,
TIL earth and care no more be mine.
Let blest Philosophy impart
Her soothing measures to my heart;
And while with Plato's ravish'd ears
list the music Of the spheres,
Or on the mystic symbols pore,
That hide the Chald's subliMer lore,
l shall not brood on summers gone,
Nor think that l am all alone.
Henry Kirke White.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
Canine Winter Costumes.

Fashions winter colors are, according
to reliable authority, to be the same for
the coverings of the canine pet as for
his mistress. Materials, too, are to be
the same, and the ''mode" for dogs are
definitely settled.
Pearson's Magazine describes an inter-
view with NJ. Vivier, the Partisan dog
tailor, who says that he has to ascertain
exactly what is to be the fashion of wom-
ems wraps, etc, even to the collar, and
then cuts the dogs garments accordingly.
He says dogs are harder to dress than the
most capricious women, and that ready
made garments are impossible and cannot
be kept in stock. Each dog has his own
pattern, but has to be fitted many times,
and because of this the cost of a dogs
clothing is considera BILE
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
Both for $3.50
PIANISTS PRACTICE TOO MUCH.
Josef Hoffman, Says Too Much Work
Stupefies the Student.

"While studying with Rubinstcin. Jo-
SET Hoffman, practiced three hours day
writes Mary b. Mulett of the famous
pianist, in the Ladies' Home journal
''He believes that most students make the
mistake of r-practicing. When he
came to this country the first time he was
practicing an hour day. For two years
after his return to Germany he rracticed
two hours day. During the next two
years he averaged four hours daily, and
after that. until he went to Rubinstein,
six hours daily. This he regards as ex-
cessive.
"'One's mind grows stupid and con-
fused Hofmann says, and ones fingers
follow the confusion of the brain. An
other mistake of young pianists is that
they Use too much force in practicing.
One should play just hard enough to keep
the fingers and wrists from Sctting, stiff.
One is not aiming for artistic results as
one does in concert playing. 1t is the fin
gers which need constant practice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
Save the Soft Corn.

At this season most farmers who grow
corn have much that is soft and Is diff
cult to keep well. So it ID fed out rather:
scriminately to hogs, poultry or cows.
or whatever else will eat it. Only the COW
can get much good out of it. She swallows
the corn cob and all, and then re-niasti-
Gates II. mixing the grain with the juices
of the cob, which are then sweet ana a nj.
tritious. no animal that does not chew
the ctid should be fed soft corn. 1T will
sour in the st0machs of hogs and horses
giving them sore teeth and neutraiixinn,
.no e Ct the good its lltion might other.
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Opening Cows, Teats.

Fora cow that is hard to milk, writes
correspondent of the Practical Farmer.
take three-cornered file and grind it
BIG of an: inch wide, like an awl. Dull
and smooth the point so it will enter the
hole in the teat; push it carefully into the
teat us far as it will so and the work Is
done. The milk will scatter ut. first, but
will soon COME all right I have a COW
that had one Of her teats so nearly closed
that it took~a half hour to milk it..
opened it In this way and it has been all
right since A neighbor opened all the
teats Of one Of his cows in this way and
it proved to be a success. u. ->zt1zG .1S.ss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25

it all troubles have gone. My monthly
sickness used to be so painful, but have
not had the slightest pain since taking
your medicine. I cannot praise your
Vegetable Compound too much. My
husband and friends see such change
in me. I look SO much better and have
some color in my face" a
Mrs. Pinkham invites women who are
i'll to write to her at Lynn, Mass, for
advice. which is freely offered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25

Women cyclists find progress difficult
in the streets of Cairo, unless they are
preceded on foot by dragoman, who
clears way by the aid of q very serv-
iceable. stick, which is used freely and
indiscrlninfitely Oh the obstructing don
keys, dogs and children.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
A GIobe-Trotting emperor.

i Emperor William Of Germany is the
greatest globetrotter in Europe. During
1897 be travelled p 100 miles and visited
will exceed this record. The Emperor
has secretary who keeps d logbook Of his
peregrina lions and also q record Of bis
sports Inst year he spont ffty-seyens
days in hunting and killed with his own
rifle or shotgun 1854 pieces Of game, large
and small, birds and animals, and caught
094 fish S.5 7&$s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
What Do the Children Drink -?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
qRAIN-O? II is delicious and nourish-
ing, and takes the place of coffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains,
and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades of coffee, but costs
about n as much. ALI grocers sell it. 15c.
and 25c.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
Bismarck's Character.

What shall we conclude as to Bismarck
himself, asks William Roscoe Thayer in
the Atlantic. The magnitude of his work
no man can dispute. In type, Bismarck
belongs with the Charlemagnes, the
sCromwells, the Napoleons; but, unlike
them, he wrought, to found no kingdom
for himself; from first to last he was
content to be the servant Of the monarch
whom he ruled. AS a statesman he pos
sessed in equal mixture the qualities of
lion and of fox, which Machiavelli long
ago declared Indispensable to prince.
He had no scruples. What benefited
Prussia and his king was to him moral,
lawful, desirable; to them he was inflexi-
bly, loyal; for them he would suffer pop
ular odium or incur personal danger. But
whoever opposed them was to him an EN-
envy to be overcome by persuasion, craft,
or force. discern in his conduct toward
enemies no more regard for morality than
in that of Mohawk sachem toward his
from motives Of policy: he might perse-
cute them, not to crafty thirst for cru
city, but because he deemed persecution
the proper Instrument In that case. His
justification would be that it was right
that Prussia and Germany should hold
the first rank In Europe. The world, as
he saw it, was Il field i'll which nations
maintain pitiless struggle for existence,
and the strongest survive; to make his
nation the. strongest was. he conceived,
his highest duty. An army of puny-
bodied saints might be beautiful to a
pious Imagination, but they WOULD fare ill
in an actual conflict with Pomeranian
grenadiefs.
Dynamic, therefore, and not moral
were Bismarck's ideals and his methods
Bismarck saw both a definite goal and
the road that led to it. He held. that by
blood and iron empires are welded, and
that this stern means causes in the end
less suffering than the indecisive compro.
misses of the sentimentalists. Better, he
would say, for ninety-nine men to be di.
rected by the hundredth man who knows
than for them to be left prey to theil
own chaotic, ignorant and internecine
passions. Thus he is the latest repre-.
sentative of type which tlourished in
the age when the modern ideal of popu.
lar government had not yet risen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
Curing a Kicking Horse.

A kicker is failure on the farm, If
not cured of the habit. They not only
injure themselves, but other animals and
sometimes their owner. They may be
cured by swinging in iron bar or pine
across the stall door. Drive stable
about five or six feet from floor on eac:,
side of stall; tie rope in each and swing
bar at ends about foot from foor, Of
high enough to strike horse about hooks.
He can kick this to his hearts content
and not hurt himself, as it will swing
out of the way. lin weeks time he will
not notice anything touching his heels.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
FARM AND GARDEN.

Summer Rain.
o grateful wine or every patient bloom,
Pale prlestllke cleanser OF unlOvely stain,
Subtle dlstlller Of divine perfume. zzE
Soft Mel0tlist-O delicate Summer rain!
Happy a. yOnder happy beech was !,
That shlverel with y0luptuOus ectasy,
Aud breathed warm gratitude In whispers
Il low - 3s eS i " !s%s.IseS&g. s+% 5@e E}s=
When thy delicious GOODNESS silver keen
The fever Iuenchetl OF every leaf and bough;
The freshness strange and holy Kindness
stole,
Quickening Its dying blooms and languld
green..4lS z3Sz% -" E1E$ b
Now thou art gone, thy gracious task COM
And like naiatl issuing from a strealn,
Her smooth. wet limbs bright In Il sudden
Her parted lips and eyes divinely sweet, .
Full Of immortal youths undying DREAM
The earth appears. A deeper crimson xl0ws
In the rich bosom, Of the dripping rose.
From leaf and DOttgh Of yOn0er happy beech
Large twinkilnH rainjrops slip, =
Large raindrops sparkle down the ripehing
And trem6le on the roppy,s dropping lip;
While the long sunlit breekes fresh TINT pass
Over yoh tlistnht fields Of waving grass
Feed soul and sense with precious doors
blown
From the deep heart of dreaming forests old,
From peaceful meadows, verdurous valleys
lone,
And uplallls wandering into western gold.
Rudolph Resier III Literature.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
Incompatible Value of Art schools

Incompatible. Value of Art Schools.
The most important channel through
which the wise and the unwise wisdom of
the time can influence, strengthen and in
hibit the creative power Of urt,. Is art edu-
cation III the schoolroonh saSs Prof. Hugo
Muensterberg III the Atlantic. Millions
of children receive there the strongest
decisive Influence for aesthetical attitude,
millions of children have there the most
immediate contact. with the world Of the
visible arts. and mould there the SENSE
of refinement, of beauty, of harmony.
Surely the drawing teacher can have an
incompar able influence on the aesthetic
spirit Of the country, far greater than
criticists and millionaire purchasers.
greater even than the, professional art
schools. The future battles against this
1colntry's greatest enemy, vulgarity, will
be fought largely with the weapons which
sths draw wing teachers supply to the masses.
Whoever has attended their meetings, or
examined the exhibitions of schoolroom
sWork, knows that they do not lack en-
thusiasm, industry, and that their I'M
;portance in the educat ional system crews
rapid ~ z 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
TRY Grain-O! TRY Grafn.O!

Ask your Grocer today to show you
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The chill
dren may drink it without injury as we'll
as the adult. All who try it, like it:
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress. "A the price OF
coffee. 15c. and 25 cts. per package. Sold
nv all prOcerS.
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The american Boy" Battleship.

The american Boy Battleship.
Every American hopes our school boys
VIII succeed in their efforts to raise 3d.
oO,oOO to be used in building battle
snip. 1t costs great sums to build war
snip, but you can build up your health
with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters at small
expense. This remedy is for all stomach,
liver and bowel disorders.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
Brought the Cat from Ireland.

The first Irish cat ever brought to this
country by an immigrant arrived recent
" on the Cunard liner Seryia, aud natur-
ally enough the fact that an immigrant
should take the trouble to bring such a
possession 1000 miles or more attracted
considerable attention among the barge
office officials. The Immigrant who left
home and country behind, but who would
not leave. the cat, was Mrs. Mary O'Sulli-
van, of. Ballybunion, County Kerry. Ire
land. In talking of her affairs, and in
cidentally the cat, Mrs. O'Sullivan said
yesterday:
''Sure, me darling, Oh hated to lave the
ould sod, but Ireland is now a poor coun-
try, an thot's no loi. Still Oh hated'to give
it up, but me childer are all in America,
so Oi hev come over to spind me last
days wild them. Oi was sad indade whin
Oh had to lave the ould cabin that Oi was
born in, an me mother afore me, but OF
couldn't bring the, cabin wild me, SO OF
did the next best thing, an OF brought the
kitten, You know Oi couldn't lave the
poor thing behint me. as the neighbors
wouldn't care for puss loike Oh hev done.
An SO here she is, as good mousetrap
as wuz liver invented. Oh hope yez hev
no laws agin furrin kitten in this country,
because she is -well-mannered, an
wouldn't harm no one" a.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25

There is one thing that does not mind
the weather, and that is rheumatism;
and one thing that does not mind rheu-
matism is st. Jacobs Oil, as it goes to
work upon it and cures right off.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25

1t is believed in Norway that wolves
are frightened away by telegraph lines
On one occasion a village voted money to
help IN the construction of line passing
near them for this reason alone.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
NO DOCTORS BILLS IN SWEDEN
They Allow Their Patients. to Fix the
Amount of Bills.

Amount OF b1llSs
The doctors of Sweden never send bills
to their patients. If you have occasion to
call physician you will find him not only
skillful in his profession, but a highly ed
ucated and honorable gentleman. You
will also have proof of the honesty of
the Swedes and their friendly confidence
in each other. What you shall pay your
physician is left entirely to your own
choice. The rich may pay him literally,
whether they have need of his services or
not, If ne has once nee been retained ret; by them
very poor pay him nothing. Yet he visits
the poor as faithfully as he does the rich.
A similar custom prevailed up to the
middle of the present century in some Of
the most remote portions Of the High
lands of Scotland. There the doctor col
1ected his entire years bills on certain
market day in summer, getting perhaps
rs or f1O from the larger farmers, but
only as many shillings from the poorer
crOfters
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25

Alabaster is scarcely more immaculate than
Soap.
NJ -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25
Lanes Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures
sick headache. Price, 25 and SOC.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25

WANTED-Case of bad health that R.I.P.A.NS will
not benefit Eend cents to Ripans Chemical Co
New York. for 10 samples and 900 Testimonials ''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25

Greek and Roman doors invariably
open outward; person passing out of the
house was therefore obliged to knock on
the door before opening it to avoid COL
lision with a passerby.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the
best of all cough cures.-George w. Lott,
Fabucher, La. August 26. 1895.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25

Statistics show that the consumption
of hay in the large cities is as large now
as it ever has been.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25

Mr.. Gladstones library contains no
fewer than $4,000 volumes, of which 49,
QUO are still at HaWarden castle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25

London enjoys a greater area of open
spaces than any other capital in the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25

"A new Belgian bank to trade in Chi
M, and especially to acquire railway and
other concessions. is about to be estab-
lshed with q ca pital of Fl 100000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25

The late Col. Warnings first public
lecture was delivered in the hall of the
House of Representatives., Montpelier,
VT, in 1856, on the subject of farm drain
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-25

-Tattooed dogs are now the fashion in
London. A coat of arms or monogram
is marked on the throat or breast of the
animal. The process is made almost