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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Church Accommodations in Eeype.

Nn"Fch ACCOMMODATIONS in Egypt.
The church accommodations for the
Engllsh-speaking people who visit Egypt
mas not kept pace With the annually in
treaSing number who flock there every
winter. \ visitor there says that us 4
consequence service is held every Sun
day morning i'll one Of the large drawing
rooms Of the GhcZiveh palace. This very
gorgeous nalacc was built by 1small
Pacha, and used fcc the reception and
entertainment of his royal guests at the
opsnaing OF the Suez canal. It was the
helped ruin Egypt, and were the real
!, cause of l>mail racha's downfall. Now
the pa'Hrt is used as 4 hotel, and in the
reception rooms lsm,,iCs furniture and
carpets are still kept. although their gar
i>h collars arc not much in harmony with
present day notions In one of these
rooms I'll" women for some reason mel,
are not often seen taers-assrmhlc, and,
sitting hn the yeilnW and gul-pnbyuid-
erred chairs bearing the |. Il. of the for
mer ruler. listen Ia the Church of Eng
land service. which is generally led by the
military chaplain vi the garrison.
500 Reward, 500.
The readers of :AS paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
SISeaS' t:.A' science has been able to cure IN
Ca*ar:h Cure is the only positive cur, known
to the ,nsS!lr:;l fraternity. ,'atarri. being a
constitutional disease. requires Il constitu-
ti"na treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
taken internally acting dlre'tly on the
blood and mucous surfaces If the system.
thereby destroying the foundation Of the
disease. ami giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature N loin: it's work The proprietors
have much faith In Its curative powers.
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that 1t falls to cure. Send for list Of
testimonials
Address, +. ]. CHENEY 4 CO..
1\y1o.l>
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Pot Of Gold on q Rock Shelf,

J. 2. MCGEE, ex-representative in the
Illinois Legislature from the Newman dis
trict, found a pot of gold OH his farm.
While crossing Brushy Fork river, which
runs through his farm, in boat he no
ticed huge rock on the opposite bank.
over the water. On reaching the rock Gu
riosity caused him to examine the top of
the large shelf with one Of his boat oars,
and much to his surprise a large pot of
gold, covered with moss, was raked off in
to the boat The exact value of the gold
is not known. 1t is the general suppose
ton that the gold was left there by In:
dians, whose intention was to return and
get It at some future time. Mr.. McGee
i Celebrated his find by giving ball and
supper, ut which over 800 people were
present.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
A Total Disability Claim Of $3.50 Paid to a
Man Who Was AfterWard Cured.

in even better health than when 1 gave
you the first interview"
'Do you still attribute your cure to the
use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills 2" asked
the Monitor.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY I do" was the reply.
doctors had failed, as had also the nu-
merous remedies recommended by my
friends. Nothing took had the slightest
effect upon me until began the use Of
derful medicine owe my release from
the living death. have since recommend
ed these pills to many of my friends, and
the verdict is always in their favor shall
always bless the day was induced to
take them"
Such is the history of one of the most
remarkable cases of modern times. Can
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

any one say, in the face of such testi-
mony, that DR.. Williams Pink Pills are
not entitled to the careful consideration
Of any suffering man, woman or child? IL
not the case in truth miracle of modern
medicine! q.
To make the evidence complete we pub
lish above facsimile cut of the check
received by Mr.. Petch from the Canadian
Mutual Life Association, being the
amount due him for total disability. It IL
unnecessary to add that this life insur-
amounf ~ n,n,,av ui - NJ Ply Ps+ch ls ernnnt
after the most careful examination Of his
condition by their medical experts. They
must have regarded him as forever IN.
durable .i;s # y .5I:. Fl 81 5s1
Dir. petch. IS address i'd as follows: Reu.
ben Petcb. irieT5yillle, on. Cspads 6
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Profit from Keeping aeffers.

The milk of IA heifer bearing her first
calf is neither SO great in quantity nor so
rich as it will be after the animal has
attained its full growth. Old farmers
used to reckon that it took two young
helfers to equal one COW. Yet there is
always profit in buying heifers at this
age, and training them until they are
fully-developed cows. The milk given
will more than pay for their keep, and
the COW can be trained to be nearly
continuous mixer, which is not easy aft
er she has been in careless hands and
allowed to go dry long time after her
first calf. 1t pays better still to raise
the heifer calves, always supposing of
course that they are well enough bred
to be worth raising. A COW born and
bred on the farm will do better there
than she can ever do if taken to another
place. This home instinct in the COW is
very strong, as is shown by her return
home from long distance if she ever
finds herself free to do so.-American
Cultivator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

The above is the substance of the first
article published by the Monitor. Now fol-
low some clippings. taken from the same
paper two years afterward, and there is
view Of this testimony, that Mr.. Petch's
cure is permanent. Here follows the ac-
count:
On being again questioned, Mr.. Petch
said: you see those hands-the skin is
now natural and elastic. Once they were
hard and without, sensation. You could
pierce them with q pin and would not
true Of the rest of my body. Perhaps you
have observed that have now even
ceased to use a cane, and can get about
my business perfectly well. You may
say there is Absolutely no doubt as to
my cure being peru ansnt, Indeed an
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

food. The doctors called the disease
spinal sclerosis, and all said he could not
live.
For three years he fingered in this con-
ditioh Then by some friends he was ad-
vised to take Dr. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. He took them and there
was slight change. The first thing
noted was a tendency to sweat freely.
This showed there was some life left in
his helpless body. Next came little
feeling in his li1abs. This extended, fol-
lowed by prickling sensations, until at
last the blood began to course freely,
naturally and vigorously through his
body, and the helplessness gave way to
returning strength, the ability to walk
returned, and he was restored to his old
time health
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
More Diamonds Coming Our Way.

Whatever may be the reason-whether
It is good times, or decided reduction III
the duty on diamonds under the Dingley
bill, the fact remains that since the new
tariff law went into effect the importa-
ton of diamonds annears to have ILL
creased tremendously. The importations
OF cut and uncut diamonds during the
months Of August, September: October
and November, 1896. We're valued at ST.
l23,645, while for the corresponding pc
Rod Of 1897 they were valued at over
$5,OOO,OOO. The advocates of the reduc-
ton of the tariff of 25 per cent on cut
diamonds to 10 per cent, which is the
tax under the Dihgiey bill, insisted that
the higher tariff cut off the revenue by
putting premium Oh smuggling. The
operation of the new tariff justified this
assumption. for the duties collected on
diamonds during the four months men
toned, under the Dinyley bill. aggregate
nearly S331 900, as against only about
100000 during the corresponding period
under the Wilson tariff There is no
doubt, also, that an improvement in the
financial condition has led to more gen.
erous expenditure in luxuries, of which
diamonds stand at the head of the list
Leslie's Weekly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

published another article about it, in
which the original reports are completely
verified, the cure is permanent, and they
publish facsimile Of the check given by
the Ca madam Mutual Life Association for
81 900, amount of total disability claim
paid by them to Mr.. Petch.
The first account stated that the pa
ticnts(see address below had been par
alytiG for five years, that there was such
a total lack Of feeling in his limbs and
body, that.a pin run full length could not
be IeH; ,fnaf iit6 Could not walk or help
d dressad y r I fSst e. wa w1 bo az
ed, was for that reason almost unrecog.
nizable, and could not get his clothes on:
1.-The paralysis was so complete as to affect
! tN face fnd. III yet1t1I hinss from opening
his nb1A gpaitjs1tJ, Wiids II take solid
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

The Monitor, a newspaper published
ntEMeaford, Ont, Canada, first discov-
cred this case two years ago, and pub
lished it at length, which now seems,
owing to the cure of it, to be miracle.
The facts were:so remarkable that many
people doubted the truth of them. They
said: 1T is too remarkab le:. it cannot
possibly be true; the paper is mis-
think himself cured. will soon relapse
into his former condition. ETC., etc. The
accuracy of it's report called in question,
the Monitor determined. to find out defin-
itcly whether the facts were as stated
and whether the man would really stay
cured. They accordingly kept close
watch on the case for two years after the
first article appeared, and have just now
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
There ls a Class OF Peoplo

Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made Of pure grains
that takes the place of coffee The most
delicate stomach receives it without dis
treSs, and but few can tell it from cof-
fee. It does not cost over one-fourth as
much. Children may drink it with great
benefit. 15c. and Csc. per package
Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Wisconsin Patents,

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, So and So
Loan and Trust building, Milwaukee,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook free:
]. G. De Witt, Clear Lake, burglar alarm
]. E. Duncan, Centralia, computing scale:
c. Eberhardt. Fond du Lac, nut lock; J. G.
Hintz, Jr.. assign. Milt bottlirg machine
boilers; H. Lindas, Edgerton. tongs; A. NJ.
Peate and H. NJ. koosch, Milwaukee. BIZ
cycle attachment: II. G. Swan, Oshkosh.
toe-rail for bicycles; G. NJ. Cooke and E.
Sidel, Milwaukee, radiator; E. Detwiler,
Milwaukee. coffee rooster
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Sunshine Shade Raiser,

A window shade operated automatically
is Berlin novelty. \ U tube, partly
filled with mercury, is connected with a
bulb containing black wool and one con-
tanning air; and when the sun shines the
absorption of the rays by the black wool
causes the mercury to rise in the opposite
motor that lets down the blind. When
the sun is not out the mercury is level in
the two tubes. closing circuit that
winds up the Philadelphia Rec
ord
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Millions OF Bibles,

The circulation of the Bible in this
country Is enormous, steady, and con-
stantly increases. OF Bibles and Tesla
ments the American Bible society annual
~ sells or gives away about 100, 600,
the International Bible agency sells about
100000, and other large concerns, of
which there are four or five in New York
alone, circulate great many more. With
such distribution as that in constant
operation one would think the demand
would presently be supplied, but that is
not the experience of dealers They say
the demand increases all the time. That
must be because 100000 or 100000
new citizens are born every year in the
United States, and large proportion of
them presently get new Bibles. The idea
OF starting new citizen in life with Il
secondhand Bible is not popular. "New
boy, (or new girD, new book is the rule
and tolerably fortunate children have L
fair collection before they have grown
up. A moderate allowance of the sacred
writings for one American citizen in
cludes one family Bible that belonged to
parents; one family Bible for ones own
family; one Testament in large print used
III childhood; ono convenient Bible pre-
scented by mother; one Bible in flexible
covers subsequently obtained; at lea st one
obsolete Bible containing the Apocrypha !;
one Testament, revised version; the Book
OF Psalms separate; IA few Bibles to be
kept in church: an Office Bible; and per-
haps others.-Barper's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

courteous with the manner Of a bygone
generation. Altogether he was a stately,
figure of decayed gentility: ana nobody
knew how he occupied those long, long
evenings in the dull little back room, for
nobody ever went to see.-Jean Wright in
February Lippincott's.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Remedy for READINGS.

One ounce of kerosene oil. two ounces of
household ammonia, and one and one-half
ounces of spirits of turpentine. Put in
spring oil can, mix thoroughly while u.s.
ing. Inject into all crevices and where
bugs are apt to collect. Also under edges
Of baseboards or cracks in the walls, etc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
A New Crazy sect III Connecticut.

A lot Of fanatics in the State recently i'm
mersed an old rheumatic woman bodily in
the water to heal her. as they said. She
nearly died in consequence. How much bet
ter 1t would have been to have treated the
letters Stomach Bitters, which not only
cures rheumatism, but prevents kidney COM
plant and remedies dyspepsia, constipation,
liver trouble and nervous proStration. Give
1t systematic trial
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
FARM AND GARDEN.
Rest.

Rest.
I'VE are SO tired, my heart and /,
or all things here beneath the sky:
One only thing Wonld please us best
Endless, unfathomable rest
1--WE are so tirel;. we ask no more
Than just to slip out by Life's door,
And leave behind the noisy rout
And everlasting turn-about.
"Once 1t seemed we'll to run on too
With her impOrtunate fevered crew,
And snatch amid the frantic strife
Some niorsel from the board OF life
but we are tired. At LIES crude hand.
We ask no gift she understands;
But kneel, to him she hates, to crave
The absol,ftion Of the grave"
Mathilde Blend"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Penetration of Water by Light.

The depth to which the suns rays pene-
ttrate, water has been recently determined
by the aid of photography. It has been
found that at a depth of 533 feet the
darkness was, to all intents and purposes,
the same as that on Il clear but moonless
night. Sensitive plates exposed at this
depth for a considerable length of time
gave no EVIDENCE Of light action.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
BuyinR Feed for Fertility.

The question how a farm shall be best
MANFRED is not one that can be solved in
all cases off hand. There are farms
where the best improvement possible was
to run a few underdrains through very
rich part of the farm and use the crops
grown on this to feed stock which should
manure the rest of the farm. Wherever
this is possible it should be done in pref
erence to buying either feed or fertiliz-
crs. But with farm that is naturally
underdrained the question how to increase
it's fertility must depend much on it's To-
cation. If it is where mich cows may
be kept and there is good market for
milk, it may pay better to enrich the
land by purchasing and feeding wheat
bran, linseed meal or cottonseed meal to-
gether with such coarse feed as can be
grown on the place, than in any other
way. The milk sold will more than pay
for the feed and the manure product
will be therefore a free by-product in
this method of manufacturing 1t is oft
en- believed that milk takes so largely
from the heterogeneous and mineral sub
stances in food that little is left for the
manure. But experiments with mich
COWS show that when they are highly fed.
fully IS per cent. of the mineral sub
stances in their food and 80 per cent. of
it's heterogeneous substances go out in liQ-
uid or solid Observation-Disclosures Guilt
yatOr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Aluminium NeckrieS.

Aluminium neckties are on SALE They
are fastened to the collar button by a
band round the neck. and are particularly
recommended for summer wear, since they
can be easily cleaned when soiled. while
they are not perceptibly heavier than cot
ton, cambria or silk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Every Little HELMS.

!. Cor there is no action so slight nor 50
mean but it may be done to Il great pur.
pose and ennobled therefor: nor is any
purpose SO great but that slight actions
may help it, and may be so done as to
helm II uch,-Ruskin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Understanding oadbeds.

Where the roadbed is made high with
the purpose of keeping it dry, it is usu-
ally in winter blown clear Of snow. md
therefore freezes very deeply. making all
the greater depth of mud for the soil
that has been piled up. The only effectu-
al remedy for this is an underdrain the
length of the roadbed, with side dra ms
into the open bitches at all the low places.
If this were done. the surplus water
would be drawn from the roadbed. so
that. even if exposed to frost. the soil
would not degenerate into mud. With
the rOadbed thus underdrained. less than
half the stone and gravel now required
for road-making would be needed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
The Artist and His Work.

The life of painter, above all of a
portrait-painter, is one long succession of
such problems, varying with the nature
of the subject in kind and degree of diff
Guilty. 1t follows naturally that his pro-
cesses must vary, too, requiring longer
or shorter time in the working-out, for
which no infallibe rule will serve him.
In mechanical labor the rate of the ma
chimes pulse may be gagged with GER
tainty, the moment of completion accu-
rately fixed beforehand. But it is not so
in art. There, all depends upon condi-
tons that seem to be hourly changing.
The mood of the artist; his distrust of the
scheme attempted, or his entire confidence
in it; the state of his nerves, of his gen
eral health, nay, even the state of the
weather, all affect his work. One day it
advances well; but, on the next. self-criti-
cism steps in to impede him, and he gains
nothing. The SOOTHING Philistine ascribes
these halts and retrogressions to the
weakness of the artistic temperament.
Yet they are due to the work rather than
to the workman-to the fact that he fol-
lows an art and not a trade. No artist
can be entirely exempt from this Cypress
i've influence, which arises afresh at each
new effort with as many heads as Hy-
dra. There are those, indeed, who esti-
mate the value Of their product by the
depth and number of the despairs it has
engendered.-T. r. Sullivan in the Febru-
ary Scribner's.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
1t Keeps the Feet Warm and DRY

And Is the only cure for Chilblains
Frost Bites, Damp, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Rs- Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Fills are the best.
Mark Twain and His Debts,

The FNhIiSherS' Weekly learns that
Mark Twain has paid off three fourths of
the Indebtedness of G. l.. Webster &
Co.. the publishing firm of which he was
a member The creditors offered to set
tie Oh Il MAper-cent. basis. Twenty-eight
per cent. WAS realized from the assets.
Presently Mr.. Clemens brought the pay
M "S to m per f'm5 anu not long age
as saying that it will be three years be-
fore he can publish another book. and
possibly the remnant of his debts will
hang on until then. Meanwhile. however,
the books he has already written are
working for him, some Of them to very
good purpose.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Caro- of Brood Mares.

The brood mares are fed much the
same as the idle work horses, and get
much outdoor exercise. This we consider
very important, says a writer, as it keeps
them hardy, vigorous and in fine form to
nourish their growing foetus. We seldom
have accidents with brood mares, and
our foals almost always come strong and
healthy. The foal, yearling, two-year-
old and three-year-old offspring of our
road dam Maud secured good prizes at
last Toronto and London exhibitions.
Yearlings and two-year-olds are fed on
cut oat sheaves and bran mixed and fed
often in small quantities. They also get
plenty of good oat straw to pick over.
Foals get ground oats and bran often iii
small quantities and warm scalded bran
in the mornings. They also get good
clover hay for their night feed. We are
very anxious to have our foals grow rap
idly. as they invariably do on this ration,
which fits them for rapid development
during the following winter on the much
coarser feed. We value wheat bran very
highly for all young horse stock, as it is
not only healthful, but it tends to rapid
and substantial development. We water
all horses before feeding.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

1 One Of the trees in the park at Wind.
ssor is supposed to be 1900 years old, Il
III kpeHn az SNt illiAfa the Gong usros,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Lanes Family Medicine

Among the natives of Mexico there
are, according to Lumholtz. about $780,
600 survivors of the Aztec race.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Sea of Petroleum Down There.

. It is believed by oil experts that West
Virginia is underlaid by a sea Of petro'
leum. The output of white sand oil for
1897 amounted to over 100000 bar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

The death Of Angus j.. Mcdonald at
the age Of lN years Is announced from