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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-08-05
WILL BECOME Il MEXICAN li4GNATE
Cant. Harry Rs,harts If nu.

CapG. Harry hOOerCS, OF Du-
luth, a we'll known mining man,
has procured a one fourth inter
est in a Mexican railroad fran
chise. He will leave for that
country next Thursday ;in com.
pany with Judge Goodrich OF
Chicago, of the law firm OF
Goodrich, Vincent & Bradley.
Capt. Roberts is not saying
much about his new interests,
but 1t is known that he is salts.
fed that he has a pretty good
thing. The road will run be
tween the cities of Saltillo and
Coahuila in the state of Coahuila
a distance of about so miles
The road is given encouragement
by the state that would make an
American promoter stare if they
were offered in this country.
The state provides the right Of
way and land for depot grounds
and yards. All material required
for the construcf lion will be adj
mitted fret of duty for is years
For a period of Is years also the
road will have no taxes to pay
The interest on the bonds of the
road will be guaranteed for The
first ten years by the govern
ment. The road will be bonded
for 81, 900 a mile, a total 0!
1927, 0oO. The bonds run,for AZ
years at S per cent: The issue
will be- secured by q trust. deed
The state gives a subsidy o.
5000, 900 and a large land. gran
is given by the government o:
Mexico.
The name Of the new road: il
Coahuila Central Railway com.
pany, ard the line will form {
junction at 'TreYino with tht
Mexican International and the
Monterey & Gulf roads. It i!
said that the new road will tap {
very rich country and itpromises
to be one Of the most profitable
Eshort lines in Mexico. Large
smelters are to be constructed
and mines developed at points
where they will deliver much
business to the new road, Capt
Roberts is now arranging hi
business affairs to go to Mexico
but does not know as yet how
much of his time win be required
there during the coming year
INews-Tribune. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-08-05
Terms, 50 Per Year, in Advance.
Official fl Paper, City Of Virginia.
Sleetat Notice.

e Persons wishing news item, change OF
lad. !" or anything in the line OF locals, In
serted. Wilt please have same In our office by
Thursday noon of each week, If convenient,
as it saves time and trouble for both parties
We reserve tho right to positively refuse
any notice OF whatever nature after O'Clock
p. M. on Thursday. ..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-08-05
A SHAMELESS ADMISSION.

Following in the wake of the
action OF County Commissioners
Morcom a week since in intro
ducing and having passed a re.
solution resembling the resolu-
ton formerly introduced by him
for the appropriation of $4,000
previously voted-for the exten
sion of the Miller Trunk Road
north from Virginia, comes a re-
port, to the effect that at a Ger
tain session of the Grand Jury of
St. Louis county, before which
body Mr.. Morcom was cited and
appeared, he on oath stated that
the resolution for the $1,000 ap.
preparation was simply for a
purpose; that it was a blind to
appease the righteous anger of
Virginians and that at no time
had he, as a member of the
board, seriously considered or
intended voting such sum for
said road in good faith.
While to citizens of Virginia
who kept in touch with current
events in connection with the
road question the truth of Mr..
Morcom's admission to the Grand
Jury IS unquestionable, it is in
deed a disgusting and gratifying
morsel to discover the true
status of our county representa-
tive on the point in question
disgusting to learn definitely
that he has been playing Vir-
ginians for suckers and that he
has equivocally admitted, by his
own words, that instead Of being
an honorable. upright man, he is
a liar and a whelp; and CRAFTY
ing to learn the manner of man
who is again asking the suffrage
of our people for reelection at
this time, While there is yet time
for proof, if desired, before
|pder5iUu day ..s "a
The Enterprise has no person:
al quarrel with Commissioner
Morcom-or has not thus far
but we believe in upholding
local rights III any and every
honorable manner. The report
as given above comes indirectly
from a member Of the afore.
mentioned Grand Jury, as 7ouch-
ed tor by two men Of unques.
toned and unsullied honor.
Comment would be useless,
as plain facts are amply sufic
lent for intelligent men, and we
avoid the realm of commenta
torial filth by placing 1.-The !. mat
ter before the public in a concise
and succinct manner, believing
! it toEbe true and correct i'm the
Tight Depicted
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-08-05
WILL BEooME 4 PRosPERoU's
..lFI;ARAER.

AT the auction sale Of swamp.
lands on the Mountain Iron road
Saturday afterno on last, con-
;ducted III Lang for ayor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-08-05
CARRYING BEEF AND MUTTON

CARRYING BEEF AND MUTTON
of ordinary guilty in stock
is easy enough. We try to
do better than that. We
endeavour to have meat of
superior quality and to sell
it at the ordinary price. That
We are successful is proved
by Our large and increasing
patronage.
We treat all fairly. An
order from the smallest mes
senger will receive the same
attention as one coming
direct from the boss" Our
scales are true and we don't
weigh in too much bone or
fat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-08-05

JARED D. TAYLOR,
Attorney for MOrtgagec.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-01

devil was in his cows" who on being
rebuked in his treatment acknowledged
that 1.-The devil was in himself"
Regarding the COW, no dairyman
should be satisfied with any animals
but those Of the best; they may cost
some more but it must be remembered
that the cost of feed for a good COW is
no more than for q poor one while the
returns are very many times greater
neither is the care and attention any
more for a good one than for a poor
one. It is a fact that the feed, labor
or care and attention, r dispropor
tionate In a poor animal when com
pared with a good one. 1t is not neces.
sary that COWS should be thorough
breds to secure good results; excellent
animals are found among natives and
grades, and it is these that should be
sought after at all times. TIE great
object should be to secure those that
have descended from well known milk
and butter strains.
DAirymen can hardly expect to get
satisfactory COWS on the market, for
one who sells will hardly sell his best
COWS, and as any section of country
advances in dairying and the records
OF animals become known, the more
difficult will it be to purchase good
COWS.
Regarding feed, it is hardly neces
sary to mention so plain a fact as that
one cannot expect to secure something
from nothing; with good COWS butpoor
and insufficient feed no satisfactory
results need be looked for. Cows
should be supplied with a good q1antl
ty of coarse feed of first quality sup.
plemented by grain rations. In this
age Of general discussion of proper
rations for animals it is not necessary
to even suggest articles of food, but il
is important to urge that one be salts
fed only with those that are recognized
to be the best for the specific purpose
of milk or butter production.
Observing these considerations, the
farmer who desires to launch into the
field Of dsirying may look for a reason
able degree Of success; without them
he may expect disappointment.
WIN 81. YEOMANs
T0IIan6 county NODn
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-01
KNOWS HOW TO "AD ="

Mr.. T. ] Anderson, General Pas
senger Agents of the Seaboard Air Line,
sometimes goes outside of the news
papers for a little advertl ing.
Recently while in the Atlantic Hotel
Norfolk, Va, he observed a man who
had fainted. Let me pace" cried the
genial railroeder, elbo wing his way
through the surrounding crowd, 81
am q doctOrI' The poodle fell back
and the self appointed physician found
himself in front of his patient. His
manner was somewhat heroic, for aftes
pinching and pounding the man, be
took something from his pocket and
stuck il on the mans forehead, inn
ming his hat over it Ito keep it from
the air" he said. adding: 1.-The effect
NJ that Dlaster will b9 simply magica :.
Take off his hat in q Re minutes and
he will b completely well With
these words. no started for the Ports
mou b boat. The crowd bfcame densCI
every minute, awaiting the effect cf
the wonderful cure.
After several minutes the mans hat
was removed, With surprise the peo
pie Fszed at the plaster II was q
''s'iaker' on which was inscribed ia
large type: Go South via the Sea
board Air Line. "-Charlotte Observer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-01
POULTRY NOTES.

After some experience with different
breeds l have concluded that the
Brown Leghorn is the best all round
bird that I have raised. They are not
the largest, of course, but then their
LAYING qualities will compensate for
the loss in weight. Their cleanliness
and ger eral thrittiness will commend
them to all true lovers of poultry. Do
not think that the young chicks will
thrive without your almost constant
care and attention. AS soon as they
are brought from the nest they must
be looked after, fed and watered re
gularly. Poultry will do much better
if they can have the run" of g stretch
of woodland on the farm, their natural
wants will be more readily suppl ed,
and they will present a much neater
and cleaner appearance than if conhn-
ed in close, unhealthy quarters. -
Frank Monroe Beverly, Duale, Va,
In EOitomisG,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-01
DAIRY FARMING.

Correspondence Of The Progressive Farmer.
Many Eastern farmers in seeking
some line Of agricultural pursuit that
may prove remunerave to some degree
are turning their attention to dairy
farming. There are advantages that
come from this line of effort, one of the
chief OF which il an ACKNOWLEDGED i'm
provement on the farm. This is an
important consideration, but not the
sole one to be thought of. While it is
best to pursue such a cours as will Sc
curethe improved condition of the farm
there should always be a desire which
is laudabie, to get a fair income as a
result OF labor performed and of cap.
ital invested. All who engage in dairy
farming do not make it a success; but
some do. Upon this point Prof. Patter-
son of the Maryland Exper iment Sta.
ton, in a bulletin upon this subject
says: success in dairy farming de-
ponds really upon three facts-the
man, the COW and the feed" Regard
ing the man, he should have a good
range of knowledge and be possessed
Of sound Judgment. He should give
regular and proper attention to the
business; he should be a keen observer
and have a proper s9nsibility of neat.
ness and cleanliness; he should have a
mild and even temper, so that it may
not be said of him as of the man who
was ugly to his cows and thought 1.-The
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-01
NE w BOUKS.

The Seaboard Air Line has Issued
this season three handsome illustrated
booklets. Winter Excursions, S nth
ern Pines" and 'SOOrtsmRn's Guide -
These are now ready for distribution
and will be sent free of cost to n ad
dress. Their Winter Excursions"
gives full information in regard to
Rates and Routes to the best Winter
Resorts in the country The Sports
mans Guide" is one of the bandsomest
and most complete b rCks OF IFS kind
aver q by us Eta make I'D ia artis
tic from cover to cover and it contains.
not only information in regard to hun
ting grounds. guides, dogs, Hotel rates
sc, but a digest of the Game Laws #
the States covered bv it and some &C
tual experiences of Hunters along the
line of the SaAboard Air Line. The
Southern Pines" book ct ia also verv
artisticallY gotten up, and the informa
ton COptainen covers every point
ANY or all Of these will be mailed upon
application to Mr.. T. J. Anderson,
General Passenger Agent, Ports
mouth, Va.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-01
Tt AS A N

Richest coils and finest Climate
Realthfnl and delightful. Summo,.
cooler than in Iowa; gardens and mas.
lures green all winter. Harvest Some
crop every month in the year. Noe,
two growing cities of over co. 900 eacb
River and gulf transportation. Crons
not consumed by winter feeding and
freight rates. No fogs, cyclones
drouths or billiards.. Finest supar
and tobacco lands on earth, aud uper.
celled for fruit, truck, Gotten. corn
hay, and live stock. Corn has vieIdo3
125 bushels per acre On a $50 acre field
and cotton four bales per acre. M
fertilizers or irrigation used. Fish
oysters and game abundant. Large or
small tracts, prairie or timber, i'm.
proved or unimproved, at low prices
and on. easy terms. Three railroads
coming. Prices will double in twelve
months. No finer investment. State
your wants, and enclose stamp for full
particulars to County Attorney. Box 2
Bay City, Texas.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-01

rate a systematic effort to rid own
herds, which are the sources Of our
dairy and meat products, from this
source"
To this end the following recommen-
dstions are made:
1. Apply the t~uberculin test to the
entire herd.
2. Remove all animals showing a
rise of temperature which indicates
tuberculosis.
8. Destroy and burn, boil, or deeply
bury all cases of the disease, unless it
is decided to form an isolated herd of
latent cases which are in good condi
ton. (Jee above
4 In case of doubt or disturbing in
fuences which may have caused rise
of temperature (nearness to calving,
heat, exposure, concurrent disease,
changes in management, etc., keep
the suspected animal apart for three or
four weeks and test again. This will
almost certainly correct any mistake
of the first test.
5. Repeat the test every three
months, and if two successive tests
show no indication of tuberculosis the
herd may be accounted safe.
6 AS soon as tuberculosis animals
have teen removed from a stable let it
be vacated and thoroughly disintected
with chloride of lime, four ounces to a
gallon Of water, and enough quicklime
to make a good white wash, which will
show il even a square inch has been
missed. When chloride Of lime is OBJ
| i%ectionable because of it's tainting the
milk, mercuric chloride may be used
in the proportion of one drachm to a
gallon of water, to which is added one
dracbm of sal ammoniac and five
drachms of common salt. This ia much
more poisonous than the chloride of
lime and must be cautiously handled
during its application. The walls, roof,
and especially the floor, gutter and feed.
ing trough must be first thoroughly
scraped. washed and cleaned, all rot
ten woodwork must be removed, and
in case of double boarded walls, the
boards must be removed on one side to
permit Of q thorough application.
2. In making new purchases avoid
any herd in which tuberculosis has ap-
peared, or which has had sickness or
deaths in recent years.
8. D)n't purchase from city, subur-
ban nor swill stables.
9 DOn't take a COW that is in low
condition or in i'll health, especially
one with q cough, nasal discharge, foul
breath, hard knots under the skin, dis
e4sed udder, swollen bones or :ints or
a tendency to scour or boat.
10 Admit no animal to the herd till
satisfactorily tested with t%uberculin.
II Allow no strange cattle to mingIe
with the herd.
II Keep each animal in its own stall,
and keep COWS from ticking each othsr
or from feeding from the same msnger
or trough.
II l. tuberculosis appears. test every
animal, remove those showing reac
ton, disintect all premises destroy all
rats, mice, and sparrows and frequent
ly test those first found to be sound,
and emove any that may react.
IA. Let no consumptive person at
tend live stock or prepare their feed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-01
Tolland county, Conn.
CONSISTENT JOHN GONE BACK
WIN 81. YEoMANl

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
DEAR JOHN:-I notice q great howl
being made by the Democrats that
lone J., ] Edwards of Lemon Springs,
N. @ -" has gone back to 1.-The good old
Democrat party" and that you are
advising others to 90 back and taste CT
che good cid times Of 1892 when you
left the Democrat darty for it's false
promises. And now, dear John what
reasons for this happy chRnge9 Done
you remember the same men who run
that rotten egg Campaign ara running
the Democratic camp lign OF TO day
Didn'G you tell the ID mocrats in 1896
that If there was as much r~ascality in
the Democratic part as there was be-
fore you left it that there would be 8
hole to dIg7 Ard still they cry that
you ''have come home to rOost." John.
you remember how they trusted you
With their secrets prior to 1892. You
remember the prohibition election that
wes held in g. eanwood township, and
how hard you worked that day to
drive whiskey out Of the township. !
appreciated your Eff .rts that day.
when you said if it had not been for
you the township would have gone
vet. And didn't you take a drink of
castor oil on your way home from that
prohibition election with one of your
neighbors, thinking that it was -
You know that consistency is a jewel
We're you not appointed a justice Of
the peace In Green wood township, and
did you not take s0lemn oath as q peace
officer in Greenwood township And
didn't you break that oath by drowning
your bulldog pistol on a good honest
Populist citizen Of Lemon Springs on
the 18Th day Of September, 1898, to
shoot him down without any causes
You didn't do it, did you, dear johns
You were too consistent a man to do
anything like that9 They tell me you
have got q piece of pie at last; that
you are president Of a great white SUI
premacy club at Lemon Springs with
% member-men and boys all told. l
hear you al boiler ''nigger" as loud as
loud as Secret Circular Simmons. Dear
John, don't you remember that the
Democrats always did boiler ''nigger"
when out of eff e, and you certainly
remember that they always did appeal
to the negro for his vote and give
them Offices while in power. Why,
John, if the PoIu' list had never passed
a single law but the present election
law it deserves credit for it. Every
voter know that his vote will be cou
ted as cast, and that is a great consol-
alton to every honest laboring man.
John, you know this is the home OF
the white man and he will continue to
govern this fair land Of ours, and you
know it as well as l do; and there is
no use in trying to deceive honest
yeomanry of our country. Aud if l
were in your place, after being so con
sistent l would dig me a hole in the
ground, get in it and pull the hole in
after me. Your true friend.
NYE.
Truth. N. Q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-01

The tobacco trust recently offered
the New York Journal $50, 600 worth
of advertising if it would cease it's
crusade against cigarettes. This is by
no means an uncommon practice.
Tnere are many o bcerns In Chicago
which have an "advertisiDg fund"
but whose advertisements never ap,
pear in print. the president of a large
corporation made the rounds of the
Chicago newspaper Offices several
years ago and stated that his concern
desired to open an advertising account
He deposited from So 600 to $40, 600
with the various ne wspapers, and 1t is
in their possession to day. This cor
poration never advertised and probably
never will. They put up the money as
an evidence of good faith, and in spit ;
Of the fact that they have plundered
the people of Chicago out of hundre' 8
of thousands Of dollars, not a line has
ever appeared in a paper in exposure
of their methods. The incident is re
lated TO me- in confidence by an execu-
tive officer on a leading Chicago paper.
There are always Of bribery other than
by knocking a man down and filling
his pockets with money. Nearly all
the great corporate intereats set aside
a fund for corruption purposes and
lis proper disbursement is a science
New Time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-01
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh that
contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the good You
can possibly derive from them. HaH's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t is
taken internally and is made in Toledo, Ohio,
by F. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials ATee.
81 Sold by Druggists, price Csc. per bottle,
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CONCLUDED rRoN PAGE 1 ]

will do them good and will tend to keep
them healthy, fresh and bright. They
don't need to eat a great deal at one
time. Let them get their breakfast
piecemeaI, and work for it, too. Then
thew will pay for the priviIegein a good
supply of eggs, even though the wealth
ar on the outside may be cold AMI disa
ereeabIe.-H.B G5er, Nashville, Tenn,
in Eoitomist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-01
SEOCE
DANGERS FROM C~oNsUMPTIVe
CATTLE:

In bulletin No. $50 of the Ithaca IN
" station, DIR. James Law, the station
veterinarian, sounds several sharp
notes of warning, and it would be In
teresting to know how many other
States, particularly in the South and
West, are situated as New York is. OF
course, the open air and free sunshine
environment of the cattle in North
Carolina render them less susceptible
20 this contagion than those Of the
highly pampered herds of the North
that are closely housed all winter still,
If infected animals are mixed with
other cattle, the contagion will spread
even in the sunshine and open air.
Following is DIR Laws strong state
ments Of the dangers now confronting
New York farmers:
"In recent years the rigid inspection
OF the herds In all States a6 )ining
New York has driven many infected
cattle into New York to spread tuber,
culosis in previously healthy herds,
and to increase it in those that we're
already effected
THE exclusion Of cattle seeking to
enter Pennsylvania or the New Eng
land States, which we're not accompa-
MED by the certificate that they had
successfully stood the ~tuberculin test,
has led to the testing of Western cattle
at BIT alo, Albany and elsewhere, and
the detention of such as fRilt d under
the test, to be sold too often to the III
auspecting New York stockowner. The
tests have often been made by the in
spectors of the bureau of animal indus
try, who have no legal right to inter
fere with the condemned cattle unless
the attempt is made to move them into
another State, and in the absence OF
any restriction by the municipal or
State health officers, the owner or
dealer is at liberty to sell such tuber
culous cattle in open market.
''It the test is made by a veterinarian
who is not a National nor State C~ficial,
the same holds true; the has no author
ity to forbid the sale of the diseased
and condemned cattle.
"Again, private stock n have
had their own herds tested, and have
removed from the herd those that
failed to stand the test, but there is
nothing to what became Of such con
demned ansmals, and in the absence Of
a State indemnity and slaughter, there
Is much to be suspected.
these are hints of the evils that
have been precipitated for a length Of
time upon our New York live stock in
dustry. Day by day u herds are
systematically infected by the intro
duction of the tuberculous off securing
of other States and of our own, and we
raised not a finger to stop it.
Further, in the interests Of the cor
Stunning public we have to consider
that we have no inspection in our little
local abattoirs and no guarantee of the
meats there killed. And meanwhile
we are giving free rein to every evil
disposed dealer, to add to our herds the
t~uberculous animals drawn from the
States around US.
''The crying need of New York to.
day is first to block these streams of
infection which are now practically in
Vited into our herds from other COM
m~onwealths, and, second, to inaugu-