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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-09
NIGHT BE SAFELY COPIED

In this country when q man
working in a sawmill, foundry,
factory, mine, on q railroad, or
employed in any way gets killed
or injured at his work the first
eager question is apt to be: "Can
they (his relatives) get any.
thing?" Then the question is
discussed pro aud c3n, was it his
own fault? Was he in any way
to blaneP Then not much hope
for the dependent relatives, for
no institution is .'stuck: on pay i.
ing out money when it can be
avoided. It comes to a trial.
Perhaps there is .'hard swear
ing" on both sides. There is al
so the wretched plight of the
fellow employees, divided be-
tween truth ana sympathy; duty
and the dread Of losing their
jobs. The plaintiff loses, that
settles him. He wins, probably.
and the defendants appeal the
case. He is in want but the law
must take its course. which IS
proverbially slow. After two or
three appeals he IS either starv.
ed to death or ready to make any
kind Of compromise that will in.
sure him q little ready money.
Its no use blaming the de-.
fendants. They act simply as
we all act; they defend them
selves. Besides in many cases
nothing human could have ap.
parently provided against the
accident, and that employers
should cheerfully and uncom.
planning pay al demands upon
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-09
DRESS1lAKlRG RARLORS

Miss Walsh, OF Duluth, has
opened dressmaking parlors in
the Hayes block. next to the
Opera House. where she would
be pleased to meet the ladies' OF
Virginia. Tailor system of cut
ting, and satisfaction guaran
teed.
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PUT IN A STEAM SHOVEL.

, O1 nv a O10z111 OaOVAIs
The Ohio nine IS now loading
ore with a steam shovel, which
was placed in position on the
property . week since. The ore
shipped from this property is of
excellent grade, running very
even.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-09

ks.opt, Kreitter of the Missabe
shops has Just had completed
for hfs own, use 8 combination
business and private car. be
lear was built at the Duluth,
Missabe q Northern shops 81
Pr5cto knoti, aud IS already for
use The new oar is 8 splendid
spaeimen q workmanship. IL
pro- sided with sleeping apart.
[ment = well equipped kitchen,
andis fitted ont with all the
modern conveniences. " =s.. ?. 8.
Late Developments and ex- (,
plorations prove the existance OF
an ore body under the city OF
Tower. ). :.s. I. s= Il. i. &
The board Of county commits
sioners has raised the wages Of
road workers to sl.75 per day. ).
Morley Metcalfe has leased
from the proprietors 81 the Iron
Traae Journal, that bright and
sneWsV papar. ~; /. =. ~ ).
Mayor John b. Murphy, OF
Tower, felt so bowed down over
the 'dop" Of the Eveleth Star
Ethat he rim Old Glory up at half
mast up side down, Oh the city
tlaaBtaff. And there was q hot
time in Tower for . short ii ne.
Subscribe for. the Enterprise.
. The Norman stock pile. has
.bee1 cleaned up and the steam
;sho1el used in loading same has
.bee4 .transf ferred to- the Fayal..
at Dolin, who poses as the
editor Of the Eveleth Star under
the presumptuous and allegedly
assumed non de plume of P.
Elleea Bowling. has evidently
cut The Enterprise from his >ex.
change list. These brotherly
acts make:us feel like weeping.
Rev. s: A. Jameson will con
duct services at the Presbyter-
ian Church on Sunday next,
morning and evening. Morning
subject, How can we obtain the
i've crowns Of the New Testa :
ment" Evening subject, 'The
three great facts connected with
the Kingdom Of God"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-09
NEN PAPER EDR EIEEerH

g. N. Atkinson, WHO during
the past year has been the recog.
nlzed editorial and local editor
OF the Virginian and who recent.
II, Tor cause, severed his con-
nection with that paper, will il
the near future start ! second
paper IL Eveleth. The paper
will be republican in politics,
aud we predict for the venture a
decided success. @
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
n MELUNGEONS.
Peculiar People Who Live In East Ten
nessee-Legend of History.

Peculiar People Who Live In East Ten.
nessee-Legend of History.
1t Is not generally known that in the
mountains Of Eastern Tennessee there
lives a class of peculiar looking people
whose origin is wrapped in mystery,
and who are called by the whites Me
dungeons. They resent this appella-
ton, and proudly declare that they are
Portuguese. The legend Of their his
tory, which they carefully preserve, Is
this:
A great many years ago these noun
tains were settled by a society Of Por-
tuguese adventures, men and women.
who came from the shore of Virginia
that they might be freed from the re-
straints and drawbacks imposed upon
them by any form of government. They
made theyselyes friendly with the In
dams. and freed as they were from ey-
cry kind of social government, they up
rooted all conventional forms OF SO
ciety, and lived In a kind Of delightful
Utopia OF their own creation, trampling
upon the marriage relation, despising
all forms of religion, ana subslstlng up
on corn-the only possible product OF
the soll-and the game of the great for
ests. They intermixed with the Indians
and subsequently with the negroes,
and thus formed the present race of
Melungeons.
They are tall, straight, ~well-formed
people, of a dark copper color, but with
Circasslan features. They were privl-
legged voters in the old slave days and
accredited citizens. They are brave,
but quarrelsome, and are hospitable to
strangers. They have no preachers
among them. and are almost without
any knowledge of a Supreme Being.
They marry by established forms, but
husband and wife can separate at
pleasure without meeting with any re-
proach or disgrace from their friends.
They have but little association with
their %neighbors. and are in every re-
spect, save that they are under the
jurisdiction Of the State government, a
separate and distinct people.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

The borer annually destroys thou
sands of dollars worth of young fruit
trees, Notwithstanding the fact that
different alkalies and solutions have
been freely tried. Some of the States
have even offered liberal sums to any
one who would discover a remedy
which would effect its entire extermina-
ton, yet this enemy of the young tree
continues to do its deadly work. By
close observation, a little study and ex-
p~erience, l have found that the eggs
from which the borers come are depos-
tied In small punches of dead leaves,
closely woven together with the web
and entwined among the branches of
the tree. The eggs are deposited during
the summer, and when Matched in the
warm days of early spring, the young
descend the trees to the surface of the
ground to bore to the heart, girdle, or
DO their destructive work among the
roots. These web nests should all be
removed from the trees and burned In
the late fall, or as soon as the trees shed
their foliage, for by so doing you vlrtu-
ally destroy the borer. OF course, this
cleaning process should be repeated
once a year at the proper time.-J. A.
Drake, In Practical Farmer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07

Clover is at its best as a fertilizer
when 1t has produced It's second crop.
This is when 1t has grown two full sea-
sons. If kept beyond this time, either
weeds or grasses come In. according
as the soil is best seeded with these.
Whoever keeps a field in clover longer
than two years lessons the crop that
can be grown after It.. On the other
hand, a clover ley will not down the
first season after 1t is plowed, so that
II may be sown with clover seed the fol-
lowing spring. An old sod made up
from any of the grasses needs to be cul-
tiyated two years before 1t Is ready to
reseed. Hence the smaller amount Of
fertility It furnishes Is more thoroughly
exhausted by three crops on 1t instead
of two, as clover allows before the land
is again being reseeded.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07


1t is not generally known that at the
time OF his death Du Maurier had com.
pleted two papers giving "reminiscences
of the two celebrated c~arieaturists with
whom he was closely assoclated,John
Leech and Charles Keene, as well as an
account of his own career as illustrator.
The articles appear In Harper's Maya
Zine, accompanied by drawings, some
Of which had never been published.
With Marion Crawford at Sorrento
the Critic begins the second of a new
series OF Authors at Home" The ar.
ticle presents an Interesting picture OF
the home life OF the famous American
author, who vas born and brought up
In Italy, and seem TO have made that
country his permanent home, though
at least one-half of each year is spent
In America. A new photograph of Mr..
Crawford, taken for the occasion. and
a group of his children at the entrance
to Win Crawford Illustrate the article.
Captain MahAn, In his article In
Seribner's, asserts that while the cap
ture of Burgoyne has been classed as
one of the Decisive Battles OF the
World" 1t was only made possible by
"the invaluable year of delay secured
to them In 1916 by their little navy Cd
Lake Champlain, created by the lndom.
table energy and handled by the In
domltable courage Of the traitor, Bene-
diet Arnold" This little-appreclated
naval campaign is e~xpounded by Cap.
tain Mahan In his usual philosophical
manner.
The rarest autographs In the world
are probably Shakspeare's. Only seven
are claimed TO exist; Three signatures
to his will two of which are doubtful,
two to c~onyeyanees of property. n In
the folio edition of his plays doubtful,
and one in a translation of Montague;
this last Is In the British Museum. and
cost over 800 gulneas. This total alb.
sence of record Is as marvellous as his
genius itself. He must have written
many thousands OF words (for 1t Is not
likely that he employed n typewriter,
yet all have vanished. What would one
give, not for a play, but even for a let
ter of his, no matter what the subject
written incontestably by himself! How
we should like 10 know how he made
his Every C's, his U's and his Ts,'
something hat was 'ln contempt OF
question, his own hand!'
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
NAMES FOR HEROES.
Difficult Task to Select Appropriate
Titles for Characters

Titles for Characters
The invention of names for heroes
and heroines Is always a ticklish TASK
When native authors baptize foreign
ers they often make the most gorgeous
plumbers. Not one writing Frenchman
In the thousand is there who, taekling
with an English name. makes a posi-
bic one. Unfamiliar names In novels
may strike you with their happiness,
but you may become accustomed 10
them in time. Ultra-romantie names
are vulgar. and are never assimilated.
1t is, then, a very nice thing In liter
airy art to make a judiclous selection.
We all know the Balzac method Of ae'
curing a name for his characters. The
great romancer hunted for them. As
he walked through the streets he read
the signs. Happening to have a per
sonage In his brain whose peculiar
traits he had emphasized. when he saw
a name he appropriated 1t. Ii, the
name, became the personal attribute OF
the man of his Imagination. and 1t was
alive. There is an anecdote related Of
him which. we think, Miss Wormeley
repeats. Balzae came home n day
highly elated and told that after a
whole months hunting he had found at
last over a tailor's shop the precise
name he wanted.
Dickens must have carried out the
same process. We all know that the
Piekwicks as a family were not uncom-
mon in England. Somebody writes to
the Spectator that years ago when look
ing over some legal papers he found
in the one and same document several
of the names used by Dickens, notably
"Tupman'' and Wrinkle and the sup
position Is that this same document
must have passed through a solicitors
office. There Is something ludlerous in
Camp" but hardly IN Harris" But
the probability Is that Dickens had
seen them In conjunction.
Thackeray was excellent in his no
menelature. and never sought the ex-
traordinary. Henry James and Mr..
Howells are not In the least ~fastidious,
o for that IS Mr.. Hardy. But. new
ertheless, was there ever any mortal
who was called Dick Swive!lerT'-
New York Times.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
K A REPRLEVE.


when they parted, seeing only in tina
insult a small reprleye from his society.
When their silent dinner was dis
patched Sir Richard turned TO his wife
and said. 81 am going out; yon can
amuse yourself in the drawing-room.
reading the fashions in year-old ladies'
papers, or" he whispered. lin letting
the tears gush forth from those some
thlnged silly eyes OF yours
And he went forth to join his friend
of the journey, and in the fullness-
very fullness-of time returned TO the
hotel, where he was Informed that a
gentleman wished to see him.
"At thish hour he hieeoughed.
where Is hep"
The gentleman who wished TO see Sir
Richard was ushered into the room. In
appearance he was strictly profession
al, but his somewhat stern expression
was tempered by a look which men as
sumo when they have some exceeding
ly unpleasant duty to perform.
"Sir Richard Fenwiek," he began.
20. geralong." said the gentleman ad-
dressed.
you will be surprised to hear. Sir
Richard, that Lady Fenwick is no long
err In this hotel
Fenwlck's intoxication seemed to
vanish by enchantment, and he glared
at his visitor, who continued to explain,
she is, indeed, with my wife, aud
In perfect safety"
And who the deuce began Fen
wick.
Il am the head of the firm of Hughie,
Acres & ~Doublecheek, London agents
Of Messrs. Courtly & Stock, legal adyis.
ers OF cie Misses Lane"
by what authority have you had
the - impertlnenee TO take my wife
out of my charger asked the outraged
husband. As a man of law you must
know that
Il am quite aware of the position In
which l stand" placldly continued the
lawyer, and my justification is con
tanned In these kilograms from the
lady's guardians authorizing me to act
as think ht. l have also had several
communications with the police"
THE police gasped Sir Richard.
Calm yourself, my good sir; no harm
Is done, and everything will arrange IT.
self for the best. II appears that for
some time the police have been looking
for a certain Frank Fenton, a welI-edu-
Gated young man. whose career marks
him as a criminal of the highest abil-
ity."
II never heard of the name" asserted
Sir Richard, loftily.
mo; for professional uses he general
ly found 1t convenient to adopt other
names and other guises. For instance.
during the last few months this in
genious youth has posed as a brick
layer, m actor, a soldier, a lawyer, a
llftman, and-a curate. He Is, In fact,
the very curate who married you this
morning. The impostor was arrested
on his way to the station with n bag
containing the gold plate belonging to
the church and all moneys for aims
and from collections that he could lay
his hands on. The criminal being a lay
man, and unauthorized TO perform the
wedding ceremony, your marriage Is
therefore illegal-you are, In fact, not
married; but, Of course. the marriage
can be performed Immediately a duly
licensed clergyman can be obtained %
perform II at Heston. cum old-that
is" he added, with a dry smile, III both
parties are still willing"
Dick Fenwlck's reply is not written.
Pick-Me-Up.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
FIRST ARTEsiAN WELLS.
Uncle Sans Attempt TO Get Water Ii
the State of Texas.


ArtesIan wells are now pouring a
never-ending flood of subterranean wa
ter upon the earth's surface in nearly
every State located within the we'll
defined limits of the arteslan well
basins of this continent. From British
America TO the Rio Grande the busy
drill has penetrated the varied strata
in search Of water lying under a pres
sure sufiieleGt TO raise II to the light Of
lay. In some localities, notably In
Utah, a flow has been secured at Il
depth of LEES than 400 feet. In other
places thousands of dollars have been
expended In boring 5000 or even 1000
feet toward the center of the earth
without results.
The average depth at which water Is
secured seems 10 be about 1,400 feet,
and such a well under ordinary circum-
stances costs between $500 and
$1,000. This is with the improved ma.
chinery and transportation facilities of
modern days. Deprived Of these. well.
boring becomes expensive to the point
of lmpracticabillty.
Uncle Sam dug "A well himself many
years ago IN the Panhandle of Texas.
1t Is the first attempt on record to Sc
cure an artesian flow In the Lone Star
State. II was only 700 feet deep, and
no water ever came TO the surface from
II. Since then there have been hun
dreds OF artesian wells bored In Texas
which threw fine streams OF water, and
the pioneer hole has been forgotten by
all except a few old-tlme frontlerslnen
who on this peaceful mission into
n country which was far from peaceful
owing 10 the anti civilization creed OF
the roaming comanehe Indians.
1t was in 1857 that this attempt was
made, as the United States Govern.
meDt thought 1t advisable 10 have a
water supply for an army post on the
staked plains. An elaborate expedition
was fitted out under Captain Polk. who
subsequently became a general. Equip
ped with the best well-boring appara.
tus available at that time, a formidable
wagon train, a force of mechanics and
a guard of cavalry, the expedition
started from one OF the posts near the
u Coast. An apparently suitable To-
cation was selected and the work be
gun. Unfortunately for the Govern
ment, however, the geological survey
had not yet reached that section OF the
country, and the well=borlng vas pure
ly experimental. After going down 700
feet and falling TO strike flowing wa.
ter. the scheme was abandoned and the
expedition returned TO the place from
which 1t anne This was the nrst at
tempt eyer made in Texas 10 dig IN
artesian well, and It cost the Govern
ment over l00.0O0.-Kansas City Star.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-07
Growing Castor Beans.

The castor bean Is becoming n Of
the staple agricultural products of
southern Kansas. and is grown largely
in Illinois. Missouri and Oklahoma. 1t
has been for several years, In certain To-
calities, the rival in Kansas OF sorghum.
The seed is planted as soon as all dan
ger from frost is past, generally about
complaining time. The compliant
err Is much used. although many
small fields are put in by hand
The hills are usually a little further
apart than corn, but the crop is culti-
waited in the same with hoes
and corr plows. 1t may be cultivated
longer, for it does not grow as rapidly
rs corn, the plant making much pro-
gress after 1t begins TO bear. When the
plants have attained a height OF SIX
inches or a trihe more the best bean
raisers go through their fields with a
hoe and cut down superhuous plants,
leaving only one in each hill.
The gathering season usually begins
in August and continues until frost. II
the grower has a large field and several
hands in his own family to do the gath
erIng. his crop may pay him fairly well.
But II he must hire his beans gathered
and board the men. then sell the beans
at a price next door to nothing, he is
pretty sure to be a loser. Good man.
agement In a castor bean crop, as In
every other enterprise or undertaking,
is ~three-fourths Of the victory. The
yield is better in somewhat dry wealth
err. Much rain is Injurious, blasting
the bloom. The beans grow on long
spikes In compact clusters of prickly,
oily looking burs. three beans to each
bur. When ripe the seed shell is a gray
color, diversified with shink brown
spots. The beans are plump, and con-
yex on the upper side and fat on the
other. When placed on the fiat side
they have the appearance of mottle
bugs IN q torpid state.