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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
H0usehold ainta.

Unbleached canton flannel makes the
best dishcloths.
Ammonia and water is an excellent an
tidote for mosquito bites.
Washing the hands in bran water will
whiten and soften the skin.
Flannel should be ironed as little as
possible, and with a moderately hot iron.
Vegetable soups are nOurishing and
not as heating as those made from meat
stock.
Plantain leaves applied to bee stings
or mosquito bits will remove the infam-
nation.
Nothing will improve the complexion
and give grace to movement better than
hOuseWOrk.
~, will save much anxiety as to each
days meals.
Water can be kept ice cold by putting it
in common earthenware pitcher
wrapped with wet flannel.
If grease is spilled on the floor, cold
water poured on it at once will prevent
the spot from soaking into the wood.
Two bottles should be kept for bottle
fed baby. The one not in use should be
filed with cold water and soda.
Ice can be kept for several days by
wrapping it first in old blankets and then
in several thicknesses of newspaper.
Those who sigh for cool resting places
in warm weather and yet cannot give up
their soft beds, can gain what they want
by laying heavy white awning canvas I'M
der the sheets.
A nice seam presser can be made out
of piece of curtain pole or stout
broom handle. Select piece about 10
or II inches long. and pad it with fan
mel and cover with white muslin.
If a clean cloth wrung out of water to
which half teaspoonful of ammonia
has been added is used to wipe off car
pet recently swept, it will remove the
dusty look and brighten the colors.
The starch should be washed out of
all colored or thin dresses belonging to
the children before they are put away.
They will last twice as long if put away
rough-dried, as they will if put away
ready for next summers use.
Specialists in housekeeping matters aver
that for rubbing smooth surfaces, such
as highly polished wood or metal, a fan
mel cloth is less likely to scratch than
even chamois. Silkoline is also excellent
for use about a handsome piece of wood
en- furniture.
= Before busting Il room enough time
should be allowed to elapse for the dust
to settle, and then it should be taken
up with a soft cloth, not merely displaced
with feather buster. The latter may
be used to dislodge particles beyond the
reach of the hand, but it is not prac-
ticable- for any other purpose.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
smiths would cost. IL =" : a.

less than two or three visits at the black
smiths would cost. a - Sc
y 1t will be great convenience if the
farmer learns enough about his horses
foot so that at a pinch he can reset shoe
when one has been cast, and the black
smith shop cannot be conveniently
reached. We have known farmers who
learned to SET a shoe;,as well as any black
smith could do it. AS good deal of this
work was done during rainy days, it did
not any more interfere with farm work
than it would to drive to the nearest
blacksmith's and wait while he shOd per-
haps a dozen horses before your turn
came. AT this season of the year, horses
have to be reshOd frequently, so as to
keep the toe calks sharpened. As the set
ting Of Il shoe is a comparatively simple
matter, it ought to be included in the
practical education of every man who in
tends to make farming his life business.
And yet probably, should this be done,
some intermeddling law maker would
frame a law to require all who did any
horseshoeing to pass an examination and
be registered, and forbid a farmer even
to shoe the horses on his own farm until
he had been put to this trouble and exf
penSe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
wilhelm lis Toad Taiismap.

= The house of Hohenzollern possesses Il
family talisman. Since the time of the
El:ctor John Cicero, who fiourislied tow
aid the end of the Fifteenth century, each
ruler has, when possible before dissolu-
ton, handed to his successor a sealed
packet. This contains a ring, i'll which
il set black stone said to have been
dropped by huge toad on the coyerlet Of
a princess of the family just as she had
given; birth to son. Frederick the Great
found the ring in an envelope, which also
inclosed memorandum, written by
Frederick l. stating it's value and it's
mode of transmission. Schneider the IL
brarian of William J.. declares that he
saw the packet handed by Ceiling, the
treasurer, to his royal master on his ac.
eession, and further asserts that he read
his. account of the ztalisman to the EN-
perOf, who fully confirmed it.--St. James'
GaZettp
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
SOCiety'S Late Hours.

ooSAChy . A"NO nouISs
To what lengths society will carry the
every season, it is impossible to predict:
for when we consider that even a decade
ago Z O'Clock was considered Il late din
ner hour, and guests We're hidden at least
nominally to balls at 8 o'clock. the pres
ent ultra fashion of $50 O'Clock for din
ners and II O'Clock for dance, seems
great change, and old fogies cannot bat
with shrug and sigh, the day when 6
O'Clock even was considered an innova-
ton, and when they donned evening
clothes once year at 10 o'clock in the
morning and made New Years calls until
dark.
What barbarians we werer' thinks the
times" 1t is London that is setting us
the fashion in this, as in many other up
to-date social fads. Some of these are
desirable, where others are not, but these
late hours in way may be said to be to
certain extent advantageous: that is, they
make many things practicabl which 9th
erwise would be ,;impossibilities. They
certainly extend the time. A man Of
business may now come up town and go
to his club, or take cup of tea with
friend, or make call or two before din
ner, and it is always possible to linger
over the post-prandial cigar and after
ward rejoin the women in the drawing
Dom. before hurrying away to make
mes bow to an awaiting hostess. Nor
10 these late hours mean necessarily dis
;ipation. In old days dances We're pro-
onged into the wee sma' hours, just as
much as now: they are simply shortened
Il duration, that is ALL which is also an
advantage.
Another London fashion which has
been adopted of late is the length of time
elapsing between dinner invitation and
it's celebra ton. a month OF six weeks
being now quite customary. 1t would
seem that our society must cry ''Halt!'
And that progressive ideas could go no
further, unless. indeed. entertainments
become so late that they result in over
stepping the boundaries. and we return
to the primitive habits Of our forebears
the next day.-New York Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
A RrOiled Lamb.

A broiled doughbird, or golden plover,
cooked on the gridiron, is delicious piece
of game. SINCE, draw and wipe as many
plovers as you wish. Do not remove the
heads, but take out the eyes. Trim the
toes and split the birds down the back.
Season a little melted butter with pep
per, and roll the birds in it. Dredge
them lightly with flour. Lay them on a
brOiler and let them broil about six min
cook them until Drowned on the outside;
it will only take about four minutes long
er.
A delicious stew or hash of plovers is
made by first roasting the birds about
four minutes and then cutting them into
pieces, in about the same way a chicken is
cut up for fricassee.
Fry in butter a slice of white onion,
minced fine, and thin slice of carrot
for each bird; add pepper corn, sprig
of parsley, one of thyme. half-inch
slice of celery cut fine, and for every six
birds bayleaf. Add, for six birds, a
cup of rich brown gravy or Spanish
sauce, if convenient; six mushrooms cut
fine, and glass of sherry. Let the
pieces of plover cook for five or six min
utes in this sauce, then spread thin,
cate chicken fOrcemeat over them, and
let the dish be- Drowned in the oven for
two or three minutes.
The plover is not large bird. 1t is
usually roasted, broiled or made into a
stew or hash. A bird should be allowed
for each person. Pick carefully, SINCE
and draw them. Take out the eyes and
trim off the toes. Season, inside and ont,
with salt and pepper, after wiping Thorn
off thoroughly. Rub little butter over
each bird when ready to roast it. Put the
head under one leg. Cut off the wings.
Cut very thin, almost transparent slice
Of Harding pork for each bird, and tie it
like blanket over the breast. Lay the
birds on rack in a dripping pan and set
them in hot oven. Let them roast for
five minutes on their backs, then turn
them, and as soon as they are rich
golden brown all over the breasts, and
the pork has shriveled up in the intense
heat, serve them. Put each one on a
hollowed-out slice of bread of suitable
size, which has been dipped in melted
butter and Drowned few moments in
the oven. Garnish them with fried HON
my and rolls of crisped bacon, and
serve, if you wish, slices of fried egg
plant with them, or decorate them mere
" with little watercress.-NewX York
Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
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:
NJ. A. Beck. Milwaukee, assgr., paper fast
ening for sander cylinders; B. F. B. Fagg,
assgr., Forestville, producing engravingS;
E. J. Seaver. Beloit, assgr., washing ma
chine; H. C. Swan. Oshkosh, spring shackle
lop for vehicles; H.. Theile, Milwaukee, dec.
J. Theile, administrator, hammock.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
Foreign Bug Pests in England.

:, Reports Of English argriculturIsts show
that not only are the native insects, which
are the enemies Of all farmers, holding
their own, hut that their efforts have been
omtdone by insects of foreign importation.s
There ~ for example. maggot that
comes from North Africa. which, under
favorable circumstances, develops into the
Angumois moth, and is making efforts to
become naturalized member Of the Eng
FISH Fanna. But the worst domestic pest
is said to come from Germany Hitherto
the English cockroach has enjoyed a we'll
observed reputation for its philo. progeni
ing upon viands. which unappreciative
housewives have laid own as poison. But
there is some fear now that this inter
estinS creature will soon become scarce.
heing eaten cut of house and home by a
Eelman rival. which, though inferior il,
bulk and less attractive in appearances, has
IA nnrsaae1 power of living ON next to
nothing. which is accompanied also by an
astonishing gift for multiplication In
the meantime the North African maggot,
while not yet hardy enough to trust itself
to the acids, is carrying on a work of de-
Sf1Hcton in the corn crib and harm
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
Succu!ent Feed for Hogs.

The fact that little grain fed to hogs
while at pasture will cause them to grow
rapidly, shows the advantage of some
small proportion of it's food should be
of this character. for succulency general
ly means large bulk with small nutritive
value In winter there is no better sup
plement to the grain ration than beets
They are both succulent and sweet, and
are much easier to digest raw than the
potato, whose carbonaceous nutrition is
in the form of starch.-American Guilt
yatOr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
Beaver IN EurODe.

: 1t is possible that the beaver will sur
vive longer in Europe than in America.
1t is said that few individuals are still
to be found ON the Elbe, the Rhine and
the Danube, and Prof: Collett of Chris
tiania estimates, according to Cosmos,
that there are now 100 individuals living
in Norway, whereas the number in 1880
was estimated at sixty. Prof. Collett
recommends that government protection
be afforded to prevent their extermina-
tiOn.-Trade Review,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
The Kings Bounty,

King Humbert recently visited an Ital-
ian hospital and left sum of money with
the directors, so that the patients might
each have some additional delicacy in hon
or of the event. One of the sick men,
hearing of this, complained that his dinner
had been no better than usual. The nurse
explained to him: my good fellow. the
state of your health doesn't permit of
any change in your diet, but the doctor
had ordered you dozen leeches, and, as
a treat, we are going to apply eighteen"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
A Convict in Luck.

G. NJ. Oliver. a convict at Deer Lodge,
Mont, who has been granted a new trial
On the charge of robbery, yesterday re-
ceived.a letter from a firm of lawyers i'll
Bridgeport, Conn, informing him that he
had fallen heir to $4,000 by the death
of an uncle, Edwin M. Oliver, which oc
Cured in that city over a year ago. The
trustee of the estate only recently learned
of young divers whereabouts. His new
trial will come up in few weeks, and
he will probably be released, as all of
the states witnesses have disappeared.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
Knocked Ont.

1t knocks out all calculations of at.
tending to business in the right way
for a Gay when we wake up in the
morning sore and stiff. The disappoint-
ment lies in going to bed all right and
waking up all wrong There is a short
and sure way out of it, Go to bed after
4 good rub with st. Jacobs Oil and you
wake up all right; soreness and stiff
ness all gone. So sure is this that men
much exposed In changeful weather
keep bottle of it on the mantel for
use at night to make sure of going to
work in good fix.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
Fg18 with Soft Shella.

1t is usually the inactive breeds of
fowls which at this season show the eff
fects of indigestion by laying eggs with
soft shells. The remedy is to make them
scra tch among straw and chaff for the
grain they get, and mingle with this
enough lime in some form to make the
also be we'll supplied with gravel, as this
is necessary to enable them to grind the
food in their crops. Such hens are al
most always too fat, which is usually
sign that their feed has been largely
corn, which is fattening and is besides
a very poor egg producer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
Reducing Blaoksmiths. Bi,ls.

Farmers who do much team work on
the road are obliged to make pretty heavy
bills ut the blacksmith's, says the Ameri-
can Cultivator. This is especially true in
shoes are not enough for safety. To
sharpen and reset a round Of shoes every
two or three weeks makes an expense that
can only be d fforded by farmers who have
Q great deal to market. at good prices. So
many kinds of implements are now used
on the farm that every farmer ought to
have some acqu aintance with blacksmith
ing. 90 that he can mend what is broken
without being obliged to 60 of the farm
to do IL. Is quantity of bolts and nuts Of
different sizes, with q full set of fools to
~ With then eaN nov be paFphassd fpg
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
Heaves In Horses,

When horse has heaves it may be
kept at moderate work without injury so
hay, unless it has been wet down, is es-
pecially Objectionable, as it contains a
great deal of dust which poisons the del
icate passages to the throat and lungs
Horses with heaves can do hard work,
but must not be driven fast, though so
long as they are fed with moistencd food.
they will Scarcely ever show the effect of
the heayes,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04

ONH @ENJo3S
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and observation-disclosures, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG syrup co!
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE ~. REW Y0Rk, NJ
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
Art of Winter Feeding.

The produce from the farm is fed to
animals, not SO much to provide for the
stock as to derive the largest sum posi-
BILE from the material used. When the,
barns and granaries are full the question
is how to dispose of the products to the
best advantage. If the food is fed to
cows, and the milk shipped to market the
farmer sells his grain, hay and fodder in
the form of milk. If he can derive the
most milk at the least cost his profits are
according to the amount of raw material
required to produce the milk. 1t is not
the quantity of food, however, that gives
the best results, but the quality Skill is
necessary in feeding, as the age Of an
animal and the special work it is to per-
form must be considered. 1t is also i'm:
portant to economize in food by prevent
ing it's loss after it has been consumed;
that is, the animal must be protected
from cold or a larger proportion of the
food will be utilized in creating animal
heat, and the food can be prepared in a
manner to assist in it's being better d.
gested and assimilated. Coarse foods
must be balanced by adding those that
are more concentrated, and the DISPOSE
ton and peculiarities of each animal
must be known. There are feeding
tables which may serve as guides to
certain extent, but the judgment of the
farmer, who understands the existing
conditions under which the animals are
fed, is the most important factor in feed
ing for proft.-Prairie Farmer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
There IL a Class OF PEOPLE

Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores new preparation
called GRA1N-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 GRATN-O
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
'Couldn't Remembers Them All.

A Georgia man was arraigned for
beating his wife. =
what have you to say for yourself?"
asked the Judge.
''Iin speak out, ledger !,
4 u Eyes. What have you to say?"
"Jedge, yer honor, I want to say jest
this. never did have no trouble with
none er my wives, 'cept this one. My
fust wife was a angel, my second came
mighty nigh bein' one, MY third wuz
moderate, MY z%s VI \ s# q: z.ys. 81
In the name Of goodness" interrupted
the. Judge, chow many. wives have you
had ~ .Si IS s5ggs :7= z5sssz. sc +
s.s The man looked thoughtful, and then
said s9.S
800 ledge, e don't know. Z use to keep
track 81 'eu, but II quit countin' after
Iss'a surrender tlanta censti
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
CHRONIC RHEUMATISM.
From TIE Industrial Ne,4c,s, ,Jaeks,orn Mon

FUsN t7t8 IHuuStIItlt 1SetUS, JUGRSUlt. Ut 07.
The subject of this sketch is fifty-six
years of age, and actively engaged in
farming. When seventeen years old he
hurt his shoulder, and a few years after
commemorate have rhenulati c pains in it.
On taking slight cold or the least strain,
the trouble would start and he would suf-
fer the most exeruciating pains. r ,$ rs
He suffered for over thirty Years, and
the last decade has suffered SO much that
he was unable to do any work. 70 this,
frequent dizzy spells were added, MAX
Ing him almost helpless invalid. "!fI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04

DUN dunn bullets work both ways on
the Indian frontiers, as the Afridi tribes
men are bunting the bullet tips. too
The two pipers of the Gordon Highland
ers who distinguished themselves at Oar
gal, lost, one his leg, the other his foot,
owing to the terrible splintering of the
ford missiles
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-04
Country Meat Supplies.

There is great deal of difficulty in
country places sometimes in securing
supplies of fresh meat during summer as
needed. A good refrigerator with plen-
tiful ice supply will do much to keep
meat fresh for several days. But in
most cases the mutual exchange of diff
ferent portions of small animals will en-
able them to be consumed without loss.
In the olden time, when nearly every
farmer kept flock of sheep, to kill one
and divide the four quarters among four
neighbors each of whom would recipro-
cate during the season, gave each enough
for the time, and proved a saving to all.
All farmers who keep poultry have at
nearly all times some specimens that are
off duty for laying, and which can be
proftably killed in case of emergency.
Yet so often when the fowl has been
killed large number of eggs are found
in her ovum, makes the farmer think he
had better have kept few small pigs or
some sheep for this purpose. In every
flock there are. however, many ROSTERS.
so that while these last the family need
not be without fresh meat in an emer-
genCy,