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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
Our Miniature Navy.

Whitman Osgood and George T. Conn
contribute to St. Nicholas an account of
the miniature navy of the United States
which has been ordered to France. and
will proceed from Washington to Paris
in the year 1900. There is no occasion
fer alarm in this, as there is no likeli-
hood OF Il conflict between the great
oower Of the West and her friend of
ancient days and Revolutionary times.
The wonderful little warships are to go
to the exposition They will prove one
OF the most attractive and interesting
of the exhibits offered by the government
of the United States. There are twenty
three in all; but Admiral Hichborn. the
Father of the Miniature Navy" and
send only the Olympia. the New York.
the Oregon, the Iowa, the Massachu-
sets, the Columbia. the Texas, the BoS-
ton, the Baltimore. the Miantonomah
and the Inflated Maine. the cream of the
miniature navy. just as their originals
are the foremost of Americas fighters.
Each is built to Il scale of a quarter of
This exact relation is kept throughout
all the models. even to their rigging and
loose lines.
Their origin and history are most in
tereSting, and admirably prove the genius
and persistence of Admiral Hichborn, to
whose sterling qualities and patriotic de-
vot;on they owe their existence. He is
officially called the chief of the bureau
of construction and repair, and he has
obligingly furnished the facts upon which
this article is based. He chuckleS as he
tells of the influence that was brought
to bear on Congress to prevent this use
less waste of money" when he first made
effcrt to obtain the necessary authority
and money. There was, too. at that
time, an entire absence of either ma
teral or labor capable of fashioning the
marvellous little sea toys.
The bnilding Of the Junior navy is done
ut the Washington navy-yard, the great
or part of the great shiphouSe. where in
years gone by the formidable monitors
were put together, being given over to
this work. Fifteen men are constantly
employed, as every place entering into I;
model has to be worked up from the raw
material.
The cost Of each one of these miniature
fighters runs from $1,000 to $4,000, and
the process of construction is most inter
cstng. The order for the model is ac>
companied by the drawings of the big
vessel, which are redrawn to the required
small scale. Edward Marcery. who is in
charge of the woodwork, then cuts on
half-inch plank, with circular saw, the
rough outlines Of the vessel ut its various
elevations. These lifts" are placed in Il
hydraulic press and glued together. Next
the wood is gradually cut away until the
rencil outline. which is drawn on the top
of each, plank, is visible. The block is
shaped and measured with the greatest
care, until the perfect hull lines stand
forth. The hull is then followed out to
reduce the weight of the finished vessel
While this woodwork is progressing, 10,
seph Evans has force of from six tt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
Habit of Mixing Letters.

Many women have a careless habit Of
writing several different notes before
putting them into their respective en-
velopeS. and the fact that almost every
one who writes i'll this way has made
| blunders does not seem to cure the fault
| This is purely feminine trick. for
| man invariably directs and seals an epis-
| tie before beginning another.
please shut the door," called out
| fair scribbler recently. as the fresh
breeze caused a flutter among her pa
| perS.
What are you doing Emily" quered
the newcomer. seeing her surrounded b!
a dozen open sheets of close! Swritten
| note paper.
Why. l am drying my notes before
putting them into their envelopes" re-
piled the latter. Il always do it.
| But why not use ii blotter:" suggest
| ed the amused spectator.
| "Oh, it is too much trouble. replied
Emily. They will he all dry by the
time l am ready with the directions.
We'll. You certainly hav" an original
way of writing notes. commenting her
friend. 1T is like hanging clothes ON i
line to dry. l should think you would
get them awfully mixed.
In an informal little note. withou, adj
dressing him. an engaged girl wrote t"
her sweetheart: Bring your trap for
me at O'Clock, ana pray he less stupid
than usual
This familiar little missive she slipped
into an envelope directed To one of the
most formal great DANES of her ac-
quantance. The note the young man
received was al answer to dinner in
! vitation.
There have been instances. however.
when the change Of envelopes is inten-
| tional \ woman who always manages
to get together the people she wishes at
her dinners said once she secured two
difficult and desirable people 10y sending
to each the invitation intended for the
other She knew they were naturally
congenial Another strategist affirmed
that she made the match between two of
her friends by changing the unsealed en-
velopeS which she found on her mother =
writing table inviting both TO the same
! function She suspected all attachment
but the man was shy and the maiden
| was coy.
| This will necesSitate Il call and an
explanation said Miss Machiaveli. as
| she changed the notes. land will give
| them an opportunity.
The scheme evidently succeeded. for On
! the night for the dance the engagement
| 'eunqlIL HLoA .Ma\-'p3JunoUUE SUN
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
Wedding Dress 400 Years Old.

4 most interesting exhibition of ancient
curios and objects of art was lately held
in the Cape. The collection was lent by
descendants of the HugucnotS and others
in the Pearl and Wellington districts.
two of the best-known Dutch ctnterS OF
the colony. The number of exhibits is
described by the antiquary as surpris-
ingly large. while the good state of pres
eryation of most of the articles was proof
of the affectionate remembrance in which
the tirSt-comerS to the land are stu! held
The following items are reported to have
been among those shown: \ wedding
dress of the court of Ferdinand and lSa-
bella, 400 years old: handkerchief with
map of Spain on it. brought from
France by the ancestor of the Hug" fam am
ily in 16SS, and picture of Christ 5"o
years old. painted on the hack OF glass.
Newcastle tEngN Chronicle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
AIwavs Wore a Hat.

Your hair is getting thin" said the
local barber to 4 customer.
Yes" replied the man addressed;
1--WE been treating it with antl-fat.
never liked stout hair.
But you really should put something
on it," persisted the tonsorial artist, i'll Il
most earnest manner.
Il do every morning.. returned the
customer.
May l ask what?" inquired the bar
Der.
My hat. said the patron. There
after was silence.-Freeport Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
THRIVING ON PERSECUTION.
Gypsies of Hungary Still Maintain
Their Ancient Cusfnrna Unclaimed.

Gypsies of Hungary Still Maintain
Their Ancient Customs Unchanged.
III Hungary there are. according to a
rough estimate. about 10000 gypsies.
vagabonds who wander about tine coun-
try with their carts and horses accompa-
MED Ivy their women and children: and
though at one time persecuted as unbe-
levers. and hunted to death az sOrcerers
and prisoners. the cruel edicts which en-
joined such treatment were never sym
pathzed in by the Hungarian peeple.
The result is, as we learn from The
Peoples Of the World that the rypsies
have increased. and i'll their own thrift
less. squalid fashion. proslJered. despite
the hands of their rulers. Indeed. the
Hungarian kings have more than otset'
protected them as poor wandering PEG
pie without country. and whom all the
world rejected" and granted them safe
conducts TO 90 wherever seemed good to
them. With their troops Of donkeys and
horses. Joseph II. OF Austria tried to
settle them as agriculturias. and had
huts built for them. But instead Of Oc-
cupying the comfort tie dwellings them
selves. they stabbed their cattle in them
| and pitched their tents outside. TheH,
! to prevent their corn from sprouts ny.
| they boiled it before sowing: and though
tut!r cIilluTpU were taken from Ilem aUu
trained up into habits Of work under
Magyar and German peasants these
| wildlings soon escaped and joined their
parents. without having learned anything
| from their fOrcible apprenticeship to civ
! ilization. 1t is affirmed that a gypsy
! who had actually risen to the rank OF AL
officer in the Austrian army. disappeared
one day. and was found six months after
ward with a band OF Zingari encamped
on the heath. A young Sloyack peasant
fell in love with and married gypsy
girl, but in his absence she escaped to
! the woods, and when discovered was
! sleeping under the skies, and feeding Oh
I hedgehogs, after the fashion Of the race
! from whom she had been taken. The
Able List, charmed with the talent for
music displayed by gypsy boy. took him
to Paris and tried to train the little lad
But all in vain. The moment he saw
his own people in Vienna his delight was
indescribable: there was no longer any
hope of keeping him under the restraint
| nf rnlitn Iifp
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
SNAP SHOTS.
The married state-AIrs. Sippi.

The married state-Mrs. Sippi.
All fine music is we'll strained.
Well, girls, did Halloween promise YOU,
husband?
Sometimes a daughter seems dull be-
cause the son shines.
Every dog has it's day, but the watch
dog does night duty.
The Siamese Twins knew what it WAS
to dwell together in unity.
The jailer doesn't encourage intemper.
ance by being a barkeeper.
A show Of temper is too much when
1T continuous performance.
1t is often easier to tell the first lie
than to find another to match it,
a color blind person can easily tell
when another is green with envy.
In fight each man tries to do as he
would be done by if he got licked
When the fountain is out of order
soda water is Il fzzical impossibility.
II can figure pretty WELL" said the
schoolboy, ''but have trouble in spells. -
If man has place in woman's
heart, he should know his place and keen
it.
a reporter cannot expect to shovel in
the cash if he does not dig and never has
4 scoop. :
If the world really took Il man at his
own estimate, many men would cut more
of figure.
~ used to be popular" thought the
old-fashioned earring, "but seem to
have lost the hang Of it,
4 man may think his wife has q small
foot until he sees the footing of some Of
her bills.-PhiIadelphia Bulletin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01

*se e GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. 81 81

dent had developed. He looked for the
brilliant scholars Of the class and found
them in men whose success had been Of
the most moderate kind. He looked for
the ounces and found ounces to the pres.
ent day, but the plodding middle element,
the boys who had never achieved any
thing remarkable in college. had with
out exception, made their places in the
force which not only prevented them
from slipping back to the level of the
ounces, but allowed them to pass the
brilliant minds on the road of life.-New
Orleans Picayune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
The Presidents Salary.

Many Of our readers know what the
salary Of the President of the United
States is, but perhaps few are aware
how he draws it. The fact of the mat
ter is he gets his pay i'll much the same
way as any salaried employee. On the
first day of each month warrant. 50.
called, for $4,16G.66 is drawn up by a
subordinate in the treasury department.
and signed by the treasurer of the Unit.
ed States. This is then sent to the
President at the executive mansion, who
deposits it to his bank account, rs he
would any check.
As the Presidents salary is $4,000
a year, and as twelve times $4166.66 is
only $49,999.92, the warrant for the
month of December must necessarily call
for $41G6.74 -. -. -, l. @ SE
-California's dried fruit crop this year.
is worth Approximately $15,OOO,OOO.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
ANY Church Would Do.

Mrs. Grimes-"Does Your husband so
to church. Mrs. Brown"
Mrs Brown-"Certainly. Sometimes
he goes to the Unitarian. sometimes to
the Orthodox and sometimes to the Cath
Ollie
Mrs. Grimes-"Ah, l see! An agnos-
tic
Mrs. Rrown-"No; he's plumber.
When there is nothing for him to do at
one church there is pretty sure to be
something for him at one Of the others
Boston Transcript.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
Things that Make the Little Ones
Happy,

The best way to keep children out of
mischief and keep them from bothering
you when you are busy is to furnish
plenty of amusement for them. All
healthy children love to play, and it is
the parents duty to make the childhood
of their children as happy and as free
from care as possible. During the day-
children where they may play and make
as much litter as they please, making it
4 rule that they shall leave the room
tidy before they go to bed, for habits of
ORDER and neatness cannot be taught
them too early.
allow day nursery, and there is more
than one child, the room should be di-
vided, and each child have his special
sife or hall, as the case may be, says the
New York Telegram. In this case there
need be no quarreling because one child
Is playing where another wants to play,
and il possible it is better if each child
can keep his toys in his own portion Of
the room. While this prevents quarrel
ing, DO not let it 90 to the other extreme
and allow the children to become selfish
they should be encouraged to lend each
other their toys, but not to take them
without permission from the owner
toy he should be made to give up some
thing Of his own i'll exchange. It is as
we'll to teach the children, even in the
nursery, that naughtiness must be paid
for.
Girls are easily amused, and find pleas
ure in make-believe housekeeping, invit-
ing each. other out to tea and taking the
dolls, or in making the dolls clothes.
The boys might find endless amusement
by making the different articles Of furni-
turc. With few tools and little as
sjstance from father they might do won-
dcrs. Thin matchwood and cardboard
can be made into variety of articles,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
His Hand in Her Weigh.

Now, Mr.. Beefy." coldly said the
handsome young widow, who was doing
her own marketing. while | am fully
conscious of the honor you wish to con-
fer upon me, must tell you that have
no present intention of marrying again.
and am. therefore, compelled to refuse
the offer of your hand. Hnb-6uo-hGt.
num-" stammered the astonished butch
er. II have never offered you my hand.
and-ah-'' Then why are you trying
to weigh it on the s ales with the meat.
Sir2''-Snare Moments.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01

He Ate Mars.

well, Andrew" said the teacher. af-
ter few months absence, "how much
do YOU remember of my lessons!
"Ah, ma am, never a word. said An
drew.
"Oh. Andrew. Andrew" his teacher
exclaimed. Have you forgotten all
about the sun. moon and stars. the day
and night and the seasons?"
"Oh. no, ma am" he said. Il do re-
member her now. And you set them on
the Schoolroom table. and Mars was a
red gooseberry, and L ate him. '-Phila-
GplphiH Times. (.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
Women DO Farm Work.

Labor is SO fully employed at Boyer
town, Pa. that the farmers in the agri-
cultural distric It's have been at loss for
laborers to assist in harvesting the heavy
corn crop and putting the wheat and rye
into the ground. So great has this de-
mand for farm laborers grown that in
many instances, rather than pay the
wages asked-from $1.75 to So n day.
with board-women have been pressed
into service and children detained from
school to assist in husking corn and doing
other work
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
SkYscraDers Not Modera.

The notion that skyscrapers are of
modern American origin is controverte,l
by Prof. Lanciani who notes that in
ancient Rome, in thes time of Augustus,
laws were passed, on the ground Of dam
ger from fires, against the high buildings.
some Of which reached an altitude of ten
to twelve stories.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01

eight metal-worktrS deftly molding aud
making chains, aucbors. masts. propeI-
lers, and. in fact. the etnire uprr works
of the little ship. \ greet deal Of the
work is so small and delicate that fine
jewelers. tools have to be Used i'll han
ding the Ilarfs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
A Russian Drink.

Koumiss is an Intoxicating drink made
of milk. generally that of mares. and IL
drunk in large quantities by the inhab-
itants of the Russian steppes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
Many Insured Children.

Two-thirds Of the total number of Chi:
dren under 10 years of age in the United
Kingdom are insured in one form OF an
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
and cork is also very useful for the man
ufacture of furniture

and cork is also very useful for the man.
ufacture Of furniture.
Both boys and girls are always amused
with scrapbook. Cutting, arranging
and pasting in the pictures will pass
many an otherwise dull afternoon. Pie
lures from illustrated papers and books
might be used and painted after they
have been pasted in.
Quite a houseful of furniture can be
had by pasting the illustrations of fur
niture on stiff cardboard and then cut
ting them out, FASTING stiff, narrow
piece at the back so that the picture will
stand when finished. When the furni-
ture is supplied paper people to match
can be cut out and stiffened in the same
way.
A wOrkbasket, writing desk or Il
box Of bricks is always appreciated by Il
child. Endless amusement can be had
from these toys. Children also dearly
love anything which has IL key and can
be locked.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
When SIeep is Truant.

Everything which increases the amount
of blood ordinarily circulating through
the brain has tendency to cause wake
fulness. If the brain is often kept for
long periods on the stretch, during which
the vessels are filled to repletion, they
cannot contract even when the exciting
causes cease. Wakefulness, as conse-
Quence, results, and every day the con-
dition of the individual becomes worse,
because time brings the force of habit
into operation. Everything that tends
to throw the blood to the brain, and to
accumulate it there, should be avoided.
This is Il vital matter, and prevention is
better than cure. Tight or ill-ftting ar
ticles of dress, especially about the neck
or waist, and tight boots and shoes,
should be discarded; the feet should be
kept warm SO that the circulation may
be promoted. Wearing cork soles in the
boots or shoes and changing the socks
every day are excellent means to this
end, and strongly recommended Apart,
however, from physical causes, there are
various moral causes acting on the brain
equally inimical to sleep-whatever keeps
the blood vessels of the brain dstended,
and the consequences Of that we know.
On the other hand, when the mind is
quoted the tendency of the vessels is to
contract and for sleep to follow.-Phila-
delDhia Press
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
Happiness 10 a Duty.

Be happy! Be happy in spite of every.
thing! When a person is not happy, he
is failure in life. To be happy is to
be normal and the normal people are
those who come out OH top in the long
run. Nature and human nature detest
abnormal things, and unhappy people are
certainly abnormal people. 1t is said that
nothing makes happiness like happiness,
and, from observation, one sees that 1t Is
true, says the. Pittsburg Press. Happi-
ness is two things-a good habit aud Il
spiritual state. Many women, you
think, are born unhappy. Is there any
one such weak-nlinded creature that
she cannot cultivate the good habit of be-
ing happy?
The trouble with average woman
who fancies herself unhappy is only an
unwholesome fancy. She caresses and
nourishes unhappiness. In other words,
she hugs trouble. She luxuriates in be-
ing melancholy, in looking on the wrong
side of things. If she only knew how
disagreeable this made her in the sight
of men, she would very soon change her
tactics. for it has come to be n recog-
nized fact in modern civilization that
happiness is necessity of life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
A New Use for the Laurel.

People who are unfortunate enough to
live in damp houses, particularly near
undrained land, are apt to think that
there is no help for them save in remuv-
their comfort. Successful experiments
have shown that it is quite possible to
materially improve the atmosphere in
such neighborhoods in a very simple
manner-by the planting of the laurel
and the suntlower. The laurel gives off
ful-eyed" sunf1ower is potent in destroy
ing the malarial condition. These two,
if planted on the most restricted scale in
garden close to the house, will be
found to speedily increase the dryness
and salubrity Of the atmosphere, and
rheumatism, if it does not entirely be-
come memory Of the past, will be large
Nv nIIcyioto1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-01
Father and Mother Must Work
Together.

Before giving command mother
should ask herself if it is necessary, and
also whether she is prepared to enforce
it in case Of disobedience; if she is not,
the command had better not be given.
The authority. of one parent must be
upheld by the other if the best results are
to be secured in the government of their
children. Whatever their private differ
ences of opinion may be, neither should
ever, by word or look, question the de-
cisons Of the other in the presence OF
the children. The word of either should
be law in the household, and this cannot
be if the partner who should be the most
loyal in upholding it is an opposing power.
The line of conduct to be followed should
be decided between them, and in unex.
pected emergencies the private judgment
of one should give way to the expressed
wish of the other.
Your father wishes it, or Your
mother thinks it BEST" should bring at
least outward agreement. IF house
be divided against itself. that house can
not stand" and if the parents are pitted
one against the other the effect on the
children will be disastrous to any sort of
discipline.
The fullest liberty is found within the
limits of law, and children who are
trained to obedience can be permitted
far more freedom than those who cannot
De trusted out OF SlSnC Tor rear the nO-
erty permitted them will degenerate into
license.
The child whom experience has con-
WINGED that his parents prohibitions are
not arbitrary, but are founded on kind
ness and justice, will not often disregard
them. Lapses there may be, as no hui
man beings are perfect. But the lapses
will not be many, and from the nature
of the case they will bring their own
punishment, convincing the offender, as
nothing else will do, that the path of
obedience is not only the safest but the
pleasantest to walk in.-Elizabeth Rob
inson Scovil in Ladies' Home Journal