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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-24
Dainty Dress Closets.

ferfumed pads for trunk trays and
compartments of the dresser have proved
so satisfactory in imparting that delicate.
scent which women love that one woman
has carried out the scheme still further.
She has been in the habit of hanging
sachets of her favorite powder in her
clothes closet, but it did not seem to lie
as satisfactory as the pads in the bureau.
She Experimental by hanging sheets
around the wall and using LIQUID scent.
but that evaporated. Finally she took
out the pads from her trunk and hung
them on the hooks in the dress closet.
: Then d. she thought, Why not pad the
No sooner thought than done. Her best
dress closet is now upholstered over all
the walls and ceiling. She did it herself.
The backing of the pads is cheesecloth.
Then there is thick layer of cotton bat
ting thickly strewn with her favorte
violet sachet powder, and covering the
whole is delicate shade Of violet China
SILK: Before fastening this lining to the
walls of the closet it was tied in "com-
fort" style with dainty baby ribbon, tied
in bow knots.
The pads are bound all around the
edge with violet satin ribbon, having
loops at the upper edge to hang the pads
to the wardrobe hooks. These bindings
are not "sewed to stay at the top, but
AANJ Nc Ct1oAAy .11ppcu lOOSt Ill OTuer TO re-
new the powder at any time Pads on
the ceiling and above the hooks are fast
ened with brass-headed tacks hidden
under the ribbon bows.
This luxurious closet may be initiated
in cheaper upholstery and be quite as
dainty. Silkolines, which come in such
DELICATE hues and patterns, with sprays
Of the most delicate flowers, can be used.
These sheer and inexpensive materials
are to be had with white or shaded
ground, and the sprays of flowers may
match the odor used-violets, roses, crab
apple blossoms, heliotropes, or almost
anything in the way of a flower from
which perfume is extracted. If white
ground with sprays of flowers is used,
the bow knots can match the flower, and
If tinted ground is used, white ribbon is
very pretty.-New York Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-24
Dinner Ideas,

In these days of lavish entertaining
and elaborate dinner-giving nothing is
more eagerly sought for than novelties
in dinner decorations. At recent din
ner clever hostess tied bouquet of
pink roses to the chair of each woman
guest Each man had pink rosebud
beside his napkin. At rose dinner the
table was ornamented with a low pyra-
mid of velvety American beauties in the
center, and sprays of ferns We're scat
tered carelessly over the table. For the
last course rosebush was brought
around and each guest took Il rosebud,
which proved to be formed of very pal
atable ices and creams. Soft tulle thrown
over some contrasting color silk often
forms mat for the center Of the table
and looks very dainty and refreshing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-24
A Curiosity in Motives,

The motives for which women marry
are rs numerous as the sands of the sea.
or-as the women. Our easy assumption
is that each one of every engaged couple
is lin love" with the other one" That
is, the parties are drawn together by
some mysterious psychic attra ction, more
or less strong. In truth, this inner per-
sonal attraction is not always present,
either in both parties to an engagement
or even with one of the pair. Accident,
propinquity, trifing circumstances, social
or family pressure, some slight airy moth
ing decides the question between mar
riage or no marriage for the woman so
slight, that it is as if women were al
ways waiting on the brink of this new
experience, and very light touch caused
them to fall into, or wander into, or
drift into it, according to their several
temperaments.-Har Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-24

IN, around or about the furnace NO
buckets of water down inside the furnace
pipes below; the registers. or place them
induced. Keep all the plants in i'm -,
airy locations, but Away from draugbts'
Never ,consign a well-grown specimen
palm to a corner Of the room, though II
may look better there. Its beautiful nm
pearance will last a short time only n
the dark, close place. It may Seem
strange to some. but the very best place
in the house. If the temperature cnn
there be maintained ut an even point,
is the kitchen. because Of the constant
evaporation Of water as it puffs forth
from the spout Of the teakettle.
Lack of Punctuality.
There are few habits that are more
common and at the same time more
destructive to the general comfort of
the family than that Of being unpunctu-
al at meal-times, says Harper's Bazaar.
Every honsekeeper knows how trying
is the experience Of keeping things hot"
for the tardy member Of the household
II the delinquent happens to be the fa-
Their and husband. the rest of the fam
lily do not repair to the dining room I'M
til his arrival. Often business has de-
tanned him at his office or place of bust
sA>"o2 NAN 1ACu III Is Tie ODJeCC OF our
sympathy. AS much cannot be said Of
the thoughtless young person who lin
gers over book or needlework for ten
minutes after the other members of the
household are. assembled around the
board, while the entrance Of the tardy
son or daughter necessitates a check in
the smooth drumming machinery Of
"helping" and passing" -
When guest is habitually unpunctual
at her meals her hostess has a right to
consider that she is guilty of an mex
cuSable breach of etiquette.
The housekeeper is conscious of the
golden-brown omelette which is changing
its soutfle-like qualities for a lcatherv
toughness, and she remembers the light
mullins growing heavy while her guest
gives the last touches to her toilet
And the remedy for this delay is so
simple! Rising ten minutes earlier in
the morning, Oh returning from the round
OF calls q quarter of an hour sooner
than one is accustomed to doing, would
allow an abundance of time for the
necessary toilet, and make things VAST
" pleasantcr for the kind hostess.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-24

look Of actual regret on the women's
faces when the doors opened and men
came in. 1t is wholesome sign. A
woman's woman is much finer product
OF civilization than smans woman.
The men are SO easily deceived, poor
things. - Pittsburg Dispatch. Az 5@
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
ractful Messenger Boy.

zone of the beautiful traits in the
make up Of Washington messenger
boys" said a railroad man who lives
in Washington, lis their tactfulness."
think otherwise. They are chock full
Of and loaded down with tact-with
the copper on. To illustrate:
"My wife. went over to New York a
few weeks ago to attend the bedside
Of seriously i'll relative. who was not
expected to live. This morning I was
sitting in my Office, wondering why
haunt got letter from her by the first
mil. when a tousle headed messenger
boy joggled open the door.
"'Where'll l find de Office O. Mr..
-w he asked, mentioning my name
fright here, son. said l. You're
talking to him.
"'Well,' said the kid, measuring me
up, with the probable expectation that
I'd do a stage back fall. I've got a
death message fer you. an they tole
me at tn Office that it was important
mice, mild. tactful way Of putting
1t, wasn't it? He just left it up to me
to wonder. while l was ripping the en-
velope open. whether the message an-
nounced the death of our aged relative
or the decease Of my wife. 1t happen
ed to be the former, but am inclined
to believe that that boy would have
been just a bit better pleased had 1t
been the latter" r."-Washington Post.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
THE PROFESSORS PRIZE.
It Was Something He Could Beat
but 1t Got the Best of Him.

II Was Something He Could Beat,
but 1t Got the Best of Him.
One evening last winter one Of Adel-
oert's popular professors attended q
social function where the guests play
ed progressive pedro, game in which
the worthy educator lays no claim to
being an expert. In fact, on the pres
ent occasion he was credited with but
'wo progressions, score Of really as
bnishing smallness. Naturally, what
b termed the 'booby prize" fell to him,
and this time it took the form OF a
double yolk egg, with the following
sarcastic legend attached:
Something you can beat"
The professor smilingly accepted the
reward, and after it was passed around
Ind joked upon he Snally slipped 1t
Into the side pocket Of his overcoat
and then straightway forgot it's exist
ence.
When the party broke up, he accom-
panied two young ladies to their
home. When they reached the house
and the latchkey was produced and
used, it was found that the front door
was locked so tightly that it refused
to yield to ordinary pressure. SO the
professor put his hip against panel
and pushed hard.
There was a dull crash, mild yell,
the professor leaped in the air and
convulsively clutched at his side.
The double yolk had exploded!
A moment later the afflicted educator
gingerly drew from his pocket pair
Of exceedingly yellow gloves, followed
by a muffier Of the same gaudy tint.
And the ladies leaned against the rail-
ing and laughed until they cried.
OF course they promised not to tell,
but in some unfathomed way the story
like the egg-leaked Out.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
THAT FIRST SIN.
Figures to Show That Adam and Eve
Ate Eight Million Apples.

Figures to Show That Adam and Eve
Ate Eight Million Apples.
Probably our great ancestor, Adam,
little thought Of the trouble he would
cause posterity by eating an apple.
But now the question as to how many
apples he really did eat is a new diff
Guilty.
How many apples did Adam and Eve
eat? Was it one or was it millions?
When the subject was first mooted the
editor very naturally replied, "Why,
one, Of course"
"No," said the assistant editor, "Eve
ate one, and Adam ate one, too; that's
two"
Then the subeditor passed along
slip of paper on which was written,
"Eve 81 and Adam 81, making 1872"
But the poet, who is man Of imag-
ination, capped this with, "Eve 81 and
Adam 812-893."
Then the publisher tried his hand,
and his contribution was, "Eve 8,142
see how it tasted, and, Adam 812,
equals 1854"
The poet, who dislikes being sur
passed as much as he hates BARRIERS,
came up to the scratch again with
"Eve S,142 see how it tasted, and Ad-
am 81, ,242 keep her company-S9,3S4."
Then the humorist, who had been
listening, quietly handed in his con-
tribution, "Eve s, ,142 see how it tasted,
and Adam S,124,210-der a husband
was he to see her eat alone. This
equals S,132,352."
"But he had another object" said the
poet Eve S,142 satisfy her curiosity,
and Adam 8,124, 4,24O-fy Eve in her po-
sition That makes 8, ,132, 32,3S2."-Phila-
da1nhia Record
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
Hardly Sentimental.

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's sense of the
ridiculous has always been a saving
grace, leading her to avoid grandilo-
Quence.
On one occasion a lady at Newport,
trying to get fine sentiment out Of
her, said one moonlit evening on q
vine hung veranda, "Mrs. Howe, do
say something lovely about my piaE-
za!" Whereupon every one listened for
the reply.
In her delicately cultivated voice
Mrs. Howe responded, 81 think it is q
bully piaz."--San Francisco Argonaut.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
A woman,s Bluff.

VI course you know the story of the
woman who heard two men at hotel
table discussing her very impertinent-
~ In German, whereupon she very po-
dtely asked one Of them for the salt in
German. It's a very old story, and
sometimes the language Is French, and
the salt is left out, but the story is the
same, and goodness only knows how
many writer's, from Howells up and
from Howells down, have told it with
variations. So old it Is that when a
woman | know began to tell it to me
the other day as a personal experience
| felt the joy that one feels at meeting
anew an old friend.
Il was in a car" she began, "and
two men sat opposite me. OF course
knew they were talking about me. I'd
have known it even If they had
been speaking Sanskrit, which they
weren't. They were gossiping in Ger
man. l stood it as long as l could, and
then dropped my purse. Cne Of the
men instantly picked it up. Thank
you,' l said in German. My dear, If
you could have seen those mems faces!
They didn't say another word for six
blocks"
But what were they saying about
your
"Oh," said she cheerily, II. haven't
an idea. l don't know one word of
German but Thank you.'"
And wonder If the woman in the
story who asks for the salt-well, per-
haps her request, too, was what in the
vernacular one calls Washing
ton Star
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
Beware of OintmentS for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucus sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from them
Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucus surfaces of the system.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine, 1t is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney Co. Testi-
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halc's Family Pills are the best.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
A Fair .Jury.

fore a Hoosier justice of the peace the
sextet comprising the jury came in
after three hours deliberation with the
following impartial verdict: "We the
jury agree to find judgment for neither
plaintiff nor defendant and find that
each pay half the COSTS" 1t Is said the
verdict struck every one as being so
unusually fair that even the parties to
the actien were satisfed.-Case and
Comment
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
A Hard Cough.

doctor, want to know exactly
what's the matter with me.
''My good sir, your ailment is tend
ency Of the lungs to expel air suddenly
and forcibly through the CLOTHS. the
effort being accompanied by a rauccus
and more or less cultural sound.
''That's what told the doctor dis
charged the other day. He said it was
nothing but cough. Chicago Trib-
une
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot-Ease.
powder to be shaken into the shoes. 1t makes
tight or new shoes feel easy ;gives instant relief
to corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort
discovery of the age. Cures swollen feet, bl1s-
ters and callous spots. Aliens FootEase is a
certain cure for ingrowing nails. sweating,
smarting, hot, aching feet.A We have $4,000 tes-
timonials. All druggists and shce stores sell
it. 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy. N. Y.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
HolTT's SCHOOL.

Menlo Park, San Matco Co. CAL, &C
credited at the Universities. Location,
Climate, and careful attention to Mental
Moral and Physical training, Placcei
Hoitt's among the formeost Schools for
bows on the Pacific Coasts. F. CHRoNI-
Gle. Will reopen in the new building
August 15h, 10Th year, Ira G. Hoitt Phi.
D.. Principal.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
where the Car. Are Buried.

1t is not generally known that the
remains of all the czars of Russia since
Peter the Great lie in a memorial chapel
built on one of the islands of the Neva
All the cenotaphs are exactly alike
each being block of white marble.
without any decoration whatever The
only distinction by which one is marked
is the name of the deceased emperor
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
The Gambling Bacillus.

Successful sports know that in the
highways and byways are countless
idiots who ski1np their families, borrow,
beg and even steal in order 70 bet on
horse. races at odds of to against
them in tbs long run, on stocks at 90 to
!, on slugging matches at everything
to nothing. The gambling bacillus in
tests every legitimate sport and soon
rOtS ft.-OriteriOn.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
A GOOD-LUCK CROSS

Recently discovered in the grave of Queen
Dagmar is supposed to keep away evil in
fuences. There is no more evil influence
than ill-health, and there is nothing which
has SO great power to keep it away than
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. which cures
dyspepsia and indigestion. A private Rev
enue Stamp covers the neck ofthe bottle.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
wanted-A Playfellow.

The Two-Mrs- Reagan, can your lit
tie Jamesie come an play wild usf
Mrs Reagan-Yis. Yez are good
byes ter let little Jamsie play wild yer
What are yez going to play2
One of the Two-William Tell We
want Jamesie ter stand wild de apple
on his head Skinny is William Tell
He haint very good shot. an | was
afeard to stand myself Harlem Life
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
Disinterested.

81 told her the fortune teller said I
would marry soon.
"How did she take that2"
'She said she would say good word
for me to any girl I might pick out. -
Chicago Record.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18

NataPs hippopotamuses are extinct.
The last herd was protected by the
government on a reservation near Dur
ban, but did so much damage to the
surrounding sugar plantations that or
ders were given to have it destroyed.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
Words That Live.

"When man pays woman COM
pliment, it is said that she never for
gets him."
That's not exactly the way Of 1t.
She sometimes forgets the man, but
she always remembers the compu-
mant."-Chicago Record.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use
for their children during the teething
period.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
A Good Explanation.

"Papa, know what makes some
people laugh in their sleeves" said lit
tie Harry.
"Well. my son, what makes them?
asked the father.
"'Cause that's where their funny
bone is" was the reply.-Troy Times.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18

There was young man from Lenore,
Who boldly went off to the war;
The "beef7' made him sick
He recovered quite quick
By the prompt use of old Jesse Moore
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18

Piso's Cure for Consumption is our only
Beltz, 439 8th ave.. Denver, Col, Nov. 8, '95
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18

etc Permanently Cured. No fits or nervous
TllS ness after first days use of Dr.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $2 90
trial bottle and treatise. DIR. r. H. KLINE, Ltd.
$50 Arch St. Philadelphia. Pa
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
Heed the Red Flag of Danger

Red pimples, blotches, boils, sores are dan
ger signals of torpid liver poisoned blood. Cas-
carets Candy Cathartic will save you. All Drug.
gists, 10c. 25c. SOC.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
Or. cuNN'S '.ssoys0 Prove PILLS

and Re%oSs fmpes and sldk pnfS ths
Blood, Aid Digestion andPreyent BiiOusness Do
not Gripe or Sicken. To convince you we will mail
sample free, or full box for 25c. DIR. BOSANKO
Co., Phiiada.. Penna. Sold by Druggists.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
Texas. Old Name.

Probably the fact is not generally
known that Texas was at one time
and for many years called the New
Philippines" The first settlement in
what Is now Texas was made by
French emigrants in 1856. During the
next % years there was an intermit-
tent struggle between the French and
Spanish for supremacy, resulting In
favor of the latter, and in 1914 the
name of the New Philippines was
given to the country. This was its off,
cial name in Spanish records for many
years and until the name of Texas,
from a tribe of Indians, gradually
came in vogue.-Indianapolis Journal.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18

There are many imitation baking
powders, made from alum, mostly
sold cheap. Avoid them, as they
make the food unWholesome.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18
Naturally So.

Naturally So.
The Albino-The ossified girl is alto
gether too proud.
The India Rubber Man--Yes. / never
saw anybody as stiff with her friends
as she is.-Kansas City Independent.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-18

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW YORK.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-28
Iron and Metal Fields.

New York, Sept. 28.-Discussing the
situation in the iron and metal fields, the
Iron Age will today say: So far as the
pig iron trade is concerned, the situat-
ton remains very strong n complaints
Of delay in deliveries are numerous and
emphatic. 1t turns out hat the pur-
chases in England of hematlte pig, the
quantity being estimated at 10000 to To-
900 tons, are of low phosphorus metal, a
Pittsburg plate mill and a number OF
eastern concerns being the buyers. AT
the same time our domestic producers OF
this special metal sold a lot of 5000 tons
for New England delivery. These trans
actions therefore are of no special sig
n%ificance so far as the general market is
concerned. Pittsburg reports that the
large consumer nave for the present
withdrawn from the Bessemer pig iron
market. The price there has hardened,
and even higher prices have been. paid
for small lots II early delivery.
In Chicago negotiations are pending
for large blocks of basic open hearth
metal. Some of the Alabama iron, fur
mace interests ave advanced prices and
are quoting on the basis OF $3.50 for No. 2
foundry. This quotation is not great,
however. Some of the markets report
COnSlderaDl bic ACTIVITY III louIluIN lIOI.
others note a rather quiet condition of
affairs. The bulk of the CUISINES is for
next year. The conviction is quite gen.
eral thai if anything higher prices may
be expected. We hear OF some DISPOSE
ton on the part of the to re-
call iron as it is needed, but to an un~
limited extent.
This is the outlook for the second half.
What conservative men in the trade are
concerned about is a gradual and safe
return to a sound basis midway between
present prices and those which ruled be-
fore the boom. The feeling is that such
a level would hold out years OF ample
prosperity. 1t would avoid the dangers
incident to tempting a rush of outside
capital into business. 1t would check
the growth of a mass of barnacles on a
ship which would only too soon land it in
the drydock. In the billet market little
has been done, but prices continue at
the top notch for what tonnage is being
placed. In sheet bars, however, some
what lower prices have been made, there
having been transactions in the Pitts
burg district at so6 per ton.
The steel rail manufacturers are hold
ing = meeting in this city. 1t is still in
session as we go to press. In a number
of lines further advances have been re-
corded and q good deal of new tonnage
is coming into the market. Inquiries
from abroad for structural material are
at hand, among them one for a large
power house in GLASGOW.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-28
State Caucus Law.

Boston, Sept. 8.-The executive COM
mittee of the democratic state commit
tee issued a statement to the democrats
of the state in explanation of its Cir
cular requesting that delegates to the
convention should be those chosen at
the recent state convention. 1t explains
that the state legislature made a pro-
vision for the holding of caucuses in the
state and prescribed that only one caucus
should be held by any political party for
state or national purposes. Such elec-
ton - the spring is not now authorized
by the caucus provision of the state law.
The state committee was a unit in adopt
ing this plan and says that the action OF
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-28
Probably Fatal Fight.

Grass Valley, Cal, Sept. 2S.-As a re-
suit of a fight between Jim Pendergast
of Sacramento and Charles Hoskin OF
Grass Valley here, Hoskins is lying at
the point of death in a local hospital SUI
fering from hemorrhage of the brain. In
the tenth round Hoskin was floored three
times, the third time by a right swing on
the Ia and failed to come to when the
referee counted off tea seconds. He was
taken to his dressing room and a physi-
clan called. He failed to regain con-
seiousness II was removed to a hos
pital. The referee, Pendergast and all
the seconds have been lodged in jail.