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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
Booke and Bookcases.

Books should have an honored place in
almost every room, as being the best or
nainent and adding the charm of comfort
and LONELINESS. Yet Until recently chs
tom did not. assign suitable abiding
place for them in the drawing room; n
few odd volumes were allowed to rest on
one of the tables, but the idea of having
bookcase was hardly ever entertained;
it was not thought drawing room piece
of furniture. Now, however,, the recess
near the fireplace is often utilized for the
housing OF books either in fixed book
case Of Sheraton or Heppelwhite design,
according to the particular style Of the
room; for. of course, it must be appro-
pirate and in harmony with the rest of
the furniture.
Where the collection of books is suffi
GENTLY large to require room for their
accommodation ibrary-ftted book
cases are decidedly the best, and the
books can be utilized as part Of the
scheme Of decoration. The fitments III
this case are usually of natural oak or
walnut, or else painted white.
For a movable bookcase, the French
one deux corps, made in two separate
parts, the lower a cupboard to contain
prints and rare volumes, the upper with
shelves inclosed by lattice doors, is the
most decorative and useful.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer. =.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
FIRED THE NAVY SALUTE.
An Incident of the Arrival of tn,
TRANSPORT Grant at Manila.

Transport Grant at Manila.
With the dropping of our anchor ou1
battery began to salute Cousin George
Dewey. Thirteen guns were fired and as
we stood watching the Olympia and wait
ing for the reply we saw launch leave
the gray cruisers side and point for the
Grant. In a few minutes the young navy
officer came up the ladder, and, address
ing Gen. Lawton. said: The admiral's
compliments, sir, and. if you will fire
seventeen guns, they will be Immediately
returned And so we knew that it was
Commodore Dewey no longer, but Ad
miral Dewey, and we fired a new salute
\ similar occurrence happened when a
French man-of-war came into the bay
a few days. before. The Frenchman had
asked in return if he might add four guns
to those fired, but adinirdls do not ac-
cept salutes on the instaI1ment plan.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
DO Song Birds Predict Storms?

A writer in the Monthly Weather Re
view AYERS that for considerable time
in advance of great storm. song-birds
cease their music. and that this may be
taken as an indication of the storms ap-
proach. For forty-eight hours before the
beginning of a series of severe storms in
northern Illinois last summer not sound
was heard from the threats of the thou
sands of birds which inhabit that part
Of the country, and whose music, in fair
weather, is one of the charms of the dis
trict
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
The Woes of the Lady Ant.

Did you ever suffer from natural
ist?'' asked a thin, eager little voice.
Gerald, his hat drawn over his eyes.
was nearly asleep. He reused up at
this. considered minute and then said,
decidedly:
I'm SO glad" exclaimed the little
voice. Il mean, of course, glad to find
a sy1npathizer. Now, what do you sup
pose Il naturalist does with all the in
formation he collects from MS? Does he
put it into books?'
"Of course he does," replied Gerald.
'That's just what | complain Of He
might collect all he wanted if he threw
it into the river. But he puts it into
study. That's the part | object to-.
you are quite wrong responded the
little voice, with dignity. You look at
me-! l am lady anti
Gerald looked long time before he
saw the lady ant. She was sitting upon
blade of grass. When he saw her lift
up her handkerchief and wipe her
streaming eyes he exclaimed
well, l never!'
Il suppose not" sighed the lady ant.
dabbing at her eyes the while, but l
have"
Then she groaned deeply.
"A naturalist captured me. with a
score or more of my family, last Satur-
day. We were gamboling joyonsly Oh a
cabbage leaf. He put us on table and
proceeded to try experiments with us.
He laid beautiful blue bottle down OH
the table, but when we tried to carry it
it. It was pinned OH a cork!
Then he gave my friends some
strange liquor to drink, which made them
act III Il most distressing way. Pres
emily they fell down as if they were
dead. Then the naturalist put some
strange ants down beside us. These
strangers, seeing the unfortunate condi-
ton Of my friends. picked them up one
by one and dropped them over the edge
of the table into trench of water which
the naturalist had there. My poor
friends We're drowned!
''Hc tried many other experiments with
me-" continued the lady ant. mournfully.
"He gave me heavy burdens to carry and
took them away just as | had struggled
with them to the door of my home. He
seemed to think it very strange and in
teresting to watch me go to fetch my
friends to help carry home dead cricket
which he gave me. But when I brought
my friends back he had taken the cricket
away! Then they naturally thought l
had deceived them; and they attacked
me and beat me sorely. And he watched
them do it, yet never lntetered nor gave
us back the cricket he had taken away:
1t is such cruelties as these OF which
complain" she moaned.
But as for you," sharply said the lady
ant, Il can't see what you have to com
plain of. You are almost as big as the
naturalist. He has not taken cricket
away from you, has he? No? Wen,
then, you have little, indeed, of which to
complain All you do is to read about it
out Of book! Bah!''
Her disgust cured the lady ant of her
sorrow. She shook herself, ran around
the blade Of grass and disappeared.
Gerald stared for few minutes. think,
ing she would come back. Then s he put
nicked M the Natural History he had
thrown into the corner. ,
Il must turn to the chapter on ANTS
the first thing" he mutterel: "How re-
markable such things are! How very in
teresting"'-Eva Lovett, Chicago Kec-
ord
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
No Wonder it Panied.

A tender-hearted old woman walking
in Fifth avenue the other day noticed a
horse with broad rubber band stretched
around it's leg just. above the hoof She
asked the waiting driver of the cab why
it was there, and suggested that it was
more than cruel to place it on the animal
Eyes. num- replied the cabby, 'it's
painful to the horse, no doubt, but that's
not the worst of it. It's the getting of it
on that pains the poor thing Why, we
had to stretch the band and draw it over
the horses head and down all his body
to get it on" ~ !. !. 4=, l. &. :,
For the lands sake alive!' exclaimed
the woman, and walked away, horrifed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
When Not t. Talk,

This is capital piece of advice. "A
knew how to hold her tongue, was once
heard telling a friend in confidence,
when asked why she had not taken part
III conversation of the previous even
ing IN which nearly every one in the
room had Joined, that she had kept quiet
TT a"se she was ignorant of the subject
un::cr discussion.
whenever l am not thoroughly in
formed on a subject, and feel incapable
of talking intelligently, why, | just hold
my tongue. [ believe l have the reputa-
ton OF being good taIker, but il
talked about what / did not understand
should soon lose it. Philadelphia H.
uuirer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
Shot a Raccoon i'll q Church Organ,

!. Carl Snyder, organist Of the Tabcrna-
Gle Presbyterian church at Indianapolis,
Ind, called the choir together the other
seat Mt the big organ in the darkened
church he was startled by growl and a
swapping Of teeth, while two eyes glow
cred ut him from the darkness. Snyder
called for light and the animal sought
shelter in the organ. It was first sup
posed to be lynx, and revolver was
secured and it was shot to death. A
panel of the organ had to be cut away
Ut was then recognized US a raccoons Of
unusual size. The young women conpris-
ing the choir fed in dismay. Cincinnati
5 Enquirer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
How Frozen Insects Revive.

Experiments in reviving frozen insects
by s. Il. Aaron, show some surprising
results. A large Cecropia moth; frozen
in the center of SNOWFALL until it was
perfectly brittle, revived i'll twenty sec,
onds when held near stove; Several
ncwlyhatched 10 moths revived in a sim
liar manner after being frozen stiff, and
then thawed out. Similar experiments
with ants, butterflies and house flies gave
the same results But Mr.. Aaron noticed
that recently hached insects resist cold
better than older ones.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
g YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN. =
Observation-Disclosures

The Runaway Rosebud.
A bud ran away
To the end OF Il spray
Said the rose tree Dear me. what n ,,oth
er!
You darling in pink,
Now, how can you think
Or running so far frotii your niother?'
The bud, with pout,
Quite glad to get out,
Replied, "You can see very pIaiH,
Though I'd like If could,
TO be loving and good,
There is no way to get back again"
M r. Butts in Little Folks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
Said to be Lacking in "Sonl,"

Miss Edith Young, writing in the Lon.
don Lady's Realm, comments at Length
on the American woman, praising her
cleverness, daintiness and good looks
She gives especial praise to that trait II,
American women which is not so often
commented upon-her domesticity and
housewifely ability. But Miss Youne
concludes her remarks with the franl
statement that American women are
lacking in "sotl."
She says:
"From her attributes of beauty, liyeli
ness and accomplishment, one might in,
fer the American woman perfect, were it
not that putting aside all her faults and
taking her at her BEST there is still some
thing wanting. Neither good looks nor
cleverness nor sound common sense con.
stitutes genius; daintiness and prettiness
90 not constitute art, and one may have
all talent and all means of educating
ones self and vet be destitute of that
sympathetic feeling for things beyond
which we call SOUL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
A Girls Sense Of Honor.

There is no quality so desirable in n
young girls character as high sense Of
| honor. IT only one could impress upon
| every girl who reads this the need Of
| being always above everything petty or
small, so that she would never for \
single moment be tempted to do Il mean
Or underhand thing, to speak unkindlv
| or a friend, or repeat conversation
| which was confidential. All Of these
things are so unworthy 4 true woman.
US it is to be hoped all of you try TO be. :
IL may happen to some Of you, for ex-
ample, to be staying as visitor in the
nome of relative or friend, where there
| may arise some little difficulty, a bit Of
dispute at table, natural friction ovor
some detail of the household affairs. ~
there may be cause Of anxiety about
the course of action of member Of
| the family. Living in the intimate rel.-
ton OF a guest, you cannot help knowinr
| or surmising something about The silva,
ton. NO matter what you see and hp,r
| III such circumstances you are bound. If
You are an honorable person, to be silent
about 1t, neither making comments nor
looking as though you could tell some.
thing it you chose, nor in any way allud-
ing to what is unpleasant at any future
time, even il the relations should not
continue pleasant. Indeed. that is tho
height of meanness and lack of honor tn
betray persons trust after having onc ~
been friends and then had an estranga.
ment. Then, if ever, should the secret.
of the former friend be guarded.
\ guest in Il home cannot be too coro-
full to guard the good name of those m
der it's roof, for it is an honor tn he :,
guest, in the first place, and honor is do.
manded in return.
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g GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. :
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

tented. busy wife, and man who puts
into the family larder what formerly
went to the saloon.-Sallie Joy White IN
WOman's Home companion, = y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
Cooking and Morals.

When a man does not get the stimulat-
ing nourishment which his nature Graves
he resorts to liquor to supply the want.
With this fact staring one in the face, is
it not wise to teach that unfailing good
food, with all the elements that stimulate
and nourish the body and the brain, has
its moral as well as it's physical benefits?
There are cases on record proving the
benefits of public school cooking, where
the domestic sky has been perfectly
cleared Of clouds simply because good
food was offered, where before it had
been badly cooked and consequently did
not properly nourish. In one home the
substitution of well-cooked cup Of
cocoa for the sloppy, herby tea that had
BECOME component part Of every morn
ing meal, and a nice Indian cake or plate
of mullins for the dry bakers loaf, began
a work of reform. The father was
proud of the daughters skill as a cook;
the mother, who had grown careless and
shiftless and Indifferent, was shamed by
1t. The consequence was better provi-
sion on the part of one, and more care in
preparation on the part of the other
The mother was by no means above
turning to account some otQthe practical
knowledge the daughter had acauired
under such competent training, and she
began also to brush up her own knows
edge that she had -carelessly allowed to
fall into dssuse. The result il happy
home, 9 united 3amily, q cheerful, con-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
That Bugaboo. the Spring Cleaning.

That BuEabOO, thc SDr1nR C1can1nE.
Let no one who has not ."been through
it, ignorantly scott at the multifarious
works and woes attendant on the annual
spring cleaning. It is not to be under
taken lightly--or If it is, the result will
be far from satisfactory to everybody
concerned. s"If q thing is worth doing
at all it is worth doing WE'LL and in
no way more than the work we have now
IN hand. But there is no reason at all
why It should be made the misery and
penn II @ often II to every member 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
Leave Room for the Wild F!owars

II you are a lover of the truly beauti-
ful, reserve d north. northeast or north
west corner of the yard for ferns, wild
violets, aaullegias and cypripcdiums, etc.,
which on your visits to the woods you
may bring home with you. A collection
of this kind, including a good quantity
of the daintiest FERNS, such as the maid
enhair and the rock ferns, and mum.
Der Of our prettiest wild flowers, will be
4 constant source of delight. -Wutt1a rs
Home Compaiiioi.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12

An interesting event in connection with
the Russian Easter festival was the
Cars reinstatement of the Grand Duke
Michael Michaelovitch as staff captain
in the Caucasus rifles. The grand duke
fell into disgrace with the late Gar Al
exander III. owing to his morganatic
marriage in 1891 with the beautiful
Countess Won Meranberg, grand-daugh-
ter of the celebrated author Pushkiov.
The Car deprived him of all military
honors and exiled him. His present APP
pointment means early and rapid promo
ton.
There has been decided improvement
in the social aspect of the season this
week. The drawing-rooms on the 10th
and 10Th OF this month will bring many
notable people to town. The Queen her
self is to hold the second Of these draw
ing-rooms and consequently there will be
great rush for it and it promises to be
an affair Of the most brilliant character.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12

And jinglingly along the country lane,
with broken chords of rustic. rude refrain
AS sinks the sun from his high, ruddy dome
IN indian file the cows come trooping home
Ernest McGaffey in Woman's Home Com
puniOn.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-08
a BROKEN HEART.
Queer Case OF a Philadelphia Dog
With Two Owners.


Do DOGS die of broken heart? That
is a Cscstiun which hes Frequently OK
cited the ip+er,sE Of doc 81, -icians
AID OF particularly fond owners OF
canine pets. and with view 10 ANS
Wcl,h% that G~NaJon I" = N:'F.''' ''r
owner Sat'Sia"i". i0:
ANIMATION was hei1 recently at the
dog hospital OF use 'h'NvI7i'. So
pennsylvania
The animal in question was a huge.
shaggy Fnclish r}astif white in color.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-08
CAT ADOPTS RABBITS.
Robbed of Her Own Litter She Is Con-
tent With Substitutes.

A cat on the farm of Andrew Harris
near McKeesport, Pa, has adOpted
four baby rabbits in the place OF the
litter of kittens which she recently
brought into this world and which
Mr.. Harris thought the world could
get along without. The day after the
kittens disappeared the cat was oh
served carrying something in her
mouth to the barn. Three times she
was seen making the same journey.
and then Mr.. Harris made an invest
cation. He found hidden in the hay
three baby rabbits. While he was
looking at them puss appeared for the
fourth time carrying another little rab-
bit in her mouth. 1t was deposited
with the others and she lay down with
them. puurred with the greatest OF
pride and satisfaction.
The young rabbits are getting along
finely. They hop all about with their
foster mother. Mr. Harris is proad
of his cat and is permitting her to
raise her queer family undisturbed
except for the visitors who are con,
stantly calling to witness this queer
freak.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-08
Ladies' Waist.

Exquisite allover laces are shown
for evening wear and manr Of the
new tOilettes are made with yoke and
sleeves of this dainty material. China
blue poplin is here combined with deli
cate white lace, black ribbon velvet
run through insertion of a heavier
weave forming the trimming.
The waist is modelled over fitted
lining. which closes invisibly in the
back The backs are plain across the
shoulders, with the fulness arranged
in tiny plaits at the waist. The front
is slightly bloGsC2 but fits smoothly
over the shoulders and bust. The
broad, long shoulder od effect produced
in this model is exceedingly fashiona-
BILE at present.
The entire yoke and sleeves may be
underlined with sill or satin in con-
trasting color. For evening wear the
upper part of yoke and the long
sleeves may be omitted with the styl-
ish effect shown il small illustration.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-08

"a very cdri0as thing about the
Chinese is their Indifference to pain"
said DR.. E. T. SimOus the veteran mis-
sionary of Canton. who was in the city
a few days ago. I'VE do a great deal
of surgical work il the great city hos.
pital conducted by the united missions
at Canton, and it was at first supposed
that there would be endless trouble
in persuading the natives to take an.
aesthetics, but the doctors found, to
their surprise, that anaesthetics were
rarely needed, and that their patients
endured the most serious operations
without flinching the fraction Of an
inch. The average Chinaman will as.
sumo the required position and hold 1t
like a statue. When the knife touches
his flesh he begins a slight monoton.
Gus moan, and keeps it up until the or.
deal is over, but he gives no other in
dication of pain. Whether this is due
to nerve, bluntness or stoicism, or q
combination OF both, have never
been able to determine, but the fact
remains that the Canton Hospital uses
less chloroform or other drug than any
other institution of The kind on earth.
New Orleans Tin e5 Democrat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-08
snaoboat Cooks Lemon Pies.

Good cooks are born like poets,
said Major J. B. Quinn. once upon a
time ! bought lot of turnips for a
government snagboat on one OF the
interior waterways, and, visiting it not
long afterward, was surprised to find
lemon pie being served out to all
hands for dinner | ate piece of it
myself and, although it was delicious,
| felt it my duty to call down the stew
ard for sauanderinG government funds.
"'Where did you get the lemons for
those pies?" | asked sternly.
"'You sent them up with the others,
sab he replied, grinning
"Why, | didn't send anything ex-
cept turnips, said. in surprise
"'Well, that's what them pies is
made Of he admitted reluctantly
The men don't like turnips no other
way, sab, so made EN- up into lemon
pies -,
1T was strictly true, and, beyond
the fact that he had used some sort
Of chemical to secure the flavor, ! was
never able to ascertain how he did 1t.
New orleans Times-Democrat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-08
In the Butterfly Busiress.

Mary Yeon8ne, an English woman,
now resident Of California, is deyel-
oping a proHts}'e industry in catch
ing butterflies. She had some know
ledge of butterflies when she went to
the y cifc slouc One day flock of
Pansylike butterflies lowered a mo-
mon, over her and then flew Up the
mountain side. She thought she rec
ognized a species only known in ne
higher Alps, which are very rare and
consequently valuable. She followed
these honey.loving beauties up the
mountain and captured goodly mum.
Der Of them. She copied in the water
color and sent the sketch to London,
After a considerable wait she re-
ceived word to send the butterflies,
for which she received for the twenty
five S575. Miss Yeomans has a nurse
ry for beetles in her cellar. Dr.. lie
Fontain vino came from France to
study The insects of California, taught
Miss Yeomans much about insects and
was most enthusiastic over her cutter
prise. Miss Yeomans finds great de.
mand for beetles as well as butter
flies.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-08
1, r..I.Ill NE--r iinrses-

Well after 4 quarter OF a century OF
fruitless expectation | won the Derby
But what Was the result? | at that time
held high Office. as Lord Wenlock has
also rem mded you. under the Crown.
was Immediately attacked from quar-
ters Of an almos inspired character for
owning race horses at all. With very
little knowledge of the facts. and with
much less Of that charity that "thinketh
no evil" was attacked with the great
est violence for owning a race horse at
all. then made the discovery which
came to me too late in life, that what
was venial and innocent i'm the other
officers of the governmental a Secre-
tary of State or a President of the
Council. for eXampe-was criminal in
the First Lord of the Treasury. | do
not even know if | ought not to have
learned another lessOn--that, although
without guilt and offense, | might per-
petually run seconds and thirds, or
even run last, it became a matter Of
torture to many consciences If won.
Address by LORD Rosebery.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-08
Il Did Not Work.

"A good, strong bluff at the proper
time is a very good thing, but it may
fall fiat" said a well known travelling
man who is at present visiting Wash
ington. 1T was at one OF the best
hotels in Kansas City few days ago
that one of the guests stepped into the
lobby to leave his umbrella, and not
desiring to go to his room thought he
would try a scheme of his own to pre-
vent some one from walking off with
it. Taking a slip of paper from his
pocket in big black letters he wrote
the following notice: Beware! The
man who owns this umbrella weighs
over two hundred pounds and can
strike a ten-ton blow. He will be back
in fifteen minutes 1t was not long
after that some one was attracted by
the sign, and he feared not the conse-
uuences of the dire threat. Quickly
taking the coveted umbrella he re.
moved the paper, and, turning it over
wrote on the back as follows: THE
man who took the umbrella weighs
less than one hundred and fifty pounds,
but can walk ten miles an hour He
is never coming back. Washington
Times.