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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
Charms and Witchcraf TT,

The Malay is a firm believer in the
efficacy of charms. He wears amulets
places written words of magic in houses
and sports tigers claw as preventive
Of disease. If he is especially primitive
and backwoodsy, when he enters a for
est he says Go to the right, all my en-
emies and assailants! May you not look
upon me; let me walk alone" To allay
a storm he says: 'The elephants collect
right, 60 to the left, I break the tenn
pest When about to begin an elephant
hunt, accoring to Thompson, he uses this
charm: THE elephant trumpets, he wal
lows across the lake. The pot boils, the
pan bOils across the point. Go to the
left, go to the right, spirit Of GRANDPA
Their (the elephant); I loose the fingers
upon the bow-string."
The Malay believes in witches and
witchcraft. There IS the bottle imp, the
Polong, which feeds ON its owners
possession of an enemy. Then there is
a horrid thing, the Penangalan, which
possesses women. Frequently it leaves
its rightful abode to fly away at night
to feed on blood, taking the form OF
the head and intestines Of the person il
inhabited, in which shape it wanders
around.
Such beliefs may perhaps have thell
origin of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., which in 9th.
er ways has some foothold among the
common people. For instance, elephants
and tigers are believed sometimes to be
human souls in disguise, and 50 the Ma
lay addresses them as grandfather tc
allay their wrath and avoid direct refer
ence to them. Crocodiles also are often
regarded as sacred, and special charms
are used in fishing for them. One such
given by Maxwell, is as follows: 20
Dangsari, lotus flower, receive what
send thee. If thou receivest it not. may
thy eyes be torn out!'-From Malay
Folklore, by r. Clyde Ford, in Apple
tons Popular Science MONTHLY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
WHAT MAKES MEN DRUNK?
Opinions Differ Somewhat as to the
Supplying Effects Of Alcohol.

The world of theory and practice is
still in doubt on the question-What
makes a man drunk? The answer of
the frivolous would be whisky" or its
allies. But what we want to know is
whether the action Of alcohol on the
walls Of the stomach or its fumes on the
upper interior regions of the body Is re-
sponsible for the state Of coma that fol-
lows too frequent drumming.
Navy officers in China acquired last.
Ing reputation as drinkers by taking sur
reptitiously tablespoonful Of oil before
starting on a drinking bout. The explana-
ton has been made that the oil, floating
on top of the liquor, prevented the fumes
from rising and causing drunkenness.
Can this be true? An old FOUNDER in
this city, who has drunk half the club
men in town under the table, says, give
him a bowl of nuts and let him crack
and eat one or two after each dram and
he will resist all the liquor influence that
can be thrown at him.
Once a woman who had never touched
liquor got absolutely and helplessly
drunk while leaning over the stove stir
ring. watermelon rind preserves. This
led her husband to distill brandy from
the rind that excels any three stars in
the market-NeW York Press
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
Protection Against Mice.

Orchards i'll which there is growth of
blue grass or other grass covering of the
soil are likely to be attacked in winter by
the ground mouse which has it's runs
through the grass and in the ground The
grass can not safely be burned off, as
this would iiljure tile trees, hence, some
other method is wanting for the protec-
ton OF the young trees against these lit
tie bob-tailed animals, which nibble the
bark and in some cases girdle the trees,
retarding the growth or killing them.
While visiting Il section where there are
many young orchards, and noticing that
many of the trees, particularly the small
ones, where the grass was thickest We're
banked up with earth, we asked an or
chirdiist what PURPOSE the banks sub
served. We wtre told that every fall,
about this time, III that section, the farm
ers throw Il pile Of earth around their
young trees to prevent the mice from
working on them; that the plan was il
success and worked to perfection.
The dirt is piled up around the trees
about eight inches making sort of
mound that is bare, and, hence, when
the mice want to attack the tree they
thing they won't DO unless starving. OF
course, this dirt must be removed in
spring.
The banking should be done now, as it
will be hard job when the ground is
frozen. This method may be of adyan-
tage i'll another wuy It may not only
secure the trees from the attack of mice.
but protect them from severe root-freez-
ing in winter, and he of value in spring
at the root of the trees in which the
water settles. The bank will run the
water off and thus keep the moisture
about right Farmers Voice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
TnrrinE the Sleeps Nose.

After the sheep are shorn their noses
should be rubbed with some tar to repel
the fly which lays the egg that matches in
to grub and enters the head. It is
very little trouble to tar all the sleeps
noses in a flock if you only know how.
Put little salt over the tar, and in their
anxiety. to get at the salt the sheep will
tar their own noses effectually, and will
very likely rub their tarred noses on the
sides, and shoulders of other sheep. This
IS why it is best to shear the sheep be-
fore tarring them. Speaking about tar
ring sheep reminds us of the English
farmer who rode out to his farm one sum-
mer, day with n bowl of tar and some
salt, taking his little boy with him for q,
pleasant ride. The old farmer thought it
a good occasion to impress some whole
some advice on the juvenile mind, so he
began i'll the stereotyped way to declaim
against the danger from keeping bad
company. and at every sentence would
add the injunction, mark me, my lad"
sometimes varied with Mark me WELL
This continued until the boy astonished
the farmer with the protest, 'If mark
YOU much more, there'll be no tar for the
Sheep Every time he had been told to
mark me- he had obeyed literally by
putting some tar on the back of the
farmers coat.-BOston Cultivator. -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
The Stars as Time.

Probably the majority of people sup
pose that the. observatories obtain the
correct time from the sun. When the
average man wishes to give his watch the
highest praise he says, 1T regulates the
sun not being aware that watch
WI which would Keep with the sun around
the year would have to be nearly as bad
as Sam Weller'S. The farmer may safe
ly decide when to go in to dinner by the
sun. but if the mariner was as confident
that the sun marked always the correct
time as the farmer is he would be sure
to, be at times 200, or 800 miles from
where he thought he was. In other
words, the sun-that is a sundiul-is only
correct on few days in each year, and
during the intervening times gets as far
as whole quarter hour fast or slow.
These variations of the sun from uni
form time caused no end of trouble be-
tween the astronomers and the fine
that sun time is subject to such irregu
farities. The better the clock, the worse
it often seemed to 60.
But as the variations in sun time are
now accurately known, correct time
might be obtained from the sun by MAX
ing proper allowance, were it not for the
difficulty Of observing it's position with
the sun cannot be located so perfectly as
can the single point which star makes
For this reason astronomers depend al
most wholly upon the stars for obtaining
accurate time. 1t is the method of doing
this which we propose to describe.
There are several hundred stars whose
positions have been established with the
greatest accuracy by the most careful
observations at number Of the principal
observatories of the world. If a stars
exact position is known, it can readily be
calculated when it will pass the meridian
of any given place-that is, the instant
it will cross north-and-south line
through the place. The data regarding
these stars are all published in the nau-
teal almanacs, which are got out by sew
eral different observatories for the use of
navigators and all others who have uses
for them. These stars are known as
o'clock stars. 1T. B. Wilson in Apple
tons Popular Science Monthly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
FARM AND GARDEN.
Egas All the Year Around,

Some people really believe that it Is
impossible to get eggs the year round.
Yet it Is not a difficult matter, provided
d few necessary things are properly
looked after. Or course, not 80 many
eggs will be obtained in the fall and
winter months rs during the spring and
summer months, and yet the supply may
be made 40 constant that the farmers
table need never lack eggs, even when
the flock IL only moderate in size. The
ordinarv FARM Hook stops laying some
time, in October, and does not begin till
the~1st Of February. The reason il that
the feed has been such that the whole
tendency Of the fowls Is to stop produc-
ing new feathers for winter. II corn
is fed all through the summer, as is
largely the case in the West, the di-
u great mass of surplus material in get
ting the amount Of bone and feather
forming material needed.
Two things must be kept well in mind
IN working for eggs the year round;
first. the food must be Of il kind that
will cnt,se the m6ultfng period to be
greatly shortened and that will cause the
vember; and. second, the chicks in the
spring must come out of the shell early
enough to begin to lay in the fall. The
eggs from November on should be re-
ceivcd from both the old and young
hens, hut experience will doubtless prove,
as in the case of the writer, that the
pullets do most Of the laying.
1t is an interesting thing to the lover
Of poultry to see the little chicks of
May wearing great red combs by No
vember and know that they are drop
ping eggs day by day. while other hens,
less carefully handled, have ceased OPP
eratlons for the winter. 1t pays to feed
stimulating food, such as beef meal.
These stimulating foods cost money. but
they pay good profit, and it is difficult
to get May chicks to lay by November
unless such foods are used. The farm
ers should remember that fat, such as
is produced by feeding excessively of
corn, neither shortens the time of moult-
ing nor develops the May chick into the
fall layer. There is no possible system
by which the farmers can both feed corn
and get eggs the year round.-Farm,
Field and Preside.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29

letter once more and with the second
sight that all stewards possess, he saw,
without looking, that the captain kissed
the letter, folded 1t carefully In its el,-
Nelope and placed It In his inner rocket.
The steward, with the manly instinct Of
his craft, was determined to read that
letter himself one OF those days, but he
never did. \
The shipping papers have record Of
when the Iron Duke put to sen. They
put it down as November 10, which is
absolutely correct. Her OWNERS gave her
forty days to cross, but Christmas came
around without any tidings of her. The
English New Years, with it's snow, and
Spoken" book 1t Lloyds was hourly
scanned. Still Nc News OF the Iron
Duke. January began to fadc oh the
New Years horizon without a word Or
a sign, and then the reinsuraiice began,
slew ut first, but finally, it Reached 70
guiheas per cent, aiid the broker and
operator who had been previously tipped
saw the golden harvest in the field of
get Gu the now long overdue bark SOM
her February. with it's ghostly army of
SnowitakcS whipping the air, passed, and
then those who had taken the risks Oh
reinsurance began to wonder if Capt.
Ransom hadn't said more than his pray
crs when he remarked that it would
probably be the last trip for his owners.
Early in March the body of Il nun
washed ashore ut the Azores, and when
the beach combers came along they
promptly searched it, as they always do.
And on his body they found Il water
soaked letter in child.s handwriting,
and the last line Of the letter read:
Il pray every night, dear papa. Do
you know what l pray? God bless pa
h ri
him home for Christmas ~
Which is part CT the letter that the
steward did not read.-W. S. Quigley in
New York Mail and Express.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
Three sizes: e5c., enough for An ordinary
cold; 5oc. just right for asthma, bronchitis,
hoarseness, whooping. cough, hard colds:
SLIGO. most economical for chronic cases
and to keep on hand.
Would Rather Not,

1t is by no means rare for barrister
to be as much embarrassed by the an
sWer he gets from witness as his vic
tim is by his questions, but if rudeness
he is much more put about by extreme
suavity, relates the London Telegraph.
When. therefore, at the Southwark coun-
ty court lady answered the learned
counsers question by saying, insinuat-
lngy, oh. no. my dear" it was felt that
she distinctly had the grin of him." and
ne courageously sat down. 1t was evil
IDENTITY the day for witnesses, as later on
in the case another man was told to keep
his voice up. Judge Addison remarked
that he spoke as if he had potato in
his mouth. and told him to imagine that
he was on board his ship and was speak
ing, to one of his mates. The witness
looked quecrly at the judge, and then
said grimly: Il don't think l had bet
ter, your honor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
STORY OF HORACE GREELEY
How His Managing Editor Suppressed
an Editorial aud Saved the Paper.

hO" hlS MaHaSIuk EultoT suppressed
an Editorial aud Saved the Paper.
In his entertaining book on James
Russell Lowell and His Friends" Ed
ward Everett Hale relates an interesting
anecdote concerning the late Sidney
Howard Gay. Mr.. Gay, who was for
merly editor Of the Anti-Slavery Stand
ard, was aftetward, for many years,
managing editor Of the New York Tri-
bune. Mr.. Hale says;
Il have never seen i'll print his story
of that fearful night wien Lincoln was
killed. But one hears it freely repeated
in conversation, and l see no reason why
it should not be printed now. With the
came to New York every other terrible
message. The office of the Tribune, of
course, received echoes from all the dis
patches which showed the alarm ut
Washington. There were orders for the
arrest Of this man, there were suspi-
cions of the loyalty Of that man. No one
knew what the morrow might bring.
In the midst Of the anxieties Of such
hours, to Mr.. Gay, the acting editor of
Of the typesetting room. He brought with
him the proof of Mr.. Greeley's leading
article, as he had left it before leaving
the city for the day. 1t was brutal, bit
ter, sarcastic, personal attack on Presi-
dent Lincoln-the man who when Gay
read the article, was dying in Washing
ton.
"Gay read the article and asked the
foreman if he had any private place
where he could lock up the type, to
which no one but himself had access.
The foreman said he had. Gay bade
him tie up the type, lock the galley with
this article in his cupboard and tell no
one what he had told him. OF course
the next morning. But when Gay ar
rived on the next day at the office he
was met with the news that the old
man wanted him, and the intimation
that the old man was very angry. Gay
waited upon Greeley.
Are you there, Mr.. Gay? l have
been looking for you. They tell me that
you ordered my leader out of this morn
lng's paper. Is it your paper or mine :
l should like to know if l cannot print
what l choose in my own newspaper.
This in great rage.
1.-The paper is yours, Mr.. Greeley. The
article is in type upstairs, and you can
use it when you choose: Only this, Mr..
Greeley. l knew New York, and | hope
and believe; before God. that there is
so much virtue iii New York that if l
had let that article go into this morning S
paper, there would not be one brick upon
another in the Tribune office now. Ger
ta:nly should be sorry if there were
Mr.. Greeley was cowed He said
not word, nor ever alluded to the sub
!ect again. 1t was by this sort of sery-
praise that he kept Mr. Greeley up to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
Thought He was a BOer,

Howard C. Hillegus. whose recent book
OIL Dom Paul and His People, has at,
tracted wide attention, has been besieged
by people desiring information on South
Africa and the Beers, relates the New
York World.
A young woman, writer for one of
the big newspaper syndicates, called on
him the other day. She wished to get
material for Boer article, but had been
sadly misinformed.
The little woman was somewhat timid
when she entered the room, but finally
asked coyly:
care you the writer?"
Eyes," replied Mr.. Hillegus.
Taking courage, she then burst out in
pleading, sympathetic voice:
"You will not mind, will you, telling
me just few facts about your poor
struggling people?''
MY people!' gasped the young writer
"Why, the last heard they were pros
porous and living in Pennsylvania. Have
they met with misfortune?'
The timid woman seized the arm of her
chair for support.
II thought you were a Boer!' she ex-
claimed. Indeed | did"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
Patents to Inventors.

Messrs. Benedict & Morsell, solicitors
of patents, Old Insurance building. Mil
waukee, report patents issued to West
ern inventors December as follows:
E. c. Bridge, Charlton, Ia, optical ap
pliance; Eli Burke, Tama, Ia tree-felline
FOUNDER; D. A. Downing, Upton, Ia. gar
den tool: NJ. Even, Port Washington Wis
l2), revolving chair and fitting chair; c. L.
Fortier waqkee ele Std eT @;
j. O. Hebert, Watertown, Wis, trundle
toy; G. r. Huff, st. Croix Falls, Wis, snow
plcw; A. G. Kali. Watertown, Wis, fly
Wis, adding machine; o. G. Matthewson
Topeka Kas., refrigerator: H. R. Siever
kropp, Racine, Wis, bicycle pedal attach
ment; r. G. Stricken, GAINESVILLE, Wis. ele
waited carrier; D. w. Smith, Omaha, Neb
-tt,1, ,,I
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
What the British Officer Eats.

There are cases containing what are
known as necessities" and they are
marked "N'' to distinguish them from the
cases containing luxuries, which are
of the war an officer will have no difficult
ty whatever in ascertaining whether he
is eating a necessity Or a luxury. Wines
and spirits, pressed beef. tongues, sau-
says, essence of coffee, compressed tea,
tobacco, chickens, curried fowl, curried
Of every kind made, all kinds of soup and
fish, ''sparklets' for instantly turning
plain water into soda waterfall these
are but a small proportion Of the neces-
stiles, and luxuries that the officers of
the Guards will fight and win on.
Plum buildings are sent out to them
for Christmas. The luxuries will be
washed down with champagne and creme
de menthe, and the necessities with or
binary wines and spirits.-London Mail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
Care of Breeding Ewes.

To manage II Hoe of breeding ewes 50
that they will yield d fair profit requires
good Judgment in their selection as we'll
as in their subsequent treatment The
down breeds are most popular for rear
ing fat lambs. 1t is not enough, how
ever, to haye good breed, but individu-
al excellence should be sought after. 1t
will make an important difference in the
annual profits whether the eve rears a
good lamb and yields a fleece of nine
pounds Of wool Or only three pounds.
Ii the ewes are acquired by purchase
it will be well to know what their feed
has been, and give them little better
fare than they have been accustom tc
receive. Do not purchase show sheep
for breeding purposes. Put with youl
ewes at the proper time good thorough
bred ram: His individual excellence is
of great Importance, whether he be Ok
ford, shropshire Or Southdown Any
imperfe,ction Of form, health or habits
which he may possess are likely to ap-
pear in his offspring. Ewes should have
a good pasture. Land that has been
plowed and seeded with nutritious
burned on pasture land in early spring.
This pasture may be supplemented by a
sowing of rape. inclosed by a movable
fe1 &c, SO that the sheep may be allowed
to feed down Il portion at time.
Salt should be accessible always. Hay
should be placed in cribs. 20 constructed
that all waste may be prevented. If any
is left after the sheep have been allowed
a reasonable time for eating, it should be
removed and fed to other stock Start
at each feeding time with clean man.
ger. Their shelter should be dry and
well ventilated. Well fed sheep are sell
dom injured by cold If kept dry. Look
over the flock carefully at shearing time
and mark for disposal all light-wooled
and unthrifty specimens, and save to fill
their places some Of the finest eve lambs.
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
HOME LIFE OF RUSSIA'S RULER,
Silent, LauRhless Man Who is Said to
be Simple in His Tastes.

Silent, LauRhless Man Who is Said to
be Simple in His Tastes.
The present Gear Of Russia, whose ex-
traordihary likeness to the Duke of York
has often been remarked is one Of the
most reserved monarchs that ever sat on
and while he is talking his eyes are gem
orally fixed on the ground. He rarely
laughs, and does not often smile. OF
danger he has no dread, resembling his
fearless grandfather in this respect. II
will live and die for Russia, how die
care not" he said a few days after his
accession.
The Cars home life is simple. He
likes plain food ut dinner. and he seldom
has many guests at his table. He eats
quickly, ''like all men who are accus-
toned to work good DEAL and he
drinks very little Wine. He drives about
in Il small two-horse carriage, and he
like civilians attire. Nicholas is an I'M
wearied worker. All documents sub
mitted to him he reads carefully, and he
frequently makes notes Oh them with a
red pencil. His memory is wonderful.
and it often happens that months after
he has given an unimportant order he
will ask as to the manner in which it
was carried ont. Summer and winter he
is the first to arise in the morning. and
he is working hard while the others are
still sleeping
During the day the Czarina sits be-
side his desk, sewing, or embroidering
Whenever court official enters she pre-
pares to leave the room, but the Car
invariably says: mo, my dear, you
ence he lays his hnnd on her arm and
draws her back to her seat. A firm be-
lever Iii popular education is Nicholas
While he was heir-apparent he once said:
Russia has had a Gar who was lib
orator; it also needs Car who will be
an educator" and the people have not
forgotten these words. OF the Cars in
tcrest in popular education there are
many evidences. Hardly a day passes
that the Russian papers do not contain
articles about new schools, new libra
ries and new educational societies.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
SOUTHERN YANKEES.
The South Developing Characteristic
of New England TyD:.

~ I've" al e%AdHu 1Jpcs
Every true Yankee should look with a
great deal of quiet, internal pride upon
the Yankee-evolving South. That an
Englishman under Southern sun should
ever become a genuine Yankee has often
been despaired Of 1t is now a swelling
fact: When the Spahiards called Lee a
Yankee year ago, 1t pleased the whole
South, though there is as yet d. compare
lively small spot on the Southern map
where the Yankee, sprung out Of the
very soil, threatens to outstrip his own
blood elsewhere.
This soil out of which the Southern
Yankee is springing with sach robust en-
eIrgy, extends from Lynchburg, Va, on
the east and Bristol, Tenn, on the west,
to Eufaula and Birmingham, Ala, on
the south: 1t is about 800 miles in
length, and from 200 to 300 miles in
breadth. It embraces the iron, coal and
cotton mill siti, and decidedly the most
interesting phase Of all this energy here
is the cotton mill, for this phase is the
latest and is developing more of the gen
uine characteristics of the New England
Yankee in the Southern man than else
where in the country. Criterion.