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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Yuletide Customs.

The use of evergreens at Christmas
comes from the Romans, who thus or
namented their temples during the feast
of Saturn, while ivy was universally
used in feasts in honor of Bacchus. The
ancient Druids hung green branches and
ton to woodland sprites; they used also
to cut green trees and carry them into
their houses to protect the spirits of the
forest and streams from the death-deal
ing winds, thinking the spirits, thus pro-
tected, would go forth in the spring to
reclothe the forests with beautiful TO-
liage and unlock the icebound streams.
A survival Of this superstition was found
among the English peasantry not more
than 200 years ago. They hung ever
green's in their cottages in the belief that
they would attract sprites, and that the
boughs would remain unnipped by the
frosts and furnish shelter for the
the city were originally mailed fule of
holme and IVY showing that the exter-
nal aspect of Chrstmastide was public
concern in the days of our ancestors
AS mistletoe and holly are our principal
decoration, it may be we'll to know tho
the origin Of their use and their sup
posed power. The Druids of Yuletide
their affairs with elaborate ceremonies
Their name for it was All-Heal or ALL
Healing. There was large procession,
headed by the Druidical priests, with
bards singing canticles and hymns; then
herald preceded three Driuds, fur
nished with implements for severing the
sacred plant; then the prince or chief
of the Drlids, accompanied by all his
followers. The chief mounted the oak
and with golden knife detached the
mistletoe and presented it to the priest,
who received and bore away the branches
with great reverence. Two white bulls
were sacrificed during the rite. On the
first day of the new year, the branches,
after resting on the affairs in the inter-
val, were distributed among the people
as sacred and holy plant, the Druid
priest crying, '"The. mistletoe for the
New Year" Just when the mistlctoe be-
came known as the "kissing-bush' is not
known.
Many English girls believe that they
will not be welded inside of twelve
months unless they have at least one
kiss under the mistletoe. In many coun
ties berry is plucked from the mistle-
toe with each kiss, and when there are
no berries no kisses are allowed. Mistle-
toe used to be considered Il charm or am
ulet to ward off the baleful influence of
witches. 1t was also considered that it's
influence was irresistible, that no one
could possibly pass beneath it without
yielding to its power, and hence both
matron and maid must submit to the
salutation which has since become custo-
mary.-Self Culture Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Farm Notes.

Shelter sheep from cold rains.
Do not allow manure to accumulate
in the stables.
Sheep as much as any other stock re-
quire dry bedding.
AS the roads get bad the loads should
be made lighter.
Old stock of any kind decrease in
value as they become older
The most profitable stock to feed is
young, thrifty, growing animals.
1t is safe rule Oh very cold days to
increase the grain rations.
1t is loss not to feed sufficient to
maintain good. thrifty condition..
Young animals are easily kept thrifty
if they are we'll sheltered.
Whether feeding two or three times a
day be sure to feed regularly.
From this time on it is best to send
poultry to market well dressed.
A bad storm may come now at any
time Be fully ready for it.
One advantage with broad tires is that
in hauling they do not cut down so deep.
A good. well-protected feed lot will be
found quite convenience in winter.
All of the fattening stock possible
should be marketed this month.
Late fall blowing helps materially in
destroying the white grnb.
Some advise narrowing down smooth
all fall or early-wintcr plowed land.
1t is cheaper to kill and cure sufficient
meat now than to buy next spring or
summer.
AS soon as the ground freezes hard ap-
ply more covering to the fruit and yege-
table pits.
Feed so as to make the most out of the
feed, as we'll as the most out of the
stock.
1t is not the amount the stock sell for,
but the amount of profit derived that
counts to the farmer.
After an animal is rea sonably we'll fat
tened lighter feeding usually becomes less
profitabl
a lot of stock uniform as to size, color
weight and form will bring better prices
than mixed lot.
During the winter is one of the best
times to haul brush, old straw, or ba.
gaSse and fill up washes or g,lllies.
1t is generally those farmers who need
the education the least who attend the
farmers institutes in the largest mum.
bers
Now is one of the best times to haul
out and apply manure on the meadows
and manuring the meadows is one of the
best plans of keeping up the fertility.
The team that is expected to do the
hauling during the winter should be wei
shod, and should have good blankets tc
protect them at any time they may be
left standing in the cold.-N. J. Shepherd
in Kansas Farmer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Gapes In Chickens.

No manner of smoking, dosing or dust
ing is likely to do any good when once the
cape disease has secured hold on the
chicks. The disease generally attacks
the chicks when they are about three
weeks old TO cure it l use Il double
horse hair, very coarse, twist it tightly,
and introduce in the chicks windpipee,
give it a sort of twist and remove 1t,
bringing out the small red worm which
causes the trouble. Oftentimes there are
several of these little worms in the wind
pipe, which makes several introductions
of the horse hair necessary in order to
remove all of them. think we saved
thirty or forty, chicks in this way last
spring, and, although large chicks are
easily killed by the practice if not very
careful in doing the work the young ones
may be treated without much danger:
I'VE would advise the use of a stripped
feather instead of the horse hair for re-
moving the worms, as the latter are quite
rough and thus may irritate the delicate
membrane lining in the trachea.-Ed.l -
Lillian jenkins in Farmers Voice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
The Lean Cow.

Another COW may be pouring nearly all
her feed and part of herself into the milk
pail 1t is often said that COW will first
take care of herself before she will make
milk out of her food. She does not ways
do it. There are cows that seem intent
on making milk and nothing else. They
utterly neglect to feed their systems, and
such cows will become thinner and thin
ner If we are watching the individual
and observe COW like that, we will in
crease the ration and keep ON increasing
it as long as we can get returns. 1t is a
little trouble-but not so much, after all
to vary the rations to suit different
cows. The COW that is taking on flesh
ing food. Eliminate the cornmeal or 9th
or similar ingredient. from her ration.
Feed her wholly or mainly Oh nitrogen>
GUS foods. For the thin COW, increase
the fat-forming elements.-ENchange
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
How Dogs Shook the Persimmon


\ gentleman who lives in the suburbs
has a fine perSlmmon tree in his yard,
which this wear bore very large crop.
The members OF his family are exceed
inyly fond of the fruit and look forward
with many happy expectations to the
tinr When the frost will fall each year
and pat the finishing touches to the crop.
The other day. said the gentleman.
Il visited the tree. which is good dis
tanvc from the house. and found that
someone had been there and taken a
plentiful supply away The grass around
the tree was tramplel down as if regi-
Ernt had been camped under it. Sup
posing that tramps had got into the
grounds. determined to watch the next
night to aprrchend them if the trick
should be repeated. Going out to the tree
after dark | found instead of tramps
about 100 dogs. The dogs would jump
at rhc trunk Of the tree in a body and by
that means shake off quantity of the
overripe fruit. which they devoured with
"vdity. 1t is the first time l ever heard
of dogs eating perSmnons and | en-
joytl the sight SO much that | refrained
from shooting into them -Memphis
Srmitar.
--Dn the basis of results of previous
exhibitions at Paris it is assumed that
3Z.3SS.2S0 people will pass through the
tErnstileS. and it is possible that the to-
tai number may reach 6O,OOO,OOO.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
EDUCATE YOUR BOWELS,
THOUSANDS OF PREMATURE DEATHS
CAUSED BY NEGLECT.
Every Person Can Prolong Life and Enjoy
Health and Happiness Who Will Listen
to the Voice of Progress.

II You want to open a door, you don't
smash it with a crowbar, but open it with
key.
It's easier and less destructive,
When YOU are costive, or bilious, or con-
situated. don't take an old-time dose Of
phySic, throw your bowels into spasms and
turn your liver inside out as long as every
thing can be set right, in nice, gentle,
quie+. positive, natural way by Cascarets,
tn" ideal laxative.
We have all found out that persuasion Is
ST rOnScr than violence
instead Of trying to force your dlsordered
organs to do their duty. Educate Your Bow
els and make them act naturally by using
CnScarctS Candy Cathartic, so pleasant to
the taste. SO mild, so effective. They are
guaranteed to cure any case 81 constipation
OF money refunded.
Buy and try Cascarets to-day. It's what
they do, not what we say they'll do, that
proves their merit. Ali druggists, 1Oc, 25c,
5oc, or by mail for price. Send for booklet
and free sample. Address Sterling Remedy
Co., Chicago: Montreal, Can; or New York.
This is the CASCARET tablet
kzzA Every tablet of the only genuine
IGH Cascarets bears the magic letters
BEAa "CCC." Look at the tablet before
gsS5 you buy, and beware of frauds,
@sS4ss limitations and substitutes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
The John Nj. Smyth Co. Have No
Agents.

The well-merited popularity of the
great mail order establishment Of the
John NJ. Smyth Co. of Chicago seems to
have induced INSCRIPTIONS parties to go
through the country and falsely repre-
sent themselves as sales agents for this
house. BY thus representing themselves
they have succeeded in imposing upon
many by selling goods and taking cash
and notes from victims who actually be-
lieved they were purchasing goods from
the representatives of the firm direct.
The John NJ Smyth Co. have no agents
and denounce as frauds all parties tray
cling through the country and claiming
to represent the firm. The public should
be on the lookout for such impostors.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Welded Without Love,

There was once woman. l married
her. Not for love, but for money. I
was disappointed in the amount which
came to me through the marriage, but
no one ever knew of my disappointment.
Carefully l yelled my feelings and toiled
On as though every expectation had been
met. Years passed, but the woman be-
came but little more to me than other
women. There was certain restraint
in all our conversation and bearing to-
ward each other. We had trials, but
they were never shared. joys also there
were for both, but our laughs were never
simultaneous. Friends observed the dis
lance between us. but made no comment.
We were both strangely constituted and
had little in common in taste, tempera-
ment or religion. l am sure that never
kissed her but once, and that on the
bridal morn in the presence of others and
with perfect composure.
When children were born to her my
heart beat not whit faster. I do re-
member to have once felt the thrill of
fatherhood.
More years passed, tracing themselves
in silver upon our temples. Then she
died. My heart that day was as cold and
tranquil as the snow which mantled the
earth in Silly wilderness.
When it was all over the world held
as much for ME as before, and only oc-
casionally do now recall the flowers and
bright faces which surrounded me on
that. June morning long ago, when I
awaited her ut the altar and married her
to another. | am clergyman. And n
bachelor.-Manila "The New Orient"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Wanted a Twin.

One day Jack, overcome with loneli-
ness, said: ooh, l wish had a little
brother to play With me"' "Well." said
mamma, IF you had little brother he
would be mammals little boy, and
mamma would be his mamma, too, and
you would have to be very kind and I'M
selfish with him." Dishcartened at the
dreadful prospect. the little fellow ex-
claimed: Il don't want little brother:
l wish | was twins, so l could play with
myself. Eagle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Treasures in Ballast.

The rocks and stones brought in bal
last offer productive field for study.
and biologists prowling over miniature
mountains of rocks dumped on some an
Gent dock or shore from ship which
had returned from a remote land. Some
and one load from n South American
port, dumped some time ago, was found
to be full of garnets of various sizes.
A geologist made 5000 or $500 last sum
mer by gathering and selling them to a
dealer i'll New YOrk.-New York Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
What DO the Children Drink =?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAlN-O? 1t is delicious and nourish-
Ing, and takes the place Of coffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains,
and when properly prepared tastes like
about 4 us much. All grocers sell it. 15c
and cIc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Bedding for Swine.

Probably there will always be a diff
ference of opinion as to how hogs should
be bedded and what is the best material
to use. The kind of material used will
be governed very much by the kind the
farmer has at hand. 1t does not matter
much what is used to make a large ami
NAL comfortable; it is almost sure to go
whether the floor is soil, plank, or stone.
We do not understand why it does this,
and have often tried to find reasonable
solution. Smaller animals rather enjoy
lying on the bedding, writes John NJ.
Jamison in the Ohio Farmer. No swine
farm should be without suitable mate
rial of some kind for bedding, in album
acceptable. The former can be had on
every well-managed farm nearly every
year and when the supply is abundant,
IT will be the most convenient to use.
Wheat and rye stray are both good.
Oats straw is said to be Objectionable.
and barley we do not like on account of
the boards, as the animals are apt to
get the boards into their eyes. Where
leaves are abundant and are used dry,
they are better than straw or fodder,
but to have the leaves at hand when
wanted, they must be kept in store and
be stored dry, otherwise when most
wanted they cannot be used, because
they are wet. The straw can be had
from properly-built stack, any time, I'M
less it is raining, and the weather must
be very damp if fodder cannot be used
from we'll set-up shock, or stack we'll
built. The great trouble with too many
farmers is, they make but little effort
to bed their hogs, and consequently no
provision is made for this purpose. When
the inclemency of the weather prompts
them to give their hogs bedding, they
probably have no dry bedding at hand,
and use something wet, which is but lit
tie better than nothing, unless used to
lift the animal out of mud hole. Bed
ding should always be used dry and be
kept dry. 1t is a great blunder to sell
the straw off of the farm and leave the
hogs without any bedding. The large
hogs can be bedded with coarse corn
stalks that the cattle or horses have re-
moved the blades from, but smaller
stock should have finer material. 1t
fodder is used for them the blades
should not be removed. Leaves will
probably last longer than straw. But
the main point is to induce the great
mass Of hog-raisers to become habitual
and regular in bedding their. swine.
When they do this, they will learn the
necessity Of doing it and learn to make
the required provision. l.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O!

Ask your Grocer today to show you a
package of GRA1NO, the new food
drink that takes the place Of coffee. The
children may drink it without injury as
we'll as the adult. All who try it like it.
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ccives it without distress. a the price of
coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold
nv oil rrocnrc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Offered $1,000 for a Cane.

II. Won Saltza, wealthy Swede, has
offered to Baron Christian, now in Paris
as one of the royalists on trial before the
Senate, $1,000 for the cane with which
he smashed Loubet's hat. The baron
refused. Won Saltza OWNS the most COM
world. having 1865 sticks classified in
Spccially-buil showcases Boston Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Graceful HindO0 Women,

There are fne-Iooking women among
the middle-class Hindoos as we'll as
among the upper ten, and even among
the lower castles the faces are sometimes
very pleasing. Many Hindoo woman
who has, perhaps, little pretensions to
face, has. nevertheless, the step and car
rage Of Il princess-C Chicago News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
ONLY One Left,

There now remains only one people and
one little valley south of the equator
whose sovereignty has not been claimed
by some European power. 1t is the Val
ley Of Barotse, fifty or sixty miles wide
north of I.ialui, in South Africa.-Cin-
cinnatj ENQUIRER,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Well SeaSOnef1.

Now comes forward an expert to de-
clare that white bread is scourge of
humanity. When it looks back On the
number and variety Of the scourges it has
been for so many years prior to this en-
lightened period unconsciously enduring,
humanity must be staggered at it's own
staying power.-Baltimore American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Receipt for Fruit Cake.

Three cups of -four, one cup sugar, two
eggs, two pieces Of lemon peel, quarter
pound of walnuts, one cup raisins, one
cup clrrants, one spoonful cream of tar
tar. half of soda: mix butter, sugar and
eggs to cream; add cream tartar and
soda last -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Lanes family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures
sick headache. Price 25 and Soc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Measuring Cattle.

An old stockman says the following is
rule Of determining approximately the
weight of cattle by measurement; but the
weight will vary much, with animals of
the same girth J, according to build and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
Two Menls n Day Quite Enough

The theory of two meals day is all
right, and so is the practice, as expert
ence has proven. Omit the breakfast.
One cannot do hard work, mentally or
physically, with full stomach.--1.adies'
Home journal, , = f..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
FEASTS ON RARE WORK.
Little Insect is Eating Its Way
Through Jefferson's Memoirs.

Little Insect Is Eating Its Way
Through Jefferson's Memoirs,
In little book shop in Ann street, not
far from Broadway and much frequented
by bookworms of the human species,
there is OH exhibition a genuine book
worm, one of the rarest of insects, and it
is feeding upon the words of Thomas
jefferson.
According to bibliophiles it is ten years
since a bookworm has been seen III this
city. Librarians and dealers i'll books
have discovered their borings, but the
animals themselves have escaped. An Of
fer of 500 was made for the last one
that was found here, but the offer was
refused and the creature mysteriously
disappeared.
Isaac Mendoza, the owner of the Ann
perience Of nineteen years he had seen
only two genuine bookworms. The first
was found in Nassau street shop ten
years ago, and the second is now in his
possession.
According to the authorities, book
worm is the larva of an insect of the
beetle species, supposed to be either the
anobium paniceum or the ptinus drum
neus. 1t lives on the leaves of books, and
is reputed to have a preference for the
rarest and most precious volumes in a
library.
1t eats Its way from cover TO cover,
leaving cleanly-cut hole. The one in
Mr.. Mendoza's possession started at the
back of an old volume, entitled me.
1noirs, Correspondence and Miscellanics
from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson"
lie worked straight through to the front
Of the book, boring hole about one-six
teenth of an inch in diameter. When he
struck the front cover he strolled about
in the fly leaves, leaving winding pass
age about three inches long. He then
struck into the book again OH the return
journey to the back cover. When shown
yesterday he was at page nineteen, which
he had reached after two days work
There are SO pages in the book The i'll
sect is about half an inch in length, white
in color and has a brown head. Great
care is taken in showing them. The old
volume is carefully opened, disclosing the
little round tunnel which marks the path
of the creature. The leaves are turned
until the worm is found. If he is boring
he is not disturbed, and only his tail is
shown. but if he is resting from his la
bors he will be found curled up like
ball, and visitors are permitted to look at
him through a magnifying glass.
Mr.. Mendoza told me that after he had
given his friends an opportunity to see
the rare worm he intends to present it to
the Museum of Natural History-New
York Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, GO

LUCAS COUNTY ~
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he Is
the senior partner of the firm of +. J
Cheney & Co., doing business in the city
of Toledo, county and state aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK i. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.
1886
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the
best of all cough cures.-George W. Lott,
Fabucher, La, August 90, 1895.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22

indianapolis has $500 dogs licensed,
and 1900 unlicensed, and still has no
public place where one Of them can get
Il drink Of water.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22

The "Adamless dinner" at which
men are tabooed, is new fad among
society women.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22

-Washington's largest family consists
of twelve children.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22

Rheude's Business College and Me
chanical Drawing School, Milwaukee,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22

You get pretty souvenir free If you send
your address to Ambrosia Chloe. Co., MIL
waukee. Write today.