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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-09
Lost. His Wits.

One Of those ridiculous situations
which at the time bring the coolest sweat
out on mans brow. and ever after re-
main with him as constant source of
mirth, occurred to a Shelton merchant
few days ago. says the Ansonia
Comm Sentinel. He thought he would
take Il bath, and as his Fat is minus
one of the chief requisites for the job
Il hathtuh he extern ,orized one ont of Il
small wash,nh and enjoyed a cooling alb
luton.
He had just concluded and stepped
from the tub for the towel. when sud
denly the TOP hoop Of ths tub burst with
3 sharp repast. and tie nsaH saw 80 his
htrraY tbat the wb2ie eeatants Of tas
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-09
Tar soap for Mosquitoes,

A. correspondent of the Hartford
Times says that q lather Of tar soap ap-
piled to the face and hands. and then
gently rubbed off, Is a sure protection
agaipst mosquitoes, sI ss' 81 si s ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-09
AnybOdy Nav Learn to- Swj m.

liz TACT tlldl 80 MdllS IUSe luelI H\ rs
because they have never learned to
apology for pointing out the further
fact that anybody may learn to swim in
two half hours spent in determined eff
fort to that end, says a correspondent
of the New York Times. TO begin with,
let it be understood that the act of
threading water" consists in simply re-
naming in one place in the water in an
upright position by motion of the arms
and legs moved as Il dog, horse or OK
moves his legs in swimming, emitting his
effort to move forward. This having
been understood, let the tyro wade out
from the shore in gradually deepening
water until he finds himself in water,
say, up to his chin; then turn round,
face to the shore, and proceed to tread
water, continuing his effort until he
finds himself standing upright. his feet
not touching bottom. Half ali hours
persistent effort will enable him to mas
ter this his first lesson. When he has
done SO much. he has virtually captured
the whole business. When he again
goes into the water, let him go out to the
same depth, turn round, face the shore
as before, and strike out i'll front, with
his hands and arms, ut the same time
kicking backward. He will find, almost
before he is aware of it, that he is off
bottom and slowly swimming toward the
shore. In fact, he has learned to SWIM
His fights will be short at first. He can
easily learn the common strokes and
methods of swimming after he has first
learned to swim dog fashion. All he
needs, however. is practice to enable him
to swim at will, according to his physi-
cal strength. In these suggestions the
masculine is assumed to include the
feminine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-09
Fly Dug the Spiders Grave.

Samuel Simon, ST.. well-known resi-
dent of Ncshannock township Pa, while
strolling near his home one day recently,
noticed Il fly about half an inch long
and of Il dark blue color. with IL slim
body, bearing ii large dead spider The
fly crossed his path and laid his load
down. 1t then went about eighteen
inches in another direction and COM
menced digging Il hole in the ground
His curiosity being excited, he stopped
and watched the work. After the tly
had the hole dug about half the length
of himself he went to where he had left
the spider and took his dimensions. Aft
cr going back to the hole he found it
was not big enough and commenced dig
ging again. After taking out quantity
of earth he again went to the spider and
took his dimensions. He did this eight
times and as often enlarged the hole.
When the busy little fellow had the hole
too deep for him to throw the earth clear
out he would go on the bank and force
it back with his feet. After he had the
excavation large enough for his purpose
he went for the spider and took it to the
grave, for such it proved to be, and
dragged it to the mouth of the hole. Aft
er he had the body III he covered it with
fine earth first and finished by placing
!; small piece of cilder on top. When
he had finished the work he flew away.
The whole time consumed was exactly
hfty-tivc minutes. as Mr.. Simon says he
sat and watched the whole performance
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-09

Haegljng Over Clothes.
It IL not only the Baxter street ye,,deYy
who love . bargain IN old cllothes; fqsh.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-09
"A Joke on a Phreno:Opist.

The jokes that practical jokers play
upon wise men arc sometimes as funny
as they are elaborate. \ case in point
is said to have occurred some years ago
in England when Il humor-loying individ-
ual who rejoiced i'll the possession of Il
fine vegeta bic garden found therein one
evening |; large turnip. 1t so happened
that this particular turnip was marvel
ously like III it's shape to Il mans head
and bore Il very decided resemblance too
to the features of Il man. The joker,
perceiving fine chance to make a point
and struck by the curious resemblance
of the turnip, had a east made of it. and
sent the cast to Il phrenologist. request
ing him to examine it's bumps and to
make 4 report.
I After sitting in Judgment upon the cast
for some time, the phrenoIogiSt, so the
story goes, reported that while he could
not judge accurately from the east, it
WAS his opinion that it was the head Of
person of acute mind and deep re-
search: that he had the organ of quick
perception and also Of perseverance we'll
developed. and that there were signs that
ne was also Il person of extreme ere
dulity: This opinion was sent by mail,
and the phrcnologist expressed. in clos
ing, the hope that at some time he might
nave the privilege of examining the head
itself.
The reply was sent that the owner
would gladly comply with this request.
but that unfortunately he could not do
so, since the original had been eaten by
himself and his family several weeks be-
fore with their mutton at dinner.
What the phrenOlOgist thought of the
reply is not statc,l.-Harpcr'S Round Ia
Bile.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-09
Dog Ate Bees for Fun.

Silas Gray, Il farmer near Washington,
Pa, had dog that was very useful.
This spring, when the wild bees began
flying, he would catch and eat them, and
soon developed an uncomfortable taste
for them. He would catch two or three
bees, swallow them. and then lie down
and howl with pain. as the bees would
sting him in the stomach. This summer
the bumblebCeS are SO numerous as to be
almost Il plague to the farmers. and the
dog would go ont into the field and do
stroy nests Of them. Recently he began
to get thin and soon died, probably Of
the effects of the numerous stingS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-09


The careful shelter of the girls of the
stately Colonial days in American his
tory is as possible with us today as it
was i'll the olden times. Not in the let
ter, perhaps, but in the spirit. But be-
fore we can bring back those ideal intiu-
cnces it is necessary that we should
return to one or two Of the conditions
which existed and made those influences
possible. Our mothers should be more
familiar with their daughters than they
are. The multifarious outside duties
into which women of this latter day have
gone have not served to strengthen the
tie between mother and daughter If
anything, they have loosened the rela-
ton. The Colonial mother lived in her
home; the mother Of today lives too
much outside of it. The daughter in the
KDickerbocker home was the first
thought of the mother: the daughter of
today is all too often the last thought of
her mother. Such changes in home af-
fairs are not marks of progress. In
fact. it requires Il reading of old books
sometimes to see how little actual pro-
gress we have really made. More often,
the wisest progress would be for us to go
back bit, and see whence we started.
There are potent lessons for us in the
past. Our grandmothers knew thing
or two. Some things they knew better
than DO their grandchildren.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-23

lowed by pr, J. Ritchey Horner. professor
OF nervous and mental diseases in the
Homeopathic college Of Cleveland. in an ad-
dress on Investigations in the Field OF
Cvtology," which he illustrated by means
Of stereopticon views taken in England.
The discussion was then turned to that
OF the work OF hospitals, and the first paper
read was that of Or. Selden II. Talcott OF
Middletown. n. Y, on THE True Scope
of a Hospital for the Insane
A section in materia medica was also held
tonight at which DR.. II. V. Halbert OF Chi
cago read a paper on Homeopathic Rene
dies in Nervous Diseases
The social side OF the convention is a
great success. This morning the women
were given a sail on the ocean and In the
afternoon trolley excursions were made to
different points along the coast. Tonight
while the institute was wrestling with
paedology, neurology and electro-thera
peutics, the women were enjoying a musi-
Gale at the Academy of Music on the board
walk.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-23
Davis sells the best soda water.
Epworth League Convention,

Prof o.. f. Smith, superintendent OF
schools at Shenandoah, was in the city yes
terday, the guest OF Superintendent and Mrs.
II. 3. Hayden. Prof. Smith was on his
way from Dunlap, where he at
tended the annual convention of the Ep-
worth League. Council Bluffs district,
being elected president of the association.
The other officers elected were: First vice
president, J. NJ. Sylvester, Council Bluffs
second vice president. Mrs. NJ. VI. Cable,
Defiance; third vice president. Miss Kate
Creager, Missouri Valley; fourth vice presi-
dent, Miss Mildred Virgins, Dow City; re-
cording secretary, Miss Myrtle Martin, Dun
lap; corresponding secretary, Miss Fanny
Jay, Shenandoah; treasurer, Miss Mary
Hart, Council Bluffs; superintendent junior
society. Mrs. T. S. Wordsworth, Logan.
1t was decided to hord the next annual
convention in this city at the Trinity Metho-
dist church in June, 1900.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-23
Getting After Tax Strikers.

WINTERSET, Ia, June 22.-(Special.)-
A sensation has been created in Madison
county on the tax question. 1t appears that
two bright young fellows from Indianola
went through the records of Madison county
and found out the amount of mortgage
credits held by different ones in the county.
They then went among the loaners and
ascertained who, if any, borrowed money.
After securing all the facts they looked up
his sworn return to the assessor and, armed
with all the facts, they went to one at a
time and told Mr.. or Mrs. Tax Swindler
that they could go to the county treasurer
and pay the right amount of their taxes
or they would go before the grand jury
and have them indicted for perjury and sent
to the pen.
Over $4,000 was paid in to the county
treasurer last year by reason of the investi-
CATION and this year the additional tax paid
into the county treasurer by reason of in
creased returns to the assessor amounts to
over $4,000. These young men now pro
pose TO go into the different counties of the
state and, working two counties at a time.
enter INTO a contract with the auditor to
furnish similar information for the benefit
or the county. This Investigation will be
especially desirable to the taxpayers and
VIII be augmented by every truthful tax
mayer. The Boardman case investigation
has opened the eyes of many of our citizens
ana Set them to Squirming.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-23
CHIROPODIsT CALLED DOWN.
itinernnt Faker Exposed by n Hear
less


less Druggist.
He was exceedingly seedy In appearance
while the rich red tint Of his nose told more
plainly than words Of his frequent dalliancc
with the cup that both cheers and intoxi-
Gates. He had a small glass bottle in his
hand as he entered a barber snop, relates the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Gentlemen, / have the finest corn plaster
in the world the seedy one began. land |
have also some examples in this bottle of the
wonderful work it can do. If anybody ever
saw larger corns with more roots on them
I'll throw up the sponge. Look EN- over,
gents"
In the first chair happened to be a well
known druggist. who is something of a
joker. Taking the bottle from the itineran,
'chiropodist's hand, he pretended to examine
its contents with a great deal of interest,
the owner of the bottle, seeming a possible
customer, eXpatiating upon the remarkable
virtues of his ~plasters. When he had ex-
hausted his fund Of adjectives he wound ur
with, Well, what do you think OF those
corns, sir?"
The druggist g~ravely handed the bottle
back.
They are certainly fine, very fine" he
replied. 81 never saw bigger ones, but
r%opodist.
But I'd like to know who made 'em for
you?"
The man of the corn plaster gave one look
of whitening scorn al the druggist as a gen
ersl laugh went up and then he fed from the
shop.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-23
REASON ron RETIRING.
II was n Good One when Nou Come
10 Think of II.

The street fakir who sold a perfect pa
nacea for every pain on the street was rest
ing between his afternoon and evening SER
vices and was doing a little talking in retro
spect, according to the Washington star.
81 wasn't always in this business he
said, FOR my real taste was in the dramatic
line, and l make my first appearance as
Wezzooski. the Wonderful Wizard, doing my
act under a roof and on a real stage. or as
often that way as the towns l struck were
fixed for 1t. ! don't know that l made any
more money than in the present line, but I
was in love with my art and | could afford to
make less. What is money to a man welded
to his art?' and the late wizard laid his hand
on his bosom and looked up at the ceiling.
But | was not to be permitted to follow
the inclinations OF my nature he went on.
at is nearly always so, you know, in the
higher walks Of life; in the purely ideal, as
II were. One OF my acts, which was, in
deed, the star turn Of the whole layout, was
the famous gun act, in which | let any per-
son in the audience shoot at me from the
rear end of the hall and 1 caught the bullet
in my teeth and spat 1t out in a plate entirely
unframed. 1t had always been so sue
c~essfully performed that ! had fallen in love
with 1t and made IL the grand finale of the
show.
zone night in a Kentucky town where
there were a lot of men who were crack,
shots | made such a success that | was
asked to give another performance the next
night and, fattered by the attention, | did
so. When the great gun act came around
a tall, slab-sided man said he would like to
shoot the gun. | was perfectly willing that
he should do 50, and after care fully loading
the weapon in the sight of the audience, let
ting one and all see that | put the bullet into
the gun and rammed it hard home-it was
the aiming YOU know. that smashed the
bullet, made for the purpose. and rendered it
into harmless dust handed it to him and
took my place to receive the shot. At the
command he fred, and as he did so I thought
somebody had stuck a redhot poker through
my ear, and l clapped my hand to NV head
and took it away covered with blood. The
a faint for the next fifteen minutes. When
l came TO the tall man was standing in the
crowd around me.
Here, stranger" he said, sticking a
$50 bill into my hand, I guets you got a
right to that much, anyhow. You see, l bet
Judge Jones $50 I could plug you through
the ear, and | done it easy. You ought to
be glad we didn't bet on your windpipe or
your spinal column
OF course he had slipped a bullet in on
me, and, being a crack shot. 1t didn't turn
out so bad, but the more | thought II If
tho more | felt like not giving some awk-
ward chap a chance to gamble in that same
way, and | cut the act out. But the people
wouldn't have me without it. so had to
give up the whole thing and took I'D my
present line
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-23
WHEN STEWART HIT THE GAME
One Experience Enough for the Sen
Nor from NcNnIn.

One Experience Enough for the SEN
atOr from Nevada.
Senator, you are one of the Argonauts
and must have seen great gambling on the
coast when they were getting so much of the
yellow metal out of the California sands
remarked a friend OF Senator Stewart of Ne
vada, relates the Indianapolis Sentinel.
YES, there was some high rolling among
the sports in those days. looked on, but
did not participate. My first and only ex-
perience was in San Francisco in the spring
Of 1850. | was a youngster and had wandered
into a resort called the Eldorado, in which
all sorts OF games were in progress, and on
the tables were piled up hugh stacks OF gold
and silver coin. / looked on as a green
youth would, and was attracted to a roulette
wheel. A miner was betting 500 at every
turn and luck seemed TO come his way. |
didn't have much money, but concluded Id
take a chance, and started in with a silver
quarter. Following every bet of the miner,
| ran this % cents up to 325, and though
elated with my fortune, obeyed the prompt
ing Of prudence and quit.
LAS / went out of the place | heard an old
gambler say, The sucker will be back in
side of an hour and lose II all That re-
mark, for all | knew, had a great influence
on my after career, for | not only resolved
not to go back, but never to fight any game
Of chance in the future. So / quit gambling
then and ahere and kept my res )lution. In
my time | have known many OF she biggest
gamblers OF the west. Some of them | would
trust in any sort OF way that man ran be
trusted. but very few have | known who
ever saved anything out of the business.
''Th last time was in Virginia City one
of the most honorable members OF the fra
ternity ever knew. a man Who has been
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-23

DETROIT, Mich, June 22.-The following
officers were elected today by the National
Eclectic Medical and Surgical association
President, George w. B~oskowitz. New York
first vice president, Prof. NJ. II. Logan. Sar
Francisco; second vice president, Prof. n
A. Graves, Chicago; third vice president
DIR. p. b.. Wright. Grand Rapids; recording
secretary. DR.. Pitts Edwin Howes, Boston;
corresponding secretary. Prof. E. L. Stand
lee, St. Louis; treasurer, DR.. William T
Commit, Forest. o.
Atlantic City was chosen for the mex
place of meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-23
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES TONIGHT,
Delegates to he Chosen to Attend the
lauutI Gauxcutiau

Delegates to he Chosen to Attend the
County Convention.
The republicans will hold primaries to-
night to select delegates to attend the
county convention to be held in this city
Wednesday of next week. At this convention
twenty-six delegates will be elected to rep
resent Pottawattamie county in the state
convention to be held at Des Moines
Wednesday, August .. The indications are
that the caucuses tonigh, will be warmly
contested and that there will be two tickets
in every precinct in the city. The Gear
Cummins senatorial contest will enter into
the selection of the delegates and the mem
bers of the county central committee. Both
factions are after the control OF the centraI
committee as well OF the county conyen-
ton. Everything else will be relegated to
the rear and the senatorial fight will be the
one absorbing question, Both factions are
confident and the contest tonight promises to
be not onry a live one but also extremely
close.
The county central committee will be
reorgani2ed at the convention and each eau
Gus tonight will elect a member of the COM
mittee. The members OF the committee
elected in the city will constitute the city
central committee, The caucuses will be
held in the different precincts OF the city at
the following places:
First Ward-First precinct, Wheeler &
Hereld's, five delegates; Second precinct,
McRobert's blacksmith shop, corner OF
Stutsman street and Broadway, six dele
gates.
Second Ward-First precinct, Council
chamber, seven delegates; Second precinct,
IA Broadway. seven delegates.
Third Ward-First precinct, 415 Broadway,
six delegates; Second precinct, hose house,
South Main street, five delegates.
Fourth Ward-First precinct, Farmers
hall, court house, hve delegates; Second
precinct, Smiths hall, Sixteenth avenue,
four delegates.
! Fifth Ward-First precinct, county build
ing. Fifth avenue and Twelfth street, seven
delegates; Second precinct, county building,
FIVE delegates.
Sixth Ward-First precinct, Shubert block,
between Twenty-third and Twenty fourth
streets on Broadway. six delegates; Sec
ond precinct, Blodell block, one delegate.
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Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-23
Scientific optician, woilman. 400 Br'dwa.
Concerts at the Park.

The handsome new bandstand at Fair
mount park will be occupied next Sunday for
the first time since It's erection last summer,
at a cost of about 81, 500. The Board of Park
Commissioner yesterday made arrangements
to engage a band for next Sunday, which
will play from 2 to S o'clock p. m. The
Sunday afternoon concerts in Paramount
park during the summer OF 1897 proved a
popular attraction and the beautiful resort
was visited by throngs of people from this
city and Omaha. The concerts were discon-
tinued last summer owing to the counter at
traction of the exposition.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-23
Davis sells glass.
Falls from the MOtO-

Mrs. John Hill, the aged mother OF George
Hill, the %janitor at the county court house,
fell while alighting from a motor car at the
corner Of Fifth avenue and Pearl street last
night. Her head struck the pavement with
considerable force, inficting a scalp wound
and rendering her unconscious for a time.
She was removed to her apartments in the
court house, where she received medical at
tendance, and late last night was resting
easily. 1t was feared at first that she had
suffered a conoussion Of the brain.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-23
DEATH RECORD.


NORTH PLATTE, Neb., June 22.-(Spe-
cial)-Richard II. Comfy died Tuesday
night from the effect of a stroke OF paral-
ysis received some months ago. He was
born in Philadelphia. He owned and con-
Quoted a large establishment in gas and
chandelier fixtures at the time of the great
Chicago fire, which was completely de-
stroyed. Mrs. f. Peare Is the only child
and immediate relative of the family left to
mourn his demise.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-23
N. Y. Plumbing company, Tel. $50
Teachcrs' Institute.

Mrs. Alice f. Rollins OF Minneapolis, an
Instructor OF wide reputation, has been Sc
cured by Prof. Sawyer to teach primary
methods at the Pottawattamie county insti-
tute which opens in this city at the Bloomer
school building next Monday. Miss Adelaide
Holton of Salt Lake City had been engaged
TO instruct in this department, but will be
unable 10 be present, having been called sud
denly and unexpectedly TO New York. County
superintendent sawyer expects an attend
ance OF between 400 and 400 teachers at the
institute, which will last a week in this city,
and then. after a weeks intermission, be
held for another week in Avoca.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-23
Great Northern VIII Operate II.

SIUUN CITY, June 22.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The receivership OF the Sioux City,
o'Nail & Western Railway company will
terminate June 30, and then the road will
pass into the hands of ]. Kennedy Tod e.
Co OF New York. its owners under fore
closure sale. The road is to be operated
by the Great Northern. Already rumors of
extensions are afoat, One is that the road
Will be extended to Alliance, Neb,. and there
connect with the Burlington, running from
Denver. The other is that 1t will be en-
tended to Ogden. Utah, and there be con
nected with the Southern Pacific. This
would give another transeontinenta line,
but nothing definite is known of any OF
the projects.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-23

ATLANTIC, Ia, June 22.-(Special.)-
Receiver James G. Whitney is making ar
rangements to declare another dividend of
20 per cent 10 be paid to the creditors of the
bank of Atlantic, Mr.. Whitney states that
he will begin payment next Friday. Judge
Green will grant the order while here hold
ing the adjourned session OF court. This
will make 40 per cent that the bank has
paid up to this time.