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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15

and then the heart Of Hans bounded with
Joy as he discerned that he was gaining.
Two blocks more, and painting and
breathless, he made a flying leap and
caught the reins from the hand Of the
cahman. pulling that individual from his
;, "Where Is he? Til strange the
wretchr' cried Hans, who believed that
Lena and Prof. Won Brieden were in the
cab. The cahman: fought back and
shouted for the police. A crowd gath
cred and two officers came and pulled the
struggling men apart, rs u weeping w0nl-
an leahed from the cab and threw her
arms about the neck of Hans.
where is heT" cried the still strug.
Cling husband.
''Where is she?" walled Lena.
II was fooling, Lena! Why did you
leave me?"T
''You are not trying to elope?"
II swear I was only fooling. Where
is he? Oh. Lena, Lena, you shall not
leave me-"
"Hans, Hans, how could you believe I
would leave youTs
''Where is the professor?"
II discharged him yesterday. lie is
not coming back"
And YOU We're not trying to elope?'
"No, Hans; thought you had left me-"
Hans and Lena went home together af-
ter he had settled with the cabman, and
next day he discharged the cashier.-By
Walter L. Hawley.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
A Bunch OF ..Yonsons. :"

"Up in the central part Of this state"
said a Chicago travelling man, who had
got tired talking about the trusts" "there
is a. town that is inhabited almost ex-
clusively by 'Yonsons.' The name Of the
man who keeps the hotel is 'Yonson,' the
drug store on the corner is owned by a
man named 'Yonson,' the proprietor of
the establishment that uses our goods
is Mr.: 'Yonson,' and I noticed when
was riding uptown from the station that
the grocer and the butcher were both
'Yonsons:' What's the matter here, /
said to the bus driver, haven't you any
people In this town who don't belong to
the "Yonson" family? Wall, Ay tank
dare been Won or two,' he replied.
WHATS your name" I asked. 'Yonson,
ne answered: was about to make some
further inquiries as to the 'Yonson' fami-
~, but at that moment we passed the
pubic laundry and looking at the square,
req sign above the door, / read: ZIP
Yonson, Laundry Inside the Chinaman
VINO owned the concern was busy iron.
ing, and permitting his pigtaiI to hang
down his back. / am almost convinced
now that some of those 'Yonsons' are
frauds'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
Oats After OATS

All farmers know that oats are an ex-
haustive crop, and also one that it is es-
pecially hard to get d clover or grass
seeding with. Where winter grain is not
grown, and oats are the chief small
grain raised, one failure to seed is apt. to
be followed by others, until the land be-
comes so exhausted that neither oats nor
grass can be grown. Most Of these
failures to seed with spring grain COME
from blowing the land in earl y spring,
thus turning up lower strata of soil
that has not been properly meliowed by
freezing. The remedy for this is to fal!
pillow the land, leaving it rough, AMI
then so soon as it is fit to work, cultivate
it lightly and put in the grain and grass
seed before blowing CAN be done. If d
frost freezes the soil an inch or two
after the grain and grass seed are sdWni
it will be all the better for both. If the
second crop Of oats fails to: give q grass
and. clover seeding; plow the stubble it
the fall after the oats are off and SOW
wheat or rye; seeding with grass seed in
the fall and with clover seed in the
spring. This rarely fails to give good
grass catch, and if the season be ia
yorable, there will be some clover with
it, even on poor, thin soil.-American
CultiyatOr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
Grain Heating in Bins.

In all the eastern portion of this coul-
try there is usually rain enough to pre-
vent grain from being thoroughly dried
out before it is gathered into barn or
stack. Owing to the general desire to
thresh early, much of this grain is damp
when threshed. If put into large bins
it will heat and become moldy. 1t is
better to defer all large jobs of threshing
until the grain in the straw has gone
through the sweating process, which Is
really heating, the warmth causing the
moisture to come out Of the grain, straw
and weeds. This Is the fastest way to
dry grain. But If the threshing has
been done, sharp lookout should be
kept on the grain in the bin. Thrusting
a long pole to near the bottom Of the
grain pile, the temperature may be easily
determined. If 1t feels warm to- the
hand it is above 100. The grain is IN
danger and should be taken out Of the
bin as sooil as possible. When it, is put
back, have some thoroughly dried brick
and put them in occasionally, as the
grain is thrown in. A dried brick will
absorb more than its weight of water.
If anyone doubts it, let him try to fill
a brick so that water will stand on the
surface: The wettest grain may be safe
" put in bins if this precaution is used.
There is nothing in the brick to ferment,
and. the water in the grain is absorbed
until the grain is dried. In winter all
grain dries out by freezing.-Product
Farmer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
Profits from C0ws.

1t is estimated that the cost of a COW
for one year, for food alone, is about $25.
This amount she must return to her own
er before she can make any profit, and
yet there will remain the cost of the la
Dor and shelter, for which she will pay
with the manure. as it Possesses value
as we'll as the milk. II the farmer can
not get enough from the COW to pay for
the food she eats he will keep her at a
loss: At $23 per year the cost is about
III market will determine the value of
the IL COW: II she produces $500 quarts
i'll a year the cost will be / cent Der
quart. If she produces over that ouan-
tlty the cost of each quart will be re-
duced. All cows cannot be kept for one
year at so low cost, but as there must
be an expense for tibet COW, whether she
proves valuable or not, the dairyman
should seek the best to be had in order
to reduce the cost of the product. He
ca only do so by using the breeds, for
II he steps outside and resorts to the
open market in order to purchase his
COWS, instead of raising them, he will
incur the liability Of adding inferior ami
mails to his herd.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
The Admiral'S Loving CuD.

New York's special gift to Admiral
Dewey will be gold loving cup, which
is to cost $1,000. In order to have it
ready on September % four sets Of ar
tisans will be constantly at work day and
night, completing its different parts at
once. The cup will be of Il three sided
Roman pattern, with Greek dolphin han.
dies. A band CT stars, one for each state
OF the union, will surround the brim, and
upon each side between the handles will
be Il chased iigure--one portrait of ADJ
miral Dewey. supported by oak leaves
and the spread eagle; the second the
cruiser Olympia, and the third an in
scripton stating that the cup is present.
cd to Admiral Dewey by the city of New
York. \ twisted rope, emblematic of the
navy. will surround the neck of the cup,
and underneath upon the base will be the
initials q. D.. the four stars of an adj
miral. and the seal of the city of New
York. The legs of the cup will he
anchors, four in number. resting upon
OuE tpoCec
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
To Apple Packers.

Pack fruit honestly; that is, have the
fruit run alike all through the barrel. Do
rot endeavor to cause deception by plac-
ing, good, sound, large fruit nenr the top
and bottom Of the barrel, and filling iii
the center with lot Of gnarly, wormy
and decayed fruit. It does not pay. The
deception is easily detected upon investi-
cation. Standard barrels should be used.
Take one head out, hail the hoops, and
bend or break off the ends Of the halls on
the inside; place layer or tier of apples,
good and uniform size, smooth, bright,
healthy, as closely as possible, stem
a basketful at time, throwing out the
small, wormy, gnarly and windfall APP
plesssand shaking the barrel well after
each deposit until it is full two inches
above the rim; place the head squarely on
the apples, and with screw or lever
press force it into place and nail secure
ly. Then turn over the barrel and mark
name of apple with red or black lead, or
stencil. Bear in mind that, to be shipped
safe ~, fruit must be packed tight to pre-
vent rattling or bruising.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
DAMP WALLS AND MICROBES.
Moisture Increases the Vitality o
Bacilli.

Moisture Increases the Vitality Of
Bucilli.
Disease germs will often remain in a
contagious condition in house which
has not been thoroughly disinfected. The
life of the pathogenic germs varies great
ly with the different materials Of which
walls are constructed, and especially &C.
cording to their degree of dampness or
dryness. Special investigation showed
that, as general rule, walls covered
with stucco or varnish are the least like
ly to prolong the life of the microbes,
and walls which are normally dry are
to great extent self-cleansing. The ty-
phoid bacillus, the cholera germ, the dip
loccus of pneumonia, when placed on
stucco walls die at the latest in twenty
four hours, and the diphtheria bhcillus
survives only seven days. On well-dried
size the tuberculosis microbe will remain
alive for four or five months. Damp
walls cause the vitality Of bacilli to in
crease, so that the dampness of dwelling
houses is doubly dangerous; first, in itself,
and, second, because of the long life and
vitality which it gives to the elements of
contagion and infection. From a bac-
tericidal point of view, stucco or good
varnlsh SHOULD be employed for walls
where possible, in preference to tapestry
or paper, as both can be easily washed,
and have, besides, the property of cleans
ing themselves of DathOgenic germs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
Pasturing Stu NJ page.

With little scientific handling, stump
age may be made excellent -pasturage.
In some of the heavily-wooded sections of
Wisconsin the COW is brought in about
as soon as the timber has been hauled
away. The stumps remain, and i'm the
course of nature the spaces around them
would soon grow up thick with briars,
berry bushes and underbrush, Bit The
farmer puts in his harrow and perhans
his plow and the land is roughly pre-
pared for grass seed, which is at once
soWn. The grass quickly gets a firm
hold and there is no room either for I'M
derbrush or weeds. The whole land is
soon occupied with grass except that act
ually occupied by the stumps.
The cows are then turned into this pas
ture and occupy it for years. Mean.
time, the stumps, if they be of certain
varieties of trees, are rotting away at the
roots, and the rotting clears the way for
the stumpage pasture to become a tiilable
field. This plan is worthy of more gen
eral adoption. .'->-'.' :,
Land that has been cleared of timber
is generally allowed to lie practically
waste for long years. If the cattle are
turned onto it for pasturage they simply
browse the wild grasses that spring IN
here and there. Too often weeds get
possession in such numbers that the
whole area becomes veritahle thicket
of weeds. In all such cases grass should
be placed in possession of the denuded
land.-Farm, Field and Fireside.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
Dog that Carries Mail.

There was a quiet little sensation at
the postoftice yesterday afternoon. 1t
was created by most out of the ordinary
letter carrier. Instead of the regulation
cadet gray he wore suit of hair, spot
ted brown and white. He entered the
postotice at shortly before 2:30. He car
ried several letters In his mouth Pay
ing no attention to anybody, he trotted
over to the window at which the outgoing
mail is received, stood upon his hind legs,
coughed. The letters futtered in through
the window and the strange letter carrier
padded off as nonchalantly as though
hundreds of people were not. staring at
him from every side. -, --..- 49,.
The silent letter carrier was dog.
He wasn't big dog: Nor was he a par
dent he was good. Where he came from
or where he was going to he didn't see
fit to say.-Kansas City Times. = j
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
GIVEN AWAY FREE
Trial Packages Of Genuine
Zaegel's Swedish Es-
Sence of Life.
Known for Over a Hundred Years
as the Greatest Of All
Tonic Remedies.
Every Reader Of This Paper Should be Sure
to &c: One Of These Free Samples.

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When taken into the stomach it acts so
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for q share Of the new strength and
vigor. Rheumatism, backache and head
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are rapidly cured as we'll as diseases
peculiar to women. There are times
when person would give almost any
thing to be rid Of frightful headache.
Zaegel's Swedish Essence will relieve it
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the hundred or more little ills with which,
we are attacked so frequently will be
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No one need trouble themselves to doubt
whether this remedy will do all these
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Zaegel's Swedish Essence is so we'll
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DO not neglect to get in your application
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to pay the postage on this free sample.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES.
A Graphic Description Of Harvesting
in the Great Wheat Eielda

Graphic ID .scriptiou Of Harvesting
in the Great Whea, Fields.
"With the first touch of gold on the
boards a feverish activity begins. The
farmer gets his binder and reaper ready
and arranges with his neighbor to trade
off work. Daily the thrasher creeps
nearer, now East, now West, but al
ways farther North writes John North
ern billiard in the Ladies' Home Jour
nal. AT length the men of the family
ride away i'll d wagon to help neighbor,
the machine may be here any time
now The Wemeh are thrown into a
futter of excitement, and the next day,
While the men are gone, the oven is
filed with loaves, then with pies and
cakes. The great kettle is lung OH the
crane in the yard and hams are boiled
All the buttermilk is saved to be sent to
the men in the field, and root beer is
brewed. The chickens are dressed and
harvest supper.
AT last the thrasher, drawn by four
horses. pulls to the field, and other wag-
ons follow, loaded with singing, shouting
men and boys, most Of them neighbors,
only few travelling with the machine.
The last wagon will contain women and
girl neighbors, who have come to help
get supper and wait on the men. They
come on to the house, bringing with them
many dishes, knives and forks and table
linen to help ont the ordinary family
outfit. Such shouting aud laughing and
Joking and exchange Of good news and
bad news!
I'm the MINDLESS September air the
booming Of the separator's cylinder rises
above the steam voice Of the traction en-
CINE. Six teams are in the field hauling
or, with easy, majestic movement, gath
ers the sheaycs under his arms and feeds
them into the Unsuitable ,naw All the
afternoon the golden straw climbs and
falls over in the smoky air; the chaff flies
in a binding cloud; and the grain flows
like stream Of sun-fecked water into
the two-bushel mea sures, which are
timed into a wagon
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
Fertilizer Tor Crimson Clover,

As crimson clover is a nitrogen gath
erer, having the power to deri We nitrogen
from the atmosphere through bacterial
agency, there will be no necessity for the
use Of nitrate Of soda, or sulphate Of am
monia, although it must be admitted that
small quantity Of nitrate of sod la will
not come am Hiss: Potash Is the main sub
stance required and may be applied in
the form Of wood ashes or Us potash
salts. Lime; However; always gives good
results, and is used at times in seeding
as we'll as when turning the crop under.
What is most important, however, is to
disregard the advice that crimson clover
can be grown anywhere by scattering
tho seed on the surface Of the ground
without first blowing the land. Such an
experiment is never satisfactory, as many
of the seeds fail to terminate, while the
plants that take root are liable to be in
jured in winter. The ground should be
deeply plowed, and if MANFRED with we'll
rotted manure, so much the better, as
the land will then be in more suitable
condition for corn when the crimson
clover is plowed under, and the ground
should be narrowed several times, or I'M
til it is fine and in good condition for
the seed, covering with a brush. A seed
sower should be used to secure even dis
tribution of the seed, and if sowed early
and vacant spaces occur the spots may
be seeded again. If the ground is we'll
prepared there will be less liability of
the plants being thrown out by frost in
Winter.-Philadelphia Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
Want your moustache or beard a beautiful
brown or rich blackF Then use
BUCklNGHAm'S DYE tSb, steess
Can't. Mcyane,s o:4o Shark.
;Ss; SS Esves,sTs. on 9: q: hA.. q Co. NAst

Capt. McVane of Long Island, Port
land harbor can tell pretty good story
himself. He tells the Courier that while
out after mackerel, the other night. sud-
denly, without the slightest warning his
dory. began to nave uneasily just as it
would II it had been moving over some
partially submerged floating object, and
then slowly but steadily it rose into the
air. and turning over, threw McFane a
couple of somersaults and landed him up
on the back Of a big shark. He clutched
the Iorsal fin and held on. The shark
was probably the more frightened Of the
two and the moment McVane struck hin,
he started off on the surface at a. 2:4O
clip, heading about south by east, on u
course that would take him close to Half
Way-Rock. He kept to the surface for
about two miles and then diving, left
McEane tloundering about in the water
not 300 yards from the Hallway Rock
lighthouse. This he easily swan to and
after getting into dry clothes was set
ashore at Long lsland.-Portland Cou-
rier
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
FOR THE FARMER.
Old fashioned Hollyhocks

! .$S4NS SWSSAAVWNM AAuAsJ HuSA0s 49,
: Good 0ld-fashioned flower that seems
Linking us to byg0ne dreams,
Calling back the days long gone 81:
When our lives were In their dawn.
Other floral gems may bear
j Softer tlnts Of beauty rare, 3ss3.aa. H.
But there's none that seems to talk
To us like the hollyhock. ~ f. FIJI
Seems to lead US once again.
To 4 farmhouse, old and plain, =
To Hid away among the trees, L
And we hear the honey bees VIZ
Singing at their work as they
Sip the hidden sweets away "-
From the flowers that line the walk
Swallowed by the hollyhock.
Once again we see a face g.:
Touched with sweet maternal grace
Bending DER the flowers she
Watched and cared for lovingly,
See Il mother old and gray
Moving round IN quiet way,
White her venerable locks
As the whitest hollyh0cks.
And we see another there
At q neighbOr farmhouse, fair
As the sweetest flower that grew
Meath her wntchful eye Of blue,
See her fitting to and fro
In her gown OF calico,
Rosy cheeks that seem to mock
Fen the crimson hollyhock.
In the harvest time when we
Gathered for the annual spree
Grading down the ripened grain
Rolling like billowy main,
l could see the winsome Kate
Watching us across the gate,
As we piled the golden shocks
just outside the hollyhocks.
There amid the flowers we
Sat ono summer evening, she
Blrshing us the rose to hear
What | whispered III her ear,
There l crowned her as my queen
Meath the noonlight's silvery sheen,
Placed upon her sunny locks
Just wreath Of hollyhocks.
Deliver Post
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
THU SONG OF THE WAVE.

d - q.
This is the song Of the wave! The mighty
Child Of t the soul Of silence, beating the air
White as a live terror. as a drawn sword.
;T~s This Is the wave sss.s" 2
This Is the song Of the wave, the white.
named steed Of the Tempest,
whose veins are swollen with life,
In whose tanks abide the four winds.
-, This Is the wave,
This Is the song Of the wave! The dawn
leaped out of the sea
And the waters lay smooth as a silver
shield,
And the sun-rays smote on the waters like
a golden sword,
Then Il wind blew out of the morning
And the waters rustled
And the wave was born!
blew out Of the noon.
And the white sea-birds like driven foam
Winged In from the ocean that lay behind
they sky,
And the face Of the waters was barred with
white,
For the wave had many brothers,
And the wave was strong!
This Is the song of the wave, that rises to
Rises a sheer green wall like barrier OF
glass
That has caught the soul of the moonlight,
Caught and priSoned the moonbeams;
Its edge Is frttted to foam.
This Is the wave.
George Cabot Lodge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
The Swimmers Foe.

A dreadful fellow metaces the SWIM
ner who ventures In tropical seas. 1t Is
known as the Portuguese man-uf-war; it
has been called. also, a Poem In satin,' ~
scription. A correspondent who was In
troduced to this creature quite recently
says:
Il was swimming upon my side, and
went right over the tentacles of a large
man-of-war. The pain that shot through
me was as if hot lead had been poured
over my body. I sank immedia tely. AS
struck the bottom with my feet 1
pushed up, and partially recovered my
sufficiently, at least, to call for help.
Some men at work nearby sprang into
the water and carried me ashore, and by
this time l could breathe with extreme
difficulty, this being the most serious
symptom. The tentacles seemed to have
sunk right into my flesh, and had to be
cut away with knives'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
Patents to Inventors.

Messrs. Benedict & Morsell. solicitors
of patents, Old Insurance building, Mil
Waukee, report patents issued to West
ern inventors August 20 as follows:
II: K. Bolinski, New London, Wis, stock
feeder and waterer: ]. c. Fcnnimore, New
ton, kas., washing machine; A. W. Gray
heofa, Ia, vehicle attachment: J. Jones
Atlantic, la, draft-equalizer; VIM Louden
Fairfield, Ia, hay carrier; j. W. Macy
Scarborough, Ia, road-grader: A. W. Nor
gan, burlington, Ia, wire fence stay; ]. H
Morris, Maquoketa, Ia, cream separator
A. L. Nicla, J. H. Gutenberg and T.. Il
Sonneman, Sheboygan, Wis, pressur,
gage; s. ,Odson, springwater, Ia collar
clasp; j. +. Kiemer, Milwaukee, Wis. boo
Oh shoe: K: ]. Rigg, Griswold. la, steam
generator; J. j. Wall, Butler Kas, com
putting machine; D. j. Whittemore, Milwau
kee. level for tracks; A. C. Sumner, Win
neconne, Wis, reinguard design: Elizabeth
Henke, Stanley, Wis, remedy for drops!
TRADE mark.