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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
Feeding Pump to La m b. ;.

Last year when starting lambs on
grain we were curious to know whether
they would eat the pumpkins piled in
two places in one Of the fields over which
they pastured Oh excellent clover and 9TH
CIR grasses To tempt them We cut some
Of the pumpkins open. They were slow
to commence feeding on them, and dur
for a month at least, only part of the
flock became regular feeders.
Every day, says writer in National
Stockman, the pumpkins they had left
partly consumed were gathered up and
fed to other stock. BY this plan the
lambs had them fresh every morning
when they went to the piles. The lambs
them very much, and as soon as out of
the lot each morning would make for the
pumpkin pile. We disposed of a part of
our pumpkins, thinking that it would be
impossible to feed them all before cold
weather destroyed them. Before those
retained were gone we would have been
glad to have them back. This year to
start them to feeding we cut the pump
kins and scattered them in the feed and
them quicker than last years flock. To
get them all to feeding on them as quick
~ as possible we sprinkled salt lightly
over the cut pieces for two or three feeds.
In very short time they came to the
pumpkin ration as readily as they would
come to fine clover hay and corn. Now
they will eat the pumpkins and neglect
the hay. However. they make no strong
choice between the three rations of corn,
clover hay and pumpkins. We feed the
pumpkins twice day, and feed them
first as rule, but the corn and hay
usually follow before the. pumpkins are
all consumed The carload of lambs will
and thew certainly are a great help to
them. The point that troubles us most
is that the pumpkin crop is very light and
will last but short time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
A Solomon and Hypnotism.

A story is told of Judge who lately
had the hypnotic plea raised before him by
by g. burglar. The prisoner claimed that
he did not know that he was 'burgling;"
that he did it automatically and uncon-
sciously, under the direction of hypnot-
list.
The judge said he would give him the
hypnotic misfortune. He thereupon SEN.
fenced the man to five years penal servi-
tude, but told him he could, if he chose,
send for the hypnotist, and have himself
made unconscious for the entire term of
his imprisonment.
'''The same power,' said the judge,
(which enabled you to commit burglary
and not know it, ought also to enable you
to suffer Imprisonment with hard labor
is the best can do for ."-Collier's
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
CHESAPEAKE BAY TIDES.
VaFious Conditions that Affect the
Rang. at Different Points,

Rang. at Different Points.
A successful attempt to fix a perma-
nent tidal plane for the Chesapeake bay
has been recently made by the United
States coast and geodetic survey. Dur
ing the last fiscal year nearly forty sta
tions were occupied. at thirteen of which
We are in possession of simultaneous
tidal observations, extending over one
complete lunation.
The average tide for the entire bay is
about one foot; possibly less. For Old
Point Comfort we have two and one-half
feet; for the mouth of the Potomac, one
foot; for Washington, three feet; for
Richmond, three feet; Elk river, at the
head of the bay, two feet, and Annapo-
lis. less than one foot. The wind effect,
however, is sometimes more than the to-
tai tide. For example, at Baltimore the
wind effect may amount to three feet,
while the tide proper, uninf1uenced by
local disturbances, is only one-third as
much. This diminution in the height of
the tides as we come northward from the
entrance, and the subsequent increase as
we continue On in the same direction, is
one OF the peculiar features of the tidal
phenomena of the bay.
The small range at Annapolis is due
partly to the change in the width of the
bay, but principally to the fact that there
is an interference at this point between
the incoming and outgoing tidal waves.
When the crest OF the southbound move
ment reaches the mouth of the Severn
river it meets the northbound wave from
the capes, and partial naturalization of
the vertical motion of the water takes
place: Another interesting point in con-
nection with the subject is that the rate
OF progress of the tidal wave from the
mouth Of the Potomac to Washington is
somewhat less than that Of an ordinary
steamer, so that a vessel requiring the
greatest depth possible would be able to
enjoy the condition of high water during
its entire passage up the river. The fact
was first brought out by c. A. Schott,
many years ago, when the Great East
crn, of transatlantic cable fame, availed
itself of this circumstance and came to
ANCHOR within few miles of the capitol
National Geographic Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
L1rRe Hogs,

About this time Of year, as we look
over the exchanges We frequently see re-
ports of large hogs killed by various par,
ties, each trying to otitboast the one who
made the previous report. And every
time we see such report we feel like
saying. the bigger the hog the bigger
the fool the ote who fattened it," There
is but one excuse for having such nxtraor-
binary weight in hogs. When one has an
old hog, kept for breeding purposes until
it is TENOR dozen years old, if fattened
1t will be large one very naturally,
but we think the owner Of such an ami
NAL would save more money to kill and
bury it than to try to get it fat. We
do not believe that in New England any
man can take hog that weighs $50
pounds, and buy the food for it, and get
pork enough to pay for the food. 1t will
cost less to feed two hogs until they will
dress 200 pounds each than to make one
weigh $50 pounds, and less to bring three
to weigh 111 pounds each than one which
will weigh $50 pounds. Such heavy
hogs cannot be sold at as good price
as the lighter ones, and the pork is not
as good for home use. We do not believe
iii killing lean hogs, nor in keeping them
OH poor food or short allowance to get
more lean meat, as it is not necessary.
The latest hog we ever raised and killed
weighed less than $50 pounds when
dressed, and. we think. as lean one was
an old breeder that dressed 72O pounds.
The first was pork for our own eating
and good enough for anybody. The big
one was sold to a sausage manufacturer
for what he would pay, and delivered at
his back door after dark. Possibly people
could eat the meat after it had been
ground up.-American Cultivator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
The Human OdOr,

The fact that certain animals, and
especially the dog, will recognize the pro-
pinquity of their masters or friends. al
though it may have been impossible for
them to have seen them or heard their
voices, has long since suggested to physi-
ologists and others the idea that every
human being has distinctive odor pecu
liar to himself, and which remains more
or less; constant. Otherwise how would
it be possible for the bloodhound, for in
stance, to take the trail of all individual
and follow it for miles through crowded
thoroughfares as we'll us through open
country. and unerringly pick out the indi
vidual. from among the hundreds Of
others?
This idea has recently received sig
nal yerifcatiOn, as we are, told by DIR.
Bett in the Archiv der gesammten Physi-
ologie. The doctor states that friend
of his, with bandaged eyes and every
p1ecaut against COLLISION, WIS enabled
by the sense Of smell alone to recognize
persons with whom he was acquainted,
and to call their names the moment that
they came into the room and at the dis
lance of several spaces. The expert
ments were varied In a number of ways.
but with the unerring faculty of the
bloodhound this. mum detected the iden-
tity of every individual presented. Other
instances of similar keenness are cited
by DR.: Bett.. According to the man who
characteristic Odor common to all the
members thereof, but the intensity of
which usually varies sufficiently among
the various members to enable him to
distinguish each individual.-Indian Lam
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24

Socialists will hold at Paris next year
the largest congress in their history
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
Patents to Inventors.

Messrs. Benedict & Morsell, solicitors
of patents, Old Insurance building, Mil
waukee, report patents issued to Western
inventors, November Z, as follows:
tor railway rails; Charles Beariks, Peshti
30, Wis, garden spray; r. 0. Bible, Chip
pewa Falls. Wis, thinning attachment for
Feeding or like machines; T.. Il. Davenport,
void, Ia, mechanical movement: l.. j.
George Kelly, Mlnera! Point, wis, burner
for heating stoves; Frank Kossl, Milwau-
kee. lamp extinguisher; q. s. Randleman,
Carlisle, Ia, washing machine; w. e.
Schaefer Mcnominee, Wis, basket making
machine: J. Il P. Sieyers, Andover, la,
toaster; w. Fl. Tuohy, Eagle. Wis, fish,
hook guard; Jacob Wittig, Marinette, Wis,
toftin; Jacob Wittig, MarInette, Wis, burial
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
Health-Giving Open Fire.

What we most need in this busy, rush
ing life that we all lead are restful cor
ners. hours of repose in which to enjoy
the same. Open fires in that they mean
a perpetual invitation to enjoy their cheer
do much toward bringing about both. In
addition they are health-giving as no
other form of heat is or can be.
THAT will do half the work." said IL
shrewd physician when he found a fire
burning in the sick room. 1T means pure
air and ventilation without draught, and
besides that it makes one feel half WE'LL
If wives and mothers would bear the
hint in mind many battle would be bet
ter fought Too great heat is enervating.
Steam and hot air accumulate without
outlet until the temperature creeps mp to
an alarming height yet is unheeded, so
gradual is the increase. Well people suf
fer. become drowsy, and are rendered
PECULIARLY susceptible to colds. The sick
and suffering not infreQuently succumh.
The fire that can be seen not alone
means cheerful, inspiring object upon
which to look, not alone warns the room
equally and supplies a fitful ever-chans.
ing glow, it also sucks in oxygen through
cracks, crevices and the very walls them
selves until impurities are burned up and
disappear.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
Breakin1 tn Settlers

Some And the breaking up of setting
hens a very difficult thing to do, and
they reilly think they have to torture
the hen iii order to make her abandon
her desire to brood. We have known
poultry men and women to duck the
hens in water several times and then
turn them loose: have known the hens
not see, and to be shut up in dark places
without food or water for week or
more. 1t Is not necessary to resort to
cruel methods to break up a hen thar
wants to set, snys writer i'll BloOded
Stock What Is wanted is to turn the
desire to set into the desire to lay again.
It will be but little advantage to have
them broken from wanting to set. and
have them lay -four, or five eggs only to
do If they are, not cared for us they
should be-. The reason for this is that
the conditions which caused the hen to
become broody have not been changed
and they cannot be changed by force.
When a hen becomes broody it means
that the egg-producing capacity OF her
system, for the time being, has become
exhausted and that regeneration is need
ed. The first step to such regeneration
is rest, and being an Industrious bird,
they feel that they might as we'll raise
a brood while resting as to fool away
their time. Some animals and birds may
lie stimulated to do that which is not
natural for them, but is it best? The
tired horse may be urged on by the aid
of a. whip:
A practice that is recommended hy
some thoughtful breeders which Will
break the hen, and at the same time
nave her in a good condition to go right
to business, is to place one egg under
her, letting her set for one week, feed
Ing her once in two days during tn" time
as il she were really setting OH whole
clutch: But very little food will lie
needed OH account of lack of exercise.
At the close of the week place her in Il
coop with a Slated bottom raised a few
inches from the ground, for couple of
days. and she will lose her desire u set
and in few days will begin laying in
earnest. - Farm, Field and Fireside.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24

rest SLATED, sand the narrower the Stats
the better. Lath makes the best mate
rial. The coops should not be 80 large
that two men cannot handle them readily
aud easily, as this insurcs more careful
handling. It is better IL slated parti-
ton IL put through the middle, as this
divides the fowls, putting fewer together,
end Of the coop. in heap If the coop is
tipped mp OIL end. Many fowls are suffo-
Gated because Of proper precau tions not
being taken. Food and water should be
provided, and the coops should not be.
oyercrowded: Great loss results from oy-
erlooking the later prccaution. The
fowls should be graded, also, the best
fowls packed sepura tely. Don't pay heavy
express charges on boxes made Of such
thick, heavy lumber.-1sural New York
or,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
FARM AND GARDEN.
The First Fire of the s.a.on.

The First Fire Of the Season.
How It leaps. IN daiice excited,
How It sleeps, In traiee delighted.
j How II looms III LIQUID shining,
HOW 1t Rl0Ofns lii wan declining,
While around the hearth We gather,
H. Ohegatd Ill,
III the bleak and windy weather
81 $S3 .g'@ OF the fall
Ffleitdly flame, remote Chnldean
Heefs OF iiaiiie effnced, Hul,ean
Shepherds lii the elder agrs,
Persian bnrtls III mystic pages,
Thee ad0fud. for Id diyinpiy
stfeaiieh thy light,
Hail we follow. and eiishriiie thee
Spirit bright.
Dear the friends each heart remembers
As in, cheer we stir the etdl,ers,
bid the ash reiiety Its beauty,
Sparkle, flash ntid glow, till duty,
Through the comfort of the hour,
81 WQOs bur soul.
And we deem its stcrier dover
T.. Lies best goal.
So we dream not visionary,
When we deem the missionary
Household fire, once more relighted,
Blazing higher the whole united.
Round the hearth of home we gather,
One and all,
In the bleak and windy weather
OF the fall!
Kitchen Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
How the Heart Beats at Night.

Bed covering is intended to give the
body the warmth that is lost by reduced
circulation Of the blood. When the body
lies down the heart makes ten strokes a
minute less than when the body is in
an Upright position ,n,+o1 his rh means 800
the eight hours that man usually
spends in taking his nights rest the
heart is saved nearly 5000 strokes. As
it pumps six ounces of blood with each
stroke, it lifts 10000 ounces less of blood
in the night than it would during the
day. Now, the body is dependent for
ton, and as the blood flows so much
more slowly through the veins when one
is lying down the warmth lost in the
reduced circulation must be supplied by
extra coverings.-New York Telegram. 81:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
The Pars Mont dc Pete,

All sorts and conditions of people pa
tronize the Paris Mont de Pete, or mu-
shows that among the borrowers last
year were $500 working people, S497 EN-
ployes, 6564 merchants, tradesmen and
manufacturers, and 2019 representatives
Of the liberal professions. Renters who
live on their. dividends frequently seek
the help of the friendly Mont, aud 800
of this class are among the borrowers. The
institution is looked upon more as in tho
nature. of a bank than is the pawnshop.
It advances money at low rates Of inter
est on any form Of security, including
furniture and railway shares, and il used
by the tradesmen short Of capital as we'll
as by laborers out Of work.-LondOn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
Dowey's Visit to His BirthpIacA

During Admiral Dewey's recent visit
to Montpelier a man called at the house
where the admiral was born, and upor
asking II that was the house and beins
told 1t was, wanted to look it over. Tht
lady in charge told him they had to ex
act small fee, as so many wished to *
over the house, whereupon he paid The
required IL cents.
Soon after another man called anG
asked the lady if Admiral Dewey wa.
there: She told him he was not, but
he said he must be, as he saw him 20 in
short time before. She found the first
man. and soon found that it was the
admiral himself. She was much cha.
grlned to think she had charged him the
regular fee, and FASTENED to return it te
him. but he did not take it, and enjoyed
the joke more than the lady herself
st. Johnsbury (Vt.) Caledonian.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
Wiutering Stock.

As soon as the working season is over
the farmer begins to econonlize i'll the
keeping of his stock over winter. The
plan answers we'll for idle horses, but to
attempt to keep COW OH as little food
as possible is to entail loss. Steers,
nogs and sheep should be fed in winter
as literally as are the cows. The win
ter is the season when the farmer can
hestow his attention on his animals, and
hs s and to w Fss ' Hn tR
are ready for market without regard to
the season of the year. There is no more
reason for keeping an animal at a stand
still in winter than in summer. Time
and labor will be wasted when the stock
is fed simply to keep the individuals over
yyiDtor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
SWANSON'S "5 Drops, 70 Tho o.,

SWANSON'S 80 DROPS is the sun
of the sick room. 1t has saved the pub
lie, in less than five years, more money
than the national debt of this country.
when you measure the value of health re-
stored, suffering humanity relieved of its
agonies and diseases. Money which 9th
erwise would have been expended in fun
erals, doctors and drug bills, loss of labor.
etc., and relieved suffering humanity Of
at least 10,OOO,0 900 years Of excruciating
pain and agony. This is more than can
be said of any or all other remedies or
electrical appliances of any kind. Ii you
have never used it, do not fail to send for
at least trial bottle
SWANSON'S IS DROPS" never fails
to cure. 1t has cured and is curing mil
lions of people afflicted with ACUTE and
CHRONIC RHEUMATISM, SCIAT-
ICA, NEURALGIA, ASTHMA, LA
GRIPPE and CATARRH of all kinds.
"5 DROPS" has never failed to cure
these diseases, when used as directed. 1t
will cure you. Try it. Price of large
sized bottle $1.OO, sent on, receipt of price,
charges prepaid; 25-cent sample bottle
sent free. on receipt Of 10 cents to pay
for mailing. Agents wanted. SWAN
SONS RHEUMATIC CURE CON-
PANY. No. 164 Lake street. Chicago, Ill.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
First-Class Sewing Machines for
$1A,25.

For those who are accustomed to send
ing away from home for their goods Il
is of the greatest Importance to know the
character and reliability of the establish.
ment selling goods to families from cata-
logues. The great emporium Of the John
Nj. Snisth Co., located at 100 to 166 West
Madison street. Chicago, has been estab.
lished for third of century, and has
furnished over half million homes in
Chicago and vicinity alone. This firm
enjoys the confidence of the public by its
many years of fair dealing. 1t issues IN
immense Illustrated catalogue that should
be in every family, as it describes and
gives the price Of every article required
for household use. A sample Of the ex.
traordinary values offered by this firm is
shown in the illustration of the "Melba"
sewing machine in another column Of this
paper for SLABS. This is one Of the best
sewing machines ever offered to the pub.
lie, and yet it is but sample Of the
thousand and one useful articles illus
trated and described in the beautiful cat
alogue Of the John NJ. Smyth Company.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24

DO; Tears on your wedding day! File,
ne! Everything's all right now, my dear.
Here you are with doting father and
the best young husband In all the land"
him?'
Never; He's the young man Of all
others whom I should have picked for
yon: This isn't news for Fred"
Elsie looked at her smiling husband.
L .! think you two plotters,n slie slowly
said, "have made a ridiculous goose Of
me.'' FEY = > 'ssTS -
OWN Sa .a stFss ft Sq .r sye :S Sf
object to that."-!Troy Times. --.5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
Beer for the Vest Pocket.

Dried-up beer in the form of lozcnges
Is the newest thing that chemical science
has been able to produce. The lozenges
nre pressed out Of powder obtained by
the evaporation of common lager beer
and contain all the original ingredients.
To convert the powder into beer it is
only necessary to dissolve the lozenges
in water, adding little carbonic acid.
The process should prove a boon, espe-
cially in the tropics, where the quality
Of beer is necessarily inferior.-Berlin
Annals of Chemistry
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
Relieving Clicked Catt1-.

Choking iii cutie is usually caused DE
swallowing a potato, apple, piece of tttr-
nip or carrot, or piece of corncob. No
matter in which part Of the gullet it is
lodged it causes great distress. The ami
NAL coughs, saliva runs from the mouth,
eyes bulge out, back is arched and bloat
ing also takes place. If it is i'll the up
per part Of the gullet the animal soon
dies from suffocation. If it is in the mid
deer lower part the animal may live for
several days. If it is in the upper part
Of the gullet give a little oil and then rub
ter the accumulation: 1t may be neces.
sary to give little oil several times, and
continue the rubbing, az it may take
some time. to overcome the choking. III
case no oil is ut hand a similar attempt
may be made by pouring down some wa
ter.
If the obstruction cannot be forced mp
or down BY oiling and rubbing the gul-
let, use a probang, which is made Of
spiral wire covered with leather and
which will bend wi til the neck, There is
also gag to put in the mouth, with d
hole in the center through which the pro-
bang passes. Oil the ,probnng and let one
man take hold Of the animals horns or
ears, while another passes the, probang
through the hole in the gag and back into
the gullet. Press gently until the object
pass into the stomach. Too mitch force
should not be used for. fear OF. rupturihY
the gullet.. No uhXieldihg article, should
be pressed down the gullet, as it Is al
most sure to rupture it; If a probang is
not convenient take Il piece of rope about
three-fourths to one inch in diameter.
fray out little of the end and tie a piece
of string around it to form soft knot,
grease, this we'll and it will supply the
place Of robang.
In cases where an animal cannot be
relieved by this treatment, cut down on
the gullet with knife, making an inciS-
ion and removing the material. Clean the
wound and bring the edges of the gullet
together firmly and sew with silk thread
or catgut, letting the ends hang out Of
the external wound, bring the edges of
the skin together, put a ban1age around
twenty-four hours, and it will usually
heal. Give the animal soft food for some
days, and if probang was. used and the
gullet not cut give soft food two or three
days:-Dr. .. Mcintosh in Denver Field
and Farm.