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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Effects OF Gun Fire on Ears.

"Since the Santiago campaign" said
DR.. Charles Jamison, an ear specialist Of
Philadelphia, who spent couple Of days
in New Orleans this week, II have been
consulted by no less than five naval OFF.
GERS who were suffering from the effects
Of the terrific conclusion of the big guns
on the warships. To be sure, one sent
another, but the fact that so many came
to my Office alone shows how general tho
trouble must have been. In no case JlI
1 find any actual lesion in the organs
Of hearing, but all my patients exhibited
symptoms of great nervous shock. They
had had a frightfuF shaking up, to put
the matter roughly, and it will be months.
perhaps years, before they fully recover.
Four of the officers whom l treated hail
been IN the ',,hoods!,' as they arc called,
being fired. The effect in that confined
space must be something awful. When
the gun goes off, they tell me, the men il,
the turret feel as if they had recc1 yed 4
violent blow in the chest, and for few
seconds it is impossible to a.he.
"Some years ago l was called in ccI,-
sultation to see Capt. McGiftin, an Amer
can, who had commanded the Chinese
ship, the Chen Yuen, in the battle at
Yalu river. During the engagement he
had been wounded while standing on the
superstructure, and fell fainting right in
front of one Of the 12-inch guns. Tho
piece was discharged right over him, and
seemed to shatter and disorganize every
nerve center in his body. When saw
him he was a wreck, without any special
malady, and later on, while he was ull-
der treatment at the Bellevue hospital in
New York, he committed suicide. was
not in the least surprised when heard
the news. There is limit to the jolt.
ing that the human mechanism will
stand."-New Orleans Times Democrat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
sLEEPINGg AND WAKING.

She said to herself--'twas a girl ranging
pleasaunce and lawn, - :
Her eyes sudden-bright at sweet fancies be-
cause she was young,
And In singing heard many an echo Of
strains never sung,
And saw past dim eve dewy rose-hres of
dawn upon dawn
She said to herself Of while: "Pity tits
to be sleeping,
Since slumber brings shadow and silence,
though softly 1t fall.
What are dreams? Meier an hour OF my
day would | change for them an
For how could she know her delight lay
In one dreams keeping?
She will say to herself-an old woman
just creeping about,
Half udrowse as the flies be that stir In l.
wintry sun.
With the singing not heard any more, and
the good days all done,
And jos from, her heart, and the light
from her eSes, ebbed out
She will say to herself Of a while: pity
ills to lie waking,
For weary this clamorous world to the lone.
~ and old,
Better dream S 20 wrath wrath OF their lost
For what cohlu she tell Of the dream
beyond slumber's breaking?
Yet one Of her days, when they darken
bereft of a CLEAN,
Ill-omened with hauntings Of fear, by the
last hope fOrsaken,
If the old old woman should sleep, and the
girl should awaken,
Where desire Of all hearts dwelleth deer
in Il dream of the Dream?
Jane Barlow in the Athenaeum.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
KILLING TEXAS WOLVES.
Eleven Hundred Slain Last Year by
Trainer Mn rtsn

Eleven Hundred Slain Last Year by
Trappcr Martin.
The wolves were not as plentiful as We
had expected to find them, says writer
in the Texas Farm aud Ranch. The rea.
son for their scarcity is that the ranch
men have adopted successful method Of
disposing of them. Some five or six Of
the big ranches have raised salary
which they pay man whose business is
no other than to kill wolves and panth-
ers. That man Is Mr.. Martin, whose ad-
dress is Guthrie. He is better known as
Wolf Martin. Mr.. Martin is trapper
IN the true sense of the word. He has
horses which he keeps we'll ridden. a
large pack of wolf hounds and 200 large
wolf traps. The traps he puts out at
certain points along the road and trails
and each morning he makes the circuit
with his dogs. The traps are left LOOSE
and when he finds one gone the dogs are
placed on the trail. and usually in 7
wolf, which they dispose Of In short or
der: The dogs live on the wolves killed,
eating the meat raw.
During his long experience is h trap
per Mr.. Martin has learned hiaily curl
GUS things about the habits Of the ami
mails in his section. The wolves, he says,
are always to be found along the roads
at night. rather than off in the brakes,
so ne always places his traps along the
roadside. He uses no bait on his traps,
put has substitute for bait in Il kind of
tiuid of his own discovery and manufac-
ture. With the fluid he saturates a pa
per or cloth and buries it in the ground
near ms trap. He always carries bot
tie of this fluid with him and claims it
to be superior to any bait
Last year he killed something ovet
1!OO wolves, a few panthers and 80 dnef;
His salary was at first $50, but has been
raised to $14O. This amount, with the
bounties on the ,scalps, and the price OF
me aeG SSlns, make him salary Of $4,000 OF
son with the amount saved yearly by the
cattlemen Of the section.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
BRECKENRIDGE CONSULTED.
Occasion When a Pres dent Consulted
with a Vice. President

Occasion When Pres dent Consulted
with vice-President.
Vice-President Stevenson used to tell a
story. which John c. Breckenridge had
told him to illustrate the traditional rela-
tons between the President. and the maj,
whose principal business it is to wait for
the possible death of the President in
order that he may take the President s
chair, says the Boston Herald
Breckenridge said that Buchanan never
consulted him about any important mat.
ter, although as a Kentuckian, having
the confidence of most of the Southern
leaders, he felt that his advice might
at times have been valuable to the Presi
dent. III the early fall Of 1860. when
Buchanar's term was nearing an end,
amid the gathering. clouds Of war, Vice
ent summons to the white hUttse. He re,
sponded at once. thinking that at last
the President wanted his advice on the
momentous questions then pending.
When he arrived he was shown into the
Presidents room. and Mr.. Buchanan,
who was alone, called his private secrc-
tary and instructed him to see that they
conference which was to follow.
drawn the President unlocked the priyate
drawer in his desk. took out MANU-
sf nd t i' t. aVYE %h sffe} syfx%pt
in his 1lost inpressi I've mat1iier: 81 want
to read you the draft of my Thanks.
S sDin|sn dS y rSc''m't0''' aid to get your
The vice president controlled his facial
muscles, listened respectfully and serious
", made SOME complimentary REMARKS
about the Important document, and, with
bis Gust omar courtesy, bowed And smiled
his way out from the only ,interview t.
WHICH he was ever Invited bb President
Buchanan.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26

w. 81. B. Williams. publisher Of The
Farmers Industrial Union, in a recent
letter to DR.. Hartman says: II have used
Pe-ru-na as family medicine for several
years. l find it of especial use for my,
self. l have had several tedious spells
with systemic catarrh and before using
Fe-ru-na | had tried several other rem
edies with little or no success. But in
Ie-ru-na l found a prompt and sure cure.
always keep the remedy which
promptly relieves any attack Of the same
malady.
My wife also uses Pe-ru-na. She finds
it of especial! use for severe spells, to
which she is subject. We always keep
it in the house as family medicine. We
think it an excellent remedy for the vari-
GUS ills to which children are subject, es-
pecially climatic diseases Address DR..
Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, for free book
on family medicine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Magnitude of the Liquor Interest.

The facts presented, says Henry w.
Farnam iii tbs Atlantic,. watrAnt the he
lief that careful study Of he purely
economic aspects of the Subject must be
of value to practical workers. That such
an inXestigatiF9}n , is expeeted to be useful
which PsrsSiis fgIigagtd II, the practical
criminals and papers have assisted in col
Letting nlater}ai for the REPORT. And willie
it does not deal With specific ways and
MEANS it does point out certain economic
forces which should be taken account of
in all practical measures. The magni-
tude Of the liquor interest in itself is of
Importance, as showing the force which
ures aiming at complete prohibition. 1t
would obviously be impossible, suddenly
and iii a short time, to wipe out trade
which supports 100000 people; and in.
surprising nat The pe5ple Whose liveii eli
hood is connected with this business
should resist to their uttermost such
measures: Even the farmers, who sell
5S,OU,OOO bushels of product, have a
| considerable interest in the matter, as
we'll as the landowners who rent build.
ings, and the railroads and steamboats,
which furnish transportation. There is
no reason, however, to suppose that those
who live by this ira fic would not be
quite as willing to take UP some other
enterprise, If It offered the same profits
and the same opportunities for employ.
ment. Any measure aimed at the liquor
traffic will, therefore, improve it's chances
of success, if it can, at the same time
create new feld of employment for
those who will inevitably be thrown out
of work by the restriction of the con.
sumption of alcohol.
Our committee has not entered into
this investigation in detail for lack OF
time; but it is obvious that such forms
of amusement as the bicycle, the camera
and most out-of-door sports are important
competitors of the saloon, and that the
workers in these departments constitute
a part of the economic interest directly
opposed to the liquor interest. In a
sense, the interests of the producers OF
light drinks are opposed to those of the
producers of heavy drinks, and, as shown
by the figures of the department of la.
Dor, their interests are greater. The to-
tai product of distilled liquors in 1896
was $104, 100000, while that Of mali
liquors was $182,00O,OOO, and that this
interest is constantly growing may BIZ
seen from the figures giving the con
sumption of malt liquors and distilled
liquors for a period of years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Patents to InyentoIr.s.

Messrs. Benedict T. Morsell, solicitors
of patents, Old Insurance building, Mil
waukce, report n2tents issued to West
crn inventors on May 8 as follows:
G. A. Bradley, Beatrice, Neb., antiseptic
Madlso 3 %is of inck anG . Rr"wn
Grinnell, Ia, Are arm; J. II. crumb, Usage
City, Kas.,. device for gathering fruit; J.
T: Dorm, Lark. Wis, rotary engine; ]. l..
w. Rowland. Lincoln, Ncb., wire fence
tool: X. Knudson and II. Giles, Winnecon.
ne, Wis, thill coupling; d. T. MacKinnon,
Menasha, Wis, excelsior knife: Smith
Owen, In Crosse, Wis, clothes rack; w. 8.
Renmer, Oswego, Kas., washing machine
Noah Shaw, Eau Claire, Wis, sawmill car.
riage; J; F.. Theurer, Milwaukee, filter; l.
NJ Walker. Alton, Ia, grain valve; l. T.
Swan Manila, la, breast pin ldesign).
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
that after moment was softly broken
by two Or three mel10w notes

that after a moment was softly broken
by two or three mellow notes.
lis it-Oh, Is it! Nursey--nursey--"
Its the nightingale, right enough, my
pet, snid the old woman, as Rose crept
into the room like a ghost in her white
dressing gown.
"Oh, Sissy, my own! It is-it is! Gods
so to sleep, and shall hear the nightin-
gale even when I'm asleep. Listen
Again the full notes pierced the soft
darkness.
Then came a night when the nightin-
gale did not sing. Vynie did not miss it.:
she slept SO sound o nights now. And
On On that hat night followed Wed; day when Tom
another. Rose missed him miserably
On the first day she was angry at his
absence; on the second. anxious; ON the
tntfa snf :. sent tie old nurse to see
You'd best go ROUND" said the old
woman woman when s she came back from her
or something, and he keeps asking for
you. Go you; I'll stay with the child.
He's got no one with him but his land
lady, a; feckless body, if ever there was
one: Go now. my lamb"
She came to him and took his hands.
THAT woman says I'm dying" he
whispered; but Vynie's all right, isn't
Yes. yes: but what have you been do
ing! Oh. Tom. it isn't my fault, is it,
Tom? didn't drive you into folly ?
That woman says you've been out all
night-every night since Vynie's been ill.
Say it wasn't my doing"
1T was for Vynie," he said. II was
the nightingale. dear. Don't you rememl,
Der how l used to call the robins for
YOU in. the winter? 1t was a silly little
thing, but It WINS all could do for the
dear. And it did do her good. You said
| So"
He turned aside his head, exhausted.
She sprang up. Dear Tommy own
dear Fom! You're not going to die |
| shall send nurse to take care of you
Now promise me, at once, that you will
get well, because Vynie and cannot
possibly live without you. My dear,
dear -"
Tom did not give the promise, but he
| did what was better He got well.--E.
Nesbit in Golfers Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
The Mahdi's Minaret.

Among the many trophies which the
Marquis of Tullibardine brought home
from the Soudan, one of the most inter
esting is minaret from the Mahdi's
tomb. 1t occupied the place of honor on
the top Of the great dome. 1t is de-
scribed as formed OF copper plates fas
tened together by rivets and solder. The
base is cone-shaped, and measures thir
teen and one half inches in diameter. A
stalk, three inches in diameter, rises
from the cone and gradually tapers t
the top. The final measures over three
feet in height, and when polished mus!
have looked rather imposing when gilded
by the rays of an Egyptian sun. Th.
minaret bears marks of the lombard
ment of Omdurman, as it has been hi
in three places by bullets. 1t is nov
pla ced On one of the towers of Blair
stle.-Westminster Gazette.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
The ARMY Mnat; MOta I'm

Capt. John Smith Of the Salvation
army was taken into custody last night
by Patrolman Schwartzbeck for refusing
the order to move on The army has
met for some time past each night at the
corner Of Second street and Grand ave-
nue.. Lieut.. Miller told the captain that
he could not meet at that corner if the
property owners objected. Attorney
after a conference the captain agreed to
80 somewhere else in future and he was
released.
The police state that they can only per-
NIT the army to hold it's outdoor meetings
at any particular place SO long as the
property holders in the neighborhood do
not object. Whenever objection is made
the police request the army to desist.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
THE SHIRT WAIST.

! a. the us Shirt Waist,
Tae universal slip
ina woman wears
And reyels In
With Wild, abandoned JOY,
Az ,nrestrained
As am.
Had Eve but had
shirt waist on,
When she passed out
The garden gate,
Her hardship would have seemed
A holiday;
Had Cleopatra had me on
When she swept down the Nile
Meath silken sails,
She would have cast
Her sunshades far
Out ON the rolling tide;
ANA Venus. she Of Medici,
II decked In me.
Would surely
A new woman be.
Without me,
Woman y wear Is but a name
For letters and for bonds.f
have all seasons for my own,
But In the summer time
burst into ten thousand liucs
That make the raiiib9w pale
No more uboii the rain.
l weave
The purple shadows Of the eve
Into my web;
-tlut uuu Iuc
The apple-blOOm,
The violet and the golden-r6d,
Ihe chrome chrysanthemum,
The dazzling dahlia and the tulip SLOW,
The painted pansy
In Il thousand dyes,
The vari-verdancy Of grasses in the fields
The crimson, gold and scarlet of
The frost-kissed forest leaves,
The multi-colored breadth Of earth
And sea and sky and air,
And lambert moon and silver sun,
And topaz stars
Are not arrayed like most Of me,
When Summer comes to let
My gorgeous glOries loose
And spread them Ger the world.
fit all Sizes
And | gather lii
The female form divine,
From Greenland's icy mOufitails
To 1ndia's coral strand,
And no one says me nay.
The tickle Goddess Fashion
Fits
TO parts unknown
When appear,
For have come to stay.
|, the Shirt Waist
|, the one fixed fashion
OF the fair.
w. J. L. in New York Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26

The Boston Transcript says that
"two years ago Maine numbering party
not being able to find the conventional
recourse to a green rock maple slab. The
heat started the gap in the wood, which
dubbed and Kissed about the fish. i'm:
parting it's delicate flavor to the dish
when ready to be served, and, 10! it was
discovered that new table delicacy had
been added to the worlds cuisine. Now
there Is no more green ash planked shad
for the Maine people, but sugar maple
every time" - .- -. 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
He Knew IT..

Little James found it difficult to COM
NIT to memory the golden text of his
next Sundays lesson, and SO he was sent
upstairs to the solitude of his own room,
where he could apply his mind to his
subject without interruption. After dill
gent application for about ten minutes,
he came down beaming. Mamma, l
know the golden text now,' he ex-
claimed.
II am very glad" replied mamma.
''Let me hear you repeat it,"
THE Lord loveth a cheerful sinner
Harper's Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
A Timely Warning.

Supervising Surgeon-General Wyman
of the Marine hospital service has called
the attention of the state health authori-
ties in Louisiana to the importance of
forbidding the dismantling in summer of
old buildings which have been infected
with yellow fever. He says that there
is reason to believe that the epidemic
of yellow fever in Franklin, La, last year
originated i'll the dismantling of a build
ing which had been infected during the
previous year. A further case in point,
DR.. Wyman says, was the dismantling
of a barge in the harbor of Havana. To
guard against such sources of infection,
the Marine hospital service forbade last
year the dismantling at Newport News
Of the cruiser Buffalo, formerly the Bra
lillian cruiser Nictheroy, which was sup
posed to be saturated with yellow fever
germs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Climbed a Tree to Get a Fish.

It is not often that fine brook trout are
picked from trees, but this was the ex-
perience Of George w. Aldrich of Nor
witch. Mr.. .Aldrich had gone trout fish
ing, and, while whipping brook not far
to catch his line in a tree. In his efforts
to disentangle it he broke the line, ieav.
ing smell and hook, with grub attached.
dangling from the limb. The Following
day he went over the same fishing ground
and was surprised to find a fine front
weighing pound and a quarter dangling
from the line. It had jumped from the
alive. Mr.. Aldrich climbed tie tree. al.
tained his fish and had It fried for s,lp-
per. =s. b q ,. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Ansfria's New Patent LAWS.

Revision Of the patent laws in Austria
has improved the chances of inventors to
get real protection in that country. Hith-
erto the government issued patent rights
to almost any applicant without exaniin-
ing the merits of the subject. Under
the new order all inventions for which
patents are requested are submitted to a
board consisting of engineers and law
new and are entitled to patents. Some
one suggests that the United States gov
eminent might do we'll to adopt similar
course. Infringement of patent rights is
a criminal offense in Austria, punishable
by fines ranging from 500 to 1000 forms,
or Imprisonment up to year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Around the World in a Day.

This globe Of OURS is pretty good
sized sphere, but we are told the Deering
Harvester Company of Chicago can pro.
duce in single day enough Binder
Irvine to encircle< it, with $500 miles to
spar@30,0O0 miles of Irvine is a fair
days output! A reliable publication re-
Gently proved by correspondence with
dealers In all parts Of America that 3G
per cent. Of the Irvine used in 1898 was
Dekfif1E tKitln.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
@Sold by Druggists, 75c.

Selling Coppers at 10 Cents a Dozen.
"Pentifes=10c DOZEN is sign that
has been put up in cigar store in Ander-
son, Ind, and trade is brisk. The place
is filled with the penny alluring slot ma
chimes, and the dealer is taking the risk
that most Of his cut-rate customers will
remain in the building.-Cincinnati En-
Ai,;s,H
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an infamed condition of the mu-
cots lining Of the Eustachlan Tube. When
this tube gets in1amed you have a rumbling
sound or inperfect$ hearing and when it is
entirely closed Deafness is the result. and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
aud this tube restored to its normal condi-
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh.
which IL nothing but an infamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
any case Of DEAFNESS Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrb
Cure. Sehd for Circulars free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Shake Dice for Big Business.

One of the biggest dice games that ever
took place in Cincinnati came off in a
inc street cigar store a few days ago,
when some passenger men shook the box
for $140O. This amount was not really
up in cold cash. If it had been, some Of
the men who were shaking the box would
never have lived to see the end of the
game, or if they had, their nervous sys.
TENS would have been so shattered that
they never would have recovered from
the shock. AS it was, two of the prin-
cipals in the game are laid up for repairs
A party of about 100 people were to 20
East from Cincinnati on a special train,
and it meant $14OO in revenue to the road
that carried them. The representatives
of the various lines decided to settle the
question of which road should carry the
party by shaking the box. The Balti.
more & Ohio Southwestern man Won and
was correspondingly happy, as his line
got the business.
-Lititz, Lancaster county, Eng, has
authorities that scrupulously uphold the
dignity Of the law. A constable was sent
all the way to West Chester to arrest a
member Of a theatrical troupe on the
charge of stealing pair of drumsticks.
The accused paid the costs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Tame Butterflies for Pets.

Women have had all kinds of pets from
time immemorial, but perhaps the strang-
est Of all fancies in this direction is the
latest news which comes to us from
Paris, that two ladies have succeeded in
tanning dozens Of butterflies.
These little insects eat from their mis-
tresses' hands, alight on them and show
no fear of any kind. They are certainly
pretty pets, and we'll become the airy,
futterjng sweetness of the typical WON
ans nature.
The summer, girl during the dull days
Of the week, from Monday morning un.
til Saturday noon, may in this new fad
find means of diversion, tanning her
butterflies in preparation to a series OF
fetching poses, with which to captivate
susceptible man upon his arrival ut the
summer hotel for Sunday. n
Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's BaIsam will stop the cough 4,
once. Go to your druggist today and get
4 sample bottle free. Sold in Is and 80.
| cent bottles. Go at once: delays are dan.
gerOuA.