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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
FOR GRADUATION GIFTS,
Pretty Way Of MemorializinE the
Girl Who Graduates.

Just now about the happiest girl in the
world is the one who expects to graduate
this month or next. She deserves her
happiness, too, for she has worked hard
to win her laurels. Let us be careful
to find out just what gift would be most
welcome ON her graduation day, and to
keep our eyes open for the prettiest of
gowns.
Among gifts of jewelry the little gold
watch with it's chain will always stand
in high favor. Cuff links of uncut opals
would be sure to please most girls. A
belt clasp or buckle Of the new rose gold
would make an appropriate gift. The al
ways-useful stickpin is popular with all
women. The articles of jewelry that
would please the girl graduate are end
less.
Another line of appropriate gifts is to
be found in pretty accessories for the
bedroom. For instance, Il bureau set of
ivory with monogram in silver. An out
ut for desk would also make an excel
lent graduation present. Books with
pretty, dainty bindings are just the thing
There are pictures innumerable which
would please the average girl.
II she is musical banjo, guitar or
mandolin would probably be very well
come. Under the head of useful pres
ents would come umbrella, parasol
handkerchiefs or Il new dress. Things
i'll leather make nice gifts. Among them
a grip. travelling clock, calendar, pocket
book, card case or chatelaine bag are
all suitable for young girl. A fan of
gauze or silk. ornamented with water
color or spangles, is always popular
graduation gift
On all the monlentous days of a wom-
ans existence she wears white gowns,
so do not succumb to any passing notion
that pale blue or pink dress will do to
graduate in. If the gown is made over
silk slip such materials as null, or
candle and silk muslin are suitable.
China or India silk gowns are very grace
full, and perhaps more in the general
mode. Where simplicity and a washable
dress are desired the materials from
which to select are India linen, French
nainsook, Persian lawn, dimities and cru
broidered Swisses. Any of these, trim
med with yalcnciennes lace, tucks and
ribbons makes iIoa! t;or GOWN
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
The Indian Traders Drea III,

Among the famous Indian traders of
the past was George Galphin. whose
trading station at Silver Bluff, s. c.,
was frequentcd by Indians from far and
near. In Bench and Bar of South Caro-
lima a characteristic anecdote is related
Of Mr.. Galphin and an Indian chief.
Chief Mogoloch, from beyond the Savan-
nah river, spent the night at Mr.. Gal
phin's. In the morning the Indian said,
Me dream last night" "Ah," said Cal
phin-"what did my red brother dream?'
Me dream you give me fine big rifle
i'll Galphin's possession at the time. The
trader instantly passed the rife to the
must have it." Next morning Galphin
said to the chief, Il dreamed last night"
what you dream?' asked Mogoloch. Il
dreamed YOU gave ME the Chickasaw
horse which the chief was then riding
IF you dreamed UNI you must have um,
said the chief, and the horse was
straightway transferred to the trader
The next morning the Indian remarked.
II dreamed last night" "What did my
red brother dream?" was the enquiry
Il dreamed, answered Mogoloch, you
gave me red coat you wear and much
calico" IF you dreamed it you must
have it," said Galphin, and the Indian re-
ceived the red coat and calico. Next
morning it was Galphin's turn. He said
to the chief, Il dreamed last night"
What did you dream?' was Mogoloch's
enquiry. Il dreamed replied Galphin.
''you gave me ten miles of land around
the Ogeechee old town. "Wugh," said
the Indian-'if you dream you must have
UNI; but | dream with you no more
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Generosity and Selfishness.

"Women are curious creatures" said
the man, meditatively., AT least, my
wife is, and suppose she is fair sam
pie of the SEX Every now and then, you
know, l have windfall of money, and,
being model husband, I divide with
her.
This is for YOURSELF 1 say, impress
sively; now buy something you've been
wanting for long time
AFTER awhile, I'll say: oh! by the
by, you haven't shown me what yon
bought with the $40 1 gave you yester-
day. You've spent it, haven't you?
Yes, indeed she replies, and forthwith
produces cut.glass bowl or bureau
scarf or something equally absurd. Theft
when object that 1 expressly stated she
was to buy something for herself, she re-
spends that this is for herself, and has
double value in that can enjoy it, too.
why, have given that young woman
the money for pair of slippers at least
twenty times over, but on her way down
town to get them each time she. has seen
something she wanted for the house and
has bought It instead. Finally grew
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Careful Washing of Flannel,

Flannel should always be washed with
white soap, or it will neither look we'll
nor feel soft: The water must be warm,
but not boiling, us it shrinks flannel to
sca!d it Wash it in clean water, and
entirely, by itself. Rub the soap to
strong lather in the water before the
flannel Is put In, for If the soap is rubbed
on the flannel itself it will become hard
and stiff. Wash it in this manner
through two warm waters with strong
lather in each. Rinse it in another warm
water with just sufficient soap in it to
give the water a slight whitish appear
ance. 70 this rinsing water add little
When rinsed thoroughly wiring It hard,
snake well, and spread it on the clothes
line. While drying shake well, stretch,
turn it. 1t should dry slowly. Flannel
always washed precisely in this way will
look white and feel soft as long MS II
lasts, retaining new appearance and
scarcely shrinking at all.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
AdVice for Worrying Women.

1t is trite advice to tell women to take
every day as it comes, to avoid remorse
over what is done, and forebodings over
what is to come, but it is no less valua-
BILE advice.
Nervous prostrations is seldom the re-
suit of present trouble or work, but of
work and trouble anticipated. Mental
exhaustion comes to those who look
ahead and climb mountains before they
arrive at them. says the New York Mag
azine of Sanitation and Hygiene
Resolutely build wall about today,
and live within the enclosure; the past
may have been hard, sad or wrong-it
Is over. The future may be like the
past, but the woman who worries about it
may not live to meet tiff she does she
will bear it,
The only thing with which she should
concern herself is today, it's sunshine. it's
air, its friends, it's frolcs, it's wholesome
work, and, perhaps, it's necessary sorrow.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
For Country Home Callers.

A we'll appointed country house is pro
vided with the following convenience for
visitors who arrive when the mistress Of
the house is out, or mot at home" or
when important messages must be left.
At the inner door of the vestibule, and
generally behind it, stands a small ja-
PANIED metal rack, containing a pad OF
writing paper, whole pack of blank
cards, two well sharpened pencils, pen
Gil sharpener and an India rubber, which
will erase marks and not simply blur
them in long, untidy smear
By providing these conveniences the
waiter does not have to leave the house
door unguarded while he goes to search
for pencil and scrap of paper on which
to set down the message Neither will
he be obliged to charge his memory with
the names of visitors who find themselves
without their own cards.-Baltimore
News
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
The Empress and Her Stable,

The Empress of Germany takes a keen
interest in her private stables and in the
riding lessons of her sons. Her majesty
makes point Of having daily ride, and
when the weather is unfavorable she
takes it in the riding school. The EN-
press always likes to be there when her
younger sons are having their riding les
son, and often she will herself show
them how to do what is being taught
them. At reviews the Empress rides a
her mount is black horse, and for hunt
ing she prefers handsome chestnut.
which is very quiet and n good jumper
Generally she is accompanied in her
drives by the Emperor, for she rarely
drives out alone. Her special carriage is
painted blue and black, but all the others
belonging to the court are red and black.
Chicago Times Herald,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Tea as it Should b :.

For making tea use either china or
earthen pot, which you are never to wash,
but clean by scalding. Pour boiling wa
ter in the pot, and stand it on the stove
long enough to make sure it is heated
through and through; then pour it all off,
and put in the tea-one teaspoonful to
each half pint of water to be used. Now
put in the water, which should just have
reached the boil, take the teakettle off
the stove, remove, the lid, stand tile tea
pot in the opening and let it remain Eve
or six minutes. Or send the pot imne-
diately to the table, and cover with
coy for ten minutes. It is best in In
the teakettle when she thinks it is boil
ing, to see that the water is really bub-
bling. The above method gives an ex-
scellent cupful Of bright tea, but an added.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Visiting Her Lovers Home,

One of the greatest trials the engaged
girl has to bear is when she pays her
first visit to her lovers home: Even
welcome their future daughter-in-iaw the
occasion must be trying one. And
when Jack leaves her alone with the
''old folks" and ''the girls" ''in order
that they may get to know each other"
the poor child feels as if her sheet
anchor had deserted her, says the Phila-
delphia Times. For the first 10 minutes
she feels shy and painfully conscious of
being criticised, but in time that wears
away, and when Jack returns about an
hour later he is delighted to see them
all chatting happily together.
Mamma and Ethel are quite agreed as
to their hero being a demi-god, and as
Ethel is being driven home in the cool
Of the evening she whispers, Il do like
all your people, Jack" And so the
dreaded ordeal is happily over. But what
must the engaged girl suffer when things
do not arrange themselves so pleasantly!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Evil Of Anonymous Letters,

Did you ever get an anonymous letter?
Did you ever write one? It is a habit.
that belongs to the very young, though
older ones have been known to relieve
petty spite in that way.
10 have a desire to write an anony-
nous letter that will give pain reveals
a cruel nature. have known school
girls to do it often. am not a hand
writing expert, but any with which I
am familiar | can recognize, no mat
ter how 1T is disguised, and l have been
surprised to learn that more than one
person or my acquaintance was guilty
OF writing anonymous letters. OF course
away on the knowledge, but thus far
l have never been deceived.
10 the young who have a desire to
wreak petty revenge in this way l would
say, remember that nothing is worth
considering to which you are not willing
TO append your name, says writer in
the philadelphia Times. Have the cour-
if it really should be said, and have the
grace to be ashamed to wreak spite in
the dark
The sending of comic valentines is
only form Of anonymous letter. If
you wish to hold someone up to ridicule
to themselves, you select valentine
that shows up some, fault or weakness
mortlfy, pain or anger the recipient in
the cruelest possible sense. for there is
no blow more keen tnan the blow to
Self-lOve. And the valentine originated
III love, for the exchange of love senti-
ments. and to this base use has it been
perverted.
Anonymous communications are not
worthy. of consideration, but they have
more than once wrought incalculable in
jury.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Seasickness UncOnuuerab bic,

Notice should be taken of the efforts
which have from time to time been made
by the marine architect to mitigate the
miseries of seasickness. He has doubled
his ship and he has slung his ship as
in a cradle. To no purpose. The life
of the channel steward remains an ar
duous one. Seasickness is not to be con-
quered by the shipwrght If it was
merely the rolling motion that creates
nausea, then hammock or cot would
be as sure a relief as a twin ship or
cradle-hung saloon. Sickness is caused
by the several motions of the sea COM
bined: and the worst of these movements
mean the trough into which the shin
falls. and the liquid ACTIVITY to whose
frothing head she leaps.-Pall Mall Mag
zine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
German Military Shoemakers.

A curious experiment has been tried in
Berlin to discover how fast the military
shoemaker could work in case of war. A
kind of general rehearsal was held, to
which 1900 shoemakers were hidden, and
they were installed at the workshops of
the First Artillery regiment. The trial
lasted for month, without moment
Oft. The shoemakers were divided into
other for night work. They had in at
tendance forty workmen ready to repair
the machines in case of any temporary
breakdown. During the four weeks the
l2UO shoemakers produced, by working
night and day, the very respectable total
of 25OO pairs of boots per day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
The IIarrest Floxver.

The largest flower in the world is the
Ratflesia Arnold of Sumatra. Its size
is fully three feet in diameter-about the
size Of a carriage wheel. The five petals
Of this immense flower are oval and
creamy white, growing round a center
stamens. The flower weighs about tif-
teen pounds, and is capable Of containing
nearly two gallons OF water. The buds
are like gigantic brown cabbage heads.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Cure for the Blues at Dew's Pond.

Pastures are getting fne. Cattle
horses and stock of all kinds are fat and
sleek. With plenty of good, cold butter
milk, rich sweet milk and fresh butter,
pond, we also have decided that life is
worth living, and that the rich folks do
not get all the good things. If you are
gloomy and the world is not going right
with you, dig you some bait, get your
hook, come to Dew's pond, pull out a
few Of those trout and you are perma-
nently cured. calhoun (Ga.) Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Big Ships and Swift Ones.

For years the Great Eastern" held
the record for size, and it was thought
that she was too large to be of service
except for the one thing that has made
her famous for all time, the laying of the
first Atlantic cable. But now comes the
Oceanic" successfully launched last
January, and dwarfs the former giant
The Great Eastern was $50 feet long;
the Oceanic is 704-three city blocks!
The Oceanic needs twenty-five feet of
water to float her, even when unloaded;
fifteen and half feet sufticed for the
Great Eastern. The latter vessel dis
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
How Old Jack Cot His Wood Sawed.

no" Olu JACK Got HIS wood Sawed.
"Mornin', boys" said Old Jack, laying
down his saw which he had been indus
triously plying for some minutes. Feel
in we'll, l hope? Yes? Good. Nothin
like feclin' we'll to make Teller feel
good. You don't look powerful strong
though, Tommy; you're thin. What's
that? You're wiry, be We? l don't be-
lieve that. You couldn't saw one O them
sticks O wood through. You kin? Ho!
SEEMS believin. Why, We kin
saw purity well. Yer stronger n We look
| couldn't O done that better myself. He
heats you on sawin', | guess Bobbie
Eth? He can't? Yes. ne KIM believe
Beat you all holler. What? You'll saw
two sticks quicker n he sawed that ;?
Nonsuns! Hockey. Ye went
through that like lightnin'; but one stick
amt two sticks. No, sir. One amt new
err two; Coin. to do the other? Well,
we'll; Tommy, he's goin' to do the other
Whatter YOU goin' to do? You'll do two?
Don't brag, Robbie: amt brag
gin? Ye will do three? Well, go ahead {;
boys spunky. : What! The hull
lot sawed? WAL, am surprised. That
bein' the case, think I'll 90 indoors an
rest. Sawin' alters did make me tired :
so goodby for this time. When want
more work done on that woodpile I'll let
We know. You're a spunky pair, We be-
And the old man, turning on his heel,
walked into the house, while Bobbie and
Tommy. went home wondering if their
friend hadn't put up little game on
them after all.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

step in the process will give a still finer
result. It Is to wash the tea by pouring
off the. first cupful Of water Instantly
after adding it, then proceeding as above
This quick bOiling-water rinse carries off
dust Impurities, and the tea when made
has rs a consequence finer bouquet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
When we Grow Old.

When we Grow Old.
When we grow old, dear love, and from my
The light and brilliance Of my hot youth
And ali AIT the fairness you are pra,sing now
Casts but Its wrath Ger lip and cheek and
While one by one our golden. visions fee
When we grow old?
When time shall turn these sunny locks to
From my trim form all beauty take away,
to
Yon, whom chose my king among oil men,
Still your hearts queen, shall l be reigning
When we grow oldg
God keep YOU ever happy by my side!
Though age may stem this fevered passion
When worn and weary down LIES vale we
stray,
Be my hearts anchor as you are today;
Be my true love that shall the closer cling
Through all the changes coming years may
bring;
Our faith upheld-count this our lasting
gain
That We so live that Love untlimmed remain
When we grow old?
Annie G. Hopkins in Pail Mall Magazine.
Adversely is Our Best Teacher.
Culture and character come through
suffering" writes Rev. Newell Dwight
Hills, d. D., in the Ladies' Home Jour.
nal. Life is Gods university; happiness
is, the graduating point, but trouble and
adversely are among the chosen teachers.
comes to his full estate through the tuto-
lage OF sorrow. II man washes his eyes
in tears and makes his garments white
With blood. he, too, is promised the thrOna
and scepter of the higher manhood. Suf-
fering is an alchemist refining coarseness
and transmitting bad into good, selfish
ness into sympathy. Steel is iron plus
ire: Tools are steel plus gashing axes.
Statues are marble plus the chisel, who's"
every stroke makes sparks fly. Manhood
is nature plus the temptations that chisel
out character. Bronze doors OF old ca
thedrals are all of beaten handiwork,
and character is hammered out ON thu
anvil! of adversely; wine comes through
crushing Of grapes, and JOY is a fine
spirit oft distilled from bruised affections,
Sin and selhshness dig great burrows in
the face, so suffering is sent in to iron
the lines out smooth again. From Paul
to Livingstone, what heroic leader hath
worn soft raiment? What Luther or
Lincoln was reared in kings palaces?
1t is wrestling against opposing winds
that works toughness into trees and
ion is ever fulfilled and we Judge the
angels doing easy duty at home, we must
first, as veterans of the old guard,
achieve our scars and hold our tattered
flags in fierce battles upon a far-off from
tier. Optimists always let us not make
believe and play there are no troubles
One form of folly is always to drag the
and triumph over tragedies by averting
our eyes,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Queen Wilhelmina's Court.

l hear complaints from The Hague of
the severity Of the ''protocole" at the
court Of Queen Wilhelmina. It seems
that none Of the foreign ministers is al
lowed to present any Of his fellow-coun-
trymen, and that none but the Oldest
and best-known families resident in FOL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
For Old Ince.

Very fine old lace can be beautifully
cleaned by being sewed in a clean piece
Of linen and laid all night in salad oil.
Next day boil it in large pan of soapy
water for quarter of an hour and rinse
in several waters. Dip into sugared
water and pin on to strained cloth to
dry.-Commercial Advertiser.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

Throughout France there were in
1880 drink shops to the number of 1885,
S63, while today the numberis Just 500
O0O-that is to say, half shop for eyery
nfty inhabitants, leaving children out OF
the question. 3 4 i.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Teach Your Child to Play Alone.

believe that every child should be en-
eouraged, If not required, to play alone
during some part of the day. Any close
observer of children will note an unex-
planned tendency to Stiffness when num-
Der of them are at play together. There
are likewise dangers in an overstudy of
adult society. Children are more influ-
enced by indirect suggestion than we are
apt to realize and we may keep them
by us too closely, and thus affect unfa-
vorably their will-power and their indie
pendent evelopment.-Elaine Goodale
Eastman in Woman's Home Companion,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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A Hint.
If you'll only think Of 1t, dearie,
When people are yexing and rude,
And be pleasant for two,
When ones scOIding at you,
You will conquer the contrary mood.
II only you'll think Of 1t, dearie,
When certain troublesome elf,
With pease In bis shoes,
And look of the blues,
Comes calling upon you himself
II only you'll think Of 1t, dearie,
And laugh, like the sun, in his face,
He will scamper away;
You'll be happy all day;
And I'd like to be in your place.
Margaret Il. Sangster
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Women Are Learning to Talk.

society women" (poor threadbare
phraseD are learning to talk. Formerly
all girls were supposed to take lessons in
singing regardless of whether they had
singing voices or not. Now, so much
stress has been laid for so long upon the
prevalence of unpleasant speaking voices
among American women, girls and won.
en- are beginning to pay attention to the
long-neglected speaking voice, leaving
singing lessons for those of marked sing
ing talent
A lady who has a large number of
pupils in voice culture for talks sake not
singing, says:
Our women are clever. Many of them
are entertaining. but only few of them
talk we'll. The fact is, American women
usually talk too much. They are viva
cious and versatile and used to attention,
and they impose upon their hearers.
They are seldom good listeners, and they
say so much that what they say loses
weight. | lived in Europe for years, and
had excellent opportunities for studying
national characteristics in conversation.
The French woman of intelligence seems
to understand the art of conversation in
tuitively. One can see how the salons
were possible in France. After the
French the Russian-Polish women are
the most entertaining in Europe; and /
found the Danish women very interest
ing, but that is due chiefly to the quality
of their minds, while the Frenchwom-
ans conversational charm is more q mat
ter of skill. and may be acQuired.-Tho
GentlewOman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

Mrs. Fiske has engaged Maurice Bar
rymore to, support her in the part of
Rawdon Crawley in Becky Sharp"
~ Seh ara & o.