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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
From an Observing Woman.

Happiness is wonderful beautifier.
Few of us are so rich that we can at.
ford to be angry.
Crepons are as surely coming back as
the bluebirds.
Circumstances make some of US, but
unmake more.
The butcher is always glad to "meat" a
new customer.
The woman who has 4 sincere desire
for grace should take up fencing.
The fashionable woman is beginning
to look more and more like m insect.
The person with the smallest sidewalk
is the happiest in these days of snow
shovehng.
Some women wear n mans hair i'll a
locket to remind them that said man
once had some.
TO make Il man look unutterably silly
and to win his everlasting hatred pre-
sent him with bouquet.
Women may not be able to throw
stones and hit the mark, but they are
all right when they throw kisses.
Someone says that the cause of many
unhappy marriages is that men will 20
Oh proposing when they expect to be re-
fused.
A woman is never 50 pleased that it
storms as when her new frock has failed
to come home and she couldn't have
Worn it anyway.
Did you ever notice that when mai,
steals it is always for himself, but when
Il woman does it is generally discovered
that she does it for some man2
The new glove for popularity is the
patent clasp. which now comes in the
three and four-button length. No excuse
now for buttonless gloves when street
lengths are to be procured with these
favorite fastenings.
The silk skirts grow more and more
elaborate and costly-lace founces over
silk fiounces. ruff1e surmounts ruffles-
and it only takes one rainy day to make
this elaborate makeup look worse than
9S-cent production.
ToQues rather than Gainesboroughs
are at premium on windy days. In the
former one can remain passably we'll ap-
pearing, but when the wind plays havoc
with the large hat one stops at every
shop window to see if they dare walk one
square further without fear of arrest for
disorderly appearance. Philadelphia
Times
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Music and the Military MIXED

There is young man in the govern,
nent printing Office who has no music in
his soul. but what he thinks he knows
Of army and military matters would bulge
the walls Of the West Point Militar,
academy six inches out of plumb.
The other night he was helping a job
printer friend Of his on piece Of work
and came across something which
stumped him.
"Here, Jim,' he said, taking the take
to the boss, ''this amt right
what ain't?" inquired the boss, look
ing over the copy.
"Why, that Mozart's twelfth mass
business"
Whats the matter with it?''
"There amt any Twelfth Massachu-
s:ettss, that's all: l know every regiment
in the service
"Oh,' smiled the boss, tumbling to the
situation. us that 500"
"Of course it is And besides, there
amt any Col. Mozart in the army. The
chump that fixed up that copy ought to
be court-martia It's a good thing
was here tonight to catch it in time
Later the G. p. o. young man paid a
bill of no mean proportions.-Was hing-
ton Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Hon. H. NJ. NcCoRD.

Hon. Myron n. McCord, Ex-Governor
Of New Mexico, in letter to DR.. Hart
man, from Washington, D. c., says:
Gentlemen-At the suggestion OF
friend | was advised to use Peru-na for
catarrh, and after using one bottle / be-
gan to feel better in every way. 1t helped
ME III many respects. I was troubled
with colds, coughs, sore throat, etc, but
as soon as l had taken your medicine l
began to improve and soon got well.
take pleasure in recommending your great
remedy to all who are afflicted with ca
tarrh.-M. II. McCord.
Thousands of cases Of chronic catarrh
have been cured by Pe-ru-na during the
past winter. In spite Of changeable
weather, in spite Of the natural setbacks
from catching cold, and confinement to
lily ventilated rooms, the great catarrh
remedy-Pe-ru-na-ha effected these
cures. But now spring is here. The days
are longer, the sun is warmer, and the
blizzard is gone for another year. This
presents much more favorable opportu-
nifty for the permanent cure of chronic ca
tarrh, especially old. stubborn cases. Now
is the time to begin treatment. Other
things being equal, one months treatment
in the spring is worth two months' treat
ment during the Indictment weather Of
winter. Insist upon having Pe-ru-na.
There are no successful substitutes for
this remedy Send to DR.. Hartman, Co
lumbus, Ohio, for free catarrh book.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Cautions for Vocal Students,

Never tire the vocal organs. Five
minutes at time, several times q day,
will accomplish a very great deal and
yet not risk anything. Pupils with
hoarse voices from colds are sometimes
fearful Of undertaking any exercise w.
cally. Hoarseness is often caused BY
the vocal organs growing stiff, ard not
infrequently mild exercise will do away
with the hoarseness entirely. Sore
threats should not be used, and the soon
er one can begin to apply remedies is not
soon enough. The following has been
found prompt and efiicacious remedy:
Take ordinary coal-tar, and placing on it
few drops Of turpentine, set it on fire.
The fumes, it is claimed, cure very OBJ
stinate throat troubles. At any rate it
will certainly cure an ordinary sore
throat.-Woman's Home Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
A JUDGES EXPENSES.
They Amounted to More Than Hit
Salary bS About SIC. Ot1O.

They Amounted to More Than His
Salary b5 About $4,000
And hi this cohnection, said Chief Jus
tice Peters Of Maine. will state my
own experience. have been on the
bench continuously for twenty-five years
last May, aud my salary, at first $4,000,
and since 1887 $500, has never for q
single year paid my years expenses, or
anywhere near it. The nearest it has
ever come to making the two ends meet
was in 1874, the year next after my ap-
pointment,, when my expenses of sup
port We're $4416. And this sum did not
include house rent Il own my house,,
hut did include house repairs, nor did 1t
include taxes, nor expenses of board and
travel when at court away from home,
nor money paid for law books. nor gifts
to friends and relatives, excepting small
current charities: The next nearest to
penses, making the same exclusions Of
deductions as before stated. were $4759
The disparity in all the other years Of
my occupancy Of n seat on the bench be-
tween receipts and expenses were great
or than in the instance named. And
while it may not be worth while to ex-
pose the facts in detail. will say in
general terms that for the period Of more
than a quarter Of a century during
which l have been Il member Of the
court, and wholly in the service of the
state, my ordinary living expenses, not
including any Of those items enumerated
above, exceed all the amount of salary
received by me from the state by more
than the sum of $6O,OOO. And still l
am not aware that am regarded by my
friends and neighbors us living at all ex-
travag0ntly. Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
MONSTER FISH STORY.
1t was Told by Woman, So it Must
Necessarily be True.

1t was Told by Woman, So it Must
Necessarily be Trne.
Mrs. George o. Barnes, who lives on
Sanibcl island, in the gulf Of Mexico, has
written letter to her youthful kins-
man, Master John Boyle Of Danville,
KY, in which she relates most interest
ing and at tn esame time a most ex.
traordinary fish story.
One morning as Mrs. Barnes was upon
the beach she and two others saw
great commotion III the water. Huge
black objects were splashing about and
spray was rising before them. The par
ty soon reached the scene, and stood in
wonder at what was before them.
They saw a great school of monster
fish lying four or five abreast in the shall
low, water. helplessly flashing, the surf
and slowly dying, although the water in
the gulf still washed over them and the
tide was coming in. The sea was calm
there has not been storm or even
gale-and there was no way Of account
ing for the trap these poor fish were in
except that they had gone into the chan
mel when the water was deep, and, in
shonl water, from which they could not
extricate themselves.
The fish were counted, and there were
between fifty and sixty Of them. They
were from ten to twenty-five feet in
length, and weighed from 1000 to 1000
pounds each. A number Of them were
estimated as weighing ton each. Six
mules couh not drag some Of them
away.
What to do with them, says Mrs.
Barnes, was serious question. They
were dying, and if left upon the beach
from their homes. '"rwenty- three of the
monsters lay side by side, looking like
huge siege guns, black and terrible"
The men folks, after sitting upon the
case, decided to cut the fish into pieces
and cart and drag them to point where
the decaying flesh would not be often
sive to the smell or poisonous to it's sur
r6utidihgs. Sunday interviewed, however,
before this great task was complete and
on Sabbath the air was SO rank with the
dreadful odor that the harnesses could not
go out of doors.
The queer visitors were of the family
known as black fish, a species of the
whale that is found in tropical waters.-
| SAN Francisco Wave.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
The Human Side of Toys

No one can go through a toy shop at
Christmas tide without feeling that the
scientific Spirit of the age may perhaps
have touched this Juvenile world, as it
has that of poetry, with its breath. The
doll. Of course; Is almost as old as hu:
of Roman and Aztec children. The Pom
peiiah boys trundled hoops aid tie chill:
dren of the French Francis I. had wodd-
en- horses. knights and ladies are also
immortal in the shape of dolls, and the
world is not yet too wise for harlequiiis.
'.;rhe Japanese doll is still young" Says
before t den 5 4 Rn fatnps
tells us, has considerably decreased, and
jumpingjacks leap from their boxes with
less wild energy than formerly, inspiring
less fear. Scientific toys are displacing
them. Creatures with the semblance of
animated life have come into the world
of childhood. Artificial toads and tur-
ties crawl along the sidewalk, and toy
room, and are caught by enamored
youths to determine partnerships for the
german. In respect to dolls, the con-
slant rivalry between France and Ger
many has only resulted in a compromise
between the two nations in their crea
ton.
The German doll beauties surpass the
IcuCH III CucdpucSS uAu ia uOulely kluu.
ness of look; but Germany cannot pro-
duce a tasteful doll. toilette, and Ger.
man dolls of fashion import their dresses
from Paris as do their owners. In fact,
it is rumored that they buy also thu.
heads. which accompany them from, the
porcelain factories of Montreux and st.
Maurice. For many years Germany has
been advancing every Christmas on Paris
in the form Of hordes OF wooden oxen
and farming implements, while squad
rons Of splke-helmeted Prussian tin SOL
diers with baggage wagons and Krupp
artillery have steadily marched to invade
the toy shops Of France. A remarkable
note Of defiance has, However, been
struck ut last by an ingenious Workman
Of Belleyille, who now places in the field
5,OOO;O0O soldiers year, all made out
of old sardine boxes collected from the
dust heap. The warriors, it seems, are
cut out of the bottom Of the box; the lids
and sides furnish guns and wheels. Out
Of materials which cost nothing beyond
the labors of a dustmal1, a new and con-
quering French army has been created
HarDer's BuZnr,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
"Taking Up a Collection

Harold Frederic, whom public opin-
ion insists upon considering a martyr
to ,."Christian Science" left his wife and
children ,nprovided for, and a contribu-
ton has been taken up for them among
literary and journalistic men and women.
Why? The late Mr.. Frederic was an
able and successful journalist and au-
thor. He lived his own life in his own
way, not even his best friends claiming
for him any higher motive than more or
less selfish ambition. Had he lost his
life in Il public effort to save other lives
for humanity's sake, those deprived by
his death Of his support might be with
some showing of reason invited, as Mrs.
Warning has been, to accept a public con
tribution of money. Are the members of
Frederic's family less able to care for
themselves than are the families of how
many physicians who die poor, victims
Of their efforts to relieve suffering among
those having no claim upon them The
GentleWOlAan. IT.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Ancient Preservation of Food.

The preservation Of food was under
stood by the Romans, for canned fruit
has been found in .Plompeii,, but its secret
ago, when Benjamin Appert demonstrate
ed that meat sealed iii alright boxes.
after being heated so as to expel the air.
would keep for an indefinite length Of
time at ordinary temperatures. On this
depends the modern extensive use of
canned meats, for it is well known that,
after having been heated and sealed up
in alright cans, and thus protected from
the atmosphere, meats will remain sweet
and fresh as long as the receptacle re-
mains air.tight.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Fifty-five Years in Prison

John Quier, who has just died al
Broadmoor, Eng, had been fifty five
years in prison. 1t was in 1913 that he
first entered Jail, being then charged
with an attempt to murder. 1t was,
however, found that he was not RESPONSE
bic for his actions and he was ordered
confined during her majesty's pleasure.
He was first incarcerated in Old Bed
lam, until, in 1864, when the Broadmoor
there with other prisoners. During his
long confinement of ffty-fve years Quier
was quiet, inoffensive, weak-minded
man, pottering about doing odd jobs. He
was incarcerated at the age Of 20 and
quit it only by death at the age Of 81.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Only Mentioned Him Once.

Jim Webster was being tried for brib-
ing a colored witness, Sam Johnsing, to
offered you $50 to testify in his behalf? =
asked the lawyer of Sam. Eyes, sah.'
Now, repeat what he said, using his
exact words" He said he would glib
me $50 if - HE didn't speak in
the third person, did hep mo, sab;
tuck good care dat dar were no third
pusson round; dar was only two-us
two" II know that, but he spoke to
you in the first person, didn't he?" II
was. de fust pusson myself, sah." "You
don't understand me. When he was
talking to you did he say: 4 will pay
you $50T" mo, sab; he didn't say
name WASN'T m "S RnS ce me &n? he i td
me eff eber got into scrape, you was
de best lawyer in San Antoine to fool
de jedge. and de jury-in fac, you was
Dc best in town to cover up reskelity.'
For a brief, GREATNESS moment the trial
was suspended.-Detroit Free Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Try Grain.O! Try Grain-O!

Ask your Grocer today to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee The chill
dren may drink it without injury as well
as the adult All who try it. like it.
Mocha or Java, bat it is made from pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress. "A t. price of
coffee. 15c. and rs cts. per package. Sold
by all grocers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
When Most Deaths Occur.

Crtain physicians of Europe have at
tempted to fix the time Of day at which
most deaths occur. From many thou
sand cases q Glasgow medical man is i'll
clined to believe that 6 a. IN. is the favor
tie farewell hour; Berlin doctor finds
the time to be from to Z a. m; another
observer gives it at 5 to u. M, for men
and the evening hours for women; an
Italian authority has found the after
noon to be the usual time. and a Paris
hospital attendant has noted luli in
deaths from Z to II H. M
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Did You Make Your Grain.O This
Way?

Here are the latest directions: Use one
tablespoonful Of Grain-O to two cups of
cold water. BE sure to measure.) After
the water gets to the boiling point let boi,
tor fifteen to twenty minutes. Use cream
and sugar to suit the taste. If you have
not cream use hot milk.
A lady said: 1.-THE first time I drank
'irain-O did not like it, but after using it
Tor ten days and forming the habit, moth
ing would induce me to go back to coffee"
This Is the experience Of all. If you will
follow directions, measure it every time
and make it the satne, and try it for ten
days; you will not 60 back to coffee.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
In Winter Use Aliens Foot-Ease

A powder to be shaken into the shoes
During winter your feet feel uncomfort-
able, nervous, and often cold and damp
If you have perspiring, smarting feet or
tight shoes, try ALIENS FOOT-EASE.
It warns and rests the feet and makes
walking easy. Cures swollen and sweat
ing feet, bIisters and callous spots. Re-
lieves corns and bunions of all pain and
is a certain cure for Chilblains and Frost
bites. Try it today. Sold by all drug
gists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial
package mailed FREE. Address, Allen
S. Olmstead, lie Roy, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
What Do the Children Drink =?

Don't give them tea OK coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAINO? I: is delicious and nourish.
ing. and takes the place of coffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains
and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades of coffee. but costs
about u as much. All grocers sell it. 15c.
and 25c,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
FRHEDOM.

care not who. were vicious back Of me,
No shadow Of their sihs OH Inc Ia shed.
NY VIII Ia greater than heredity.
Ny face. thy form, my gestures aid hiy
. voice = - ~
May be reflections FROM race that was.
BUT this know, and knowing It, rejoice,
I am myself part Of the Great Cause.
I am a spiritl Spirit would SUFFICE,
free.
Am not stronger than a mortal vice
That crawls the length Of some ancestral
>treef ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
January H. 1890.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
CHURCHES AND scHooLhoUsEs

The interior walls Of churches, school
houses and all public halls should never be
coated with anything but the durable and
pure Alabastine. So evident has this fact
become, that hundreds Of tons are used an
nuaily for this work. The genuine Alabas-
tine does not rub or scale OF. 1t Is Clearly
during the long period OF its usefulness, Ev-
cry owner OF building should use 1t. Ask
your palnt dealer OF druggist for card OF
flats. and write tor free copy OF our paper,
4laeestins Era. to Alabastine CO., QFana
RApjdn, Mich. 5s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
WHAT "kALsoMlNEs" ARE.

Kalsomlnes are cheap and temporary prep.
arations, manufactured from whiting.
chalks, clays, etc. They IRE stuck on the
walls with decaying animal glue. Alabas.
tine Is not kalsomine. 1t Is q rock base
cement, which SETS and 1t hardens with age.
Itscan be re.coated and re.decorated without
having to wash and scrape of Its old coats.
beware OF q large fonr.pound package OF
light kalsouaipe, sold TO dealers tor four
pounds and o6eged 70 customers Al i 1yp,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

Orchestras Provided for Funerals,
Parisians have an idea that mourning
is assuaged by music, and a novel de.
parture from funeral customs was nut in
practice there on a recent occasion. Gre
nation ceremonies at Pere Lachaise
cemetery. are usually firing for the
mourners,. who wait. in an anteroom
while the incineration is progressing. At
Danby's orchestra was engaged BY her
relatives to give a concert ofgssnitable
selections while the dead relatiYa fook ii
preparatory taste OF hades, ana the ffIl,f
5of waiting wal cheerfully ditposed III
md the orchestra leader Yas conefafr q
lated son htS lucceas, 3
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
WHAT ALABASrlNElS.

Alabastine is the original and only durable
wall coating on the market. 1t Is entirely
different from all kalsomine preparations.
sAlabastlne Is made ready for use in white or
twelve beautiful tlnts by the addition of
cold water. It is put up In dry powdered
form, IN slye.pound packages With full 81,
.rcc. Tors on every pnckage, II takes he
place OF sealing kalsoIillnes. wall paper and
paint Tor mn In. Ala bnstiue can be used III,
niast hrlsk, ooo q AHyAs md lAt!d
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Strange Sabbath Pronosition.

The town of Nimeguc, Holland, is much
agitated by the proposal which has been
mootcd by certain town councillors in fa,
vor of allowing all the municipal en-.
ployes to observe Sunday as a day OF
complete rest. The authors of the prop.
Osition ask that the measure shall extend
ito the keepers of the public gardens and
fountains, the gas workers, the attend.
ants Of the public baths and the police
No police and no gas on Sundays!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

Mamie told the story Of Mrs. Bonneau's
while I'LL the time you were planning
to give me pleasure,'' she sobbed. Dear
Hugh will YOU forgive Me7'' ~
Aid Hugh forgive her. " I'D
IF you will PROMISE never to be jeal-
GUS again, Naiihie." New York News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
He Attends to Busiuess.

He attends to business who goes
straight to work to cure Neuralgia by
the use of st. Jacobs Oil, and saves
time and money and gets out of misery
quickly. He's all right.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
REJECT the "Jusr AS GOOD"

The dealer who tells you that he can sell
you the same thing as Alabastine or
something just as good" either is not post
cd or is trying to deceive you.s In offering
something he has bought cheap and Ia trying
to sell on Alahastine's demands, he may not
realize the danger to himself as well az to
you. Beware Of all new substitutes. Deal
consumers by using an infringement. Ala
bastina Co. own the right to make and sell
wall costsusS adapted to Mlx with esld
sW4teE.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

a correspondent writes from Arroyo
Seco Plaza postoftice, in, New Mexico,
that copper, gold and silver are found in
a canyon near there. There is copper
belt that runs north to the Colorado line,
giving assays of AZ per cent in black
copper and two ounces in gold
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

Recent observations among Indians
i'll North America, the red woman lives
longer than the red man. But the aver
age duration of life is only II years for
both sexes in the South, and % per cent
of the Indians die during the first year
of life