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Minnesota stats tidning. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1895-1939, 1899-06-21

PIiktfald 80 dollars x for olaga ut
skankning blef j. f. v. krogaren Peter
Hedlund Worcester Mass. e.
Till f6rste statistiker vid censusby-
rams industriella afdelning har census
direktor Merriam utnamt 8. N. D.
North fran Boston, Mass.
En- koladra har patraffats Wander
marks egendom nara Kansas City,
Kans, och ett bolag har bildats for att
upptaga grufdrift derstades.
Till superintendent for Washburn 4
Moenska stalverken Worcester, Mass,
har var landsman. 1ngenioren L. r.
Axel Ekelundh; blifvit utnamd.
Sex manaders fansclse ad0mdes n.y.
ligen Boston, Mass, en- svensk vid
mann Lindstrom for det han under ru-
sets infytande slagit sin hustru.
Patent har dagarne utfardats till
A. Peterson l. Rockford, Ill, q ''pic-
ture-exhibltor" ooh till A. A. Strom /
Austin, samma stat, a a"railway SWITCH.
Vid 65 Ars alder afled forliden@ veoka
i slit hem / Bloomington, ILL.,, John
Pope vida bekant sasom uppfnnare at
inom jernindustrien amanda maski-
nerier.
Inbrott f0rofvades postkontoret
Mount Palestine, ILL.,, fforliden- tors
dagsnatt af okanda tjufvar, som tilleg-
made sig en- ganska stor summa kon-
tanter och frimarken.
For sarade kanslor. Finskan Anna
Henrickson Boston, Mass, har stAmt
finske brandsoldaten Porell derstades
under yrkan pa 5000 skadestand for
brutet aktenskapsl0fte.
F6rskrxckeisen d6dade henne. Un-
der en- askstorm forliden torsdagsnatt
traffades Harvey Colglaziers residens 1
New Albany, Ind, af blixten och an
tandes. Vid askslaget blef mrs @. sd
forskraokt. att hon fox .hjertslag ooh
dog pa stallet.
Skedestandsmal. Froken Agda An
derson San Francisco. CAL, har stamt
stadens sparvagsbolag under yrkan pa
$1,000 skadeersattning, emedan hon
6fverkorts af en- sparvagn ooh dervld
sa lila skadats, att hennes ena ben
mast amputeras.
Tesalonger, der endast t6 serveras,
ha 0ppnats New York af ett derstades
bildadt konsortium Biskop Potter
har myoket intresserat sig for dessa
platser, men har yttrat, att han icke
anser det yara tillborligt att inblanda
obligatoriska gudstjenster och bedjan-
de till Gud med t6drickandet 4 lokaler.
ma sasom man der s0kt CORA.
Verldens petroleumproduktlon Of.
verstiger 5000, 100000 gallons, hvaraf
$500, 100000 gallons produceras For
enta staterna. $3.50, 100000 / Ryssland,
81, ,Ooo 0ooi Osterrike, 10000 q su-
matra, 100000 Java. 100000 Ca
NADIA, M00o, 900 i Rumanien, Is, 900, 900
Indien, 8,O0oo 900 Japan 1000 900 i
Tyskland, 100000 Peru ooh omkring
1000 900 Italien.
F6r brutet Aktenslkapsl6fte domdes
+. v. New York svenske adelsmanuen
Matte Liewen Stierngranat att betala
s45.86 till miss Lesbia Bostwick.
febr. hade svaranden enligt miss Bost-
wicks uppgift frat och fatt ia. men
senare hade han varit oartig nog att
sla upp forlofningen. hvarofver den
giftaslystna ungmon kant sig 50 for
narmad, att hon stamt sin +. d. alskare
under yrkan pa 10000 skadeersatt-
synbarligeh~ dock ioke formaa att SO
sakep l sammR ljus som den forsmAdda,
ty den nedsattS Observation-Disclosures
man, som namts, till 'l6 dollars ooh SO
cents. = ~ = 49, ~ 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
White House Functions,

There are nine functions. including the
state dinners, given each winter by the
chief executive They begin with the
New Years public reception, and finish
about the middle of February. with one
similar in character, to which the whole
world. if it like. has free and easy access.
Receptions and winners follow each other
in hot haste during the intervening six
weeks. First, the cabinet dinner during
the week of January 1: next, til. eN-
elusive and dignified diplomatic and judi
ciary receptions, week apart. each with
it's complementary dinner, the diplomatic
feast including many guests: while at the
other dinner only the wcighty men of
law on the Supreme bench and their
wives participate. During the last week
in January and the first week in Fcbru-
airy the army and navy and congressional
receptions take place. Entree to these
two functions is possible only through the
"open sesame of beautifully engraved
cards. The struggle for these bits of
paper with magic words by those who
hover ON the brink of the white house So
cial recognition is constantly amusing
nay, even at times pathetic, when women
pleas for admission, with Il grieved per-
sistcnce. in the offices of the mansion it.
self. If requests for invitations must
be made, they should be preferred direct
to the secretary to the PRESIDENT; hut,
nothing hindered by the demands of Ell
quette, every official in the white-house
circle is imDortuned for cards. The
diplomatic and the army and navy recep-
tons are looked upon as the most
recherche gatherings of the season, and,
in keeping with the rich plumage of the
guests, the house is literally EMPOWERED
with the rarest of exquisite blossoms and
exotics which the government gardens
can furnish.
The floral decorations for the nine So
cial events, including the three dinners
given this year-and every year. for that
matter-at the white house, would draw
on the purse of the private individual, if
the flowers were furnished by professions
al florists. to the amount of 20,OOO.-
Harper's Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
Card Party Bower.

A pretty diversion for a large card
party is to set table for one extra
couple, making for the occasion bower
corner-a simple matter, contrived by the
aid of a curtain pole, some lace curtains
with colored lining, lamp with fancy
silk shade for the small table, and a
cozy corner.
The curtain pole is fastened across the
corner, the curtains attached and held
back by ribbons, and two chairs and a
table arranged inside. In addition to the
lamp, a fancy disc containing bonbons
should be OH the table. Sailed almonds
are preferable to sweets, and some of
the kisses, which have notices and ex-
plode, furnish amusement to the couple
for whom this retreat is designed, says
the Pittsburg Daily News:
The extra pair will only remain at this
table during such time as the others do
not need them. They may start game
of their own, but when the bell rings
for them it is imperative that they leave
the bower, which is Immediately taken
possession of by another couple.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12

don't know how by myself. Will you d.,
1t! Oh, yes, | can put down my own
name, cause | couldn't bring my money
till | learned to do that"
She is SO engaging in her pretty youth
fuiness that men or women, as the case
may be, forthwith fill out the DEPOSIT
blank Alice laboriously inserts her
name. and is i'll a state of ecstacy when
she is lifted up to give in those precious
quarters:
Her latest hcllter was q woman.
When the ceremony was over il WIS a1.
ready dark.
Where do you 80 now; little oneY' slt.
said. fearing for the child's safety.
'Oh Johnny's waiting across the roui,''
replied the little depostOr.
80 they Travelled in company, and sure
enough there wds Johnny, sturdy and
fat. one year older than his small charge.
ITS in?' Alice cried. gleefully. 'Tlle
lady did it! Shes ever SO goodr'
Somebody's always good to you. I
guess was Johnny's comprehensive re-
ply. But did you count?' and together
the two heads. bent over the column,
Over and over they counted.
'"Three dollars, that's it, concluded
Johnny, at last; with 81 Oh Of relief.
ITS in for keeps. Allie
She clutched the book once more 10 her
bosom, and hand in hand the two tr0tt.d
of into the darkness
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
Covered Buttons.

The first maker of covered buttons
was Mrs. Samuel Williston of East
Hampton, Mass. In early life her hus-
band prepared for the ministry, but, his
eyesight failing, he was compelled to
give up all study and support himself. He
opened general country store. aud his
wife gave great deal of attention to a
notion counter. One winter day. in 1926,
she was sorting her stock, when it sud
denly occurred to her to cover some Of
the wooden buttons, then in general USE
with cloth. This attracted much atten-
ton among the customers of the little
shop. and were finally known to all the
neighboring towns, and became very pop
ular. Williston and his wife contrived
machinery to do the work. the first ever
employed in America. An immense man.
ufactory sprang up. and made half the
covered buttons of the world, and Will
liston died worth several millions And
the source of all this wealth originated
with bright New England woman
Harpers Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
Longing to be a Heroine.

Many a girl is pining because she can
not be a heroitle. She would like to be
Il Clara Barton or Helen Gould. she
laments that she has not Clara Barton's
opportunity or Helen Gould's money. Be
lleve me, 1t vas not merely opportunity
nor money that made them what thew
are: Meantime tile piniing girl is living
she cannot initiate any of her chosen
models she let's slip all her opportunities
in her immediate surroundings. The
herOlnes who have never been heard of
outnumber by thousands those whose
names are IN every newspaper and OH
everybody's lips. The girl or woman who
longs to be heroine never studies how
merest accident has made woman IA
nous for courage and self-sa crifice, but
the elements We're there or the accident
could never have developed it. There are
women who go through like making the
best of everything before the world whose
lives have been one long sacrifice. Their
hearts have been trampled under the feet
is their daily lot: Time after time they
are defeated in the thing they have cho-
sen to do, something for others and not
for themselves. They are never con.
quered. They rise from each defeat with
the same purpose grown stronger. Their
sacrifices are the real ones because they
never count them us such But few ever
know the inner lives Of such women, and
the few who do never know the real
depth of feeling in their hearts,. They
rarely confde, in anyone, but fight their
own way against all odds, sometimes to
triumph, but cftener to defeat. Do you
think such women are not heroines? They
have never snatched a human being from
beneath railway train, but they may
with prayer and pleading and lifelong
effort have saved human soul. Their
nr will % t be R4z s 11 bf hsrs the
have failed to- do 'i leaves e, them still thss
CONSCIOUSNESS that d true PURPOSE, though
unwrought, is recognized by God.-Phila-
delbhia Times;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
The Youngest Deposition.

Once every month in the long line Of
men and women that forms i'll front of
the teller's window on open day" at
the Union Dime Savings bank, Il flaxen
head appears-at the height of their, ell
bows. Looking down, one sees that close
against the breast of a shabby frock is
tightly clasped bank book--and then,
says the New York World. the secret is
cut. The f1axen-haired little girl is the
banks and New York's youngest depos-
itOr.
Alice Metz is her name, and her home
is close by Helrs Kitchen. She is barely
8 years old. How she gets the none!
nobody knows, but each month there is /:
deposit of so cents to swell her account,
which has now reached the sum of 81.
There she stands patiently in line till
someone less hurried and preoccupied
than the rest bends to question her.
"Will you help me" asks the little
maid, breathlessly, II have 80 cents---two
quarters. Johnny got it changed for
me; there were fives before. And l want
to put it in there" pointing to the vim
dow, 'sand they. write It down here in the
book, finding the row Of figures, But ]
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
WARS AMONG BEES,
1.-THE Survival of the Fittest" Among
Them as Among Mankind.

Them as Among Mankind,
did you ever know that bees have
wars among themselves just as men dor
said G. w. Reynolds of Los Angeles
Cal, to reporter of the Kansas City
Star. well, they do. own a big
honey farm near San Diego, and l have
Of the little workers, and in doing 50
| have come to believe that each hive tf
bees has its guards or policemen, whose
sole duty it is to keep watch and warn
the hive if another and stronger hive
comes to rob them. This often happens,
you know. A strong hive raids a weak
er one, and, aside from killing hundreds
of the bees. steals all the honey. BUT if
the weaker hive Is warned in time l,y
it's policeman it will prepare to fight, and
often the stronger hive is driven back.
Il have GOO stands OH my furm," said
he, ''and the annual production of honey
is about sixty tons. There are about
10000 bees to each stand, so you see the
population of my bee city is greater than
that of any city Of men and women i'll
the world. And, unlike any other city
it's population is changed entirely every
a working bee only lives that long and
reach greater age. They live year
or more.
"California honey Is about the finest
that is produced anywhere. The wild
sage is the flower most hunted by the lit
tie workers, lind during April, May, June
and July they make most Of the honey.
On the market this honey brings from
to cents pound wholesale, 50 you sec
there is a pretty good profit in it,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
The Effect of Criticism OF the Bible.

Recent criticism of the Scriptures:
though perfectly legitimate in it's place:
has left an impression on multitudes Of
minds that all Scripture is at least un-
certain in, authority, so that the. closest
grip of the Biblical words easily slips
from the unwelcoming mind. "Thus sait!
the Lord,' which commanded our faith
ers' immediate assent, now means to
many, 'Thus sal tn somebody, nobody
knows exactly who, reported by some
body else, of the correctness of whose
report we can in no wise be certain" All
pulpit. teaching is thus less commanding
than it was; while the idea, of late dill
gently disseminated, that if men do not
accept the Gospel and the Lord in this
life, they will have, probably, other and
better chances in the hereafter, tends, so
far as it reaches, to reduce the pulpit to
practical impotence. If this interests or
amuses those gathered before it, that is
well. If it insists on preparing them for
Judgment to follow death, that is super
fluous, if not dangerously intrusive.--Rev
DIR. II. S. Storrs in the Independent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
In the PHILIPPINES.

hat that will keep out the rain, serve
as helmet, and Iii case Of emergency
answer for dish to hold water or food,
is convenience not to he despised. Such
hat is worn by the Philippine Indians.
1t is. says prof. J. B. Stcerc i'll the Sci
entific American, ii black bowI-shaptd af-
fair made of narrow strips of some fine
species of rattan. 1t is of several thick
nesses, and is impervious to rain. The
remainder Of the dress consists Of a
shirt and short trousers, the shirt being
invariably worn outside the trousers.
The hat of the women is even more
useful than the mems. 1t is made of
palm leaf or rattan, and has Il brim so
wide that IT serves as an umbrella in
case of need. Two women may some
times be seen sheltered under one hat
as they cross the street in the rain. But
this broad-brimmed hat is not only an
umbrella and head covering, it answers
as we'll as a basket, and i'll the mar
ket the women display their fruit or fish
upon it, placing it on the ground before
them.
Many of the Indian women of Manila
wear low slippers. They are too narrow
for the whole foot, and the little toe is
left to travel i'll the mud outside.
their council of principal men, on state
occasions and when they attend church
together, are habited in short coats of
black brOadcloth above their shirts,
which still hang over their trousers; but
they crowd their feet into shoes of Eu-
ropean make.
The food of the people is simple-chief-
ly rice and fish, eaten with the fingers.
The drink consists of tuba-palm beer,
made by cutting off the points of the
great flower stems of the cocoanut palms,
and collecting the sweet juice which
flows from the wounds. Bamboo cups
are hung on the trees to catch the juice,
and long bamboo poles are laid from one
palm to another, so that the tuba gath
erer may pass from tree to tree with
out descending. These roadways, fire.
quently sixty or seventy feet above
ground look like great spiders webs,
and need the skill of a ropewalker to use
them.
The juice rapidly ferments. aud is col
ored and made bitter with the bark of
mangrOve roots.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
A TRYING ORDEAL.
Kansas Student Let $1,000 Drops of
Water Fall on His Hand.

Water Fall on His Hand.
TO learn just how much pain would
be caused by the constant dripping OF
water Oh the body, several students at
Nlchlta, has, have tried it. A gallon
or water was to be loosed drop by drou
from height of three feet. the drops
falling at intervals Of about two seconds
Il gallon of water contains about 81 .44C
drops, and at this rate it would take over
thlrty-four hours to complete the task.
One OF the students was seated at ia
Die, and allowed his left hand to be- fixed
lmmovably to the table, 50 as to insure
every drop, striking the same spot upon
the back of the hand. The apparatus
for dropping the water was adjusted. and
the experiment began. For the first for
ty-tve minutes he. experienced no incon-
veniencc, save his hand becoming uncom.
Portable from being wet constantly with
the cold water. Arrangements were
then made to keep the water at blood
neat, ana 1t soon became more com
Portable: In about two hours a sigh,
redness began to appear, which gradually
got as big as quarter. The third half
hour the drops were scurccly felt DIT All
the hand being apparently numb to tho
water. although sensitive to the touch vi
anything else The red suot ,ut ceased
until it was larger than silver dollar
ana the drjDDing Of the water bpgd Il
become Slightly painful. 1t was notice.
that If anyone told story OF did any
thing TO divert the students att .:,t;:;1
from his hand he did not notice AIRY pain
at all, but concentration of thougat upon
his hand made the pain grow. The wa.
ter was kept steadily at close to JG de-.
grees
After about six hours and half the
red spot, which had been first !, bric,,,
red. slowly turned to purple, and hlis
ter began to raise. The pam la. ~
creased gradually up to this stage and
the young man said he felt; as. though ev
cry falling drop came with the force OF
hammer, the pain reaching tile shoul
der. and even little beyond. After the
blister had raised the blows from the
drops were not so severe, but he said
were bad enough, being a dull feeling like
slowly pushing down upon it,
After about eight hours and twenty
minutes the water was shat off Abou.
10, 800 drops had been let FALL, the TAT.
being little above the schedule. on:v on,
quarter two ounces of water having been
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
Little Men ais FighterS,

Col Funston weighs less than 100
pounds but he is all grit and fervor. 1t
is no wonder he arouses the spirits of
his troops and finds volunteers in plenty
to follow him. The daring of this OFF,
Wheeler, another lightweight, and Gen.
William Malone, who weighed less than
100 pounds Gen. Malone had c,cl-
spicuous part in the defense of Virginia.
1t was he who repulsed the Federal
troops at Petersburg when the famous
mine was exploded, and is said to have
rallied the Confederat, IS to the retakiug
peals had been Of no avail. His Ian
guage is reported as profane but effco.
tive, and, inspired by his leadership, the
graycoats rushed into the terrible breach,
recaptured the salient and took nearly
1000 Union prisoners, Providence Jour
nal, s3.s. IS ds-5 4
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
Pills OF Perfume.

Discriminating London feminiiilty has
sealed the doom of sachet powder so far
as it's application to personal attire is
concerned. Most of the apothecaries in
the fashionable West End sell perfume
pills now instead Of the powders, in con-
sequence of the new demand. The pills
are fragrant, scented with violet, hello
trope, lilac and rose, and they are sold
in little round boxes, like tiny bonbon-
Mere. AS to the method Of using them,
they certainly are not swallowed. The
woman of fashion slips one into her peck
ct, another i'll her glove and a third is
tucked away in her corsage. The unini-
tiated might take her for a walking no
meopathic medicine chest, but the up-to-
date girl knows better. She understands
that the pills are not sugar-coated, but
sweet-scented, and that they are the
proper thing for the sachet bag. They
give just that faint, delicate suggestion
of fragrance desired by the woman of re-
finpmnNt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
NihiliStS and the Dead.

Whoever declared that there was no
government like that of wise and hon
est despot, should now (were he alive)
feel triumphant thrills. The autocrat OF
all the Russians has surely proved him
self honest, though the depths of his real
Moreover, experience cannot yet have
lowered him with that sapience which no
other mentor is capable of bestowing.
And this reminds me, by the way, of
what clever Englishman recently said
in my hearing. 1.-THE Russians" he de-
clared, will never forgive Nicholas his
Rescript.'' by 1.-The Russians he meant
which surrounds the young Czar). His
power" l answered, lis supreme, and
surely he should be above the forgive,
ness Of anyone for SO noble and lofty an
impulse" i True came the re-
ply, land vet believe that he is doomed
to death, just as. was his grandfather,
sayNthat the Nihilists " murdered der 0 his
grandfather who freed millions Of serfs.
But the Nihilists were permitted to muir
der him, just as they will be permitted
to make way with Nicholas.
While on grewsome subjects let us
brighten their aspect, and take a far
leap from the Cars domain.
A quiet burial in Westminster abbey
SeeHiS as lHcOnSIuOuS as u HallUoS ant
one in some village churchyard. And
yet the late Duke of Northumberland
went to his last rest the other day, as
placidly as if the memory thronged pile
where he was inferred had been the sim
plest of rural cemeteries. Nobody knows
just why or how the Percys first &C.
quired their right to lie in this glorious
Old structure, but the right exists, and
royalty has once more conceded it. Since
Gladstone, with tremendous pomp, was
placed here a few months ago, there
has been no other such honor paid.
cannot think of a single living states
man, historian, poet Or philosopher who
IS at all likely to receive it. Herbert
Spencer unquestionably deserves it, if for
no other reason than that he would then
be near his famed friend and coworker,
Darwin. But the chances are against
his entombment in this lordly place,
though his magnifcence of accomplish
ment, his absolutely stupendous range
and depth of thinking, would of course
make him merit the tribute equally with
Dickens and Tennyson, and far more
than Browning. or Northumberland
reception into the vault of the Percys
a gentleman spoke to me quite soothing
ly day or two ago. 1T is absurd" he
Of the old Percy blood in his veins"
My informant was in error here The
deceased peer certainly did have few
drops. The truth is that George III,
conferred. from motives political and
very much against his will, the dukedom
Of Northumberland upon certain rather
new" baronet, named Sir Hugh Smith
son. But this individual had married the
only child and heiress Of the seventh
duke of Somerset, whose wife was the
only daughter and sole heiress Of the
eleventh and last duke Of Northumber-
land.-Edgar Fawcctt in Golfers Week