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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
lnterfered in a Hawk Fight.

!: Jacob Matthias, while driving along in
his wagon near Logansport, Ind, came
across two chicken hawks. engaged in a
fierce battle He left his team, and pick
ing mp a stick from the ground, went to
where they were fighting. Much to his
surprise, both Of the birds attacked him
and clawed his person before he could
beat them off. He succeeded in killing
one with several good whacks over its
hend with the stick, but the other contin-
S,led the fight until Matthias was REIN
forced by "a man from field. when they
succeeded in Killing i also. Matthias was
painfully injlred.- Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
GlPSYING COTTAGERS.
DR.. Henry van Dyke on the Delight
of Living Out of Doors.


of Living Out of Doors.
One of the digressions that are of the
essence of Rev. DR.. Henry van Dykes
devoted to the pleasures of camping out.
-. Much of the tediousness of highly civ
lllzed life comes from it's smoothness and
regularity. Today is like yesterday, and
we think that we can predict tomorrow.
VI course we cannot really do so. The
chances are still there. But we have
covered them up so deeply with the arti-
t1clalities of life that we lose sight of
them: 1t seems as if everything in our
neat little world were arranged, and pro-
vlded for, and reasonably certain to come
to pass. The best way Of escape from
this tedium vitae is through a recreation
like angling, not only because it is so
evidently Il matter of luck, but also be-
cause it te1npts us out into wilder,
freer life. 1t leads almost inevitably to
camping out, which is wholesome and
sanitary imprudehce.
1t is curious and pleasant, to my ap-
preHehslOn, to observe how many people
i'll New England, which has been called,
at least in part, the Land Of Steady Hab-
its, are sensible of the joy Of changing
them-out Of doors. They ttirh out f rom
snug suburban cottages to go a-gipsying
for a fortnight among the mountains or
beside the sea. You see their white
tents cleaning from the pine groves
around the little lakes, and catch
glimpses of their bathing clothes drying
in the sun on the wiry grass that fringes
the sand-dunes. Happy fugitives from
the bondage of routine! They have found
out that a long journey is not necessary
to a good vacation. You may reach the
Forest of Arden in blackboard. The
Fortunate isles are within sailing dis
lance in a dory. And a voyage on the
river Pactolus is open to anyone who can
paddle a canoe.
=, The people who always live in houses.
and sleep on beds, and walk on pave
ments and buy their food from butchers
and bakers and grocers, are not the most
blessed inhabitants of this wide aud vari-
GUS earth The circumstances of their
existence are too mathematical and Sc
cure for perfect contentment They live
a second or third-hand. They are board
ers in the world. Everything is done
for them by somebody else.
1t is almost impossible for ANYTHING
very interesting to happen to them. They
must get their excitement out of the
newspapers, reading of the hairbreadth
escapes and moving accidents that be-
fall people in real fife. What do these
tame ducks really know of the adventure
Of livihg2 IT the weather is bad, they
are snugly housed. If it is cold, there is
d furnace in the cellar. If they are
hungry, the shops are hear at hand. 1t
is oil as dull, tlut, stale and unprottable
as adding UP .colttmt1 Of figures. They
might as we'll be brought up in On in.
eiihatftr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Corsets Prohibitetls

The Saxon ministry nfHdaS6tio has
issued regulation forbidding girls at
tending all the public schools in the king
dom to wear corsets. The reason given
for this measure is that the corset is
undoubtedly injurious to health, as it
checks the development of the body. The
girls are expected to wear a loose-ftting
Jacket in the form of blouse. A re-
markable counterpart to this forethought
vided by a recent decision of the Dresden
municipal authorities not to accept pro-
posals for the construction of school
baths. The town fathers were of the
opinion that as it has always been the
task of parents to see that their children
are kept clean, it is decidedly wrong to
relieve parents of too many of their du-
ties. The vice-chairman is reported to
have given himself as an example of one
who had grown up we'll and strong, al
vOl1th
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Patents to Inventors.

Messrs. Benedict & Morsell. solicitors
of patents, Old Insurance building. Mil
waukee, report patents issued to West
ern inventors OH May % as follows:
Henry Bass and j. NJ: WEIGH, Oshkosh,
Wis, tablet machine: w. p. Bettendorf,
Davenport, Ia, underframe for cars: n. A.
Christensen, Milwaukee. air brake appa-
tow, Ia, draft equalizer: o. l.. Davis, Vim
ton, Ia, clam dredge; W. H. Grow, Win.
field, Kas., thlll coupling; l.. G. Hayes.
Davenport, Ia. latch; Fred Herster, Rosen-
dale Has, malt turner: Il. {. Nichols, To-
peka, Kas., mechanical motor: j. s. Rowell.
Beaver Dam, Wis, wheel: Herman Schlirf,
Ashland, Wis, game apparatus: Jas. Tribe,
Racine. Wis, centrifugal! separator. Aug;
or lamp stoves: l.. 3. Hodgson, Emporta
Has, ankle attachment for overshoes (dc
sign); Chicago Rockford Hosiery Co., he.
nosha. Wis. knit hose trade mark.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Posts in Sandy Soil.

ity of different kinds of posts and also
i'll the soil where they are placed. Con-
trary to the general impression, IL sandy
or gravelly soil, which is usually dry. is
much more liable to rot out posts than
one which is always wet. In the dry
soil there IRE frequent changes from wet
to dry, by which more air is brought in
contact with the wood and this intro
duces the germs of decay. In an always
wet soil the water is probably stagnant
and contains little air. Oxygen is neces-
sary to all decomposition. An old farm
er who had owned both sandy farms and
those that had clay subsoil once told
us that posts on the sand had to be re-
moved more than twice ON clay subsoil.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Killing q Weed.

& 1t does not pay to make any false mo-
tons in hoeing, especially il killing weeds
is the object. Above all do not either
cut off the leaves of a weed or allow 9TH
ers to do SO before uprooting it IL you
want to kill it. We had hired man once
who persisted III spite of all we could tell
him in striking twice with his hoe to de-
stroy weed. With his first blow he
struck the weed, just at the surface of
the ground, cutting off all the top. Then
ne struck deeper and turned up the root.
Invariably If Il rain or cloudy weather
came that weed grew. 1t was simply
transplanted under the best conditions
tor growing, much root and little top. We
let the man 20 after few days trial to
reform him, but without effect. He was
too stupid to know how to handle hoe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
A Million Pennies a Week.

The popularity of the slot machines in
England has caused corner in pennies.
Chief among these is the prepayment gas
meter Of the South Metropolitan Gas
company of London. Introduced in 1892,
the receipts for the first six months were
but $3.50, increasing to $4,000 in 1893,
and to $4,000 in the following year.
In 1896. 1896 and 1897 the receipts
were respectively $3.50, 900, 5000, 900 and
O. sst SSrs all p sRen 'eeg
through the slots of the receptacles.
About 100000 pennies are now received
weekly, making vast mass of copper,
weighing about nine tons, and, as the
collections continue to increase, the cop
per question threatens to become a Sc
rious one. and penny famine would in
volve large part of London in gloom
dense enough for darkest Africa.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

AS covering for walls and ceilings.
there Is nothing equal to Alabastine.
the celebrated product Of the Alabas-
tine Company Of Grand Rapids, Mich.
1t Is emfnently healthful and econom-
tcai. Being porous, 1t permits ventila-
ton, IN which it is superior to wall pa
pers, which, besides, are often tainted
with poison. This makes Alahastine
unequal for use In sleeping rooms. Too
much thought cannot be given to the
condition Of the apartments in which
we sleep. and they should be freed as
much as possible from the germs of
disease and death. BY coating the
walls and ceilings Of these rooms with
the pure Alabastine, this danger is OBJ
waited. There Is nothing more pure
and cleanly than this wall coating, the
base of which Is a natural rock product
that sets on the wall and hardens with
age. Alabastine does not rub or scale
off and requires no scraping before re-
tinting. There Is absolutely no COM
partson between the beautiful and dur
able Alabastine and the dirty kali
somines and other disease-engendering
appliances Of which the world Is now
weary. 1t Is the only preparation
which can be properly applied by the
householder himself. 1t is only neces-
sary to mix it with cold water. 1t is
then ready for use. and child can
brush it ON.
Alabastine is for sale by paint deal
ers, who, when requested, will give
inquirers a card Of tints. running from
white to twelve other beautiful colors.
Or this may be had. with free copy Of
their paper, The Alabastine Era" by
writing to the company. Purchasers
should refuse any offers of something
just as good" as Alabastine. BY insist
ing on having Alabastine in packages
and properly labeled, they will get sat
isfactory results and beautiful walls.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

potatoes while both the soil and plants
are wet with dew. They do a forenoon's
work by 10 or IL o'clock, and then take
for themselves and teams three to four
hours incoming during the heat OF the
day. This is better than beginning work
late, and then eating hurriedly, and ent-
ing the principal meal Of the day without
the main advantages of this plan is that
It turns some dry soil over the dew, thus
saving it's fertilizing properties from
waste.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Narrowing Paatures.

Nothing is more beneficial to an old
pasture than to harrow it thoroughly ev-
cry spring. A few roots may be broken
off. but the stirring which the surface
soil receives opens it to air and to re-
ceive the rains which will set them to
growing more vigorously than before.
Another good effect of the narrowing is
to break up the excrement dropped by
the stock the previous year, and scatter
it so that it can fertilize greater num-
Der of DlantS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Making Harnesses. Convenient.

All extra labor and time spent in har-
Messing the team is wasted. 1t is true
economy to use snaps i'll place of the
clumsy buckle that takes three times as
long to fasten properly. But be sure and
have snaps with a spring strong enough
to hold the lines in place, or economy in
time will be gained at the expense of
safety. All the devices to make small
jobs easier and take less time will be
adopted by the enterprising farmer, who
recognizes that on the farm as every
where, else time is money and should not
be wasted.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Try ALIENS Eoot-Ease.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen,
nervous and hot, and get tired easily. If
you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Aliens Foot Ease. 1t cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures ingrowing
nails, swollen and sweating feet, blisters
and callous spots. Relieves corns and
bunions of all pain and gives rest and
comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all drug
gisrs and shoe stores for 25c. Trial pack
age FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted.
IeROy N Y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

The beer which is consumed through,
out the world in a single year would
make Il lake + feet deep, 3$4 miles long,
a mile wide. or 2319 acres in area. In
this vast lake of beer we could easily
drown all the Notwithstanding people,
to the number of 10000, 900, throughout
the entire world; or we could give beer
bath to every man. woman and child at
the same time in the entire continent OF
Americo
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
CAPTIVATING Dew Into the Soil.

Anyone who gets out at work on the
fields early in summer will find the leaves
of plants and even the surface soil wet
with dew which has been deposited dur
ing the night, as the soil in spring is
much colder than the air. This dew il
condensed moisture in the form Of steam,
which has taken from the air some d M
mOnia and some carbonic acid gas. It Isl.
therefore, softer than rain water and
also richer in manurial elements. ii this:
dew is left uncultivated it.. evaporates.
when the SUN gets up high enough to-
shine on i, and all this fertility vanishes
into thin Ar. We know farmers who get
their teams out to cultivate corn and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Ask Your Friends About 1t.

Your distressing cough can be cured.
We know it because Kemp's Balsam with
in the past few years has cured so many
coughs and colds in this community. Its
remarkable sale has been won entirely by
it's genuine merit. Ask some friend who
has used it what he thinks Of kemp's
Balsam. There is no medicine so pure,
none so effective. Large bottles 25c and
SOC. Sample bottle free.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

wANTED.-Case Of bad health that R.LP'A.N's viii
not benefit. Send cents to Rlpans Chemical Co.,
New York, for 10 samples and 1000 testimonials.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

,ho naMa nave oeen seen a3 TO 1onow IN
swoop down on small birds that were
suddenly disturbed and frightened by the
noise. and therefore for the moment were
off their guard
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

Books can be adjusted in conven-
lent position to be read by the use of a
new support, consisting of a vertical
standard mounted on ball bearings to re-
volve freely, having a fitting rack at the
top, which clamps the book and holds it
ot tho anrlo doSire1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

Mrs. windows SOOTHING SYRUP for children
teethtng, softens the gums, reduces Inflammation,
alays palm, cures wind cole. 26c bottle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
kemp's Balsam will stop the cough At
once. Go to your druggist today and get
a sample bottle free. Sold in Is and 80
cent bottles. Go at once: delays are dan
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

The product of the eighty milk
condensing factories in the United States
last year was worth about 800, OOO, 600.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

The Argentine republic sends to the
United States and Great Britain great
quantities Of hair from the names and
tails of the wild horses of the pampas.
It is used chiefly te- haircloth and uphol-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
I,ane's Family Medicine.

In 1885 only three bodies were dis
posed of by the London Cremation So
ciety. In 1898 the number had risen to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

1T has been determined that light is
an important factor in sugar production,
recent Investigations showing that the
sugar content of the plant is dependent
on the amount Of direct sunlight re-
cejyed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

Moves the bowels each day. In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and Kidneys. Cures
sick headache. Price. Is and Soc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption.-Mrs. Lucy
Wallace, Marquette, Kns., Dec. IL, '05.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

Exports of the United States to the
British possessions in Africa, during the
nine months ending with March, in
creased $2,699,000 over the same period
year ago. The months exports to
those points, however, decreased $S1 500.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
Halls Catarrh Cure
Ia a constitutional cure. Price Is cents

Germany makes an excellent brand
of Scotch" whisky, which finds a ready
sale in India.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

1t is a curious fact that negro has
never been known to tame an elephant
or any wild animal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

considerable progress has been made
with the rebuilding of Khartoum.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
" Forbid a Fool Thing and
That He Will Do
Don't Use
SAPOLIO
An Impartial Verdict.

In suit between father and son be-
fore Hoosier justice of the peace, the
sextette comprising the jury came in after
three hours deliberation, with the fol-
lowing impartial verdict: I'VE. the
jury, agree to find Judgment for neither
plaintiff nor defendant, and find that each
pay half the costs" 1t is said the verdict
struck everyone as being so unusually
fair that even the parties to the action
were satisfed-Case and Comment.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
FREE.

The state of Texas is about $4,000
square miles larger in area than Spain.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

Boston contains three pensioners of
the War Of 1872. #s.ss z= a = :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

OF the cargo steamers passed through
the Suez canal last year, 1921 were Brit
ish, PA German. IS Dutch and IS
French
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
n n ANY young women completely Frustrated for a
lVI week out of every month by menstrual suferings
~ The terrors of menstruaton overshadow their whole

thousands Of grateful letters constantly
coming to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
from women she has helped.
MISS JoIE SAUL, Dover, Mich, writes
as follows to Mrs. Pinkham:
II suffered untold agony every
month and could get no relief until
tried your medicine; your letter of adj
vice and a few bottles of Lydia E.
Compound have made me the ha
shall bless You as long as live"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

AS rule tears do not accompany ;
hahY's cries until it is 8 months old,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16

an oath.
I stood little way off and laughed at
him.
- ":Apggele, I h y; none. Do not *wor-
He swore at me again, and then raced
up the hillside. Carlo, though near to
the forest, was yet nearer to the limits
of his strength. l shouted to him. He
turned, saw Angelo pursuing him;
him with his rifle. Angelo began to run
in zigzags, but always upward. and still
Carlo did not fire. No doubt, however, he
found the temptation Overp0wering him,
for suddenly he jerked the cartridge out
of the rife breech and again ran for the
forest, saw the copper case of the
and lie on the brown turf, bright as a
gold coin. Angelo saw it, too: He dart
ed upon it, and with it shot Giammarchi
through the back just as he reached the
underground.
For d moment Montalti stood motion.
less; thin ribbon of smoke .curled up
the lock and flung the cartridge toward
me. T2a
Carlos mistake" said he.s
"Montaltis, too," said and covered
him. I let him run till he reached the
covert, then shot him through the back.
| knew. the other gendarmes could not
Carlo was kneeling, stark-dead, with one
hand clasped about tree-bole, the other
grasping his rife. I took the exploded
cartridge from the breech of my rifle, and
fitted it into his. Then stole back to
1sola Rosa.
"These things happened ten years ago.
but l disclose the secret now, for would
Just as soon live among the hills. have
been mayor for some while, and perhaps
am tired of that. have been married
some while, too, and am certainly
"That will do, my son." interrupted
Father Andrea, who was looking over
Serafno's shoulder. Serafino signed his
name, and the priest witnessed the sig
nature Then. Serafino walked out and
took the path to the mountains. Half an
hour later Father Andrea carried the
paper to the gendarme lounging In the
square. FL. IL :s:5. j - s
Wy son. said he, commit no sin, lest
your wife scratch your face, and 80 the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-05

found that no English or American ccm-
pany can adequately present a series Of
Sbakespeare's plays without loss. The
time will probably come when the munich
pal bodies I'm our cities will help 20 sup
port the drama. But, as in the case
Of the unpreparedness in the yrans-
vaal we Anglo-Saxons are rather back
ward. eh?" The English actor has up mis-
sleeve a play called Charles TX" set
In the Bartholomew days. The plays that
the English company will give in their
present American tour are "RObespierre,
1.-THE Merchant OF. Venice THE Bells,
'xhe Amber Heart Waterloo and
Nance Old6eld."
Nat Goodwin IS back from England
looking better than I've seen him I'm
years Did YOU say" he asked, that
would probably settle in England perma-
nently? Well you were right | expect
from Octoer next TO remain there Why
Well because | get the sort Of treatment
that appeals 10 a man with some artis-
tio pride In him Now | got to be very
i'm while playing ia London last summer
and Miller Kent had to assume my part
AZ very short notice. In TACT, he had to
read H. He was applauded by the pub
lie and c0mplmented by the management
and not a PAPER mentioned my unfortu-
nate illness. Here there would have been
narlng headlines saying probably Nat
Goodwin Drunk Again. Quit the stage
because ne won $1,000 al faro or that /
had probably struck my wife, or I'm fact,
anything that would make a column o.
sush.-Brookyn Citizen.
TWO or our prominent-t may say cur
two most prominent actresses-,re row
playing on Broadway within three blocks
Of each other-Miss Marlowe N one thea
ire ana Julia Arthur Cheney IN another
IL Is hard To tell yet whether either has
made any distinguished mark. But It
leads one 10, think how poor we have
become In great women when these two
represent above all that Is best In Ameri-
can dramatic arr an present. do not
deny their special abilities which are dis
tinct. but wholly superficial. II seems
as IL the DAYS OF the truly great had def
iniiely passed away Even Clara Nor
ris old as she is. was a sometime well
come apparation. I am told that she has
given mp the stage for good and VIII
IN the future devote herself wholly to lit
erature. OF which she is turning out
some quantity already. and Of pretty
good quality. too.-Charles Alfred Bryne
in Brooklyn Citizen.