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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19
Patents TO Inventors.

Messrs. Benedict & Morsell, solicitors
OF patents, Old Insurance building, Nil.
waukee, report patents issued to Western
inventors on May 2 as follows: s2FS'@72:
H. B. Andrus, Winooski, Wis.,, fastener
for boxes; g. A. Heath, Waupun, Wis,
seed cup; William Hulslander, Davenport,
Ia, vehicle wheel; w. s. Johnson, Milwa,,.
kee, Temperature regulating .apparatust
safe: William MATHEWS and g, Andricht,
Milwaukee, exhaust noxxle;. +. ". Modem.
hauer, Oconomowoc. Wis, creamery or
cheese factory appliance; II, II. latriarche,
Robert Shedenhelm. Ladora, Ia, safetypln:
u, c. Sooy, Kansas City, Mo-. baling press;
Fl. NJ. Stevenson, Perry Ia, spiral. tooth
door indicator: w. II. Pagdee ana Fl. h.
Judson, Amigo, Wis, lace fastener (de-
sign: II. II. Shelley. Hutchinson, Kas,
company, Milwaukee, plaster building ma.
terl0l (trademarkl
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19
Interesting to Farmers.

The item of Binder Irvine is some.
thing of Importance to farmers at this
time of the year. The offer Of the John
NJ. Smyth Co., of Chicago, made else
where in this paper, to furnish Binder
Irvine to the farmers of the West Is
well worth considering. To purchase
Binder Irvine in this way at the rates
offered by the John NJ Smyth Co. will
save the farmers thousands of dollars
this season.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

- From three mines located from fifteen
= to twenty-five miles west OF Baker City,
Or, there was received recently probably
Northwest with an equal working force
and within nm equal time for mining and
milling. The amount received was up
proximately 100000, and 1t came from
the Bonanza. Columbia and Red Boy
mines r
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19
There Are More inst Like This.

The old proverb warns us against
looking a gift horse in the mouth. A
London dispatch says: THE large H.
brary of the late John T. Delane, the
most celebrated editor the London
Times ever had, has just been sold at
Sotheby's. Most of the books are presen.
tation copies, and it is a curious and
significant fact that the leaves of nearly
all of these were uncut" This is as il
should be. If you are not to look the
gift horse in the mouth, why open it's
mouth
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

In seven years time, if the present
programme is carried out, the Mikado
will have at his disposal sixty five ships,
eleven torpedo-boat destroyers, and 115
torpedo-boats. The latter boats will have
a speed Of 80 knots an hour.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

Great Britain produces half the slate
quarried in the world, France and the
United States little less than one-quar-
ter each. Production in the United
States has recently increased, owing to
the demand for export
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

The chairman of the Cuba Submarine
Telegraph company, at meeting in Lon
don last Wednesday, said repairs to ca
bles since the war had cost more than
$4,000: and the directors were about to
bring the account to the notice of the
government of the United States.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19
The Worlds Record for OUTPUT.

Adding together the actual number Of
the different kinds of harvesting ma
chimes made in single day during 1898
at the works of the Deering Harvester
Company Of Chicago gives the enormous
total of 1919, or more than two complete
machines for each working minute.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

A voting machine was used at the
municipal election in Irvington, a suburb
Of Indianapolis, ON May 1. The result
utes after the polls closed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

Things have changed in the Fiji isl
ands. There are 10000 native Sunday
school scholars there now contributing tc
the missionary box.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
a God-send to MELVIN. B. Mcclellan.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

The Joagat Guru Sankaracharyya Of
Dwarka is lecturing in Calcutta on the
Vedas and the Upanishads.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

Lizards crawl along the walls of the
habitations in the Philippines disregarded
by the human occupants and make them
selves useful by catching flies and mos
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
Csc. The genuine has l.. b. @. on each tablet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

Gold has been discovered on por.
ton of the townsite of Greenwood, B. q.
The discovery is the result Of the open.
ing OF the new channel for Boundary
creek, constructed by the townsite own
ers and the Columbia 4 Western rail-
way. Claims have been located for sew
eral miles up and down the creek.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

Mrs.. Windows SOOTHING SYRUP for children
teething, sOftens the gums, reduces Inflammation,
allays pain, cures wind collie. 26c bottle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

| --Last year the tourists from the Unit
! ed States and elsewhere left over $500,
600 in Nova Scotia, and great increase
| is fully exDected this year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19
Lime in Agriculture.

Lime has long been known to possess
an indefinite % agricultural value, s and has
been employed as dressing for both ara
bic and pastoral land probably for cen
turtles. But it is only within compare
lively recent times that the nature and
scope Of it's functions in the soil have
been fully and accurately traced and pub
lished. OF course, it liz Quite probable
that further important discoveries may
BIZ imade; but the nature of the knowl-
edge recently acquired regarding the ac-
tons of, lime in soils of various descrip-
tons indicates that little scope remains
for fresh developments.
Its Uses in Agriculture" which he con-
tributes to the current volume Of the
Highland and Agricultural ,Society's
TRANSACTIONS DR.. A. p. Aitken ex-
plains l,lcidly the effects that result from
the application of lime to different classes
of soils. One of the most important ad-
vantages of lime is that it stimulates the
activity and aids the inestimably valu-
tS Se s %Hrk e W the tft sys4ss @erae
amount Of lime i'll the suffice soil where
thes organisms tive ahd labor their fer
tflizing SERVICES may be partly or entirely
l0St-a loss which we are told is greater
than can be easily comprehended by the
unskilled in science. The function Of
lime in this case is to neutralize the acids
formed by the organisms in the course
of their nitrifying operations, and thus
render their working effective and the
soil inhabitable by them: Indiserimin9te
ed, because though lime Is Indispensable
to the nitrifying organisms all excessive
quantity IL fatal to them" What the or
tanisms require is not that the soil should
be alkaline, but that there should be
base present to prevent it's becoming
acid.-I4ondon Morning Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

Metals get tired as we'll as living be.
ings. Telegraph wires are better con
ductors on Monday than on Saturday, on
account of their Sunday rest, and a rest
Of three weeks adds 10 per cent. to the
conductivity of wire.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19
COCAINE.
Extent to Which it is Used in Modern
Surgery.

Extent to Which it is Used in Modern
Surgery.
Cocaine presents, doubtless less clearly
than chlOroform and ether, but sufficient
~, nevertheless, the attributes of veri-
the same family, at some distance below
them, but above all other poisons such
as strychnine or atropine. All this may
be resumed in q brief formula: Cocaine
Is an anesthetic Of weakened action. it
Is general d1lesthetic that surgery can
not utilize iii general Anesthesia. But,
on the other haid, surgery has made the
ing it to render the region which is to
undergo the operation insensible to pain
We have spoken Of the extent Of it's
employment in. ocular surgery. Its inter-
vention in dental surgery is not less fire.
quent. 1t liz also utilized for small opera
tons upon the 1arynx. Its applications
are innumerable. When in place of su-
perficial it1sensibility the physician seeks
eoe orf 1y 10 moss e he hnr is mot
face with solution of cocaine; he makes
it penetrate by injection into the thick
ness of the dermis wherever the knife is
to PASS.
1t is important that the substances re-
main at the point wllere it HAS been
placed; first, in order to render insensible
the path of the future incision, but also
for another reason. The diffusion of the
poisonous agent in the organism must be
avoided at any price. The weakened
solution employed for localized anes-
thesia is still 200 times too strong for
external use, as we have shown. Its
penetration into the blood would be the
signal for the occurrence of the more
or less grave accidents of intoxicatiQn
by cocaine. Accidents were 30 multiplied
at first in the practice of dentists aid
physicians that many of them renowned
cocaine. 1t was considered an agent Of
uncertain action and very dangerous
Revue des DeuX Mondes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

In New York a blacksmith's shop il
managed by three young women.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

Gibraltar Fed from the United States.
How much the world depends upon the
United States for. its food supply is
shown by the fact that the strongest for
tress iii the world, Gibraltar. is fed from
this country. Horatio j. Sprague, the
American consul at Gibraltar, In re-
port to the state department, says:
IAN extensive business continues to
be carried on in American salted pork,
hams, bacon, cheese and every kind and
description Of canned provisions, vegeta-
bles and fruits. These articles of daily
consumption generally come through
English ports, principally Liverpool, and
in such quantities as fully to meet the
demands, not only of this British colony
and the shipping arriving at it's port, but
also of the Spanish neighborhood. Since
the beginning of the year, the importa-
tons of United States produce to this
market have been on liberal scale,
especially -four, American descriptions
having so far completely ruled the mar
ket. Produce from other countries has
not been able to compete, in consequence
of the difference in cost. The supplies
which arrived direct from New York
during the last quarter. amounted to 49,
54S Sacks"
Not only does Gibraltar get it's food
from the United States, but all it's petro-
leum and most of it's tobacco. If it were
not for an almost 'prohibitive tariff duty
in Spain, Gibraltar would BECOME an
important distributing point for the in.
PRODUCTION of American products into
that cOuntrv
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

IOMEN assailed every turn by troubles peculiar
w to their Every mysterious ache pain is a
symptom These distressing sensations will keep
On coming unless properly treated
The history Of neglect is written In the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19
Lanes Family Medicine.

Moves the bowels each day. In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
kehtlt Oh the liver and kidneys. Cures
sick headache. Price. Is and SOC.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

Cougnng Leads to CONSUMPTION.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough At
once. Go to your druggist today and get
sample bottle free. Sold in rs and 30.
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan.
EerOuS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

The Canadian Dry Goods Review
says American manufacturers OF silk and
felt hats are cutting out the English
goods in the Dominion,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19
TO Hasten RipeninR Of Tom toes.


Tile ripening, Of tomatoes may be hast
ened considerably by tying the plants to
stakes and pruning off the-sprouts which
come up around the base Of the plants,
the object being to get fruit from the first
or sprouts, which come up later, to pro-
duce fruit. BY keeping off these sprouts
the eiitire strength Of the plant is thrown
into the UPPER Part, In order to carry
out this plan successfully the seed should
be sown in u hOtbed some time in March
and the plants set in the field as early as
1T Is safe, selecting piece of ground that
IS not too rich. A sandy soil is all right,
but the highest portions or knobs are bet
ter than lower, richer lands.
The plants should be tied to stakes at
once, and as they grow the tying should
be repeated. 1t will be noticed that the
hrst blooms appear at the tops of the
plants, and the aim should be to give the
frult which sets from these the full
strength of the plant. Sprouts will soon
appear near the ground, and these must
be broken off promptly and kept off dur
ing the entire season. 1t is not necessary
to pinch the tops of the plants in any
way, but as they grow keep them tied to
the stake, which needs to be about five
feet high. Ordinary tomatoes can lie
grown in this manner from one to two
weeks earlier than if the plants were al
lowed to fall over on the ground In Civ
ing the foregoing advice the Ohio Farmer
adds that early varieties should, of
course, be selected, and one Of the best
for this purpose is Dwarf Champion. but
the Advance, Ruby and several others
are suitable also.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

wasted figures OF nine
tenths of Our women,
every one of whom may
receive the invaluable ad-
vice of Mrs. Pinkham,
without charge, by writing
to her at Lynn, Mass.
Miss LULA EVANS, of
Dn~be~rh~,. Tor~. ,x>s4a~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

and BRAN made into a thick slop. If corn
iiis,st be fed, let her have. but one-third
Df corn ration, and IL scollrs do appear
1iye the SOW about Il .teaspoonful of cop
i.era i'll water mixed with the -slop for
thre' or four feeds. Roots, such as man
.Hei w,lrtxels, and clover should be fed
the sow IN small quantities, especially Of
the former-sHy one Or two each day.
The ,l,i clover il It eat be had, may be
digestive system and in the case of the
SOW nursing u litter of pigs 1t eliminates
to an extent the bad effects Of the fat
constituents which cause the scours In
the pigs. ...g<s :. u J. > 80 -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

In New Orleans one of the finest or
chestras is composed entirely Of women.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19
Field Peas for Hogs.

Owing to the fact that some parts of
Canada are not warm enough to always
ripen corn, farmers in those sections
make much of the pea crop, which they
use to fatteli hogs with. The pork made
from peas is of Arm texture, with larg-
er proportion Of lean meat than that
made by feeding corn. In Cahada the
pea weevil Is not known, and it has been
the habit of some farmers this side the
line in western New York to procure
Canada peas for seed. One or two crops
free from weevil may thus be grown if
peas have not been grown in the neigh
borhood to any large extent before. AS
many as thirty bushels Of peas per acre
have been grown on good land. Gener-
ally, however, the peas are left for hogs
to gather, which they will do very eff
fectually. To make the season longer
the hogs are turned in while the peas
are soft and green. At this time the
pod also will be chewed and it's juices
extracted. though the fiber will be re-
jected. Peas gathered from the ground
never get very hard, and late in the
season some Of them swell ready to
sprout. Some cornmeal fed while the
last stage of fattening is in progress will
make the pigs gain faster and without
impairing the quality of the pork. 1t is
probably the amount Of peas fed in Can
ada that gives the preference in Eng
lish markets to Canadian pork and ba-
con.-American CultiyatOr.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

"A load Of TWO tOnb Gun De readily car
Fled by d full-grown elephant.
wANTED.-Gase OF bad health that R.t'P'A.NB will
not benefit. Send Scents to Rtpans Chemical Co.,
New York. for 10 samples and loo testfmonia1s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19

An attempts of foreigners to estat,-
fish direct commercial relations with the
interior of China have so far failed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19
" The Prudent MAJ, Setteth
His House Il, Order. -

aoed'a Ptlls cure liver Ills the n-irritatins ana
ea y eAtha.tic to take With Hoods sarsapa7ilia,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-09-30

Mrs. Clay.Watkins was very attractive.
While not a beauty, she was comely, with
dark eyes and rosy cheeks Her man
ners were very engaging, and she was a
most entertaining conversationalist. She
had well-rounded and shapely figure
and possessed great vigor of mind ana
body. Her first husband, Rev John Clay.
evidently realized fully his wife's charms,
for, In making his will, he more than
once gives directions lin case my beloved
wife should intermarry betwixt this ana
then. And, sure enough, at SO, e the
! mother of nine children, she married Mr..
Henry Watkins, Fan elegant and accom-
plished gentleman Of %, for whom she
afterwards bore seven children. Il st.s & e Z
Mrs. Watkins was full Of spirit as q
story told by one Of her grandsons. Mr..
T. y. Watkins, OF Licking ton proves. He
says tina the day after the burial Of Rev
John Clay, the British colonel, It arleton,
made "a raid into Virginia and his men
devastated her place. Mrs. Clay repri-
manded Tarleton SO severely that he
emptied q sackEof coin sonfea table ana
told her to take that for her losses. las
soon as Tarleton left Mrs. Clay scraped
the money. off into her apron and threw
It into the fire, saying that. her hand
should not be polluted with British
gold. She seems to have been noble
woman, much reverenced by those who
knew her well, and with striking indi-
: yiduality and an imperious WILL h
About the year 1915 the Watkins gave
up their tavern in Versailles and settled
upon q farm. which they owned, three
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-09-30
couRTsH1p OF TWO MoNNEys.

H . Z - ..
A Feminine Similar, Who Helped Her
Lover Ont of a Dilemma. ~
ForestSand Stream: A friend who was
encamped in the woods recently wit
messed the following occurrence: A troop
of monkeys which seemed to be a picnic
party under the charge of :chaperons,
came to cross a:creek by his camp. They
came along, travelling as usual from tree
to tree by interlacing limbs. and at the
creekside soon found some vines which
made suspension bridge. There was
considerable skylarking going on in the
procession, but the Echaperons lnarshaled
all across the bridge except two. These
two had lodged behind trees and palpa-
bly, and deliberately got left on purpose,
and when the rest of the picnic was safe
ly out Of sight they selected a nice mar
row seat, where they sat extremely close
together, apparently deep in converse
ton and as happy as could be. ri
rs After some time the larger one spied
"a fruit hanging not far below him and
began to reach down to try and get 1t.
His reach proving too short, he took a
twist with his tail around the limb and
swung for it. But even his tail was too
short, and the fruit still hung a foot or
more out Of his reach. His smaller COM
rade saw the difficulty, and solved it at
once. She grabbed the tail firmly, .loosed
ii from the limb, while at the same time
her own tail took a turn around 1T, let
her comrades tail twist about her wrist,
and then, all, securely braced and an
!. chored, she reached down until she had
lowered him IN reach Of the fruit He
gathered it, and In a minute was back by
her side, and they were eating the fruit
together. as 5..$$
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-09-30

action Of the poison causes the victim to
swell to enormous proportions and am
sincerely grateful that I did not come
in contact with 1'ti5 freak of nature
There are Few wild ANIMALS and no poison
GUS reptiles IN the island. One immense
snake, called; the maja, Of great strength,
is perfectly Black. as thick al ones arm
and capable Of swelling itself to five
times its usual size. This description,
added to the fact tn 1T he has "a blood red
mouth sounds very alarming but he is a
lazy fellow AMI does not bother himself
about human beings. being satisfied with
Pigs, goats and small game. The
Scorpion and Spider Bites
are painful, but not poisonous. Our SOL
d1ers are frequently bitten by both, but
the results of the bites are never serious
The mountain rats are as large as our
rabbits; they are plentiful and are con-
sidered excellent food
':All YOU read about the operations of
the kbandftti is very much exaggerated.
That some depredations and one murder
We're committed by the banditti cannot
be denied, but we have the same trouble
In our own country. I was in San Luis
when an American teamster was killed
by the bandftti. A small detachment OF
soldiers was sent after them and they
captured fifteen, among them Tronchon,
a bandit greatly feared by all. He was
formerly the executioner of Maceo's ARMY
and Is decidedly the most vicious brute
ever saw. He IS sas strong as an OK
and brides himself on having killed us
people, seven Of whom were Americans,
by slowly strangling them to DEATH"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-09-30

= l. - . " . ~ .
crane young woman, from Wnom ne art
erWa1d obtained divorce Then FOR years
he lived alone, until a memorable incident
changed the color OF his life.
Living near Clay's house was a Widow
Richardson, with her two girls Dora.
aged II, and younger sister, aged 6.
One day the widow and her girls were
walking over a long trestle at Valley
View, near Richmond. when train
overlook them. Crazed by the danger the
woman stood still, ash if to check the en-
zine with her very body, and screamed to
he children to run.
Then Dora proved herself heroine, in
.eed. Selling her Sister by the waist
7e Started to jump into the wa ter Her
skirt caught on a croos-beam; she chung
20 her sister with grim resolution until
the slowing train had Numbered by.
Then the trainmen came back and res
cued the two girls. The mother was past
help. # e4 fsSt;;
Mrs. Richardson had been a housekeeper
for Gen. Clay and he undertook to care
for her daughters. He planned to make
Dora a lady: in the end he married her
when she was IS -mainly, It was supposed,
to still gossip about their relations
OF course it turned out badly. Brave,
indeed. Dora was. but in the end she ran
away and married Riley Brock, poor
young man Of the neighborhood
# "Oh, yes she said, che gave me every
thing ] wanted, but he didn't treat me
right. He wouldn't let me go to parties
He's getting old and thinks people are
going to kill him. He keeps ever so many