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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
NEW MINING METHODS.
Alaskan Frozen Earth to be Treated
as Though it We're Qua ritz.

Alaskan Frozen Earth to be Treated
as Though it Were Quartz.
An experiment that will cost thousands
of dollars and which may revolutionize
mining methods in the klondike is about
to be tried by \. d. Williams of Daw
son City, who is now at the Auditorium
Annex, says the Inter Ocean. Mr.. Will
hams is i'll Chicago to purchase stamp
mills to extract the gold from the frozen
soil of the far North.
Il shall treat the frozen earth just as
if it We're quartz said he yesterday.
Heretofore all mining out there has
been done by thawing out the frozen
earth. ] shall crush it and extract the
gold by amalgamation. If my expert
ment is successful it will completely revo-
!utlonlze methods of work up there. Ii
it fails l will be out a good bit of money,
but the stake is worth playing for. ex-
pect that the machinery l want will cost
me perhaps $4,000, and it will cost me
$4,000 to transport the machinery to
Dawson.
AT present it does not pay to work
claims that yield less than $50 ton. AS
the ore of the richest quartz mine in ex-
does not average much over $3.50 a ton,
YOU can see what a change the use of
stamp mills will work if it turns out that
they can be used to advantage. ( have
five claims on Hunker and Dominion
creeks and some of them are now turn
ing out $1,000 per ton. OF course it will
be a great undertaking to get the stamp
mills up there. l shall take them over
the Chilkoot pass and thence to Dawson,
60 miles, by sleds. shall use horses
to draw the sleds and WILL l hope, get
the machinery, to Dawson by May l..
If l should have bad luck it may take
me much longer than that and the ex-
posture may be double what l estimate.
Il have already made arrangements
for horses and men to take the machin-
cry over the Chilkoot. l went into the
klondike two years ago and was then
practically broke, having only few hun
dred dollars. l have had lots Of expert
ence in mining, both in Nova Scotia and
British Columbia, where | was raised.
l shall take my family with me to Daw-
son, as that is now about as civilized Il
place as you can find. 1 came out last
fall and have just come from the East,
where my family have been visiting. No
one has tried stamp mills up there so
far, but l am confident that they will
prove success. and in that case l shall
get ample return for the chances that /
fol. :,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

popping point ut this romantic spot. In
the immediate neighborhood may also be
seen "NIumps Ha," which Scott immor,
talized in "Guy Mannering," while lit
tie farther ateld the Roman Wall and
I4anercost Priory prove attractions to WIS.,
itors to Gilsland.
Cats make the most careful toilet of
any class of animals. The lion and the
tiger, wash themselves in exactly the
dark, indiaruhber-like bali of the fore
foot and inner toe and passing it over
the face and behind the ears. The foot
is thus at the same time face sponge
and brush. and the rough tongue combs
the rest Of the body.
France has paid it's last pension to
Napoleon is soldiers. In 1860 law
was passed granting $50 n year to all
noncommissioned officers aud privates
Of the first republic or of the first en-
pire and had received wound. For
the first year the payments amounted to
tNOOO; last year the sum was $50, and
the last recipient is now dead at the
age Of los years.
Norway has recently enacted law
forbidding the sale of tobacco to youths
adults. Tourists who offer cigarettes to
youths render themselves liable to prose-
cution, while the police are empowered
to contiscate the pipes, cigars and cigar
cites OF youths who smoke in public
streets. fine for the offense being like
wise imposed. which may be anywhere
between 2 shillings and f5.
The Crystal, Col, correspondent Of
the Denver Times says: "A natural cave
has been opened by miners at work on
the property of Gift 4 Weatherman,
which gives promise of proving a great
natural wonder. They We're running a
tunnel and suddenly broke into a cave
filled with hot air. Going farther, they
found that they had opened a cavern 50
feet in length. There was al opening
from this into another cavern, and their
Investigations revealed no less than five
Of these rooms, aggregating 500 feet in
length and varying from few feet to 30
feet in width. They are reported to he
filled with beautiful stalactites and stall
agmites and other forms of brilliant
cOlOrH
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
An OutsDOken RefOrmer,

In the meantime President Eliot was
fighting the same battle in behalf Of the
colleges of the country at large, says
President William Dewitt Hyde in the
Atlantic. Though welding the enor-
nous power and resources of Har-
ward with tremendous vigor. and max
ing every move rebound to her glory and
advantage, he has ever had the most gem
erous desire that others should share in
whatever good things Harvard has
wrought out. Doubtless his mode of ten
dering his assistance has been open to
misunderstanding on the part of those
who did not know the man. Year after
year from 1870 down to 1888 he went
into the Association of New England col
leges, pointing out the defects of pre-
scription. and the blessings of freedom
to the representatives of sister institu-
tons. A single specimen of the frank
ness he was wont to exercise in the pres
entation of this theme is preserved in an
essay now reprinted from the Century
Magazine for 1884, in which he says,
mo knowledge of either French or Ger
man is required for admission to Yale
college, and no instruction is provided i'll
either language before the beginning of
the Junior year. in other words. Yale
college does not suggest that the prepara-
tory schools ought to teach either French
or German, does not give its students
the opportunity of acquiring these Ian
guages in season to use them in other
studies. and does not offer them any ade-
quate opportunity of becoming acquaint-
ed with the literature of either language
before they take the bachelors degree
Could we have stronger evidence than
this of the degraded condition of French
and German in the mass of our schools
and colleges?' Inasmuch as men like
President Porter and President Seelye
were not always able to appreciate the
disinterestcd devotion to the true welfare
Of their respective institutions which
President Eliot was wont thus to mani
fest on all occasions, the meetings Of the
Association of New England colleges
were often cutie animated i'll the days
when this reform was being extended
from Harvard TO her sister institutions
To the meetings of this association he
has come early and stayed late: bringing
with him definite topics for discussion,
and urging his associates to some posi-
tive educational advance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
A Talkatiye Turtle.

A ventriloquist had considerable mis-
chievous fun with his accomplishment
during his stay in Washington, says the
Washington Post. He was walking
along Louisiana avenue, in front of the
commission houses, when he caught up
with 4 darby steward Of one of the big
hotels. The steward was packing Il
good-sized turtle along under his right
arm. The ventriloquist padded along
ut distance of ten feet or SO behind the
steward, and then he threw his voice into
that of the turtle. =
6. '.Loolz a-heah," the turtle apparently
said to the steward, when is yo' all
a-gwine t drap me, niggah ?" H. =.
b. The black steward shot a sudden look
of fear at the talking turtle. r.
Use a-gwine t. drop 70 right heah,,.'
5hoarsely whispered the steward, and he
did, aud he was shooting around the
corner OF Eleventh street, making for the
.arenue at 4 dead run, I've seconds lister.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
GID UNDER A CITY.
Vein of Dccomposed Quartz Found in
Vancouver Excavation.

Vancouver, b. c., is in the throes of
gold excitement, due to the discovery in
the heart of the city Of decomposed gold
$500 to the ton. The find, to saw the
least, is unique. An immense building.
for small city like Vancouver il being
erected by J. W. Flack, late Of Califor-
MA, who recently returned from Dawson
City with fortune made in the gold
mines. 1t is on Gambia and Hastings
streets, and Il big excavation is being
made. Yesterday while the excavators
were at work they saw glittering yellow
TIA kes resembling gold on their shoycls
and picks and reported it to Contractor
Macdonald. The latter is an old Carl
bou miner. Warning the men to say
nothing, he gathered a small bagfHl OF
the Deposit. and, taking it home thor
oughly tested IT,
One Of the workmen today told the
story to local reporter. Macdonald
was interviewed and said there was
about two and half feet of the vein
OF decomposed gold quartz. which he be-
lleved would average about $500 to the
ton. Some of the deposit was shown to
an old Montana miner, at present On his
way TO Attn, and he said it was identi-
cal with the quartz at Bear Gulch.
Mont, which ran fully 5000 to the ton.
and, in some spots, double that amount.
Vancouver is known to be right in the
gold belt, and when the story was circu-
lated there was great excitement among
mining men. This evening large crowd
gathered around the excavation. but
could not get near the ground which, it
is alleged. contains precious metal, as it
is carefully guarded by two men. AS
says of the deposit are to be made on
Monday by J. Pellew Harvey. an expert
assayer. The vein cuts right through
the leading business blocks of the city.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
A WOman's Woman.

"One hears good deal about the new
woman" said Washington woman who
had had a long and varied social expert
ence in England and America, but it.
seems to me that the women l meet to-
day are very much like the women l
knew fifty years ago. There may be
more who are highly educated, or self.
supporting; but the well-bred woman
doesn't talk entomology or Greek roots
or shop i'll society, and I can't tell a
pretty girl who knows about bugs from
the one who doesn't. The brilliant WON.
an and the attractive girl in society are
very much what they always were,
fancy. One must get behind the scenes
to recognize the modern woman's De-
culiarities. Entomology and a salary
may affect her private life.
But l do notice in society one sign
that women are changed, and I'm de-
lighted with the change. When l was a
girl the half hour or whole hour after
dinner was the abomination Of desola
ton. The men stayed with their wines
and cigars. The women adjourned to
the drawing rooms and manifestly did
penance for their sins. Some of them
tried to be amiable and kept up all in
vertebrate conversation. Some were
openly, frankly bored, and the advent of
the men was hailed with undisguised Joy
and relief. Now things are altogether
different i'll this day and generation. TO
be sure, the men often leave the tabl,,
with the women, but even when they
don't there is no dull hour for the wom-
en-. Women are more interested in each
other than they used to be, or else they
are more interested in themselves. Which
ever it is, the result is the. same--in-
creased animation and fluent conversa-
ton. When a number OF women are to-
gether nowadays they seem to have a
most hilarious time, and conversation
never flags for moment. I suppose it is
because there are more interests in the
lives of women than there were in old
days. One doesn't need to talk jam or
servants or children or clothes though
those staple topics are still hard worked,
notice. I've often seen look of actual
regret on the women's faces when the
doors opened and the men came in. 1t
is wholesome sign. A woman's woman
is much finer product of civilization
than mans woman. The men are 50
easily deceived, poor things. New York
Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Ice and grocery man, drives up to your
door with the sweat -smo1Iinu hlo..c,,,.

ice and grocery man, drives up to your
door with the sweet-smelling blossoms.
both cut and in pots, from which to make
your selections. The latest creation is
the idea of an up-to-date Broadway for
list, who has conceived miniature green
peaked roof, is Of iron, painted white,
and the sides and roof are made of small
panes Of glass. In the rear of the wagon
is the door through which plants are re.
moved for delivery. Just inside this door.
not much larger than those used III a
dolls house, and leading from it and pok-
ing it's nose out through the solid rear pan
ell of the house, is bit Of stovepipe, from
which small cloud of smoke trails away
in the rear as the wagon moves along the
street.
A fanciful wedding gift seen in
Fifth avenue window is as odd as it is
useful. 1t is a crystal coffee set on
crystal trap, the cups fixed into fligree
gilt holders. and the spoons of fretted
gold to match. Some one at his wits end
for dainty wedding present should wei
come this pretty novelty.
Oranges at auction for charity is one
Of the latest fads to benefit the unfortun-
ate and needy in Gotham. The owners
of nearly all the large California groves
nave this year set aside certain trees,
the fruit of which is dedicated to chari-
ty. A carload Of this fruit was auctioned
off on the river front the other day and
some Of the boxes brought high prices,
The highest figure paid for single box
was SAT and the next highest price was
$37. On an average $40 box was paid
for the charity oranges. This consign-
ment was packed, freighted, advertised,
auctioned and carted free Of cost A
carload of the choicest oranges picked for
general sale, upon which all expenses
have to be paid, brings only $1,000, but
a far larger amount was realized at the
charity sale. q
Gotham's barkeepers are at present
studying up the table on measures, and
the proprietors are to be protected from
the generosity of their help. A bill is in
course of preparation. which is aimed al
the festive ''growler," ana provides that
if any barkeeper, when asked for pint
gives more. he will be liable to fine of
$500. The saloon men say they have in
spired the measure to cure their en-
ployes OF carelessness, but it is doubtful
if beer by the Drop will ever become
popular on the Bowery and other SINH
lar sections Of New York where the con
sumers vie with one another in seeing
who can find the most liberal bartenders
"Chuck'' Connors, the best-posted man
on the "growler" business in the city,
says the bill strikes at the heart of the
republic, and, so far as Chinatown is
concerned, it will be imperative.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
%SOCiety" Defined.

Let me here state that | am entirely
conscious that it is not prerequisite
to earnest living to be socially effective
at all. One can pursue ones occupa-
ton, be it housekeeping, school-teaching
scientific philanthropy, or novel-writing
known as society, and still be respectable
and worthy i'll character. Yet if every
woman We're simply to eat her three
meals day, sleep, be affectionatc to her
family, reasonably charitable, and. do her
daily task. the world would lose much
of it's yiyacity, color and aesthetic in
terest. AS the world is at present con-
stituted the greater mass of human be-
ings, both male and female, are shut off
from participation i'll society in it's mar
rover sense. Their means, their man
ner of living, and their tastes confne
them to very simple or else to very coarse
social diversions. Hence we are ac-
customed to read in the newspapers of
society people, as a term Of reproach
indicating that portion of the population
which cultiyates the social or aesthetic
demagogic force Of the term is derived
from the undeniable existence of a sur
face element society, which has been and
is still apt to conduct itself i'll such a
manner as to subject itself justly to the
charge of frivolity and extravaganza
But the unthinking extend it's application
to the cultivated and intelligent many,
who in all countries constitute the best
force of the community. Society in this
better sense must always exist, and, al
though the woman who holds herself
aloof from it may not be distinctly c,llpa-
bic, there can be no question that those
who succeed in participating in the social
interests open to them, without neglect
ing or allowing them to obscure sterner
pursuits, live finer and more serviceable
lives than those who pass all of their
hours of relaxation by the chimney cor
ner. either because they fancy that es-
sential to comfort or because they choose
to despise what they call, with a virtuous
infection, society. Robert Grant in
Scrihner'S.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
A GreWsome Statue.

Seeing that flowers fade and even i'm
mortelles have but their day. the SORROW
ing family Of one gentleman cast alou.
for some original and enduring way of
perpetuating the memory Of their beloved
one, and they discovered it. too. Briefly.
they immortalized by metalizing him.
That is to say, they reversed the opera
ton Of the pagan gods, and changed the
body of what WAS once Il living creature
into statue, which is to be seen at TIL.
Cemetery of Pere Lachaise, where it lies
in a triple coffin of glass. The corpc,
having been plunged into picnic acid.
and washed in solution of nitrate of
silver, was placed in galvanoplastic
bath. The result is statue in every re-
spect identical with the individual. and.
to use /; Hibernicis1n. strikingiy lifelik..
The doctor whose method was success
fully employed to bring about this curl
GUS tra1ismutation confidently hopes that
in future all public statues will lie made
on the same principle. But the statue
erecting mood no longer prevails in Paris
just now. Indeed. most politicians and
people are iconoclasts, and would gladly
demolish many of the existing mcnu
ments to dead celebrities. and quite a
number of living ones to boot.-I.ondon
TeleyraDh
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Care of Saith Shoes.

4 hint now how to make satin shoes
last-stripe them across with narrow rib
bon of the same color. This prevents
the shoes wearing out at the sides, and
the ribbon can be renewed when it be-
gins to wear out at the sides. Ballet
girls even resort to this plan to make
their shoes last, otherwise they would
need fresh pair. almost every night.
The ribbons must be narrow. OF course,
spect. House shoes may have a little
strass ornament in front, instead of a
bow, though a little bow is more CO.
quettish.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Meat Pic.

Cut up any cold cooked meat, beef or
mutton, in small pieces, and season rath-
er highly with pepper and salt, slice
down some cold cooked or parboiled DO
tatoes and mix them with the meat.
Have ready some short paste, made from
dripping; roll this a quarter of an inch
thick and cut it out i'll squares. Place
Il spoonful of the meat and potato on
each, folding it over in triangle; mois-
ten the edges and press them well to-
gether and bake. The Welsh use on
ions, apples and turnips in these pies.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Big Closet for the House.

In his talk on 'The Relation of Archi-
lecture to Home Life" ut the school Of
housekeeping, yesterday, r. Clipson Stur
gis laid emphasis upon the fact that al
most all women who came to him to have
a house built said: 'Whatever else you
plan, do give me plenty Of closet room,''
which, to his way of thinking. might be
right, and yet he would suggest depar-
ture from the old-fashioned closet in ev-
cry sleeping room; it seemed such a
waste of splendid room. Did it ever oc-
cur to an old-fashioned housekeeper that
possibly it would be much better to have
one spacious, well-aired, well-lighted
apartment at the top of the house for
dresses and other wearing apparel, which
should never be hung there until brushed
and put into condition. Then have in
ones sleeping room merely u wardrobe
for the immediate changes needed for
the night, such as blanket wraps, slip
pers, nightclothes, etc.
Mr.. Sturgis also spoke of the superior
advantages of brick for the building Of
houses. Not only were they more pic
turesque, but, in the end, more economi-
cal, from the fact of their not having to
be painted every year. There were few
err repairs needed than on wood, and in
surance companies invariably gave lower
rates, the danger from fire being but
S1iphf
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
DINNER COST A FORTUNE.
The First of Expensive Entertain
ments in New York.

A dinner given in 1884 by man Of
wealth cost $4,000, and it astonished
his most extravagant associates, as it
was the most expensive feast given up
to that time.
Delmonico, the helpful resource of both
those who know and those who do not
know how to spend their money, was at
Il loss to know how to dispose of this
then fabulous amount upon a single
meal. There were seventy-two guests.
and they were entertained in the large
ballroom, which in Delmonico's Four
teenth street establishment saw so many
social triumphs. The house had been
Moses Grinnells, and ever bore the inn
print of gentleman's residence, even
when transformed into a public place of
entertainment. The table occupied the
whole length and breadth of the room
the walters had barely space to move
about it. 1t was Il long, oval table,
round which Il massive wreath of ex
quisite flowers was laid guarding Il min
iature lake thirty feet long. The water,
by mocha meal contrivance. undulated
gently, and on it's breast foated four
living swans, golden network keeping
them in pla ce.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
T.onDrh nf Sxro6ich Mile

The Swedish mile is the longest mile
in the world 4 traveller in Sweden.
when told that he is only about a mile
from IA desired point. had better hire Il
horse. for the distance he will have to
walk, if he chose in his ignorance to
adopt that mode Of travel is exactly H.
| 100 yards
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Bits of Sunshine.

There are friendships, and even ac-
Quaintanceships, in most lives of which
the most is not made. She who might
be Il helpful contidante offers nothing
better than gossip. The voice which
could cheer sinks into an apathetic 81
lence, varied by depressing yawn or
two.
In present-giving, let us use our I'M
derstanding fully, choosing the gift
which must be appreciated rather than
the one which we consider ''quite suit
able"
II we have to spend few hours with
some aged lady for whose points Of view
and with whose ailments we have little
sympathy, can we not find satisfaction
in making the most Of the. occasion for
self-repression? There is happiness for
most women in being able to say, well.
did not show l was bored, and /
cheered her,
Making the "most of our books con-
sists in lending them to those who wonll
love, but cannot possess them-and maxi
ing the most of" household routine
means taking pride i'll the maintenance
OF credltanie surroundings, says the Phil
adelphia Times.
Few women use their spare time Judi
ciously. Either it is squandered, or
crammed SO full of occupations that there
is leisure for the enjoyment of no one
pursuit.
Some happy dispositioned mortals can
take genuine interest in conquerng any
difliculty-in cookery receipt, an in,
tricate piece of fancy work, the balanc-
ing Of economical accounts, the ruling of
rebellious children, the mastery Of a
'hard-mouthed" horse, the destruction of
foolish habit or trick, the wearing Of n
smile to mask hidden trouble, down to
the smallest duty, for instance, as the
boiling of an egg. Since life is truly com
posed Of small items. We cannot make
the most of it unless we bring large in.
tentions to bear upon the tiniest events.