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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Fashionable Jewels.

Green stones are said to head the list
of fashionable jewels this season. En-
eralds have the lead, but the revival Of
interest in green stones has prominently
brought forward the peridot, which is
really the Indian chrysolite, and is a
clear, deep leaf-green in color, showing
almost yellow besides the emerald, which
is BLUSH in tone. A handsome peridot
is difficult to come by in this day, when
the art of cutting them is almost lost,
and good specimen therefore fetches
quite as high a price as a nice emerald,
while many women prefer their more.
becoming yellow-green color.
Both the eneralds and peridots are set
off with diamonds, or on the newest
bra celets, brooches and watches an en-
erald is partly sunk in a bed of we'll
matched green enamel. mud then the
enamel is enc ircled in diamonds. s< 4
Women who cannot quite afford en-
eralds or speridots' and yet wish to share
in this universal wearing of the green
have made very fashionable both the.
and beryl. These are clasaed
rs semi. stones, and arc palely
Esoen, Ike the waters Of tho Hrdat:
.iatsS, or diluted creme do llaenthe. Good,
tAsts as settlsd i that neithdt o. ttssf
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Take What You Can Get.

One of the most helpful qualities for
the winning of success is that ability
which enables one to take philosophically
what one can get if one cannot get what
one wants. That is, to he contented with
second best if the best is unattainable.
"How much more sensible Miss Smith
is than Miss Brown" said one matron
to another, speaking of a couple of de-
butantes. "The former does not strive to
keep in the most exclusive set, where she
would be a nonentity, but she is cordial
and agreeable to every one, and there
fore has beautiful time. while Miss
Brown on the other hand. thinks only
the smartest people are worth knowing;
consequently when she goes to big ball
she is a wall flower. while Miss Smith
has partners in plenty" 1t is certainly
hard to be sufficiently philosophic to
carry this principle into everyday prac-
tice, although 10 desire the unattainablc
is worse than foolish, and to know our
limitations and to act accordingly insures
a certain amount of success
Young people especially cannot help
feeling, for the time being at least, that
the second best, or what they consider
the BEST is not worth the taking, and so
opportunities are lost which can never
DE regained.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Women Without Escorts.

Nothing so ittingly demonstrates that
the new woman has arrived than the
feminine acceptation Of the fact that the
male Of the genus is a superiority, says
a Philadelphia paper. He may be useful
now and then as bread-winner, or to
pay for opera tickets, or may come in
handy in one or two other particulars,
but as an escort to places of amusement
he is decidedly back number from a
feminine point of view. From a social
standpoint the ethics of the case demand
a male accompaniment for the feminine
burst of sweetness at an evening func-
ton; but Mrs. Grumpy is less vigorous
when the theater is the objective point
Chaperones are obsolete, and the maids
patton process and now go to places of
amusement untrammeled by the presence
of the male human brute. The number
of ladies who nightly attend the Phila-
delphla theaterS uneScOrted is something
at which to marvel and to admire. For
there is no reason under the sun why,
after the sun goes down, a woman must
need a mans protection, especially in
America. For in no other country save
America would such plan as dispensing
with the mans company at night be
feasible. Here the women as we'll as the
men are free-freer-and of late they
have been using that freedom more than
formerly. There is no show of timidity
as usually in pairs) they hurry along
the streets, either to or from the theater
They run no risk of insult from mel---
admiration rather. And these unescort-
ed women are not unprotected, either,
for they are girded round with all the
respectful homage. and chivalry-and
there's still deal of chivalryz- left in
this Nineteenth century-that men feel
for a woman who is brave enough to defy
foolish social laws and yet is gentle
woman. Let the woman continue to go
to: places of amusement at night without
the necessity of taking man along
The innovation is Il superb one for the
women as we'll as for the theaters and for
the men. For the woman, should she
desire to go to the theater, need not wait
until some generous male asks her
Hence more women 60 to theaters-which
Isl good for them; and the theaters take
in more money-which is good for them;
and the stingy men may save their
money-which is good for them. And SO
all hail to that which is good for every
body and everything concerned.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Knew Something. ANYWAY.

The London Chronicle tells story Of
Prof. Blackie's election to the chair of
Greek in Edinburgh. The professorship
was in the gift Of the town council, and
one Of the councillors was the principal
Of the veterinary. college in the city. He,
Ike most of the electors, knew no Greek,
but unlike his colleagues he possessed a
solitary Greek book, some medical treat
Use in an addition of the Sixteenth or
Seventeenth century nicely peppered with
contradictions. This volume he present,
ed to all who called to solicit his vote
and requested them to translate por-
ton. Most Of the candidates declined to
be examined. DR.. w. Smith. afterward
Sir w. Smith, rashly made the attempt
but failed to unravel the contradictions
and came to standstill. Biackie was
more adroit. Guessing the qualifca tions
Of his examiner at their true rate, he
gave most fluent translation entirely
the Offspring of BY Imagination and Y1t,:
tho principal u yett,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
The Only Time it was Oh Him.

Roland Reed recently told story of a
made a point to get acquainted with the
male stare who came to town. He was
nice: agreeable sort of chap, but he
was always willing to let someone else
DO all the "buying." 1--WE called him
'Generosity,' y continued Mr.. Reed. EAST
time l was in St: Louis, missed his
usual call, and asked the local manager
what had become of Generosity why,
haven't you heard?' he answered; 'Gener-
nslty IS dead. wouldn't you like to visit
his grave" I said I'd be glad to. and
to the cemetery we went. We found
the grave, nice, green plot, on which
there was reared a marble slab about
five feet in height. l was particularly
struck by the appropriateness of the in
scription on this stone These were the
words: This Is On Me-"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Wanted it Proved.

A Scotchman went to London for a
holiday. Walking along one of the streets
he noticed bald-headed chemist stand
ing at his shop door, and inquired if he
had any hair restorer.
Yes, sir" said the chemist; "step in
side, please. There's an article L, can
recommend. Testimonials from great
men who have used it. It makes the
hair grow in twenty-four hours"
"Aweel," said the Scot, I'VE can gle the
top O. yer held rub wit, and I'll look
back the morn and see if ye're tellin the
truth"
= The chemist returned the bottle to the
shelf, and kicked the errand boy for
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tit Bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
1t was His Own.

The complainant in Texas case testi-
fed that he had examined the liquor and
the accused: that the bottles of brandy
fruit looked like some Of those taken
from his house. but ne could not identify
them by any private mark; that he had
compared some Of the liquor in the jug
with some left in the barrel at his store
house, and found that they did not look
the different colors OF the tumblers in
which he compared them; that afterward,
however. he got tight OIL the contents
Of the jug, and was then satisfied the
liquor wasssome of the brandy out of his
barrel
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Take Your Choice.

The London Chronicle tells this story
Of Father: Stanton, the well-known Lon
conversation with visitor to st. Alban's
Holborn, who had sattended, the service
for the first time, Mr.. Stanton asked him
what he thought of the service. The
stranger replied that he liked it all very
well except the incense, to the use of
which he strongly objected, Il am very
sorry for you, my FRIEND said Mr.. Stan
why z We'll, yoa see, said Mr.. Stan.
ton. there are only two doors In the next
world -ancAnse and bylpstcne.4and you'll
hsys 70 cheese between them
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Called Down bv the Old lady

According to the Memphis Scimitar the
rule that no person shall smoke in a
strcet-car is enforced strictly by, the con-
ductors on atl Memphis lines, but an ex-
repton is made in the case of one pas
scnger, namely, John l.. T. Sneed. It il
rot recorded that the able chancellor ever
took advantage. Of the exceptional ,privi-
lege accorded him, but it is certain that he
has been invited to go in off the platform
and finish his cigar comfortably on a
cushioned seat.
mo. I'm afraid the ladies would OBJ
ject," was the response to such an invita-
tlUU. - -, : IS. - 81 s54P-,.
1.-THE ladies' all ke@cOncasAious IL
you was the reply Of sthe. onnductcy, s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Daring.

All, we bless Him by whom the word dar-
ling was coined,
For the ring of its rhythm is sweetness re-
fined;
For its mellow the lips as it passes along.
And 1t softcns the heart like a lullaby song"
So the pleasures of life are enhanced by
the word,
As the sound of it touches loves tendcrest
chord.
Then its pathos of meaning is wond rcusly
true,
AS it plays on the gentlest emotions we
know
While the tongue wakes the heart, and the
heart moves the tongue,
With Il thrill of affection no poet has sung
So the pleasures of life are enhanced by
the word,
AS the sound Of it touches loves tenderest
chord. New Orleans Picayune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10

II don't know about that said the
judge. ''You heard what the old lady said
ahont smoking IN her presence?" #S
The conductor had TO confess that
though he had heard a good many stories
on the rear platform, he had never heard
this particular one. .!
well, I'll tell you, said the chancellor.
"She was a charming old lady of the old
school. and one day she was asked if she
objected to a gentleman smoking in her
presence. Il don't really know was her
reply. I have never had any experience
in that line. :, No gentleman has ever
smoked in my presence ~ ST. rs s rs,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Sam Got His Suit of Sunday Clothes

Sam was light-skinned darby of mid
die age, with an ever bright and ready
reply for all. He was employed in the
street department of the town of D..
One day a gentleman finding him at
work tearing up some cobblestones from
the street, and desiring to hear one of
his witty replies, asked him what he
was doing. Sam replied:
''Why, sab, Use er-pullin' up de street:
by-and-by rs goin' to pull up de riber."
Pull up the river! Why, Sam, that's
a gigantic job. You'll have to pump and
haul many a year before you can ac-
IF youse want ter see me do it, Is
willin'."
"Well, Sam, l would like to see how
You would 90 about it; and if you can
prove to me that you can finish such a
job even within a year, | will treat you
to a suit of Sunday clothes.'
yah, yah. YAH" laughed Sam. Come
long, sab, Is IL prove dat shuah!"
And off he started for the river with
the gentleman and several other people
who had gathered around during the
conversation. Reaching the river Sam
piloted the gentleman and the crowd to
an old skiff. Jumping into it, he seized
the oars and started rowing, shouting as
he did SO, Deere, sab! rs er-pullin' up
de riber now!'
The gentleman gave in, and Sam got
his clothes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Others Weren't Mates Either.

Freddie was sent downstairs by his
uncle to bring up pair Of tan shoes.
The youngster returned with two shoes,
one of which was laced and the other
buttoned.
'"That isn't the right pair. Freddie"
said his uncle. l can't wear those. They
are not mates. Where are the others?',
The little boy looked somewhat puzzled
for a moment, and then said;."I don't
think you can Wear the other pair, uncle;
it isn't alike, either" - ''sa% : . 'S@l -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
A Clever Scheme.

Monkeys are very amusing creatures,
but one would, hardly think Of them as
factors. in educational work. However,
their aid has lately been sought by the
admirable results. It seems that in one
Of the school districts there were not as
many children reported by parents as
being Of school age as the officers knew
there ought to be-: 80. to ascertain the
real number, they called In the monkeys
to help them In this way: i RI -
Two monkeys were gaily dressed. put
N n wagon, and, accompanied by d brass
band, Hefs carried through the streets Is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
The Reason WHY.

! Col. w. c. Church. the editor of the
Army and Navy Journal says that Sec
Rotary Alger recently received the fol.
lowing letter.. Sir, l know it is most
presumptuous in me to address SO great a
man, but firmly believing as l do that
you truly have the interest of every
soldier at heart, l. venture to make a
bold request that you will not start the
Second division of the Second brigade,
First Army corps, now at Americas. Ga,
to Cuba until after December II, be-
cause my soldier has a birthday about
that, time, and ! want ito, to send him. nun 2
hin of home and mother and you know
the cako would not stand transportation
to Cuba, 81
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mOnds, for the dazzle of the more brill
liant stone drinks up the faint. pretty
color Of the central setting Instead.
sberyls are often encircied in pearls and
the chrysOprase set perfectly plainly in
gold, and the effect Is studied but very
pretty. v+ss& ass...ss,sz..-es a4.a-s@s =
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8 \ Young Folks Column = e


the district. At once crowds Of children
made their appearance. The procession
officers began their work: distributing
candies to the youngsters, they took their
names and addresses. They found out
that over sixty parents kept their chill
dren from school. This ingenious method
brought to school about 200 boys and
girls.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
What the TOYS Said.

The Hobby Horse said
Az he shook his head:
ITS Il long, long way to go
Ger the white SHOWS foam
10 the Little Boys home;
But hear the tin horn blow,
And must race away till I'm out Of breath
To the Mttle Roy who will ride me to
And the Toy Drum said
I've hardened head,
And AWAY on my sticks Ill go
From this icy dome
To the Little Boys home,
can beat my way through the snow!
Away! away! till I'm out Of breath,
To the Little Boy who will beat me to
death!''
And the Toy Doll said,
AS her gold-crowned head
ShOne over the wintry snow:
''To the Little Girls
OF the golden curls
In fairy coach I'll go;
Far-far away, till I'm out Of breath
To the Little Girls who will kiss me to
DEATH"
But the Elephant said:
III that way I'm led,
And they treat you all SO bad,
tell you now
That there'Il he row,
And they'll wish they never had!
For I'll pack them all In my trunk, you see,
And lock it and throw away the key
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Good Chance in Cuba for Colored
Men,

Men.
Inquiries have been made by negroes.
Every idle negro in this land-and there
are 100000 of such in the South. OF
both sexes-ought to grasp the golden Up
offers their race. First, as soldiers in
the army of occupation. We have col
ored population, of the age for military
service, amounting to 100000, and, con
sidering their services in the war just
ended, the military efficiency of colored
troops is no longer to be disputed. AS
an army of occupation in tropical eli
mate, their desirability over white troops
is distinctly manifest. In Cuba the race
and color prejudice is not SO strong as
here. 1t exists scarcely at all. Moreover,
their use for such purpose will tend to
give their race a dignity which it will
prize. Here is great chance for the
colored people, affording them the oppor-
tunity for advancement in reputation
which their leaders and well-wishers are
seeking for them.
1t is a psychological fact that soldiers
are not as rule subject to the allure
lnents of commercial advantages; but
hen, the soldiers can go as,soldiers only,
md there will still DE hundreds of thou
sands of negroes out of the army who
will appreciate and use this chance to
better themselves. No other race in the
wide world has so excellent an oppor-
tunity to get ahead. Here is a ready
made garden open to them, awaiting onl.
their coming to yield them something
more in life than the corn-pone upon
which they are now living. There is a
reasonably good chance in Cuba for
every unmarried negro, man or woman.
who can command few dollars over the
necessary car and steamer fare.
The reason that so little progress is
being made this winter in Cuban indus
cries, especially in the mines, is because
Of want of hands. The negroes who
used to work in the mines are nearly ali
in the insurgent army. This army, to be
sure, is to he disbanded on the oath of
February; but anyone who knows the
Cuban negroes knows that after three
years of doing nothing as soldiers they
will not readily return to work. In the
bushes, living on any nutritious thing
that grows, they have found life much
too easy to wish to change it's form
Meanwhile the mining companies want
hundreds of men to work as miners. the
pay being IS cents Il day and upward, or
about the same wages that are paid to
the workers in the phosphate mines OF
Florida. The mining companies, more
over, will board their laborers for 81
cents Il day.-Gilson Willets' Havana
Letter in LeSlie'S Weekly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
The Wife Supreme.

- Let us be content with motherhood MS
an all-absorbing and all-sufficient yoca-
ton. Exceptional women there doubt
less are, and always will be, whose yo-
cation is not that of their sex; and vet 1
am sorry for them, and think it one of
the most beautiful compensations of life
that the entire self-surrender of the
mother is rewarded by such unexampled
freedom and fitness Of self-expression,
says Elaine Goodale Eastman in the
Woman's Home Companion. There are
few, men who have a thoroughly con-
genial occupation, or one into which thew
can pour without reserve their highest
and best selves.
The wife supreme in the house has q
degree of personal liberty unknown to
the husband, held in the merciless grin
Of competition and commercial laws.
Her feeling for art should ennoble her
daily life; her intelligent patriotism to
inspire her sons to action. Her ideals.
her enthusiasts, her prayers, may en-.
rich the soil in which she labors, and
flower into abundant capabilities in her
children.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Will Not Wear Proper Clothing.

1t has been said that the first requisite
to success in life is to be a good animal.
1t is next to impossible for the average
woman to be good animal with her an
tipathy to warm clothing. She hates fan
mel, and nine times out of ten, no matter
what the weather, refuses to wear heat
giving underwear. Women shiver and
declare they are hardening themselves,
says the San Francisco Chronicle.
Half the women who harden them
selves by refusing to wear proper
amount of clothing harden themselves
into another world,' said doctor whose
practice is entirely among the very rich
and the very poor. 1.-The other half suf-
fer permanently i'll growth or constitu-
ton. Clothing is of great Importance.
Women realize. this more keenly than
men, but they look at it's Importance
from a wrong viewpoint. Dress to them
means decoration and not ali equivalent
for food.
"Liebig says: Our clothing Is in refer
merely an equivalent for certain
amount Of food If this great man was
right, half the women in the world are
starving themselves to death, and what
is more, they are dressing their children
at the expense of fat, muscle or growth
and in some cases at the expense of all.
merely to crafty fashions whims. just
why women are so opposed to dressing
themselves warmly | could never COM
prehend, and l suppose I'll go to the
grave without understanding it, but |
haven't twenty-five rich patients who will
wear proper underclothing in the winter,
and among my poor patients there are
not that many who can afford to do So
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Daring Deeds of Modern Surgery.

In Il recent address before a London
medical association, DR.. L. A. Weather.
ly, a prominent physician, said that if 4
surgeon of sixty years ago could wake
from his everlasting sleep in this world
and find himself in one of the modern
operating theaters of medical institu-
ton, he would rub his eyes and stare
with utter amazement at the daring
deeds of the modern surgeon; that he
would see the patient brought in already
unconscious of what was about to be
done; he would note the scrupulous clean
illness which antiseptic surgery has
taught us in all the surroundings of the
room, the appliances of the operating
surgeon and his assistant; he would, per-
haps, see the abdomen opened and it's
contents handled with the most perfect
confidence, and this or that operation,
never dreamed of in his day as being
even possible without instant death,
brought to successful termination. And
wonderment would be justifable." DR..
Weatherly thought the fault with the
modern young operator in surgery was
that he was little too prone to use his
knife as a means of diagnosis, without
giving his powers of observation chance
to arrive at a right conclusion. The
address of the distinguished physician
has attracted wide attention.-Leslies
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10

s u Gossip for the Ladies II


advantage Is you see what the shons
contain, and oftentimes you can thus
obtain dainty meal for perhaps haif
the cost Of the one. you at first contem-t
plated. - s&< "a !, =
1t is also more economical to do most
OF the laundry work at home, provided
2the modern fiat. alas, washing at home.
except for stockings and woolens, is out
OF the question, and US laundry expenses
form q considerable item in the years
expenditure, this would, Of course, have
to be taken into account when deciding
on the rent of the fiat.