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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14
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Gratitude

~ LITTER TO MRS. P1SKHAx NO. >o,7ssl
"DEAR MRS. PIHKHAM-I have many.
many thanks to give you for what your
Vegetable Compound has done for me.
After first confinement I was sick for
nine years with prolapsus of the womb,
had pain in left side, in small of back,
a great deal of headache, palpitaticn
of heart and leucorrhea. I felt So
weak and tired that could not do nv
work. / became pregnant again and
took your Compound all through, and
now have a sweet baby girl. I never
before had such an easy time during
labor, and feel it was due to Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
am now able to do my work and feel
better than I have for years. Icannot
thank you enough. Mrs. ED. Ell
LINGER, DEvIHE, TEX.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14
The Growth Of Our Foreign Mails.

In 1910 the foreign mail from England
for the United States, carried on the
Great Western consisted of two sacks
of mail. AS late as 1878 steamer from
Europe with 10000 letters Oh board was
considered record-breaker. Today the
Cunard steamers and other transatlantic
ships carrying what is called full Eu-
ropean MAIL" usually bring some 200, 900
letters and an average of 300 sacks of
newspapers and printed matter for New
York city, not to mention the 500 and
odd sacks for Canada, Mexico and trans
Pacific countries, and few United
State exchange offices, which are now
taken direct TO the trains and not handled
ut the New York otlice.-E. G. Chat in
Scribner'S ,<
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AN EXCELLENT Combination
SUCCES SFUL ERPRISE
BASED ON MERIT,

The Importance of Informing the
Public Of the Value Of an Article
Through the Leading Newspapers.
The few remedies which have attained
to worldwide fame, as truly beneficial in
effect and giving satisfaction to millions
Of people everywhere, are the products of
the knowledge Of the most eminent ply
sicians, and presented in the form most
acceptable to the human system by the
skill of the worlds great chemist; and one
Of the most successful examples is the
Syrup Of Figs manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. Unlike a host of
limitations and cheap substitutes, Syrup of
Figs is permanently beneficial in its ef-
fects, and therefore lives and promotes
good health, while inferior preparations
are being cast aside and forgotten. In
olden times if remedy gave temporary
relief to individuals here and there, it was
thought good; but nowadays a laxative
remedy must give satisfaction to all. II
you have never used Syrup Of Figs, give it
a trial, and you will be pleased with it,
and will recommend it to your friends or
to any who suffer from constipation, or
from oyer-feeding, or from colds, head
aches, biliousness, or other ills resulting
from an inactive condition Of the kidneys,
liver and bowels.
In the process Of manufacturing the
pleasant family laxative made by the Cal.
ifornia Fig Syrup Co., and named Syrup
of Figs, figs are used, as they are pleasant
to the taste; but the medicinal properties
of the remedy are obtained from an excel
lent combination Of plants known to be
DonIin rO11 Low two TO orfr
fcially. AS the true and original remedy,
named Syrup of Figs, is manufactured BY
the California Fig Syrup Co. only,
knowledge of that fact will assist in
avoiding the worthless limitations manu-
featured by other parties. The company
has selected for years past the leading
publications of the United States through
which to inform the public of the merits
Of it's remedy. and among them this
paper is included, rs will be seen by
reference to orr odvertisino col,1mns
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14
Kccpinr Milk Cans Clean.

There is serious trouble in every cream
cry in the land over certain of the
patrons not keeping their milk cans
clean. The difficulty is largely because
the patron does not understand the neceS-
sity of a clean can. He has never made
any special study of this point, and there
is no reason why he should know all
there is to be known on this subject.
But in such case, he ought to be will
ing to take some other mans word for
it, who does know, and because he will
not do this, is the cause of all the loss
and trouble that ensues.
Farmers complain, says Hoard's Dairy-
man, that their skim milk sours too
quickly after leaving the creamery. II
every patron would thoroughly clean and
scald his cans with boiling hot water,
before he puts his milk into them to
bring to the creamery, his milk and all
the milk would be in much better con-
dition to keep to start with.
Then if he would do the same thing,
and add to it securing the seams with q
brush after the skim milk is emptied
from them, the can would be in much
better shape to receive the fresh milk
mt the next milking.
j Tt is evident that a great many patrons
and their wives do not really know what
It means to clean . can se i can safely
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14
MRS. MATHILDE RICHTER,

Mrs. Mathilde Richter, Doniphan. Neb.,
says:
Il suffered from catarrh for many years,
but since have been taking Pe-ru-na feel
strong and well. would advise all people
to try Pe-ru-na. AS I used Pe-ru-na and
Man-a-lin while was passing through the
change Of life, am positively convinced
your beneficial remedies have relieved me
from all my ills.'
Pc-ru-na has raised more women from
beds Of sickness and set them to work again
than any other remedy. Pelvic catarrh Is
the bane Of womankind Pe.ru-na Is the
bane Of catarrh in all forms and stages.
Mrs. Col. Hamilton, Columbus, O., says: II
recommend Pc-ru-na to women, believing 1t
to be especially beneficial TO Them
Send for free book written by DR.. Hart
man, entitled "Health and Beauty" Ad-
dress DR.. Hartman, Columbus, O.
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Eagan Makes Il Fortune.


shows b tr4% 'j Earn
has made large fortune in the sale OF
his big tract Of coffee land to sugar
syndicate. Eagan several years ago
bought 5000 acres of wild government
land in the Olaa district near Hilo FOR
$4,000. He put it in his sons name,
planted 200 acres with coffee, and placed
his son in charge. Recently the son sold
all The land except what was in coffee to
n sugar syndicate for 800 an acre. AS
Eagan paid only 50 an acre for the land,
the profits may be easily estimated. This
fortune, adueu to the San Francisco
property which the general owns, but
which was put in his wife's name, doesn't
seem to bear out the recent appeals
made by his friends, which induced the
President to give him his full salary dur
ing the six years Of his retirement,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14
Increase in Cancer Cases

The alarming increase in the mortality
from cancer in Great Britain has led to
the formation Of a society to combat the
disease. Its first meeting was held on
Wednesday, when Sir Charles Cameron,
NJ. F., dwelling upon the need of the So
ciety, pointed out that the number of
deaths from cancer in New York has
doubled in the last ten years. and that
it is calculated, if the increase is main
tanned, there will be more deaths from
cancer in 1909 than from consumption,
smallpox and typhoid fever combined
In Great Britain in the same period the
ratio per 100000 has risen from 3S5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14
Almond Culture,

There are, roughly speaking. 81 100000
pounds of almonds consumed in the Unit
ed States each year. some eaten with
raisins, some used in the manufacture
of candy, some ground for cream and
f1avorins extracts, and some, of an in
ferior quality, used for perfumery and
soap. says the Boston Transcript. The
state of California produces about H.
100000 pounds of almonds in a year,
or two-thirds of the amount required for
domestic consumption, and the other al
monds are imported from European coun-
tries, from which, until few years ago,
all the almonds We're sent. The figures
of almond importatons for the fiscal year
1893 show total of about 7,OOU,O0O
pounds. OF this amount 4.5OuO0O pounds
came from Spain. 1.50O.0OO from Italy.
chiefly Sicily, and the rest from Greece
and Portugal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14
Wonderfully STRENGTHENED.

II have been taking Lydia f. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, Blood
Purifier and Liver Pills and feel won
derfully strengthened. Before using
your remedies was in terrible state;
felt like fainting every little while. 1
thought I must surely die. But now,
thanks to your remedies, those feel
ings are all gone. '-MRs. EMILE
SCHNEIDER, 1914 HELM AVE-, DETROIT
MICH.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14

A shellfish known as the pianna in
the Mediterranean has the curious power
of spinning a viscid silk, which is made
in Italy into regular fabric. The silk
is spun by the shellfsh in the first place
for the purpose of attaching itself to the
rocks. 1t is able to guide the delicate
tilaments to the proper place and then
glue them fast, and if they are cut away
it can reproduce them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14

Remember that cholera morbus chol-
era infantum, summer complaint, bilious
collie, diarrhoea and dysentery are each
and all catarrh Of the bowels. Catarrh Is
the only correct name for these affec-
tions. Pe-ru-na Is an absolute specific
for these ailments, which are so common
in summer. DR.. Hartman, I'm a practice
of over forty years, never lost a single
case Of cholera infantum, dysentery,
diarrhoea, or cholera morbus, and his
only remedy was Pe-ru-na. Those desir-
ing further particulars should send for a
free copy Of Summer Catarrh." Ad-
dress DR.. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio.
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hold milk and not faint II.

hold milk and not faint it.
Experiments have shown that milk
stored in steriized cans will keep nearly
twice as long Ms: when kept in cans
washed in the ordinary way. TO clean
a Gun thoroughly, or free 1t from germs,
G. Il. Lane Of the New Jersey expert
ment station states that it must first be
scrubbed, then scalded out with boiling
water, or, better STILL use live steam
under pressure. No living organism can
withstand steam, not even bacteria
spores, although some of them will re-
sist Il temperature of 200 degrees Fahren-
heit If dairy houses are supplied with
Il boiler, it can easily be managed to
turn cans over jet Of steam having a
pressure of fifteen or twenty pounds.
After steaming cans should be set bot
tom side up, as bacteria tend to move
downward. There are patent milk can
washers on the market which are run
by power, but for the ordinary dairyman
hand brushes will be found just as eff
fectual and economical.
The ideal way to be sure of having
clean milk would be for the patron to
milk and the other for taking home the
skim milk. Then, when he emptics the
fresh milk cans, have them thoroughly
cleaned and steamed at the creamery,
and ut the same time have the skim
milk can cleaned and otherwise steamed
before being filled with skim milk.
The creamery always has the hot water
and steam, and it could easily fix up IL
call-cleaning place in addition. This
method would greatly help the creamery
to get sweet, pure milk and help the
farmer to longer keep his skim milk
sweet.-Farm and Fireside.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to be shaken into the
shoes. 1t makes tight or new shoes feel
easy; gives instant relief to corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
covery Of the age. Cures swollen feet,
blisters and callous spots. Aliens Foot
Ease is certain cure for in-growing
nails, sweating, hot, aching feet. At all
druggists and shoe stores 25c. Trial pack
age FREE by mail. Address Allen S.
Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14

-Advices from Sumpter, Or, say the
bonding of properties goes merrily on.
Salt Lake people appear to predominant.
One old mining investor from that Sec
ton remar ked that if these mines were
IN his section of the country they would
be worth millions
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14
The West Virginia Cracker"

The West Virginia mountaineer lives
very close to nature, and viewed from
many standpoints the relation is charac-
terized by pleasing amenities. Juicy ber-
rles refresh him along the road; nuts
drop into his path; sang (gingseng),
which makes one of his sources of reve-
nue., reveals itself to his eye as he fol-
lows the cows to pasture; a cool brook
springs up to nuench his thirst when
weary of following the plow; pine knots
are always within reach to make light as
well as warmth; mud and stones easily
combine in his hand to shape a daub
chimney, and trough dug out of an old
tree, furnishes receptacle that is as
good for dough at one end as for a baby
at the 0ther-Popular Science MouthlY
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Could Not Eat
COLUMBUS. Kans.. Oct, 26. 1893.

COLUMBUS Kans., Oct 26, 1893.
With this letter permit me to thank you
for what the free sample of Zaegels Sw edish
Essence of Life has done for me. 1t has
greatly benefited my health and done me
more good than all the pills and tablets
have taken. | was so bad could not cat,
and had feeling in my throat as though
was being choked. After taking yonr
Swedish Essence short time began to feel
better. l recommend and praise this medi-
of my lady friends desire to try it. Please
send ME for enclosed amount The large
packages as soon as possible. Next time
will order more MARY ULRICH.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14
Binder Irvine History.

The single strand binder Irvine, in gen
eral use today, was the original concep-
ton Of Mr.. William Deering. of the
Dcering Harvester Co., Chicago. The
value of the idea is apparent, since with
out it the modern Irvine binder would be
impossible. The Deering Harvester
Company is the largest manufacturer of
binder Irvine in the world
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14

The rich finds at Cape Nome and
on the Ne-Uck-Luck, tributary of Fish
river, prove beyond doubt that the rich
mineral belt of the Yukon crosses to
Siberia. There is no doubt that next
summer will witness remarkable deyel-
opments in the vicinity of Golvin bay.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14

The largest salt-producer in this
country is New York state. 1t and Mich
lgan furnish nearly 100000 barrels an
nually, or within 100000 of the entire
production in the United States,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14
One Ex-President's idea of Weeks
Work

Benjamin Harrison has never been
noted for his sparkling wit or humor,
and yet he is reported to have made the
whole Venezuelan arbitration commits
sion smile by remarking that working
four days in the week was all that ought
to be expected of ordinary men and that
the gentlemen assembled to arbitratc TIL.
Venezuelan difficulty were all ordinary
men, This delicate bit Of humor carried
the day, and the commission will sit but
four days in each week-Boston Herald,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14

WANTED.-Case of bad health that R'I'P'A'N'S will
hot benefit. Send 5 cents to Ripans Chemical Co..
New York, for 10 samples and 1000 testimonials.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14

Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
teething, sUfteDs the gums, reduces Inflammation,
allays pain. cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14

The Sulu islanders dress with great
taste. The women are fond of bright
colors and love to adorn themselves with
jewelry.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14

Vegetables are like fresh air-indis-
pensa bic for our health; they cool and
purify the blood and add a necessary
acid to it,
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nIVEEn The great blood purifier Zae-
utvEW gels Swedish Essence of Life
AWAY = ;sn gsSss s,. TO-
FnFF matisn, Stomach, Liver and
Pk6E Bowel Complaints, byre,nouing
disease germs from the blood,
hundreds of letters on file in our Office are
proving this every day. a reward Of 500
Dollars in Gold will be given to anyone who
can prove that they are not genuine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14

1T is said that some of the sheep
farms in Australia are as large as the
whole of ENGLAND
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Stretching to Rest.

When a man is tired he stretches his
arms and legs and yawns. Birds and ami
mails. so far as possible, follow his exam
pie. Birds spread their feathers and also
yawn, or cape. Fowls often do this
Fish yawn; they open their mouths slow
" till they are round, the bones of the
head seem to loosen and the gilIs open.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14

India bats are six feet across the
wings.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14

Thomas Weir and others of Salt
Lake have purchased the Dragon iron
mine at Tintic for S3OO,O00
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14

Two Cinnamon, driving reckIessly
through Vancouver, B. c., in an endeay-
or to overtake funeral and drive away
the evil spirits, ran over and killed
child -
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Early-Rising Birds.

An ornithologist says that the green
finch is the earliest riser, as it pipes as
early as ] 80 clock in the morning, the
blackcap beginning at 2:30 o'clock. It
is nearly 4 o'clock and the sun is well
above the horizon before the first real
songster appears in the person OF the
blackbird. He is heard half an hour
before the thrush, and the chirp Of the
robin begins about the same length of
time before that of the wren. Finally,
the house sparrow and the tomtit oc-
cupy the last place on the list The
investigation has altogether ruined the
lark,s reputation for early rising. That
much! celebrated bird is quite sluggard,
as it does not rise until long after the
chafiinches, !innets and number of
hedgerow birds have been up and about.
A Spiders Musical Ear.
During the entire summer until late in
the autumn large black hunting spider
uycosa) dwelt in my piano. When l
played andantc movements softly she
would come out on the music rack and
seem to listen. Her palpi would vibrate
with almost uncomfortable rapidly, while
every now and then she would lift her
anterior pair of legs and wave them to
and fro and up and down. Just as soon,
however. as l commenced march or
galop she would take to her heels and flee
away to her den somewhere in the inte-
rior Of the piano, where she would sulk
until l enticcd her forth with '"Trau.
merci' or Handles Largo. DIR. Wier's
Dawn of Reason"
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Halls Catarrh Cure.
Is taken internally. Price IS cents.

Clarence MCGOWAN, a Santa E'e
brakeman, can read seven languages, one
of which is Sanscrit.
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Bombay is the leading pearl mart of
the world.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-14

1 believe Piso's Cure is the only medi-
cine that will cure consumption.-Anna
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A book telling all about its wonderful

A book telling all about its wonderli
cures and free sample, large enough t
convince you of its merits,
will be mailed to all who cTxrGe75R
write to NJ. R. ZAEGEL & ZQE1EkS
CO., P. O. Box 1873, Sheboy- lesscs2t&A
gan, Wis. ic8EtSS@G
A 2-cent stamp should be z7M<SEGIY
enclosed in your letter to 80
pay the postage on this free ESSEMCE
sample and book ~I..sge ...s.aEW
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A camel can carry load of 1900
pounds.
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art found wahtihg.'' '"ee' anu
nhe flsioh disappeared from nv nm
willing gaze, and l was again sitting in
the darkness. How long l remained com
atose [ cannot say. Ultimately I light-
ca the gas, and found that it was 800
O'CLOCK The power of thought seemed
70 return to me slowly; but after time
gan to try and unravel the tangle. The
halluc,natioa theory being obviously i'm
possible. | began to look for nhvsca)
explanation. l was still at it in a dull
kind of way when the dawn of another
day broke. and then l began to think
that L could see a light in a double
sense.
l placed table under where the hand
1 naa appeared, an, ana stood upon it. Put
writing, l looked out Of the window. The
direction was not at right angles to the
wall of the bedroom, but inclined to the
left and downward, thus ending with a
view Of brick wall, instead of looking
squarely into the garden. This wall was
the back Of modern stable, and ouite
blank, the creepers planted at the base
not having grown up it. 1t was insight
ly, but it suggested further idea. No
one was astir yet, and l let myself out
nolselessly, and made my way to the SIN
BILE. BY placing the loft ladder against
the wall and climbing up backward /
managed to reach about the spot where
my glance from the bedroom had been
fixed. OF course, to look at the bedroom
window now it was necessary to turn
to the right and upward. 1t is an eie-
mentary law Of optics that the angle Of
reflected light from plane surface is
equal to the angle of incidence. I rough
ly estimated with my eye an equal an
gle again to the left and downward. The
glance ended at the back window of the
first cottage in North lane. A mirror,
then, hung where stood would reveal
in the bedroom what was going on in
the cottage, or vice versa, and the dis
lance was not great
l slipped back into the Whytes' house.
1t was. $50 o'clock and everything was
still quite quiet. I went out by the front
entrance: made my way round to the cot
tage in North lane. and raped loudly at
the cottage door. intending to get d peep
inside before the usual hour for callers.
After protracted interval I was an.