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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
!" Only the First Step
is Difficult. !"

The first step in Spring
should be to cleanse Natures
house from, Winters accun,a-
laftons. Hoods Sars4ps+tlla
does this <uork easily. It IS
Amentca's Greatest Spring
Medich,e. Npurties the blood,
as millions of people say.
Y Il makes the weak strong, as nervous
men and women gladly testify. 1t
cures all blood diseases, as thousands
OF cured voluntarily write. 1t is just the
medicine for you, as you will gladly say
after you have given 1t fair trial.
Bad Blood" Although past 10 years Of
age I am thoroughly well. 1t was three
bottles Of Holds sarsaparilla that made
me SO after spending over $50 in medical
attendance. My trouble. was raw sore on
my ANKLE" MRS. Louisa MASON, Court
Street, Lowell, Mass.
Turning Sores" After worrying four
months gave my. children Hoods 6arsa-
parllla and 1t cured them TT running sores.
Hoods Pills cured tue Of dyspepsia and
colistipatiun." MRS. KATE Z. THOMAS, 81
Governor St., Annapolis, Md.
Constructive cougt, "Five years
ago l had coilsutnptiye cough which re-
duced me to skeleton. Was advised to
take Hoods Sarsaparil1a which did and
recovered normal heath. I have been well
ever SINGS" MATILDA BR1DaEwATER, Cor.
Pearl ana Chestnut Sts., Jeffersonville, Ind.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
AtIanta's Woodsawyers

The woodsawyers of Atlanta, Ca, 2O(
in number, have formed trust and have
raised the price of saving stove Woo
from IS cents to 81 per day. Ever!
member of the organization is BLING
man or criDDle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
IN DEFENSE OF THE SKUNK

He Has soitle Of the fustincts of tho
dent1emaa If Treated Well.
To my mind there Is not more inter-
esting animal In America than the skunk,
certainly NONE more distinctive The ar
ticle by Prof. Ithoads "Cruss- Fires from
Skunk's Battery" reminded the Of Il
case SO much in point that / could not
refrain from writing 1t up for the Forest
and Stream.
1t will be remembered that 1t was the
woOdman's contention that the skunk
was powerless when his flag was lowered
and that it could be killed with IMMUNITY
ny holding the tall tai down and striking 1t
with club. The experiments did not
turn out well, and the naturalist suffered
for his wanting to see the wheels So
round.
In 1897, In September. ut a farmhouse
in the Levels, a polecat wis discovered
in the dairy, or, as we say, sprineliouse.
This springhouse was full Of milk, butter
and all kinds Of the most precious SUP
plies for the winter. The polecat was
the manor who fouiid him there treated
him as such.
Like Poe's raven, his presence was the
one disturbing feature, for if he SHOULD
break loose the damage would be IRE
parable. The animal was left iii uiidis-
turbetl possession until the head Of the
household appeared
He was good woodsman and knew of
the habits of the skunk. BY a. gradual
approach be CRASHED the tall upfiung and
gently led it forth by the tail, holding
it down, and Drained the animal with Il
club, when it was sufficient distance
away, and the springhouse was safe
There was slight discharge Of the Sc
erection. This certainly is practical dip
plication of the principles of science.
l was long time learning that the
common skunk is the Alaska sable of
commerce. A few Years ago Il bill was
introduced into the West Virginia LeglS-
lature protecting the animal on account
of its ihsectiverous qualities, but it was
defeated at the suggestion that if, the bill
became law the session would he re-
membered as the 'Polecat Legislature"
and the measure died a natural DEATH
Forest and Stream
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

-Lessees of the Mabel NJ. property on
Beacon Hill Cripple Creek district, have
encountered ore bodies which run from
500 to $500 per ton in gold.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Lanes Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In order
TO be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver aud kidneys. Cures
sick headache. Price. 25 and SOC.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
After the Cooling Proce.s

Don't cool off too quickly after being
in an overheated room. If you do, you
will need St. Jacobs Oil to cure Lum-
bago, which sets in very often after the
cooling process. 1t relaxes the stiffened
MUSCLES
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

What is known as the Bruce mete-
orite is now on its way to the British
museum from Australia. 1t is said to
weigh no less than four tons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

-Gelatoid, mixture of gelatine with
formaldehyde, is being used for unbreak-
able goggles to protect the eyes of work
men exposed to flying particles of stone,
metal or wood
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used in my house.-D.
C. Albright, Mifiinburg, Pa, Dec. II,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Night Hawks Live Longest.

H0HfsCSCs
A German doctor. who has been COL
lecting information about the habits of
long-lived persons, finds that the majority
of those who attained old age INDUCED in
late hours. Eight out of ten persons
over 80 never went to bed till we'll into
the small hours, and did not get up again
till late in the day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

The University of Ell Ayhar, il,
Cairo. is the oldest in the world. 1t has
records dating back 1000 years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

"A church in London still possesses an
income originally given to it for the pur
pose Of buying fasots for burning here
tics,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

There are in the United States over
fifty distinct secret orders, with more
than 10000 lodges and 100000 mem
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

There are many glassworkers in He
bron, and among other things they man
ufacture the glass bracelets worn
throughout Palestine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

Ore has been found in the country
south of Castle Dale, Utah, which as
says 1928 per ton in copper, besides good
values in gold and silver.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Qutnine 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??, 1899-03-17

-Lithographing stone of the finest quail
ity has been found twenty miles north
west of Vernal. Utah.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
without Knowing It.

While sitting in q draft, without
knowing it we may become sore and
stiff from cold. We feel soreness and
stiffness all gone after using st. Jacobs
OIL, hardly knowing when.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

Porto Rico has population of about
100000. Two-thirds Of its habitants
are white
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

, KAISER Wilhelm has authorized the
Dominicans to re-establish their convent
at Cologne. St. Thomas Aquinas
and Albertus Magnus are among the
great men who made the Cologne clois.
tiers famous
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

Since his residence in England, Emile
lola is said to have anonymously con-
tributed large sums to London charities
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Keen Food Stuffs Anart.

The average servant thinks that when
she has separated milk and butter from
cheese. and fish she Has done her whole
duty, but iii point OF fact she has only
begun the necessary keeping apart Of
food stuffs. Almost all kinds absorb
ffav6rs to greater or less degree. Tea,
cocoa; chocolate, -four, eggs and cereals
are almost as susceptible to the influence
of neighboring foods as are milk and
butter. Bananas, for example, particu-
larly the highly favored Aspinwall va
fiety; will spoil an open jar of tea or
cocoa or till OF -four. Onions, sailed
fish, smoked beef and scores of other
foods are similarly pervdsive in their
flavor. This absorption Of odors and
aroma is SO we'll understood that it is
often taken advantage of to produce
certain condition. In English diaries
freshly-cut grass is shut iii with fresh
butter to impart the flavor of t1ew-mown
fields. The French cooks, too, according
to Miss Parloa, keep vanilla-bean in d
box of sugar to secure delicate favor
in an economical way. A thoughtless
housewife, hearing that camphor was
good to dispel ants, recently put Jumps
of this substance along her kitchen-closet
shelves with disastrous effect Oh the sup
plies that were shut in with them. When
a domestic-science course is part of ev-
cry girls education. some of this kitchen
chemistry will be better understood,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
MUST KEEP AT WORK.

If You Don't in Canada You Are Like
ly to Go to Jail.
Magistrate Denison Of Toronto, Can,
has sentenced David Sullivan, a copper.
smiths apprentice, to ten days in jail for
not attending to his work. Sullivan went
to parties and kept such late hours that
he never put in full weeks time. The
conviction is the first of the kind ever
made in Canada.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

There is more Catarrh in this section OF
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced it local dis
ease, and prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced 1t incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease
and therefore requires constitutional treat
by. r. ]. Cheney Il Co., Toledo, Ohio. is the
only constitutional cure on the market. 1t
Is taken internally in doses from 10 drops
to tablespoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
It fails to cure: Send for circulars and tes-
tim0nials. Address.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Scld BY Druggists Toe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Coughing Leads to ConsumDtion.

Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough At
once. Go to your druggist today and get
a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and To-
cent bottles. Go at once: delays are dan
rorOuS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Russia possesses over 800 female doc

Mrs. "fnslOw's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
:cething softens the gums, reduces Inflammation.
allays main cures wind collie, &c bottle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

not healthy -, ~ s1'"y VI inc mind Is
.na - OF suffering may write to Mrs PINK
nam at Lynn Mass and receive her advice fe -
a. .d wy. anti your e neglect aud
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

Attention is called to J. J. Gregory &
Sons adv. of seeds in another column.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

wANTED.-Caseofb bad health that R.I'P'AN's will
not benefit. Send S cents to Ripans Chemical Co.,
New York. for 10 samples and 1000 testimonials.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

Ash Wednesday rather appropriately
follows St. Valentines day this year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
Oscar Wilde's New Comedy.

Oscar Wilde has written a new mod
ern comedy which Horace Sedger in
tends ten st to produce here In May: i; The Play
istic it's authorship could not possibly be
concealed. Wilde is still living in Paris,
but is in rather straitened circumstances.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
1@odJ Saa4aboMM
NEW D1PHTHERIA CURE.
Hl323a|:E3:l22:lZlE

Hoods Pills cure liver MS the nonirritating and
the only cathartic to take with Hoods sarsaparla
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

The average gas jet consumes FIVE
feet of gas per hour.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

\ the blues! AAAs gives women
tho now hopeless the future appears month after month
Comparatively few women understand that a~oo..: .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17

indicates ill-health, or some
serious arrangement of the
feminine organs.
"A million women have been
helped by Mrs. Pinkham. Read
=, what two of them say.
Vayland, N. Y, writes:
Or years l suffered with painful
womb. The bearing-down pains
1readtul. l could not stand for
time when menstruation BEGAN
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-17
0ESPOMDENT
WOMEN

MRS. LIZZIE COLEMAN, of W.
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-For
menstruation and falling of W.
IN my back and hips were dr.,
more than five minutes at a til
But thanks to Lydia E. Pinkhan
table Compound. my sufferines
a thing of the past. l shall
recommend your medicines to
friends"
MISS c.. D. NORRIS. , Louisb
Square. Boston, Mass, writes:
"DEAR MRS. P1NKHAM-I h.
been using Lydia E. Pinkha,
Vegetable Compound and it
helped me. wonderfully. / '
troubled with headache, backat
and that weak and tired feeling.
cannot say enough in praise of "
medicine for it has done me 50 m,
good. I shall recommend it to
my friends who suffer-"
Dependency is a dis. -
ease. Nervousness and = .
snappishness come with -
1T. Will power won't = !
overcome it. The feni- II
nine organs are con- =
nected by nerves with
the brain and all parts
of the bodv Thaso o~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-25
ALL, SAVE ONE.

The lady rode in her coach Of state
As the air grew chill and the day grew late.
But she felt no longing to turn and go
To her own hearthstone with its royal glow,
For though it was warm and rich and fair
There was never child to greet her there.
What treasures had she in that princely homel
There were silks from Persia and busts from
Rome,
Pictures from Paris and London town,
Books and books. up stairs and down,
Strange, quaint things from the curious east,
But never q child to share the feast.
In the lady's mind was a goodly store
Of wit and learning and culture more.
She had sailed to the east and sailed to the west,
She had seen all the things that are rarest and
best,
And many wondrous tale she knew,
But she had no child to tell them to.
And deep in the lady e heart there lay
Such power Of loving and giving, they say,
Such fancy for feeling her warm arms close
Round a slim little form, with cheeks Of rose.
Such wealth Of love had this lady true.
But never a child to give 1t to.
Oh, women who fret at the ills of life,
The round Of duty, the small, small strife
OF daily living, with children's needs
Drawing you back from prouder deeds
Think Of yourselves bereft and lone,
For love, ambition; for bread, stone.
Louise Morgan Sill in Ladies' Home Jour.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-25
Mother and Son at the Zoo.

once watched a monkey, which had
baby in arms, being fed with grapes.
The youngster was most anxious to
have grape, but his mother, being
either too selfish to allow him to share
her treat or afraid the fruit might not
be good for her sons juvenile digestive
organs, would not allow him to have
any and boxed his ears soundly for be-
ing rude enough to attempt to take a
grape out of her mouth The keeper in
charge said she did not ''spare the rod
and spoil the child'' when he became.
'obstreperous'
AS his parent would not give him
any fruit, the little fellow endeavored
to obtain some on his own account and
several times escaped from her arms
and began to climb the wire netting in
the front Of his cage, but was promptly
hauled hack by the tail. At length he
managed to get free, and, running up
to the top Of his cage, put one hand
through the meshes of the galvanized
wire and pleaded eloquently with his
upturned dark little eyes for caster
while his mother actually bit herself
in sheer rage over naughty boys bad.
behavior.-Cassells Little Folks
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-25

that, although the principle of secresy
should be maintained, communications
might be made through the press bu-
reau, subject to the approval of the
president. This was also adopted.
At the conclusion of the conference
M. De Staal, Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
British ambassador at Washington,
head of the British delegation, and the
United States ambassador at Berlin, Mr..
Andrew D. White, head of the American
delegation, with several of the other
chief delegates, returned to The Hague
for lunch. But, M. Bourgeois, former
premier of France and head of the
French delegation, and almost all the
second technical delegates, who form
part of committees, remained at ''the
house in the woods" to draw up certain
lists. They were occupied also with the
organization of the committees.
The proceedings passed off without
any incident; only the president spoke,
the others manifesting their approba-
ton by slight, discreet murmurs.
Arbitration the Keynote.
1t was learned during the day that M.
De Staal placed the question of medita-
ton and arbitration in the fore front in
the proceedings. The question of laws
rendering war as humane as possible by
the extension of the regulations already
existing, was then touched upon blythe
president, who relegated the question
of the reduction of ornaments to the
third place.
This modifes the order in which the
three points were placed in the circular
of the Russian minister of foreign af-
fairs, Count Muravieff, but it has the
merit Of corresponding more closely to
the views of the delegates, and it is
now considered certain that meditation
and arbitration will have the chief place
in the work of the conference. Further
the opinion is unanimous that the
American and British delegates will
take the most important part in the
study of this question.
The conference decided that all dele
gates, including the technical represen-
tatives, are to participate in the sittings
and join in the discussions.
The date of the next session has not
yet been fixed. It depends upon the
progress which will be made by the
committees.
M. de Staal announced that the gov
eminent of the Netherlands would give
an artistic fete on June 16, in honor of
the conference
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-25
AcrObatic Soldiers.

Gymnasium practice is one Of the re-
quirements of the German army serv-
ice, as we'll as special military practice
in scaling walls, etc. To test the SOL
dier's agility and strength board wall
161s feet high is built, with platform
on top of it. How can a man six feet
tall climb a wall without a single pro-
lection to catch hold Of? Alone It would
be impossible, but with his comrades to
assist it becomes possible. though by no
means easy. Two of the soldiers stoop
down and place their clasped hands un-
der the feet of one of their comrades,
who stands erect. Then as he places
his hands on the wall to steady himself
the STOPPING soldiers straighten up, rails
ing him as far as they can.
The soldier is not yet able to reach
the top Of the wall and pull himself up.
A comrade who is Oh top stretches him
self out on the roof, lying down at full
length, and extends his hands to the
soldier below. Then by main strength
and considerable scrambling the man is
pulled up until he can catch hold Of
the top and help himself up.
Officers stand by with bayonets guard
ed by little bags of chamois, so that no
one can be pierced by prod, and hurry
the practicing privates. Speed is nee
essary part of the evolution, for an
enemy is not going to stand idly by
while the Germans climb their ram
parts, and the man who scrambles up
fastest is proclaimed victor in this test
of agility. 1t is no easy matter, with
heavy knapsack on your back and cloth
ed in marching garments, to get up
straight wall like this.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-25
The Courage to Burn.

M. Jules Claretie is responsible for
this story of Erckmann and Chatrian.
Those who have studied the works of
these men in the original can appreci-
ate how conscientious they were In
the height of their popularity they
agreed to supply the Journal des De-
bats with a romance. It is said that the
skeleton of the story always came from
one and the giving of flesh to it from
the other. When. the work was con-
cluded, the joint authors sat in judg-
ment over it and read it all over.
"What do you think Of it2'' asked
one of them.
cit is very bad, /" said the other
"Then let us make good fire with
it, and SO page by page the manuscript
was burned in a stove The Debats had
to wait. In time, however, fine novel
was sent to the paper, and the fame of
Erckmann and Chatrian increased
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-25
HAVE ACH0ICE
Cuban Soldiers May Elect to
Keep Their Arms, If They
Prefer,
But In So Doing They Will For.
felt All Share in Money
Distributed.
Final Plan of General Brooke
Meets the Approval of
Gomez.
Payment Scheduled to Begin Sat.
urday---SOme Have Already
Disbanded.

HAVANA. May 24.-10:45 a. m.-Some
of the late insurgents aver that they
will not give up their arms, but Cover.
ernor General Brooke has no present in.
tention of making a house-to-house
search in order to seize arms. If the
Cuban soldiers are not willing to bring
in their arms and thereby get the $7j
allotted to each man as his share OF
the $4,000, 900, the matter will be passed
over.
Mrs. Estes G.. Rathbone is organizing
Decoration day exercises. The graves
of the 40 American soldiers buried at
Quemedos during the winter will be
decorated with flowers, and General
Fitzhugh Lee will issue an order on the
subject of the usual military display.