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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22
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There is a patent lawyer in town who
has a number of very bright children, 50
bright, indeed, that their fun-loving
dad" is invariably forgiven for telling
what my boy said' to the men in his
office. Here is the latest:
I've got tool chest out at my house
that would make a carpenter sick with
envy. I've been buying tools for it for
twenty years. OF course l never let the
youngsters touch it.
The other day, my wife went up stairs
years old, monkeying with that chest
He had the lid up and his head thrust in
under it.
'.'Boolic,,, said my wife, what are you
looking for"
And the youngster, knowing he had
been caught, looked up and with a twin
kle in his eye said:
"Lookin' for twouble!' - Chicago
News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22

LETTER TO MRS. P!NxHAM NO. es,z84]
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-For some
time have thought of writing to you
to let you know Of the great benefit 1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22

have received
from the use of
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegeta-
BILE Compound.
Soon after the
birth ofmy first
child, l COM
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22
The Pretty Girl was Smart.

A charming little story is told in the
Youths Companion of an encounter be-
tween the Emperor Alexander of Russia
and a quick-witted young girl During
the occupation of Paris the Emperor AL
eXander was present at the anniversary
of one of the hospitals. Plates for CON
tributions were passed by the patronesses
of the institution to the visitors of the
day. and a particularly-pretty girl pre-
scnted her plate for royalty's attention.
The Emperor dropped handful of gold
on the plate, saying to the young girl as
he did SO: '"This is for beautiful bright
eyes, The pretty maid courtesied low.
and again presented her plate to the gen
erous donor "What, more?" asked the
Emperor, with smile. Yes, sire,' was
the reply, given with eyes demurely cast
down and mouth well under control, ''now
l would like something for the poor
The second handful was even more lib
cral than the first, and the Emperor evil
IDENTIFY felt that his speech had been we'll
met and matched. as he smiled after
the pretty girl, who went her way re-
joicing to the next visitor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22
Mrs. johnson
Saved from
insanity by
MRS. Pit,khan,

r1enced to have spells with my spine.
Every month I grew worse and at last
became SO bad that I found I was
gradually losing my mind.
The doctors treated me for female
troubles, but 1 got no better. One
doctor told me that would be insane.
Twas advised by a friend to give Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a
trial, and before had taken all of the
first bottle my neighbors noticed the
change in me.
II have now taken five bottles and
cannot find words sufficient to praise it.
advise every woman who is suffering
from any female weakness to give it a
fair trial. I thank you for your good
medicine. MRS. GERTRUDE M. JOHN
SON, JoNEsBoRo, TEXAS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22

Pso's Cure for CONSUMPTION is the only
cough medicine used in my house.-D.
G: Albright, Mifflinburg, Pa, Dec. II,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22
A Queer dappeninr.

Some time around 1880 two men sat in
the smoking car Of a train bound from
Philadelphia to Harrisburg. They were
both big, stout men. 1t was night time !;
they were alone, and the desire for CON
yersatlon seemed TO ST. STRIKE Ike, each of them
taneously.
Il was about to remark" said the first
man. that my name is Stone, and come
from Allegheny
"And l was about to remark" said the
other, "that my name is Hastings and
that I hail from Center"
Soon after that Stone became United
Suites district attorney for western Penn
sylvania and Hastings became adjutant-
general of the state. Then later still
they became goyernor-that u.s. one at a
time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22

Great excitement prevails at Harri-
son. Ida, over rich find of silver and
gold veins.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22

Alcohol was first distilled by the Ara
bans, and when we talk about coffee and
alcohol we are using Arabic words.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22
HANDSOME WOMEN
Tho creaf blood

L ne great blood
purifier ZaeSrl'
Swedish Essence
of Life is to be
given away free
Der. This medicine
tonach, Liver and
y remoa'ing disease
Hundreds Of let
IL file in our office
y day. 4 reward
Id viii! be given TO
G that they arc not
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22
Training Cavalry Horses.

Together with the new recruits for the
Philippine campaign several shiploads Of
cavalry horses are now on their way to
Manila. 1t is a source of wonder to
many persons how cavalry horses are
trained to become accustomed to FIRE and
military life in general. Each horse for
our cavalry service costs the war de-
This is what the government paid for
the unbroken bronchos that were ac-
quired for the Rough Riders last year,
Cpd t the sn9rmlty 59&fett hf R6 Ege
boys and horsy men who served i'll the
ranks under Wood and Roosevelt. The
zeal value Of the mounts was determined
later at the government auction sales
next autumn, when most of the horses
were sold under the hammer for bids
ranging from s. to $40. The average
price fetched was $50, but even this was
paid for sentimental reasons rather than
for the actual quality of the horse-flesh.
AS rule, though, most of the horses Sc
cured for the regular cavalry are worth
their full price, and are apt to advance
III value as they continue in service.
Mares and stations are barred After a
horse has been accepted for the service
1t is branded with the letters .. S., and
has the same initials carved into one for
ward hoof. Then it is broken to the
saddle at one of the government riding
schools.
The most trying part comes when the
horse has to make it's first acquaintance
with fire. However easy it has been to
train up to this point, every horse be-
comes frightened when guns begin to go
off: One plan adopted is to strap the
animal down to a plank and fire revolver
shots near it's head accompanied by the
rattle Of tins.
After few weeks of this training
shots can be fired with impunity near the
horses ear, and it will do little more
than start. Then it is fit to be ridden
i'll line under fire, and month of such
practice closes its military education.
Such education once acquired is never
forgotten by a horse.-Collier' Weekly
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Write for circular of Sbencerian Bust
ness and Shorthand College, Milwaukee.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22

Gambling Religious Duty.
On certain days the Hindoos regard
gambling as q religious dirty. :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22
Mrs, Perkins Letter.

Il had female trouble of all kinds,
had three doctors, but only grew worse.
I began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills
and used the Sanative Wash, and can
not praise your remedies enough
Mrs. EFFIE PERKINS, PEARL, La.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22

Dog insurance fourishes in New
York
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Two OF q Kind.

Scene...Railway. carriage On the Mid
land railway. Enter colonel with
gamebag and case of guns.
Colonel ito passengers, enthusia stical-
!y)-"Beantiful sport; sixty birds in two
hours, and only missed two shots''
A quiet gentleman sitting in the corner
put down his paper, rushed across the
compartment, and grasped him warmly
by the hand:
"Allow me to congratulate you, sir.
an professional myself"
"Professional sportsman?'
'No-professional liar. "-Tit-Rits.
Attend the Oshkosh Business Colleg.
and School of Shorthand and Typewrit-
ing. Best in everything. Business Prac-
tlce in Bookkeeping and Shorthand from
start to finish. Educates practically and
supplies business houses with competent
No vacations. Fer:>catalogues address
w. W. Daggett, Oshkosh. wis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22
"intering Tees.

In response to request for Informal
ton as to a method to keep the frost
ana Ice from accommodating under hive
covers, j. I. Hauston, in Modern Farm
Ell, replies as follows: If he will put on
supers in the fall and spread a cloth over
the frames of the brood nest. and pack
super full Of nice. clean hay or forest
leaves, he will not be bothered any more
with this trouble. I am firmly convinced
that if bees have plenty of good stores in
the proper place, with deep brood nest
protected as above, we would not hear so
much about winter losses. I have good
success with the eight-frame standard
depth, but one as shallow as the Danny
hive won't do to winter on the summer
stand.
Last fall 1 tried wintering nuclei
with three frames, with bees enough to
cover one frame. put them on one side
of the hive with division board and
spread II cloth over the frames and let it
extend down division board to bottom of
hive: then put on empty super and fin
ished filing hive and super with nice,
clean hay. You can imagine my glad
surprise to find them considerably strong
or after the extreme cold winter than
when I packed them, It was % degrees
below zero at one time. 49,
Extracting supers should never be
placed under brood nest for wintering
The brood nest should be as compact as
possible, with plenty of honey over the
cluster, or else when it is cold for long
period. the bees will consume what honey
there is over them. and not being able
to break cluster, will starve with plenty
Of honey in hive. Dampness, starvation,
or inferior stores, such as honey dew and
fruit juice, is what causes winter losses.
Bees will not freeze if kept dry, with
DlentV of stores ACCESSIBLE
l have from four to eight swarms n
day now. How thankful I am to the
man who invented clipping of queens
wings. had five in one cluster today.
but had the queens Gagged When I
thought l had enough bees in one hive,
covered it and started them in another,
and SO on until all We're hived. What
J. a job if hadn't had them clipped.
F. L have the swarm ON the old stand and
move the old hive away without opening
@itaand taking out frames, as Friend Doc
little does. On the morning Of the sew
enth day after having swarm, I 20 to the
old stand and hold my ear close to en-
trance for a few minutes. If. I hear
piping,eI take out the frames and. shake
{ the bees off in the hive and destroy all
cells. 4 continue to listen for several
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22

The Weekly Wisconsin is now only
Fifty cents per year.
-Noolwich arsenal has 'sixty-ton an
viii
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22

The Weekly Wisconsin is now only
Fifty cents PEE year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22
Measuring Hay in the Stack.

Here are few simple rules for deter
mining the amount of hay in stack or
NOW, when it is not convenient to weigh
IT, which we have printed several times,
but give them again for the benefit of
new subscribers and those who forget.
Selling by measurement is not always
the most satisfactory method but it is
sometimes the most convenient. Sellers
are disposed to insist that cube of I
feet is ton. This is entirely too small
and will not weigh out. How many cubic
feet will make a ton depends on so many
conditions that no certain rule can be
given. 1t depends on the kind of hay.
whether timothy. alfalfa or prairie; on
the character of the hay, whether fine
was put in the stack, the length of time
it has been there and particularly on
the size, especially the depth of the Stack
or NOW.
In very large NOW, we'll settled 400
cubic feet OF alfalfa. or timothy may. av-
erage ton, but on top of the NOW or in
feet, sometimes e1en na5Q}Q to PIP cubic
safe for the buyer to figure on less than
oUO cubic feet, but i'll well-flled stack,
in selling, it would be safer to weigh
than to sell at that measurement. TO
ind the number of tons in Il barn NOV
or hay shed multiply the length, depth
and breadth together and divide by the
number of cubic feet which, considering
the quality of hay and the condition in
winch 1t was put up, will make ton.
For long stacks or ricks multiply the
length IN yards by the width in yards
and this by half the altitude in yards and
divide the product by Is, and this should
give the tonnage.
10 measure a cone-shaped stack find
the area Of the base by multiplying the
equare OF the circumference in feet by
the decimal .O705S and multiply the
product thus obtained by one-third of the
height in feet and then divide as before.
cutting Off five right-hand figures The
OH the approximation of the stack to a
regular cone, and if the stack bulges out
II makes the product too small The
better way is to estimate the area of
the stack up. to the point of tapering in
and apply the rule to the cone shaped
top. The best way is to weigh. The
experience of weighing few stacks will
enable anyone to judge quite correctly.
Another approximate rule for measur-
ing round stack is this: Select place
which is as near as possible to what the
average size would be if the stack were
OF uniform diameter from the ground to
the top of the point. Measure around
TINS to get the circumference. Add four
clpners to the circumference at the right
a.. gu i'lue the WnOle Dy 3.l55o to get
the diameter: Now multiply half the
diameter by half the circumference and
the feet Of the circumference area is Oh
tanned. Multiply by the number of feet
the stack is high and the solid or cubic
feet in the whole is ascertained. Then
divided by the number of cubic feet in
a ton, which ranges all the way from 37O
to o12. according to the fineness and
ctompactness of the hay. This will give
the number of tons in the stack.-St,
Louis Globe-Democrat. w.
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Golf has been introduced in Constan-
tnople.
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The Weekly Wisconsin Is now only
Fifty cents per year, ....'....... -. 5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22

Smoking, long common among Bur.
mese children, is on the increase.
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Rheude's Business College and Mechan-
ical Drawing School, Milwaukee.
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Halls Catarrh Cure.
ls taken internally. Price IS cents.
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mailed to an w6'oi Wrlt'
to NJ. r. ZAEGEL &
CO., p. O. Box S2S
Sheboysan. Wisconsin
A 2-ccnt stamp SHOULD
be enclosed in your let
ter to pay the postage
on this free sample.
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Horses have great dislike TO cam
oIc
The evening times., 1899-08-29
A POSTAL BLUNDER.
UnsOId Specimens. of the First Cuban
Stamp Issue Recalled.

A mistake of some of the postoffice au-
thorities in the printing Of stamps for use
in Cuba has given the philatelists chance
to collect stamp that will soon be entire
ly out of existence. 1t is the Cuban 1-2c.
de peso stamp, OF which 100000 were
issued and for which an order has been
promulgated recalling all that have not
been sold. The stamps were printed De-
cember q, 1888, and when ordered from
the Bureau of Printing and Engraving a
number of other stamps were ordered at
the same time question Of the rates of
postage in Cuba arose and in the hurry TO
get the stamps off, the order was given for
the 1-2c. de peso stamp under the be-
lief that there was a 1-2-cent rate of pos
tage in Cuba. Later this mistake was dis
covered and all the stamps not sold were
ordered returned. The stamp is the ordi-
nary red 2-cent stamp used in this country
with the words Cuba and '2 1-2c. de
peso which is said TO mean 1-2-cent rate,
printed in black ink across the face. When
the stamps were first issued little attention
was paid TO them by philatelists, but as
soon as it was announced that a mistake
had been made and no mere of the stamps
were to be printed and those not sold were
to be recalled, the stamp collectors began
boarding them and they are now in great
demand, and will soon be considered very
rare.
The evening times., 1899-08-29
ROSH HOSHANAH.
The Feast of the Blowing of tn,
Trumpets TO BE Observed Monday

The Feast of the Blowing of the
Trumpets to BE Observed Monday.
The celebration of the Jewish New Year
will be begun at the synagogue on Eighth
Street, between H and ] Streets northwest.
On next Monday evening at sunset. The oc-
casion is in reality the beginning of the
seventh month of the Jewish calendar Rosh
Hasbanah, but is now celebrated as the new
year. 1t is the feast of the blowing of trum-
pets, and this feature will be prominent in
the services at the synagogue. Special mu-
sic is already in preparation for the occa-
sion, including some of the most ancient
hymns OF the Jews. The quartette of the
church consists of Mrs. Nellie Wilson Shir-
Cliffe, soprano; Mrs. Marguerite Nolan
Martin, alto; William ID. Mcfarland, tenor,
and John II. Nolan, bass, with George w.
Walker as organist The Jewish stores will
be closed on Tuesday, which day the con-
tinuation Of the services will be held. The
Rosh Hoshanah celebration is followed by
ten days OF penance ending on September
Is with the Day of Atonement Yona
Hakippurim, the most sacred day of the Pc
riod. On this day services are held con-
tinuously from-l0 O'Clock in the morning to
6 O'Clock at night.
The evening times., 1899-08-29
Spanish Consul in New York.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-senor Jose Ma
varro Ayala. the newly appointed con-
sui general of Spain, to this country. ar
rived here yesterday from Vancouver, B. C.
He left there on August ., on the steamer
Empress of China, from Hongkong. Senior
Navarro is forty-eight years old, and
speaks English fluently. While Consul at
Hongkong report was circulated here that
Senor Navarro was supplying Aguinaldo
with arms and ammunition. In regard to
this report he said yesterday: 1T is ri
diculously untrue. In fact, United States
Consul Wildman was enc of my best friends
and the first to congratulate me on my ap-
pointment to this country" He refused
to discuss the Philippine question.
The evening times., 1899-08-29
RECEPTION PREPARATIONS.
Plans TO illuminate TIE City When
Dewey Comes.

Preparations TO illuminate Washington
on Admiral Deweys arrival are rapidly
assuming definite shape, and besides the
red fire and numerous street lights and
public buildings, other plans are being
formed to make the city a brilliant spec
tacle. Acting Chairman Cox received word
today from the Navy Department that a
monster searchlight would be placed at
the top of that building and the light
would be thrown on the Capitol dome and
down Pennsylvania Avenue as the parade
moved along that thnroughfare. a sug-
gestion has also been received by the gen.
eral committee to light up the Washing
ton Monument with red. white, and blue
fire during the parade. 1t is proposed to
place immense fire fans in the windows
at the top of the Monument and in these
burn the red white, and blue fire. The
committee will endeavor TO have this sug-
gestion carried out.
Archibald Greenlees, chairman on public
| comfort and order, announced the chair
men for the subcommittee of his commit
tee today. They are as follows: Order,
| Major Sylvester: hotels and boarding
| houses, E. R. Levy; hotel arrangements for
visiting governors and their staffs, NJ. A.
| Sallinger; public Information, NJ NJ Shand
hospitals and ambulances. DR.. John w.
Boyne. These chairmen will announce their
committees at a meeting TO be held We'd
nesday afternoon.
Secretary Van Wickle announced today
subscriptions from Col Green Clay Goodloe
and Mark S. Brewer of $40 each. He also
received letters from Rear Admiral Thomas
o. Selfridge. jr., and Capt. Robley D. Evans
that they would be here TO assist in the re-
ception of the Admiral.
There will be four important committee
meetings held late this afternoon and this
evening. The press committee will meet al
the Ames Building and arrange to advertise
to the surrounding country the briliiancy OF
the reception; the finance committee will
| arrange for raising the money necessary to
carry out the money plans being prepared
and the music and parade committee will
also complete its arrangements, while the
decoration and illumination committee will
meet at the Ames Building at 730 O'Clock
tonight.
The question of transportation for the
''men behind the guns of the Olympia is
being worked on by Secretary Van Wickle
and it is probable that they will be brought
to Washington to the number of one hun
dred, and possibly more.
The evening times., 1899-08-29
A Severe Addiction.

CAMBRIDGE, Nd, Aug. 29.-Bruce
Jones son of Dr. George P. Jones. of East
Newmarket, Nd, was yesterday brought to
Cambridge and placed under the control of
Sheriff Lecompte, to be conveyed to a hos
pital for the insane. He is seriously de-
mented. His mind seems to be almost a
complete blank. Three weeks ago he de-
veloped a mania for horses. About the same
time he manifested great fear Of his father,
to whom he had always beeen greatly at
tached. He seemed to think his father
wanted to do him injury. A day or two ago
he developed disposition to run away. His
father, to, whom the condition of the son is
great blow, took steps to send him to
Springfield Hospital, Carroll county. Young
Cambridge and was general favorite.