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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17

IT yon come up those steps, plead
ed, ~ will show you head OF Aphrodite
all the world aud his wife would come to
world would"
"Oh! well. I'll come-as Pm not all
the worlds Wife," said she. -
Yet" said l, under my breath, finish
me, Tor she ran up the stairs with ali
the hghtness and thoughtlessneess of la.
There Is only one thing makes women
young-and young women younger.
followed more slowly as befitted my
years., and / saw that Cerberus had
opened one eye.
"ARhrodite isn't quite the same" said
l: "There is change. She has grown
older.
Impossible" she cried, 'love never
All the same" l contended, there is
a change. The last time was here the
halo OF eternal youth hung above that
glorious head Of hair; the gravity of
y.outh-.for, youth has ever the most Sc
rious air-lay OH the lips; and the perfect
blindness of the eyes invited abandon
ment to passion and servtude." And
sighed, not too regretfully.
And now" she queried laughingly.
DO not laugh" said l. Poor Aphro-
ate; j., al, am sorry for her. Age has
eo.cSh null oSec, nus Aiiu inc
rod of resignation to her lips; age has
opened her eyes to see-before her-some-
thing newer and fresher and more beau
tiful---"
''You are not English, I VOW" said
Miss Nancy Powers. You are too inag
"You cannot talk with winged things
without wishing to fly" said l.
Flying is rather risky" said she, look
ing at the watch that winked on her
lapel, land hanson is good enough for
me-"
So we walked silently to the entrance.
"Give me your medal" said 1, land
give you back"
l presented the parasol.
Your reputation"
We went down the courtyard with Miss
Nancy looking rather serious. / patted
MYSELF Oh the back-tluite impartially.
I'm goitlg back myself he apologized
for barring my entrance with the sun
shade.
l bowed
"There are reasons" she said
Again bowed.
Nevertheless" said she, touching that
Babylonian bum"
dreams are BETTER" said 1 meaning
ly, and she flushed. Resides" said I,
REALLY the buns are rather stodgy."
"Goodby," said she. Il hope haven't
lost anything"-her eyes showing she
thought of Mrs. Moray-Fox and her
speech.
"What is lost" said I, sis worth keep
g-sometimes' of something
else.
She was gone in summer of smiles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
His Admission was Enough.

A story is told of two prominent Chi
cago lawyers who several years ago were
regarded as being among the brightest
lawyers the state had produced for a
long time, says the Philadelphia Bulletin.
There W as great rivalry between these
men, and one day they were having
heated argument on the steps of the
state house at Springfield.
'1'll agree to leave it to the first man
we meet" said one of the wrangling
lawyers, 6ercely.
Albright, and that will settle it once
for allah, here he is, Charley Wen
Charley as the man spoken of ap-
preached within hearing distance, I'VE
want you to decide who is the best law
your decision.'
Well" replied Charley, himself an old
practitioner, and well known in the capt.
tai city,. Il plead guilty to being the best
lawyer in the state myself"
why, Charley, how can it be proved p
inquired the first of the two Chicagoans.
"You don't have to prove it," replied
the ae; Springfield man; Il admit it, don't
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
Care of Amin ais.

The fall rains have improved the pas
turage in many sections, and while the
new grass is growing there may be some
good feed, but do not feed too closely or
too long. The frostbitten grass has but
little nutrition in it, and the COWS will
do better upon hay and corn stover than
upon the gleanings Of the pastures after
a heavy frost comes. Nights are cold
enough this month so that the animals
will thrive better for being in the barn
than they would in the yard. Any ami
mails that are to go to the slaughter this
fall or winter should be in warm quar-
ters at night and in cold, stormy days,
and should have liberal feed, be they
beeves, sheep or swine. They can easily
digest much more hearty food now than
they could have done in August, while
later on, in colder weather, it will take
more feed to make d pound Of flesh, and
enough more to make considerable diff
ference in the cost of feedihg.-American
Cultivator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
Eat Before Going tO Red

Here Is good advice to thin people who
WANT to grow fat. 1t is contrary to all
early training, but is full of good com
mon sense, and comes from prominent
physician. His suggestions are as fol-
lows: "If you are thin and want to but
flesh upon your bones, eat before going
to bed for the night. Physiology teaches
us that there is wasting away of tissue
while q person sleeps as we'll as when he
is awake, and this being so, there should
be continuous nourishment. Food taken
at dinner or in the early evening is al
ways digested at the time of retiring,
and the activity of the process of assimi-
latlon continues until long after we are
asleep. If the tissues are not nourished,
they are pulled down by the wasting
process. and az a result sleeplessness en-
sue.. On Il full stomach, however, or
with some food to sustain the system
there is building up of the tissue. There
is no need for rest in the digestive or
gans, provided the quantity of food eaten
is not above normal during the twenty
four hours. Too long intervals between
the meals are bad for the stomach, from
the fact that the cessation and resump-
ton of work of the digestive organs tends
to enfeeble them. A moderate working
of the. organs through the twenty four
hours is much more beneficial. | would
advise those suffering from insomnia to
take something to eat before going to
sleep always. A glass of milk and bread
or any digestible food will do''-Pitts-
burg Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
FOR THE FARMER.

Artistic.
When April pipes her pastoral note,
And all the daisies dance,
You catch the fairy festival
And fix the green expanse;
When Memory pipes the Graces down
In their elusive guise,
They all assume
Your shape and bloom,
And dartle with your eyes.
When Summer drOwses into dreams,
And, dreaming, laughs III flowers,
You hold the riches of her prime
Against the brigand hours;
When Fancy. stepped In slumber, yields
Some echoes of your voice,
Beyond the spell
Those echoes dwell
And bid me still rejoice.
When Autumn from her russell locks
Shakes dapples brown and bright,
You garner shadows into sheayes
And bind them with the light;
When Fortune from. her cheekered store,
Dispenses Joy aid care,
Through you find
A hope to bind
: The gleaniiigs of despair.
When through old Winters tattered COW
His snowy tOnsure peers,
The glory round his dying brow
You give to future years.
So, when life's withered joys reveal
The. cherries waste below.
Your vanished face
Bequeaths it's grace
Through memory's golden glow.
: Charles J. Bayne.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
Patents to Inventors.

Messrs. Benedict e. MorselI, solicitors
of patents, Old Insurance building, Mil
waukee, report patents issued to West
J. W. Bettemdorf, Davenport, Ia, check.
rover; H. w. Bolens, Pt. Washington, Wis,
grinding machine; Frederick Bredel, Nil.
waukee, improving quality and Increasing
quantity of Illumination coaI-gas; e. g,
Charles, Oshkosh, Wis, gIue-applying ma.
chine; w. y. Cochran, Osborne, Kas.. har.
row; 2. 9. Elliott, Lawrence, Kas., fast.
ener; J. N. Germanson, Milwaukee, rcyoly.
ing chair; Jos. Gillet, Milwaukee, means
for securing crank-arms to shafts; II. r.
Kay, Topeka, Kas., tire-tightener; II. II.
Mount, Whittier, Ia, baby.walker; o. T..
Rose, Alma. kas., car-moyer; N. NJ WaId.
Madison, Wis, handle for washboilers: r.
casseimann, Milwaukee, corn-cure trade.
mark; Ltstman Mill Co., La Crosse, Wis,
wheat -four trademark; II. Z. Holmes,
Burr Oak, Kas., door fastener
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
BILLS cOuRTsHlP.

Blu looked happy as could be
One bright mornin'; an says be:
Folks has been u-tellin' me
Molile's set her cap my way;
An I'm goin' thar today
With the license: so, OF hoy,
Nights we'll shake. an wish me Joy!
Never seen woman yit
This here Teller couldn't git!"
Now. it happened, that same day,
Jest had saddled my oil hoss
TO go cNnterin' across
purS0n Jones' pastur', an
Ak her fer her heart an han!
So, when Bill had had his say
An done set his weddin' day
l lit out an rid that way.
Mollie met ME at the door,
Glad to see yer face once mOrce'
She-says she: Come Income in!'
C'lt's the best man now will win,"
Thinks to myself) Then she
Rrung n rocker out fer me
On the cool piazza wide,
With her own chair right 'lOngside!
w.
In about two hours l knowed
In that race | had the road!
Talked In sich winnin' way
Got her whar she named the day,
With her shiny head at rest
On my speckled Sunday vest!
An. whilst in that happy state,
Bill-he rid up to the gate.
v.
Well, stree! He sot him down.
Cheapest lookin' chap in town!
tKnowed ut once I'd set my trapsD
Talked bout weather an the craps,
An Il thousan' things; an then
Jest the lonesomest O. men
Said he had so fur to ride,
Reckoned it wuz time to slide!
vi.
Put l hollered out: "Or boy,
Nights we'll shake. an wish me joy!
l hnin't seen the woman UT
That this Teller couldn't git!''
Atlanta Constitution
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
This Happens Every Day.

Hello, Centralr' "What number.
splease?' 'One thousand two hundred
and sixty four Il don't catch that
"One thousand two hundred and sixty
four Try it once more, please"
Twelve hundred and sixty-four?'' ''Sev-
en- hundred and sixty-four?" No: twelve
hundred and sixty -four-one thousand
two hundred and sixty-four.' Il can't
give you two numbers at once. Which
do you want first?' II was giving You
the same number two different ways
"A little louder, please: | can't quite
make you out" II said 1 was giving
you the same number two different
ways" 'toh. yes. Well. what numhe:
do you want?' twelve hundred and
sixty-four." Suppose you give me each
figure separately, like one. two, three
for instance ''All right. Ono, tive.
three, four, five, six, seven, eight. nine.
ten, eleven, twelve. Got that?" Yes"
"One. two, three. four, five. six. Got
that?' Yes. You want twelve, six,
four, do your Yes, twelve hundred
sixty four Do you understand now?''
Yes, l understand. Twelve-sixty- four
is busy now. Ring off, please" -Har-
per's Bazar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
For Autumn EHrs.

To get eggs In the autumn Of the year,
we bring wheat bran into play: Not
wheat bran Of the dry, red and 1aky
kind, that is almost, or entirely, devoid
of the white substance known as
''shorts," but good country ground wheat
bran that is rich in it's makeup, finely
ground, and that covers the hands with
whiteness in handling it. Take bran of
the latter sort, mix two quarts of it to
one of oats, in large tin bucket. Then
get beef joint bone that has some meat
on it. boil it in gallon of water, and
when still hot pour the beefy-favored hot
water into the bucket of bran and oats,
cover over and let it soak and steam
for fifteen. or twenty minutes. Then
feed it to the hens while still warm. Do
this once a day during the autumn
months, and a large per cent of the hens
will lay during the moulting period, be-
cause they will not moult at the same
time. or be in the same condition of
moulting, hence. some of them will lay
when fed on such nourishing food
Corn should also be given to the hens
once day during the autumn season.
In boiling the beef joint as above sug-
gested add few potatoes, or an onion
or two, to give vegetable flavor to the
mixture. The return in eggs will more
than repay the outlay.-H. B. Geer, in
American Poultry Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
COUNTING BY MACHINERY.
Facts About Each Person will be
49,. Tabulated by Electricity.

Our first census, made in 1905, showed
the population Of the United States to
be 100000, and the count cost Uncle
Sam, who was comparatively poor then,
] cent for each person. 1t is estimated
that the twelfth census, to be made in
June, 1900. will show that our people
number 5000, 900, and that the item of
clerk hire, in the census bureau alone,
will exceed $4,000, 900. Clifford How:
ard, writing of How the Next Census
will be Taken" in the Ladies' Home
Journal, says that "although the work
Of enumeration will be completed by the
first of July, it will probably be two or
even three months later before the last of
the schedules are received at the census
office. for not only must they all be first
examined by the supervisors, but in many
cases they will probably require revision
because of some error or informally.
The actual counting of the people will
not be done until the schedules are turned
into the census office. The enumerators
simply gather the facts, and the Office
force in Washington does the counting
and the compiling, which is done by cleo.
tricity. In 100 days all the facts relating
to 5000, 900 people will be tabulated."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17

SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE Co.: When I wrote =
thing the doctors prescribed sending to Rcl
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
lSiley's Joke on the Editor,

j.. Whitcomb Riley did his first literary
work in the early 'IOs, for the Indian
apohs Journal, under an assumed name.
The first pay he ever received for poem
was suit Of clothes from the late
George Harding Of the indianapolis
Herald. About 1876 Riley went East
and was welcomed by Holmes. Whittier
and Longfellow. The New England
newspapers made much Of his visit, and
when he returned he was a hero.
Il cnn remember said an old Journal
man the other day. when Riley, with
his smooth. boyiSh face, slender figure,
clad in sacerdotal garb, used to come
around the office and sit on my desk and
dash off nonsense verses in the same cop
per-plate, microscopic handwriting that
he uses today, Elijah Halford, now a
pavmaster, with the rank of major, in
the United States army and President
HarrlSonS private secretary, was the ed
itor, and it used to be Riley's chief de-
light to submit some of his most mean
ingfeSs jingles to Halford for the editori-
al page. The major. who never had the
slightest sense of humor, spent many a
weary hour trying to comprehend them.
You'd better draw a diagram to go
with this he would say Then a shout
of laughter from the boys would show
him that there was a Joke loose some
where. and he would retire into his office
to avoid it,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
How to Feed Beea.

:. Perhaps amidst the bloom of summer
it may be well enough to consider winter
management, writes A. H. Duff to the
Epitomist. Feeding for winter stores
alone may be done heavily and all with
Ill few days. A fair colony Of bees will
store half gallon or more syrup in
twelve hours, and thirty pounds or two
gallons will usually be enough to winter
them; If feeding for winter, and also for
brood rearing, they should be fed more
lightly and continued about every day
for twenty days, until the necessary
amount for both stores and brood IS Sc
cured: To feed for brood rearing alone,
for about twenty days is sufficient.
Where there is more than one hive Of
bees kept open-air feeding is not desira-
BILE, but the feed should be confined in an
upper. story added to the hive, or in case
Of light feeding if the hives are supplied
with good, tight bottoms, the feed may
the back end of the hive, and the hive
raised slightly at the front, so that the
syrup will not run forward and ont ut
the entrance.
Use a Fredericton all heavy feeding
some kind of a feeder should be used.
Little wooden troughs are best, and may
De made AM, size desired. The best kind
Is two-inch block guttered out by cut
SA>.o ~ WiDDlc saws, cuIClnX SLOTS
half an inch wide. and leaving stationary
,c cent! of an eighth Of an inch thick to
give the bees foothold, which keeps
them from drowning in the syrup. When
open tronghs are used some floating
material should be placed on the syrup
to answer this purpose. ~
What to Feed-Bees may be fed any
Kind Of syrup that they will eat, but the
only safe feed for them in autumn, for
the purpose. of wintering, is the best of
granuiated sugar, and only for stimula:
tive feeding in~~warm weather should
cheap sugar Or syrups be used. To pre-
pare sugar for feeding water should BE-
added so that the syrup may, be Of the
consistency of thin molasses after it is
thoroughly liquefed by heating. It is not
best to boil it, but simply bring it to the
boiling point, because to boil it very
much will have a tendency to again crys-
talize it. T@ a. 80 >.E.--e n,
Feeding in Winter-The only manner
in which. bees may be fed during winter:
is by the use Of candy, and syrup feeding
cannot be done in safety. Candy can be
made from graduated sugar In cakes,
and placed over the frames and above
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17

There are some men in this world who
can answer any question that is put to
them, and sometimes when they do not
really know what they are talking about
they will give answers that are not at all
bad. One of these persons was once a
keeper Of the London Zoo. He was pes
tered todeath by the questions which peo-
pie asked, but he always gave an answer.
On recent occasion countryman
strolled in, and, after looking curiously at
the camel for few moments, he turned
to the keeper and said:
Il say, mister, what's he have a hump
for?''
What does he have hump for?'' re-
peated the keeper.
Yes. What's the good Of it?" asked
the visitor.
''Why-er-it makes a camel of him,
of course replied the keeper after some
hesitation. 'People wouldn't travel miles
to see him if he didn't have that hump.
Fact is, without it he might as we'll be a
cow"
The stranger departed very we'll salts
fod
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
Animals that Coast.

I'm India, where I was cornet of her
Hussars, gave good deal of
attention to Elephants said Murray
Garde, a salesman of automobiles, the
other night. What particularly interest
ed me was the bold, original method an
elephant has of getting down hill when
the gradient is too steep for walking.
He sits calmly down on his hinderlands,
you +t know T pushes off, and-bzz, bzz-hs's
friction, the inequalities of the descent,
the tenderness Of the hide, don't you
know. But l only speak Of this because
the bears of your country remind me of
it. The bears of Utah and Wyoming are
the cleyerest wild animals l have ever
seen. They, too, slide down the preci-
pices and the mountains, but they are
more tender Of themselves than the ele-
plants. They cut bark from a tree with
their teeth and claws in strips big enough
to be sat upon comfortably, and on these
toboggans they coast down the sleeps of
their wild country without any evil eff
fects: A strange sight it is, tell you"
Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
Bad for the Hair.

Summer before last the elect few pur-
sued their outdoor diversions in a state
Of absolute hatlessness. This summer
the custom became so general that the
pioneers in the movement returned to
their respective sailors and Alpines in
order to mark the difference between
themselves and the populace.
Next summer one and all will be rig
orously hated and capped. It has been
found to the grief of every one CON
cerned that going without hat isn't
all it has been cracked up to be. Com
plexions have been burned, tanned and
roughened almost past remedy, but the
hair has had decidedly the worst of it.
loo much strong sunlight fades even the
most glorious locks to a dismal streaki-
ness that only time, and great deal of
it., can restore. The summer of 1900
will be great one for milliners and hat
men.-Philadelphia North American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
First-Class Sewing Machines for
&14,2S.

For those who are accustomed to send
ing away from home for their goods it
is of the greatest Importance to know the
character and relia bility of the establish
ment selling goods to families from cata-
logues. The great emporium Of the John
NJ. Smyth Co., located at $50 to 166 West
Madison street, Chicago, has been estab-
lished for third Of a century, and has
furnished over half a million homes in
Chicago and vicinity alone. This firm
enjoys the confidence of the public by it's
many years of fair dealing. It issues an
immense illustrated catalogue that should
be in every family, as it describes and
gives the price of every article required
for household use. A sample of the ex-
traordinary values offered by this firm is
shown in the illustration of the "Melba"
sewing machine in another column of this
paper for SLABS. This is one of the best
sewing machines ever offered to the pub
lc and yet it is but sample of the
thousand and one useful articles illus
trated and described in the beautiful cat
alogue of the John NJ. Smyth Company.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
Starvation in London.

A Parliamentary return is issued to-
day relating to the number of deaths in
the county of London during last year,
a verdict of death from starvation or
death accelerated by privation. From
this it appears that the total number of
such cases was forty-eight, the lead being
taken by the Eastern district, with ff.
teen deaths; the Northeastern was sec
ond with thirteen. The lowest number
was in. the Liberty of the Tower of Lon
don, where only one case was reported
London Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
An Item of Expense.

In one lunch establishment in this city
three boxes containing 500 matches each
One customer may take two or three,
but the following one will take handful,
while nearly every person will take at
least one whether he uses it or not. As
the restaurant is open 800 days in the
year, about 800 boxes of matches are
given away. At 5 cents box this item
Of expense to the proprietor amounts to
$40 in ayear.-Philadelphia Call.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
Struck 1t Big.

Henry A. Salzer, manager Of the John
A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse. Wis,
also president Of the Idaho Gold Coin
Mining and Milling Company. is in luck.
They have recently struck wonderful
deposit of gold on their properties. As
result the stock of the Gold Coin Co. has
doubled in value. Many of the patrons
of the John A. Salzer Seed Co. are own
ers Of Gold Coin stock. The mines are
located in the Seven Devil district, Idaho
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O,

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRA1E-O, the new food
drink that takes the place Of coffee. The
children may drink it without injury as
we'll as the adult. All who try it like it.
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown Of
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress. "A the price. Of
coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold
by all grocers.