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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
1t was Her Husband

1t took little lesson to teach the man
on the cable car that most persons know
what they are about, and that it is a
trlfe unsafe to take too great an interest
in what doesn't concern him. He sat be-.
side nice-l looking woman whose little
son was at her other hand. BY and by
on the other side of the car, near tho
door, was rather steathiy smiling at the
little boy. and trying to coax him over
there, and that the child's mother seemed
utterly oblivious to the fact The kindly
soul began to grow nervous. He thought
of the lidnapers, and the more he
thought the more he became convinced
that the Misunderstanding person, as he
by this time mentally termed him, had
designs in that direction Finally he
touched the woman's arm. Madam" he
said. there's ii bad-looking man over
there trying to get your boy away. /
thought you didn't seem to notice it and
| Thought But he got no further.
THAT man is my husband" she said, 4,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
AfGESTlCULATING TALKERS.
Italians Wave Arms Wildly Wher
ConyersinE with One Another.

Italians Wave Arms Wildly When
Conversing with One Another.
The farther south one goes in Europe
the more do the people gcsticulate in CON
versatioll. asserts a traveller who is at
present doing Italy.
\ Neapolitan, he says, goes through an
entire course Of caliSthenicS before he
has talked five minutes. Give Il Neapol-
itan IL pair of duml,-bcllS and ask him
what he thinks Of the weather and be-
fore he finishes his answer he will have
taken enough healthful exercise to last
him all day.
This traveller spent many an interest
/ ing hour watching the Neapoitan talk.
One day in a cafe he sat next to a couple
of Italians. who were engaged in a most
spirited conversation. The younger of
the two men grew very excited. With
his hands he made reaching and clinging
motions. as if climbing. Then he reached
! right and left above his head, as one
would do in picking cherries. Then.
OF conversation. he put the thumb and
first finger OF his left hand together and
held them Il few inches before his eyes
and went through the careful movements
of one threading Il small needle. And all
the time he talked. Next he made over
hand motions as Of throwing. Then he
gave an imitation of someone swimming.
After that he described several rapid cir
cles with his left hand. which gave the
impression of Il revolving wheel. Then
he leaned forward and. with his right
hand lifted, acted as a person would act
in trying to put key into a keyhole.
The writer asked his friend, who under
stood Italian, what all the fuss was
about.
"Thcy're talking chiefly about the
weather. was the reply.-14ondon Mail.
Very Easy!
\ woman who has just returned from
the continent brought home with her
some pounds of delicious coffee. which
she came across in Paris. the like Of
which she had never drunk before.
On the way over she made up her mind
that she wouldn't pay duty on it, for she
felt that no really patriotic English wom-
fee, so she made herself a pctticoat. and
into the lining thereof she quilted the
coffee. When the steamer left Calais she
put on the garment To wear it was
martyrdom: 1t seemed to wei gh ton,
but she passed the customs house Of
ficers successfully, and in congratulate
tory mood got into the train for Victoria.
Her husband met her at the station.
He marked her pale. worn look. AS they
stepped into Il cab she told HIM the story.
II wasn't, going to let them get the bet.
it lovely idea?'
Her husband fell back on the seat and
reared.
"Lovely." he said. Lovely! l should
say it was. Why my dear. there isn't
any duty on coffee. "-pearson's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
Lcck ns in EdrCatel Taste.

There ure some women SO pronounced
personally ,ls to be unable to wear laces,
en'broiuerics or amy snowy trimmings
whatever, and who either arc blind to
the fact, or unwilling to change their
| natural gay tastes i'll order to confor'" H.
their personal defects, says Vogue. They
are the women who are called loud, =
and who seem TO take delight in being
stared at because of their SNOWY style of
dressing. They ignore the fact that their
appearance in public is offensive to all
good taste. and nlortifying to those who.
being more refined are obliged by ,ir-
they insist on clarifying by the term clc-
CANT or gorgeous. is in reality an ignor-
an"r OF fitness. the want Of an educated
taste, an "u fond and innate vulgurity Of
spirit
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
NcWsbOy Could "DO" HIM.

''.Joc" Whecler's hankcring for :.
chance to fight in the Philippines recalls
a little incident of his recent visit to the
Hub. A bootblack was watching him AS
he stood in front Of kcith's theater in
New York Huh dey calls him great
fighter, does theyi Say. could lick dat
little Of Teller wild de whiskers meself."
Gen. Wheeler looked benevolently at the
samin. and didn't seem at all inclined to
nut the matter to practical test.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13

home, says nothing shows narrow, mea-
ger mind worse than inability to conpre-
bend or allow for other peoples habits
which vary from your own. You may
and no pillows are best for health, and
yet it may be just rs true that some
difference in the circulation Of the nerves
renders feather bed and high pillows in,
dispcnsahle to the well-being of others.
Ina uirc into these likings OF an elderly
visitor. or one who is ont OF health il
yn, don't wish their stay with you to he
a pcnanc,. Consult their habits as far
as you can as to the hours of rising and
retiring and meals.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
Have the Kitchen Neat aud Attrac-
tive.

Why do not women who do their own
houScwork take more pains with the
kitchen, where they spend a good part OF
each day, not only to keep it neat and
clean. but to make it attractive as we'll
as other parts of the house? 1t really
has as great possibilities in its way. If a
prevailing color is to be adopted, blue is
poth pleasant and convenient, since all
cooking utensils are now made in the blue
enameled ware, and blue and white oil
cloth is pretty and easily obtained. 10
KITCHEN. whoever works in it, should be
without a rocking chair for: the snatches
OF rest between times, for rest obtained
sitting bolt upright in il straight wooden
chair is not worthy of the name.
And why shouldn't the kitchen win.
dows have pretty sash curtains, which
are easily Numbered as calico apron ?
AND why shouldn't there be little stand
OF books and papers that may be caught
up, while the cake is baking or the bread
taking on it's final coat of crust? Many
a woman would find her work easier if
the clement of beauty and grace was
added to her work-a-day surroundings.
Philadelphia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
Mud Pies.

Down in Il little back garden,
Under Il sunny sky,
We made mud pies together
My little sweetheart and |.
Stained was the little pink apron.
Muddy the jacket blue,
AS we stirred and mixed and tasted,
Out in the sun and dew.
Why do / dream Of that garden,
who am old and wise?
Why am l longing. longing;
For one Of those old mud pies?
O. for the little pink apron,
o, for the jacket blue,
For the blessed faith of childhood
When make-DelieveS are true.
Florence A. Jones
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
american Songs IN Venice.

the news of the destruction of Admiral
Cervcra's squadron came, and who could
not make out the Italian account very
well, took the paper to certain profess
sor who speaks almost perfect English.
and asked him to translate it. The pro-
feSsor did so in excellent style, until he
came near the end. when, with little
hesitat ton, he read: And the band
played @'rhe flag with the stars on it and
1T will be very warm in the city this
evening"" 1t was about minute be-
fore the American recognized the last
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
EuroDe in Suniin err.

Europe l. i'll very well in its way"
she said to the group on the piazza, as
she leaned her golf bag against the rail
ing. but give me America in the sum-
mer time. | suppose one educational trip
is all right for Il girl and | enjoyed mine
when took it. Probably it did me some
good, toe, but this thing of going over
every summer is quite different affair.
1t means that girl is to satisfy herself
With the society of her mother. and fA-
lher possibly meet an occasional man she
knows, but spend the rest Of her time
in hotels and art galleries. or else i'll
watching scenery which she would enjoy
Il good deal more if she had some of her
friends along with her.
"Of course; II she's great beauty or IL
bowling swell, and goes to Homburg or
spends III, =. uSon in London, she'll have
Il good time. But those things don't
come It. the average American girl whu
goes to Europe She has to content her.
self with the social life to be found in
utclS and pensions. That's all very
wei fer Ne parents. They enjoy it I'M
mcnSe'y: and wonder why in the world
their .hiuren don't take to it, too.
THE second time l went abroad for
the summer | spoke to only three men
of my own age from the time left New
York until got back. and | met them
just as we were starting in one uirec~
ton and they were about to 80 in an
other. At home l never would have
cared how short Il time l saw them.
saw lots of nice-looking Englishmen and
Americans III Switzerland. but l didn't
know them and neither did anybody
knew. So talked to father and mo, her
and Il few of their friends all the time
If had been absorbed in art or history
l might have studied either of them, but
| got enough for any ordinary girl OH my
first visit
I'm not the only one that doesn't like
Europe for Il summer vacation. The
things Il girl enjoys most are just what
she doesn't find there. I'm willing to
spend all the time necessary in the ho-
tells and pensions after l have enjoyed
what America has in the summers and
outgrow that and reach the age for Er-
ropean travel. But | want the summer
at home now. and nine girls out of every
ten will agree with me about that
New York Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
Teach Children to e ad Aloud,

\ mother should take great pains to
teach her children to read aloud accept
ably. Much time and money are often
expended in cultivating the voice for
singing, and yet quite as much pleasure
may be given by the person who reads
need be made at e!ocution as the word
is ordinarily understood; distinct utter
ance and proper emphasis so as to con-
vey easily to the hearer the meaning of
the sentences read are all that is neces-
Sary.-Ladies' Home Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
Rev. Talmage and Newspaper Men,

Rev. Talmage and Newspaper Men.
Probably no American preacher has
had his sermons more faithfully reported
and more widely published than Dr.. De.
Witt Ialmage, who has recently left his
Washington passionate to devote his whole
time to writing and lecturing. DR.. Tai.
mage believes the press is mightier than
the pulpit. and is most congenial com
panion when among newspaper men, re-
latcs the Philadelphia Post.
Many years ago, when my sermons
first attracted the attention of city edi-
TORS said DR.. Talmage in recent con
versation, ''you reporters used to make
me fume and fret, but since I have come
to know YOU better I have transferred
my wrath to your adversary. the COM
posltor. My eyes were opened when, af-
ter annoying plumbers in print, deter.
mined to report my own sermons for q
certain New York morning paper. If
CHANGED that the first time reported nv
self l was preaching sermon on the
Penitential Psalms. in which sermon
said with emphasis:
=, You will notice that in these verses
the name of God does not appear once
Is not this signifcant?'
Calm and confident that this time tho
sense OF my sermon would not be dis
torted by careless reporting, | picked IN
the paper on Monday morning and read:
-, You will notice that in these verses
the name Of God does not appear once
Is not this magnificent? p"
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tunate. And the moment we forget our.
selves i'll work we have no time to worry,
and the prostrations aud tormenting skin
troubles and ApopleXies Of nervous Origin,
can have ~" further terror for lis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
A Thursday Date,

Otto is German who has his owr
trials with the English language. and
who has found himself utterly unable tt
deal with some Of it's sounds at all. The
word "Thursday," for example, he has
never been able to pronounce so that any
sion recently to mention that day of the
week in conversation, he avoided the
struggle and expressed his meaning by
evolving this masterpieces:
81 will come" he said, "on-on-oh! yor
know--Tucsday after Vedncsday"' PIX
change.
England was First.
England was the first country to as
tablish Il society for the prevention ol
cruelty to animals and to legislate fol
furnishing offenders.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
Typographical Errors.

Michael Marlborough writes amusingly
in Cornhill on the by-ways Of journalism
There are stories told of penny lin
ers,' he says (which APPLY illustrate
their common habit Of rega riding every
event from the standpoint of their own
special work. One of them coming home
one night discovered man insensible at
his threshold, and with great presence of
mind, without losing Il moment, he called
out to his wife, Quick, my dear-bring a
light! Here's paragraph lying on the
doorstepsr Occasionally the liner pro-
duces a gem of unconscious humor. A
report of the murder of man named
Dacan once came under my notice in a
sub-cditor's room. The murderer wrote
the liner was evidently in quest of
money, but luckily Mr.. Ducan had depos-
tied all his funds in the bank the day be-
fore, so that he lost nothing but his
life Another liner describing street
accident, wrote, The unfortunate victim
was taken to Guys hospital, where he
now lies progressing favorably, although
he is sedulously attended by DR.. J. r.
Robertson, the resident surgeon, and
some of the leading members of the med
ical staff | have also seen this in a re-
port in Glasgow newspaper of a ship
wreck off the coast of Ayr. The captain
swan ashore. and succeeded in also saw
ing the life of his wife. She was insured
in the Northern Marine Insurance COM
pany for five thousand pounds, and car
rled full cargo Of cement"
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Ola Letters.

Ola Letters.
Aye: fold them up, and lay taem away,
loor OIL letters 50 faded and gay:
Alas! to my heart they brought only pain
That shall depart from 1t never agail.
They speak OF love that is withercl ANA
dead.
OF hopes once cherished for ever more fle!
Oh. bitter the tears l weep here ton sht
Ger words which once gave me fon1eSt de
light.
Dear God! this one. SO pale 1t has grown.
Yet | may read where he c@!ls me ibis
own
There are traces of tears all over it--sec-
or joy at the dear lines WRIT III to me.
Aye! fold them up and hide IT, IN away.
Poor old letters, worthless today;
Alas! to my heart they bring only pam,
AWak ming to life sad mem rteS again.
Marion SArkttt.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
Let Wat. r Run Twenty Minutes.

The caution is now timely that the
first water drawn from faucets which
have been unused for weeks. or PERTAINS
months, is most unsafe to drink. I,
should be the care Of the returning house
keeper or the person who will open the
closed house for the family occupancy
to see that spisots are turned OH ull over
the house for twenty minutes at least.
i'll order that the water that has been
standing in the pipes may flow away
says the New York Evening Post. This
warning has been so often given that if
seems almost trite. but within the week
two cases of serious illness, unmistaka
bly, traceable to this cause, have been
reported by Il physician.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
Honey as n Er. exile Remover.

In honey-plain, everyday. unadulter-
ated honey-a commission man claims to
have found the champion remover Of
freckles. The merchant SAYS that no
made tho discovery through personal OK
perience, and that he can conscientiouslv
recommend it to every person who is or
namented with the yellow spots.
"A few months ago | had freckles on
my hands and face as numerous as flies
at clearinghouse. was regular sight
to look at. l was frightened half crazy
every time l saw myself in the mirror
| had heard of the honey and cream rem
edy, but thought that Just honey would
be better. Every night for about a
month and IL half l soaked honey into
my hands and face. About a week after
I started the treatment the freckles be-
gan to grow dim. Now there isn't the
trace of a spot on me-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13
The Golden Key to HAM ncss.

The woman who knows how to keen
silence has in her possession ''the gold
en- key that unlocks one of the doors
to secret happiness" 1t is hard some
times not to speak. You know how it is.
You are with a dear friend whose affec.
ton and loyalty you do not doubt, and in
one of the unguarded moments you are
led to the extreme of confidence, telling
some thought, some hope, some belief or
aspiration which before has been hidden
IN your soul, vivid and real to You as
though it were sentient with the life of
its own fulfillment. Your friend does not
comprehend, treats it lightly, and goes
away onto some topic far removed. You
have an instant sense of betrayal, and a
sort Of resentment toward the friend
whom for the moment you think has
failed you. 1t is you who are to blame
for expecting more of your friend than
she was capable of giving.-Sallie Joy
White in Woman's Home Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13

Hawaii wants immigrants, and her
provisional minister Of finance Is on his
way to Europe to secure them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-13

What Pleases Woman.
She likes to be truly loved and to be
told so.
She likes some noble, honorable man
to be thoughtful of her, kind and consid-
crate of her welfare
When we'll and becomingly dressed, a
quiet notice of it is always appreciated.
A word of praise for nice dinner
often more than compensatcs her for the
worry and hard work Of preparation.
She wants her husband not only to be
her supporter, but her companion, re-
Numbering that it is the kind, thought
full, appreciative word that often brings
her greater happiness than new set of
dishes, though presents like the latter are
always welcome.
She likes to be made to realize that
she is good for something beside a mere
household drudge and slave.
She likes to be petted occasionally, but
not in public. The little private pet
names are very dear to woman's heart.
Theron shly It Hem.
A thoughtful woman, who has the hap
py faculty Of making her guests feel just
q. com for+o hlo nc thouoh tbo,, xx.or1 - +
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Theron sh1y,t Hem .

A thoughtful woman, who has the hap
as comfortable as though they We're at
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24

and 7 men were hit, but there were 16
good niggers" In the trench ON the
crest to square the blood account.
Koopman declares that there are no
war clubs and bows and arrows In the
Filipino war. The whole country Is
severed with breastworks and trenches
well laid with open fields In front.
Furthermore. Koopman says, the In
surgents "are fighting with better guns
than we have and they shoot lead and
steel" 1t seems that the Americans do
the clubbing when the natives allow
them to get near enough. Captain Tay-
ior was shot while In the act Of club
bing a Filipino, and his brother, Ser
geant Taylor, was beside him imitat-
ing his example.
Up to June l the tally list shows 225
killed and wounded In the First Ne
braska. The original roster was 1,200.
In the latter actions there have been
less than 400 on the firing line. The
battles OF the regiment include the
stand against the attack on Manila,
the triumphant march through the
Filipino camps and villages, In Febru-
ary; the battles before Malolos and
San Fernando and the bloody attack
on Calumpit. GEORGE l.. KILMER.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-24

Land is rapidly advancing in price and
now IL the time to invest. Big profits are
sure to be gained by investing.
The county of which Brookings is the
county seat is the best adapted TO Oversize
farming of any in South Dakota. Situated in
the center of the renowned Big Sioux Valley
and watered by the Big Sioux river and in
Vulnerable lakes. The soil is of a rich, black
loan and Is unsurpassed for fertility. The
best of water is found near the surface, ana
numerous small streams water the rich farm
lands in all directions. 1t contains % town
ships and S,5s4.43 acres of gently rolling
land, fully IS per cent OF which is under cul:i'
walton. Has l04 good schoolhouses valued at
about 100000 in round numbers. Good rail-
road facilities. Assessed valuation, 1898
ss,3i5,0OO. Tax levy, 1898, 10 mills for genera
purposes. Average crop for the past twenty
years, Is bushels per acre. Fine herds OF
blooded stock and rich grazing lands. Nc
government landau occupied by actual
settlers. Decided land can be purchased at
from S12 to $50 per acre, according to location
Good railroads convenient for marketing
stock and grain.
Long distance telephone connects every
town with the county seat and extends To
many points in the state as well as into Min
nesota and Iowa.
The country neighborhoods throughout the
county have their churches where the people
worship every Sunday.
During the past year large number of peo-
pie from the east have brought their families
to Brookings county and located perma-
nently. In every instance they are contented
with their choice of location and are prosper
ing There are stiIl opportunities for people OF
all classes to come here and be independent.
No state in the union offers better advantages
than can be found right here in the Sioux
Valley region.
Farmers in the east who contemplate COM
Ing west can find no better soil, no better 10
cation and no better markets i'll the whoIe
northwest than Brookings county presents.
Come out and see for yourselves the banner
county of South Dakota.