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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
WHERE THE ICE GROWS WILD.

love the tinted glories of the flowers as
they smile
In the sun-lefying meadow or the shady
forest aisle:
And when the killing frost has come,
seek them once again,
IN IL snug conservatory meath the air-tiSht
window pane.
But, dear as are their beauties, l would
fain fOrSakc them all
When the mercury, once docile, starts to
shake itself and crawl
FL cease my cold-wave hoping-hoping but
to be beguiled-
And start for old Alaska, where the ice
grows wild.
Oh. puny little prism! On my doorstep you
repOSe;
Where the iceman daily leaves you as along
the line he goes
And You seem. when thirst is raging, and
call you to the drouth,
Like a snowflake in an oven, as l put you
in my mouth.
And [ long to leave the flowers and their
sweetness to the bees:
To Shun the treacherouS breezes which go
signing through the trees:
10 find the land Of plenty, where the cold
in chunks is piled
TO dwell in old Alaska. where the ice grows
Wild. Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
The Eve in Disease,

A physician in New York, who has
made lifelong study of the eye, thus
sums up his experiences:
Falling of the eyelid indicates paraly-
sis OF the third pair of nerves.
Inability to close the eye indicates fac
ial hemiplegia and cerebral disease.
Yellow lamina indicates liver disease.
Ecchymosis into the conjunctive indi,
Gates laryngitis.
Richness of the conjunctiva, with wa.
terry discharges from the eye, indicates
the initial stage of eruptive fevers, usu.
ally measles. If the tears flow freely,
indications favorable.
Spots upon the cornea indicate stru-
nous constitution.
Dilatation of the pupil Indicates fatigue
worms in the intestines, meningitis in
second stage and blindness occasionally
Atrophy Of the optic nerve, epilepsy
and chloroformism.
Unequal dilatation of the pupils indi
Gates progressive paralysis.
Contraction CT the pupils indicates pro-
gressive paralysis.
Contraction of the pupil indicates tables
dorsatcs.
Deformity of the pupil shows uritis OF
syphilis.
Cataract in the old is usually of dia
bette origin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Worms in Honey.

The beginner in bee raising is often dis
couraged by finding his attractive boxes
Of honey covered with worms, feeding on
the caps covering the honey cells. Old
bee raisers know that this trouble often
occurs even with their experience and
almost impossible to keep the moths out of
the hives, and once in, the female finds a
place to lay her eggs, from which are
Matched these worms. Many experts 90
to the length of claiming that it is fro.
Quently necessary to abandon the com-
mon black bees and stock up with
Italian bees, with which there is little
trouble with worms, in order successfully
to fight the difficulty. There is vet a
way to be devised to fight off the moths.
and where they are thick, they are sure
to cause trouble with worms.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
FARM AND GARDEN,
Her Ii met.

lcT ID lets
When meeting bells began to toll,
And piolls folk began to pass,
She dcftly tied her bonnet on
The little, sober meeting LASS
All i'll her neat, white curtained room,
Before her tiny looking glass.
So. nicely round her lady cheeks
She SmOOthed her bands of glossy hair
And innocently wondered if
Her bonnet did not make her fair;
Then sternly child her foolish heart
For harbOring such fancies there
So, square she tied the satin strings,
And set the bows beneath her chin:
Then smiled to see h;iw sweet she looked:
Then thought her vanity Il sin
And she must put such thoughts away
Before the sermon should begin.
But, sitting meath the preac hed word,
Demurely. in her fathers pew,
She thought about her bonnet still
Yes, all the parsons sermon through
About its pretty bows and buds
Much better than the text she knew,
Yet, sitting there with peaceful face,
-, The reflex Of her simple soul,
She looked to be very saint
And maybe was one OH the whole
Only that her pretty bonnet
Kept away the aureole.
Mary f. Wilkins.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
WHATFORMER AMERICAN SAYS
Doubled Their Cultivated Lands and
More than Doubled Their Stock.

Doubled Their Cultivated Lands aud
More than Doubled Their Stock.
The following letter written by Nr.
John Cummings of Wetaskiwin, Alber-
ia, Canada, formerly of Washington, to
a friend in the United States, is only
one of a hundred similar cases, and what
was done by Mr.. Cummings can more
: easily be done today by any good, sober
and industrious farmer who chooses to
make his home in the Dominion:
Dear Sir-You want to know how l
got along since came into Northern AL
berta; 1 am happy to inform you that
L am not ashamed to tell.
We located five miles northeast of We
tasklWin; left Pennington, Washington,
on the 18th of May, driving all the way.
we had time to build our log house the
hrst fall and to make us comfortable for
the family and stock. We then built
four stables, 1Sx20 inside, 50 that we
could put everything inside them when
the cold got down to the ffties, and
worked hard getting up the stable, and
got through clubbing on the list of De-
cember, but to our surprise we had no
use for the stables, only for the mich
COW and two span of horses. The bal
ance of the horses lived on the prairie all
winter and took care of themselves. The
doors of two stables were left open for
them to go into in a cold time, but they
would not do it, but stayed out ON the
prairie the coolest night we had and
looked as spry as crickets.
L can go ten rods back of my house
and count ten residents. 1 know all of
their circumstances. Every one Of them
have doubled their cultivated land and
doubled their animals, and a great deal
more. All of us are comparatively out
of debt and an unusually big crop to
thresh and prospects of fair price, and
l expect we are as we'll contented lot of
people as there are from Florida to the
Klondike.
My son bought two pounds of Irvine to
the acre, and when we started to bind
some barley, we found that instead of
taking two pounds to the acre, it was
taking nearly five pounds. Then you
ought to have seen him hitch up a team
and make for town for 100 pounds more.
l cannot say how it will thresh. All
can say is that it is we'll headed, and
takes an enormous amount of Irvine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23

COUNTY,, Oul llCy ulu lllc Httlc
good. The palms of my hands
we're covered and would become
inaamed; little white blisters at
first would appear, then they
would peel off, leaving a red,
smooth surface which would burn
like fire and itch; we'll, there is
no name for it. On the inside
of the upper part of both my
limbs great red blotches, not
unlike hives, would appear, and
as soon as l became warm the
burning and itching would begin.
Night after night I would lie
awake all night and scratch and
almost 60 wild. I heard of CUTI-
CURA REMEDIES. pot them and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
MANILA TO BEAT HONG KONG.
Its Chances of Becoming the Imperi-
al City of the Pacific.

Its Chances of Becoming the Imperi-
al City of the Pacific.
1.-THE moment we decided to annex the
philippines we felt surprised that there
had been any hesitation. We saw that
our new expansion was in all respects the
most important in Our history. Not only
are there magnificent opportunities in the
philippines for American civilization,
commerce and industry, but there is the
dazzling possibility of making Manila the
center OF western Pacific trade. Manila,
ADJACENT to a population of S5O,OOQOO0
people should, before many. years, surpass
Hong Kong, to which Great Britain owes
such large part of her Chinese COM
merce.
> The chief distributing centers of China,
Japan, Corea, Siam, AMMAN and the East
indies are as near to Manila as Havana
Is to New York; and the distributing CEN
ters of British India and Australia are
nearer to Manila than to any other great
emporium: AT present we furnish only
one-twentieth Of the billion dollars worth
OF goods that the countries within easy
commercial range Of Manila purchase
yearly: Yet the largest part of these i'm
ports IS made up of goods that we can
supply at a lower price than any other
country-tools and machinery, cotton and
COTTON products, provisions and mineral
OILS. -AlMSlco'S MaraZine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Wash Your Hands.

It has recently been claimed that cases
of infection that could be accounted for
IN no other way have been explained by
the fingers as vehicle. In handling
money, especially of paper, doorknobs,
banlsters, car straps and hundred
thngs that everyone. must frequently
picking up germs of typhoid, scarletina,
diphtheria, smallpox, etc. Yet some per.
sons actually put such things in their
mouths, if not too large. Before eating
or touching that which is eaten. The
hands should be Immediately and scru-
pulously washed. We hear much about
general cleanliness as next to godli-
ness" 1t may be added that here in
particular it is also ahead Of health and
safety The Jews made no mistake in
that Except they washed they ate not"
1t is sanitary ordinance as well as an
ordinance of good manners. 4.sS. - =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
E:cS in Winter.

To secure eggs through the cold season
it is necessary first to hatch the pullcts
SO they will begin to lay about the LIST of
October; second, keep no birds more than
? years old: third, have substantial,
warm but wei ventilated houses; fourth,
plenty Of exercise Whether eggs should
be stamped with date of shipment is a
question to be determined by circunl.
stances. Guaranteed eggs are better
marked, and this should be done by the
producer.-Edward Brown.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Some Musical DOn'tS.

The London Musical Herald offered a
prize and certificate for the best set of
twelve '.Don'ts. for pian iS Many
ed graphically the vagaries of all sorts
and conditions of pupils, veritable must
cal microcosms. The prize winner. Miss
Janet Lawson, sent the following:
Don't thump.
Don't begin to play until you are ready.
Don't count to your playing, but play
to your counting.
Don't jerk yonr hand when you put
your thumb under.
Don't play one hand after the other.
Don't play with your arms.
Don t keep the pedal down all the time.
Don't gallop over an easy part and
then stumble over the more difficult.
Don't neglect posture when practicing.
Don't nod your head when you play an
emphatic note.
Don't pass over a difficult bar until it
is mastered.
Don't be late for your lesson
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
3 wing Stable Manure.

The owner Of land that is too Door to
produce paying crops can soon make it
more fertile if he has the cash to pur-
chase commercial fertilizers, but if his
farm is mortgaged he has other uses for
his money and should try to save all the
stable manure he can. The greatest
losses of stable manure are caused by
failing to have plenty Of bedding to alb
sorb the liquid manure, by throwing the
manure where the rain and snow will
wash away the soluble portion. and by
losses can all be prevented by a little
care. For bedding, says writer in
OHIO Farmer, l generally use wheat
straw, but the failure of the wheat crop
this year i'll this section was so complete
that have no straw of my own, and my
neghbors having none, l will have to
depend on sawdust, forest leaves and clo-
YER haulm to take the place Of the straw.
Since the wheat failed l am convinced
enough in the past. TO prevent loss by
teaching | had shed built adjoining the
horse and cow stable, where l throw the
manure. In this shed I stable the young
cattle and keep some hogs. As some
have no shed for this purpose they can
prevent the loss by teaching by letting
the manure accumulate in the stalls un-
~ IASy HnfC wagon IOtu, tneQ maui
it to the field. By using this plan we
gain by saving all the strength of the
manure and by not having to haul a
large amount of surplus water to the field
as water-soaked manure is heavier than
that from the shed. Another gain in
having. the manure dry is that we can
haul it wien the ground is frozen solid,
This does not injure the ground, but
when manure is thrown out where it is
exposed to the rain it will Sometimes
freeze so hard that it cannot be hauled
until spring when other work is plenty.
While manure sheds prevent loss by
Teaching manure will heat and lose most
Of its value as quickly in the shed as out
OF doors if nothing is done to prevent
it. OF the two losses that by heating is
the greatest. l would rather have ma
nurc that has been exposed to the rain
and snow all winter than that which has
lost about all it's strength by heating
and would not improve the ground much
more than the same quantity of straw. To
prevent heating, after cleaning the sta
bles L go to the shed and spread the
piles Of manure evenly about the shed.
BY doing this the fresh manure is soon
trampcd solid by the young cattle and
hogs and the only place it fire zfangs is
near the edge of the shed. While Gov.
cred barnyards, manure sheds and co
ment floors are all aids in saving mn
nure, those who cannot afford them can
save the manure with very little loss f
they use plenty Of bedding under their
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Coed Fertilizers.

Some of the best farms in pennsyl-
yana have been brought to the highest
lime and manure. The farmers who have
accomplished such results have aimed to
save every pound of manure, and also t?
preserve it in the best manner. Lime is
Used extensively by those who know that
ling is an, essential ingredient of plants,
and also because it is excellent for in
ccIrcasing the clover crop. Clover enrich"s
the land by promoting the supply of NJ
trogen in the soil. hence lime and clover
make an excellent combination.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Molasses asPip Feed.

Pigs fed one-half barley and one-half
mOlasses feed made moderate gains. Inf
not, as great as when fed grain alone.
Molasses feed consists of one-half beet
molasses, three-eighths wheat bran and
one-half palm nut meal. The pork pro-
duced by the molasses feed was not as
solid and of as high quality as that made
ON grain alone. When corn and lnolasses
teed' however, were compared. the results
were reversed. On the whole, experiment
ers conclude that the addition of molasses
to corn tends to improve the quality Of
the pork, and that the gain is made more
cheaply when grain is used by itself. In
the Southern states and in regions where
beet sugar is produced, molasses food can
probably be utilized to advantage-Or-
ange Judd Farmer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
What Do the Children Drink ?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the-''new food drink called
GRA1N.O 1t is delicious and ndurish-
ing,' and takes the place: of coffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems. Grain-O is made of. pure grains.
and when properly prepared tastes, like
the choice grades of coffee, but costs
about n as much. All grocers sell it. 15c
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Try Gra1n.O! Try Grain-O

Ask your grocer today to show you a
package of GRAlNO, 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 stom
ach receives it without distress. One
fourth the price of coffee. 15c and PC
per package. Sold by all grocers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Patents to Inventors.

Messrs. Benedict & Morscl, solicitors
OF patents, Old Insurance building, Mil
,Waukee, report patents issued to Western
inventors February 6 as follows:
NJ. J. Adams, Lancaster. Wis.,. screen
G ;n" opener; Fred. Artos Milwaukee, clamp
;;ns ueVlce; Gilbert Bacon. Autigo,' Wis,
i,iVn1ns board: Il. J. Birkett e. H. +. Gran
GIaii, milwaukee,, grain harvester; Jos.
hiaun y j. Braun, Athens, Wis, stop
ueElee or bumper attachment for saving
amachlnes; J.. w. Conchar, Dubuque. Ia.
nreeoack; I. L. Davidson, Bard, Ia, food
gate; W. L: Finley, GAINESVILLE. Wis,
11evn!cepoSt; w. J. Gallup, New Richmond,
WIS; skirt and waist fastener Bernt
GSIarllus, Westport, Wis, handwriting knife;
w w: A. Hennessey, Delavan, Wis, photog-
Ii onpne c3mhination baby-holder and
lounge; Z. w. Kragh, Madison, Wis, dy-
nnamo-electric machine: O. Il NJ Otteson,
MMenomonee Falls, Wis. pipe-wrench; b.
van Treeck, Crawford, Ncb., railway hand
ear; F.: d: Winkley, Madison, Wis, oil
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23

stock and haul the manure directly from
the stable to the field. by covering the
manure under the stock with fresh bed
ding there will be no offensive odor in
the stables and as the manure is tightly
packed by the tramping of the stock
there is little loss by heating. The main
drawback is that when this plan is fol
lowed en- account of the limited amount
Of room it is sometimes necessary to
haul manure to the field when the
ground is soft. BY hauling the manure
to the distant parts of the field when
the ground is solid, and covering the
portion near the gate. when the ground
is soft, most Of the damage to the soil
caused by hauling the manure can be
avoided,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
In the Hands or S,rauoa,.s

! Tie old Harrison homestead where
one President lived when elected, in
1910; has been sold to a party outside Of
the HISTORIC family. This famous prop
O.. and has just been purchased by Mrs
Olive O., Hall of Kokomo, Ind, who Is
now in possession Of the old house. 50
long the Mecca Of patriotic tourists. The
mansion is somewhat the worse for age.
but the grounds, with their green, wood
ed hills and winding river, are as beauti.
full as ever.-Oh ohio State Journal. s,,s5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Iihbv. Mcneil & Libby

Housekeepers frequently feel the need
of luncheon meats which are either ready
to serve or can be prepared for the table
at moments notice. Such a need is
abundantly supplied in the superior meats
put up by the old reliable house of Libby,
Mcneil & Libby, Chicago, one of whose
specialtics is advertised in another COL
,,in1 Of this paper, and their booklet,
"How to Make Good Things to Eat" is
offered free on annlicatiou.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Catarrht Cannot Be Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is blood or constitutional disease,
and in order to cure it you must take in
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh C'ce is
taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarisl
Cure is not quack medicine. 1t was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians in this
country for years. and is Il regular pre-
scription. 1t is composed of the best tones
known, combined with the best blood purif-
ers, acting directly OIL the mucous surfaces.
The perfect combination of the two IN:
gradients is what produces such wonderful
results in curing Catarrh. Send for testi-
monials, free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. price 1OC.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Medical Rock Free,

''Know Thyself," book for men only,
regular price 50 cents, will be sent free
(sealed and postpai0 to any male reader
Of this paper, mentioning this ADVERTISE
ment, inclosing &c for postage. Address
the Peabody Medical Institute, 4 Bull
finch street, Boston, Mass, the oldest and
best institution of it's kind in New Eng
land Write today for free book
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
snSland's Treatment of Prisoners.

In contrast with the accounts of the
tr'atmrnt Of British wounded and Brit
lSh prisoners by the Beers is the story in
the Daily Mail Of the arrival at Cairo
OF Britain : latest captive the renowned
Mail says: He was brought in a third
class Wagon, and il large crowd pressed
forward. eager to see the dark. long face.
me brilliant eyes. the large mouth. and
the long gray beard of !: frightened and
dlSnlhra 'ld man who sat with chains
around his Sure ankles and swollen bare
fnrt -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Where Cats Are Veneratef,

Cats are greatly venerated in Persia.
The feline friends of the Shah number
fifty, each having it's own attendant and
a special room for meals. When the
Shah goes on a journey the cats go too,
hciny corrip1 nv men on horseback
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Success in the Dairy.

TO secure the best results in the care OF
milk and butter, attention must be given
details. The milking. must be properly
done, and all vessels used must be kept
scrupulously clean by washing night and
morning in hot water with Ivory soap
then rinsed in cold water and set out tc
sun and air.
ELIZA r. PARKER.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Peerage Had a Bad Year.

Last year was bad one for the Brit
ism peerage. The death list included
three dukes, one marquis, five earls,
tnree vlscounts and ten barons. Several
peerages became extinct.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Special to State People.

Commencing November 20, the Hotel
Davidson, Milwaukee, make a rate of s.
per day, American plan. This is to state
people only
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
Harness for Bicycle Racers.

Bicycle racers make use of a new har-
ness to increase their leverage on the
pedals, two fiat straps being joined at
the rear and attached to the under side
of the saddle, while the front ends are
pasesd over the shoulders and secured
to ting handlebars without fixed connec-
tinn to tho rider
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
A Remarkable Lake.

One of the most remarkable lakes on
the earth's surface is situated at Tar
Point, on the Island of Trinidad, and
bears the suggestive name Of Pitch lake.
At first view the surface of this "lake,
which is not a lake." gives one the i'm
preston that it is large body of placid
water. but a closer examination proves
it to be a vast plain covered with hard
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
A Long Calendar.

The Judges Son-'Say pay
The Judge-"Well, what now?'
The Judges Son-'If every person
that ever lived gets separate hearing
on the day Of Judgment, how long do
you think it will take to dispose OF the
dncket Y,-Cnllier's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
The Million Dollar Potato

Most talked-of potato on earth; the
next is Sunlight, which is fit to eat in IS
Jays. Send this notice. and Sc to. John
their great catalogue. " ''' A0A
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23

"A pioneer sheep feeder of Fort Col
Inns, CAL, is feeding $4,000 sheen-the
largest number ever fed by one individu-