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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
THE HONEYMOON.

The honeymoon is that period which
follows. marriage when each sees in the
other the perfect ideal. The time is not
necessarily of one or two months dura-
ton: it not infrequently extends through
out the lifetime, though the period may
rudely torn from the eyes and the idol is
revealed mortal with all mortars
faults and failings. This is the trying
time, which makes or mars married life,
and which makes the first year il trying
one.
The real habits, manners, tempers and
whlms are seldom known, for the long
the close relation of marriage shows the
true character. The first discord is apt
to arise over some triviality. 1t should
never be allowed to rise. There should
De no first quarrel: the sky is never quite
the same thereafter. Both should be
subject on which they do not perfectly
agree, and to give way to the Judgment
of the other when right or truth de-
mands it; for if husband and wife have
not mutual confidence and love to meet
each other half way in the settlement of
an questions, then their chances of hap
plness are not worth very much.
\ woman should not take offense ton
easily She should at the beginning of
married life realize that her husband
Will not sympathize with her every
thought and feeling. any more than she
sympathizes with his preferences and
whlms; nor, if the truth We're to be told.
him to her purpos-if, in other words ,r,1:s'
ne We're without individuality. Upon ali
essential points husband and wife natnr-
ally stand upon the same ground. and
upon matters. of divergent opinions each
should have the privilege of holding what
appeals to his Judgment; for it is only in
ailowmg people to live their own lives
that the honeymoon may be extended
throughout a lifetime--Mrs. Ernest FUR.
pin in American Queen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
IL nv He fingered,

AT IL recent sitting Of the grand jury
IN old gentleman Of foreign birth was
allied in to tell about the stealing of his
watch.
He said it was Il silver watch. and had
est S10 when it was new. but that WAS
,on= ago. Then he gave all the particu-
lars With which he was acquainted con-
into details concerning family affairs that
amused some of the jurors and seemed
to be tireSome to others.
His oldest sons little girl had once
lost the watch. and they had found it
under the back porch, and man named
SowderS had put in new handspring,
for which he charged 35 cents more than
the price agreed upon when the watch
was left to be repaired.
At last the testimony was all in and
the witness was excused, but he kept
his chair.
''You must co. said one of the jurors.
Still the old man sat there.
That's all we shall want Of you," said
the states attorney.
The man who had lost a watch made
Come, come" said the foreman, 'we
want to proceed to other business
Yet the old man kept the witness chair
"Why don't you go?'' demanded an
other of the jurors. who had approached
and shaken the shoulder Of the former
owner Of watch, to make sure that
no sudden, terrible stroke Of any kind
had come upon him.
"Vell," the witness asked, "vhere do I
get my watch?'
The matter was explained to him. and
as he left the room his face showed
plainly enough that one more man had
lost faith in the American jury system.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
WOMAN'S SPRING WARDROBE,
How the Best. Dressed Women viii
Attire Themselves At Easter

Attire Themselves At Easter
The new spring gowns, made all of one
material, and not with separate waists as
heretofore, will be much worm
The separate waists will be of light
silks and muslins or other thin materials.
Almost all the new spring stuffs are of
a soft, clinging quality. which makes
them adaptable to the present style of
gown.
There are to be some lovely silk mus
Inns with lunches of flowers and sprays
of vines and buds worn.
The smarteSt shirtwaist will be made
tucked back and front from the neck
down, and the tuckS will be rather wide
than otherwise. The great tendency is
to make the waist line as long as possible
in front.
The tailor and walking skirts will bare
ly sweep the ground and the long trains
have entirely passed away with the habit
and closc-ftting backs.
The return of the hustle is heralded
1t is not large affair. but small. we'll
shaped.
Sleeves are still worn tight, and are
much trimmed. They are quite long, and
the SmarteSt ones are made ending in
a point which covers the ton of the hand
to the knucklcs.
Collars are to be worn high, but not as
stiff as they have been.
The new hats are made of some fancy
straw hraids. tulle, or silk nets of the
most fantastic shapes. Breasts, birds,
wings and feathers are much less worn,
and you can't have enough flowers
Edith Lawrence in the March Ladies'
Homo Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23

conclusion of the service the clergyman
Concentrates the bride and bridegroom
and then retires. They then turn to be
greeted first by their parents, next by
the members of the two families and
near relatives, afterwards by everyone
present. All wish them happiness. Re-
freshments are served in the dining room
and may be simple or elaborate, as one
chooses"
The opening of the door to permit the
departure Of bride and groom has here
tofore been the signal for general pelt
ing with rice-a Chinese custom convey.
ing. wishes for. good health and pros
perity. But this custom has been so
abused with vulgarity, often producing
injurious results. that it is being discarded
at the weddings of careful people. and
showering the bride with rose leaves or
loose flowers has been instituted. These
flowers are then again picked I'D and
kept as souvenirs by the guests.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
The New Geology.

Heretofore the geological history of thu.
earth has been studied only in the record
of stratified rocks and their contained
fossils. But in every place there have
been land-pcriods in which. of course.
erosion took the place Of standardization.
This kind Of record is very imperfect,
because there are no fossils. Until re-
Gently no account was taken of these
erosion periods except as breaks of in
definite length in, the rccortl-as lost in
ter, ais. But now. and mainly through
the work of American biologists, inter
probation Of these erosion periods has
family commenced, and 50 important has
this new departure in the study of geolo-
gy seemed to some that it has been hailed
us a new era in geology, connecting it
more closely with geography. Heretofore
former land periods were recognized by
unconformities and the amount of time
~ the degree of change in the fossils,
hut now the amount of time is estimat
cd i'll existing land surfaces by topograph-
ic forms alone. This idea was introduced
into geology by Maj. J. w. Powell, and
has been applied with success by VIII
liam Morris Davis, w. J. McGee and
othcrs-From "a Century of Geology.
by Prof. Joseph lie Conte, in Appletons'
Popular Science Monthly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23

dercd by the Dublin corporations adj
dress to the Queen and the bitterness
felt in LOyalist circles in Ireland at thr
outward exhibitions Of diSreSpect of her
majesty. keep the officials guessing as to
what is likely to occur at the Irish capi-
tai next month. An official in the office
OF the chief secretary of Ireland, Gerald
Baltour' said he was not surprised at
the Nationalists opposing the address of
welcome, (which. necessarily, was either
hypocrisy or lie, in addition to which
1t would 20 far to stop the flow of Ameri
can contributions
Speaking Of the Queens visit. the same
official said he had little doubt thai
wigs would litter Dublin green before
the visit was concluded.
Supply of Shamrock Insufficient.
In the meantime st. Patrick's dav is
being observed throughout the United
Kingdom as never before. The supply
of shamrock is quite insufficient to meet
the demands.
The new yacht built for the Queen in
the government dockyards. at a cost of
about $4,000, 900. will probably never be
used by her majesty. Her instability.
palpably demonstrated at the time of her
unlocking. has caused the Queen to take
strong dislike to the vessel and the al
terations necessitated so materially re-
uuCeu Hef comfort ana convenience that
it is believed they will render the vessel
unsuited for the purpose originally in
tended. The proba Utility is that the Yacht
will ultimately be renamed Encha ntreSs
and converted into dispatch vessel fol
the use of the admiralty.
Bicycles for Volunteers.
OF the $2.00O,OOO which the govern
ment purposes to spend in developing the
volunteers S25O,OOO will be spent, at the
rate OF $40 per man. to encourage each
regiment to form company of hicyclSts
Lord l4anSdoWne. the secretary of war;
and George Wyndhanl, the pariamcnta-
ry secretary of the war office. both ride
wheels and they know from personal expp-
rience what can bedonc with the machine
on the fine English roads. OF course they
do not expect the soldiers to use the
wheels on the South African plains or i'm
the Indian hill country, but they aver
that in assembling for home defense and
in concentrating at any point ON the
coast battalions Of bicyclists could trans
port themselves and their arms and am
munition and emergency rations with less
fatigue and with as much speed as
though Oh horseback \ volunteer
trained to the use Of the bicycle, they
claim, would have at hand for instant
use the means of reaching. by a direct
road, point Of mobilization possibly
twenty or fifty miles distant With a
bicycle it would be as though charger
stood ready saddled at the volunteers
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
THE BRIDE AND GROOM.
no More Iii sing: the Ring; the Bride
on Her Fatefu1 Day.

No More hi sing: the Ring; the Bride
on Her Fatefu1 Day.
The wedding ring completes the cir
Gle, typical as is the ring itself of the
pcrpetuity Of the compact writes Mrs.
Burton kingSland in the Ladies' Home
Journal. Inside the ring-always a
plain gold one-are engraved the initials:
of bride and bridegroom, and the date of
the marriage. 1t is placed on the third
finger Of the left hand because of the
fanciful conceit that from that finger a
nerve goes straight to the heart
Some say that the word obey in the
marriage service is an anachronism and
holds only those who choose to be bound,
but American women do not often feel
their chains. In some provinces of Rus
STA the brides father gives her a little
cut with Il whip, which instrument of cor
rection he then presents to the groom for
future emergencies.
The kiss formerly given by the youn.
husband to his bride after the words, i
pronounce you man and wife'-for which
so many rchearsals were necessary-has
gone out of fashion.
1T is Il time-honored observance of
wedding etiquette that the bride shall not
hr seen by the bridegroom on the fateful
day until she appears coming up the aisle
to meet him. Hence the custom of the
hr;tlcgrooms waiting at the altar. The
bridal proccSSicn is for him-not pa
:rant for tho guests"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
GIRLS WITH TOO MUCH CAM
DOR.

Some girls are very complacent oye-
their candor. Now let me whisper Il;
YOU, that while YOU must Invariably
speak the truth. You arc not ALWAYS
called upon to indulge in brutal and OIL
cious truth-telling at the expense of kind
ness. You may be perfectly sincere, vet
not go into society armed with Il ciub
with WHICH to knock your acquaintances
down. Nor are you to be always actin.
t IN role of self-appointed policeman.
You need not tell your friend that YOU
40 not like her new hat and that it's
shape does not suit her head She has
the hat and must wear it. You need not
interfere with another friend though she
come late to church. Her own family
can speak to her about this The popu-
lar girl is never intrusive. She says a
sweet and pleasing thing if she honestly
can, or else she remains silent. And this
is but saying that Il popular girl cannot
get along without being sensible girl.
Dear girls there are better things than
being popular: do not try to be SO at the
expense of any fine quality Be your
best always. and make your lives a bless
Ing, to others. Let popularity come if it
will, but never set it in the first place,
as a thing to seek.-Margaret E. Sangs-
ter III Ladies' Home Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
POISON In EOS.

Cases are not infrcquently reported in
which children, and sometimes grown
nutmegs, it not being generally known
that this article of common household
use is really !; deadly poison. This is
true, i'll fact. of most condiments; but
the misuse of these articles, such as pep
per, capsicum, etc, are so obnoxious to
the taste, except when taken in very
minute quantities, that the consumer is
fore he has an opportunity to do him
self serious injury. This is not the case,
however, with the nutmeg This nut.
which contains a poisonous principle, may
be consumed without Inconvenience, in
quantities sufficient to produce fatal con
SEQUENCES.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
IS GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES, 81

this will know all that transpires i'll her
child's life, not only when he is with
her, but when he is. out with other, chill
dren;; for the child mind will be So any
ious that dear mamma shall know all
that has happened that it will tell all
with an Innocence and trust that comes
only with intimacy.
"When children return from their
play, give them an opportunity to tell
what they have been doing, and many
story of wrong innocently done will
be as innocently related. Here, then. is
the mothers opportunity; she may now
tell her children of the wrong. show them
why it was wrong, and she will still have
their confidence; but if instead of receiv-
ing her children with loving arms and
listening to their childish stories she has.
perhaps, rather harshly, told them to
keep quiet, and not come where she was
with their muddy boots, she has lost her
best opportunity to know of the wrong
that has been done; or if, upon hearing
of that wrong, she has scolded them for
their childish mistake, she has lost their
confidence. and the evil once committed
will be more easily repeated, and when
repeated will be concealed, and the sec
ond step downward has been taken.''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
A Troop Ships Water Supply.

The ships ordinary supply would be to-
tally inadequate for the requirements of.
say, 1000 troops. besides horses: but
the difficulty is overcome with the ard Of
a good condensing appara tus. From the
tanks into which the water is condensed
tabcut twenty tons and upward day.
extra iron pipes are run to suitable po-
sitons on different decks, and drawotf
cocks are fixed. Under the cocks for sup
plying the horses tubs are placed into
which the water is run. In the soldiers
quarters small pipes are fixed. and the
supply is taken from spring cocks the
amount allowed being usually six pint;
a head a day, except when the vessel
is in the tropics, when one gallon a head
is allowed. To provide against any break
down Of the condenser. portable iron
tanks, holding about 400 gallons each,
are placed in the lower holds and filled.
Life pumps are then fixed fore and aft
on the main deck, and the suction pipe
from the pumps is taken down close to
these tanks and finished with a union,
onto which rubber suction hose is
screwed, and led to- each tank as re-
ouired. 4 rising main taken from pump
is turned down and run parallel with the
main supply. and finished at the same
points.-Building World.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
A GOOD EXAMPLE,

After all. the cheerful spirit is but an
example Of that brave attitude toward
life Of which Stephenson wrote. 1t is ii
courageous bearing of inevitable burdens,
determination not to fret and not to
add to the sorrows of the world. The
gospel of happiness is one that every
woman should lay to her heart What
1T means to man to come home to Il
cheerful wife, only he knows who has to
fight the hard battle of life \ com
planning wife can kill the last bit OF hope
and courage in troubled heart. while
cheerful helpmate gives new life to be-
gin the fight all over again. The mother
who allows her children to grow ND
moody and disconnected, subject to blues
and sulks, is failing in her first duty.
She is handicapping them in the race of
life. The sunshiny man or woman has
everyone for /; friend, for this troubled
old earth must borrow it's mirth, lit
the disagreeable, jaundiced countenances
we meet on life's highway are enough
to turn honey into gall and wormwood.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
NURSES IN THE WAR.
Views of Some Who Are Now sc "
ing in South Africa.

in&. in South Africa
Nurses who are serving in hosDito]s in
South Africa say it is astonishing how
severely wounded many of the soldiers
can be and still live. An added discom-
fort from which the wounded suffer is
the intense heat. At Pietermaritzbury
the thermometer often registers 13S de-
grecS outside and 81 degrees in the
wards. \ temperature of SO degrees is
considered cool.
Arrays are universally used in the hos
pitfalls. After battle nurses and Sur
geons are on duty night and day in the
'theaterS, us these places of sulft ring
are called. In all cases the men CON
slider 1t disgrace to be i'll of tvpho;d
or dyScntery. and would rather be
wounded. They say the most awful cx-
perlence is lying wounded On til, field
after Il battle waiting to be picked M,
and wondering if they will be found at
all: Sometimes it is claimed that tbrv
endure forty-eight hours of this s,1s-
penS2.
Women nurses are not permitted to
serve in stationary hospitals at all. while
in base hospitals only four are allowed
for every 100 beds. At NIafekiny Lady
Sarah Wilson is in charge of the auyili
airy hospital 1t is said that where wom-
en- nurses are employed they give their
patents uns' lnted care and sympathy.
The English ambulance trains used in
South Africa are declared to be models
| of comfort and common sense. each being
splcndidly equipped with il Kitchen. pan
try and dispensary. The hunks are ar
ranged on either side Of narrow center
| aisle, and have detachable sides, SO that
the patient can be easily Slipped from
stretcher to bed. One hundred men can
be comfortably accommodated.
As they are without water for weeks
on the field of battle, the men generally
begged to be bathed before anything
further is done for their relief They
are then put to bed and operated upon
if the case is urgent. though this is not
done on the train if it can be avoided.
Each man is provided with a shirt,
sponge, brush, socks, handkerchief. knife.
fork, spoon and cup within reach The
trains carry two nursing sisters, several
trained orderlies and surgeons.
In a recent discussion in England as to
| when a man should be considered incapa-
| citated for service, it was stated that no
age limit should be set In fact, it is
! claimed that age, so long as it does not
| accompany physical incapacity, has the
| advantage of youth in the varied expe-
Renee it brings to the work.-New York
Tribune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
NEW SHIRT w AISTS.

The new wash shirtwaists are very
long-waistcd in front and rather short
at the back. Fitting correctly under
the arms and with wide shoulders, they
look a good deal like last years waists
till contrasted with leftover. Then it
will be seen that this seasons waist is
built along better lines and with more
graceful jauntiness. Shirtwaists or wash
silks are going to be worn a great deal,
and the run on flannel waists is ire
mendous. Almost all waists are made
with self cuff and collar band, with an
attachable shaped stock collar. When
linen collar is worn or Il white stock and
scarf are chosen. linen cuffs should be-.
set inside the waist cuffs. Only a white
stock should be Worn with a coloreG or
print shirtwaist unless the stock har-
monies with the shade of the waist,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
Romance in Austrian Court.

The often-postponed marriage of the
Crown Princess Stephanic of Austria to
Count Lonyay seems to be OH the eve
of occurring at Trieste, where Count
Lonyay has taken a residence and with
er Princess Stephanie departed from vi
emma Thursday. Neither the Vienna nor
the Brussels courts are any more favor
ably disposed toward the groom than
when the marriage was first mooted.
King Leopold thinks it scandal only a
little less terrible than that Of his eldest
daughter, while Queen Henrietta hides
her head in shame. <s&sf1s'I =.
But Princess Stephanie, regardless CT
it all. throws up her court life, diamonds
and 4 gold-embroidered robes, has her in
come reduced from 100000 to 100000
crowns and goes to live with a poor. ceun-
try gentleman. The people of Vienna. it
/ is said, scarcely talk of anything but
this great sacrifice for the sake of love.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
THE VOICE TELLS

Il shall never forget the first time I
s'e so-and,so, said someone, speaking
OF very homely woman with a very
nely-educated mind 1T was at n wom.
ans convention, and when l saw her |
thought she was the maid belonging to
one OF the speakers. But the moment
she began to talk l saw my mistake
She was one of the homelest women
ever saw and hadn't the least idea of
now TO dress, but the audience was fair
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
February Folk Lore.

: There are many legends to explain leap
year and February's curtailed existence,.
and there is curious similarity between
two belonging to Indifferent coun-ss
tries. A legend in. Egypt says that the
god Of February plays f6rfeits with the
moon and loses, while an old Norman
folk story tells that February used to
have as many days as the other months.
but lost day to January. and to March
in gambling. Another French legend ex-
plains that February originally had TWEEN
IL eight days, but that one year an old
woman who tended sheep laughed at him
for being so mild, so the offended god
borrowed cold day from March and
frogs her and her sheep, 5sssSss<5 4.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23
A Southern WOman's ENTERPRISE.

A young woman whose home is within
a few miles of Augusta, Ca, makes a
comfortable living for herself and her
mother by growing bulbs and selling them
to Northern seed houses. She inherited
about fifty acres of land which the neigh
bors said was too poor to sprout cowpeas.
She bought mule and went to work
clearing up and fertilizing. Now she has
a, beautiful bulb and flower farm.-In-
dianaDOlis News
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6 AL AID HINTS

Cream or Neufchatel cheeses or the
homemade cottage cheese should be
served with fruit salads, and any kind
Of thin, crisped crackers, or bread cut in
thin slices, the crust removed, and then
the slices rolled and tied with baby rib
bon to make them attractive
Bear in mind that it is quite as i'm
portant to have the salads thoroughly
chilled as to have, soups perfectly hot.
Lnkewarmness is not commendable in
either Of these courses any more than it
is in friendship or rel1gion.-Il1a Morris
Kretschmar in the Woman's Home Com
panion.