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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
POTATOES AND BEANS.
Michig gan is Now Producing The m OF
Old Pine RarrenS.

Old Pine Barrens.
The development of lands from which
the pine timber has been taken into vas
potato fields and bean farms has reached
a point where a large and growing mar
ket is supplied by the former sandy wood
lands of the Michigan peninsula. A few
years ago a vast area Of land along the
Grand Rapids 4 Indiana railway was
covered with partly burned trees and
stumps. Today thousands Of acres OF
this land produce potatoes which have
found market in many states. The
bean industry has also assumed impor-
tant proportions. until the product has a
market which reaches over dozen West
ern states, and is retarded in further
Western extension only by the cheaper
freight rate of the California product.
Mr.. Harwood, a bean buyer ut Plain
we'll, says that the acreage has been in
creased and that the industry now ex-
tends through three tiers Of counties,
reaching across the state, beginning with
Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren,, large
quantities of beans being raised in these
three counties and in Kent. Kalamazoo
and Barry. The product is known as
pea beans. producing in some counties
twenty bushels to the acre. The price at
present averages about 81 40 per bushel
for screened beans. AS Indicating the
VIDE latitude from which orders for this
Mlchlgan product comes Mr.. Harwood
received within few hours Of each other
orders from Arkansas City, Kas., and
Winchester, Va.
The new potato country reaches from a
few miles north of this place to the
Straits of Mackinac.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
SOUGHT A DRINK OF WATER.
Marvellous Luck Of Thirsty Lad
Brought Him n Fortune.

Marvellous Luck Of a Thirsty Lad
Brought Him n Fortune.
In relating recently some Of hs expert
ences as gold hunter, Col. Timothy w.
Brooks of Pomona. CAL, told the follow
ing incident:
although the pursuit>fnean slow STAR
walton and heap Of poverty and misery
for most Of us, a lot of us stick to it pure
y from love Of the gambling there is
in 1t, and not that We care anything
about the pleasures that money will buy.
There was old Ben Dooley, who mined it
at Rough and Ready up in the Grass
Valley country Of California, along about
1868. He long-tommed dirt all day
cooked his own grub and never stirred
from his cabin after dark. The cabin
was b VT on the summit Of hill, and
about 800 yards away was 4 small spring
from which he used to pack water, He
was asked often why he did not live near
er the water, but said that he liked the
exercise Of climbing. lie never drank or
gambled or wore good clothes. and as h.
was always at work the boys figured that
ne must have considerable money in his
hut. One day he was found dead from
heart disease outside his cabin. The men
at Rough and Ready buried the old fell
low decently, and then everybody began
looking for Dooley's buried gold. In all
the years he had never been to the county
town, so folks knew that he could not
have put his dust in the bank. For Il
space Of three acres the ground around
the old fellows cabin was torn up, and
even the walls were taken down and the
logs riven apart, but not a cents worth
OF metal was found. The treasure seek
crs finally gave it up, the yield played out
in Rough and Ready, the men went else
where and in a little while there was not
a sound in the once busy camp save the
harsh call Of the jaybird or the owls boot
at night.
"Three years later boy who was out
hunting squirrels stopped at the spring to
rrst. He bent his lips to the cool water
and cut his hand slightly upon some
sharp hard substance. buried at the edge
Of the spring. Digging the sand away.
with boys curiosity, he found a piece
of tin, and going deeper he found that
the tin belonged to q three-gallon kero-
senc can sunk into the ground under the
e.ds eof the spring. Burrowing deeper he
finally looscncd it and with much effort
pulled it out. 1t contained the miscr>s
dust. neatly tied into haIf-pound sacks
made Of .rawhidc. There were forty Of
these sacks. worth $4,000 It was Doo-
ley's hoard. AS the old miser had no
relatives that anyone had ever heard OF,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
Comfort in College Not Sinful Excess


AS rule the college boys who have
fine rooms and luxurious clubhouses are
the sons of well-to-do people. and live. if
anything, less luxurantly in college than
they do at home. Large rooms, good fur
niture and porcelain bathtubs do not in
themselves constitute sinful excuses,
andvif college boys can afford such things
there is no very grievous harm in their
having them. Outside Of West Point and
Annapolis it IS impossible to constrain
young men to anything like an equality
Of expenditure, and it is not certain that
it would be profitable to do it even ii it
could be done. 4 university, which is a
microcosm and reflects in considerable
measure the unequal conditions Of life
which obtain in the world outside of it,
is all the more instructive on some ac-
counts because it is microcosm -Har-
npr'S Weekly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
Something About Medicine.

Bear this in mind when you give medi-
cine:
Read the label on the bottle.
Shake the bottle before you pour it out.
Even If the bottle is Marked it is safer
to measure the dose in a properly marked
glass.
\ medicine glass should be in every
house. One can be bought for a few
cents.
Medicine ordered three times day
should be given at 10 a. n., , D. M and
s p. m.
If the direction is that it is to be taken
every four hours, give it at a. M, -
H., p. M. and 8 p. m.
Do not give medicine in the night I'M
les sthe doctor has told you distinctly to
do so.
Iron is always best taken after food.
Quinine should be taken before food
Hot milk and coffee disguise the taste
of cod liver and castor Gil better than
anything else. Pour little coffee and
milk into the cup first. then the oil, then
more coffee, and one will hardly know he
has taken the medicine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
TO FIGHT THE MEXICANs.
Old Missourian Rode Thousand
Miles en- Horseback to DO 1t.


Miles en- Horseback to DO 1t.
James S. Barker. Missouri farmer. is
a veteran of the Mexican war. He rode
on an old farm horse Il thousand miles
i'll the spring Of 1847 to join Col. Jack
Hayes, then at Austin. Tex, recruiting
for Gen. Zachary Taylors army. The
distance is about $50 miles direct. but
this patriotic herseman couldn't find all
the ROADS running straight, and he fire.
quently had to make wide detours to find
ferries and good fording places. He
crossed the Missouri river at BoonyiIle
on the lce.. He took provisions with him.
but the simple statement that he was
bound for the war insured him hospit-
abie welcome wherever he could find a
cabin III the thinly settled country.
Mr Barker didn't nave to go to war
he was an Independent Missouri hunter
and trapper. and there was no conscrip-
ton. But the news that filtered through
to his little northern Missouri, nome led
nm TO- think his country needed him, and
he laid aside his pursuit of deer. foxes,
wildcats and the like for the more excit-
ing one of hunting men.
When he reached Austin the horse that
had carried Mr.. Barker so faithfully on
MS long journey, evidently thinking it
had done enough, ray7eaesw and$died. Mr..
la Ncl XVI new mount ana sailed
forth with Col. Hayes regiment in quest
OF Gen: Taylor, but before reaching him
the regiment received orders to reinforce
Gen. Winfield Scott, who was then pass
ing on to Vera Cruz. This was the first
reslment to reinforce Gen. Scott after en-
tering Mexico, and it was enthusiastically
welcomed by the weary American troops.
Vera Cruz fell in March. and there was
hard fighting in Cerro Gordo and at
.jalapa, in both of which enga gements the
Americans were victorious. Mr.. Barker
fought in nearly all the great battles of
the Mexican War until he was mustered
out at Vera Cruz on April 80, 1913. EIe
went to New Orleans. and made his trip
home Oh Z steamboat, ride far less in
tercsting, he says, than his journey to the
South on horseback
Mr.. Bankers was the first regiment
equipped with Colt revolverS, and this
eally lnvcn ion OF Il repeating arm was
regarded IS something not far short OF !,
marvel. The soldiers were encourag ed to
practice pistol shooting while riding
rapidly on horseback. and they became sd
expert that the Mexican officers found it
hard work to keep their men in line when
JACK Hayes and his double sixers got
in among 1hem.-St. Louis Republic
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
DEFECTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Individual Capacity is Lost Sight of
in icalin:. will, the Mass

Individual Capacity is Lost Sight of
i" '.ealin:: with the Mass.
Inc public school authorities are com.
PEELED by circumstances to proceed on the
theory that what is good and sufficient
for one child is good and sufficient for
all children. says Joel Chandler Harris
in the Saturday Evening Post There is
practically no remedy for this in our
common schools. which arc made I'D OF
conslomerate mass Of humanity. sceth-
ing and various-a mass which must be
dealt with in haste and on the run. In
these schools the child is taken I'D, taught
with the mass of pupils, and compelled
TO conform to the ''grades" which have
been inverted for the convenience of the
teachers: and is presently thrust out and
sent about its business, knowing how to
read and write, indeed, but possessing
only the vagueSt ideas in regard to the
fund of knowledge which education is
But 4 specially devised system of train
ing and education should be compelled to
give different and better account of
itself. Ii it cannot be made adjustable
to the individuality, the disposition and
natural bent and tendency of each child
that IS to partake of its benetits-if it
cannot be extended or modified to fit the
UCAduuS VI edCll anu ill-lutu IL IS not
only not scientific. it is absurd The
special beauty OF childhood and youth,
the captivating mystery of humanity,
consists mainly Of the infinite, the end
less variations Of personality, individual
lty, tendency, temperament-the quail
ties and characteristics that are native
to each individual and to no other-and
if these special devices, which are put
forward so confidently, do not conform
to, and aid in bringing out and develop
ing the most promising tendencies of the
individual. they are unworthy OF serious
consideration.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
Religious. Privileges in Siberia.

The people form the most picturesque
element; of the Siberian village. The men
wear the Russian cap and the blouse:
most often of red, while the only boot
above it, in manifold wrinkles. Inc wom-
en-, in bright print gowns, are mostly
barefooted, except in winter: and wear 4
gay kerchief over the head. But even be-
fore you see the people you are impressed
with the dual spires of the small Greek
church which rise above each small place,
bringing to this distant land the Russian
message of Christ and faint echo of
Byzantium. Wherever Russia sends her
moujik she sends also her ''pope," whose
life must often be dreary exile; the
most insignificant Siberian village is not
without the same religious privileges that
are to be obtained in distinguishes
MagaZine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
Hall for NOtables in Bavaria.

A Hall of Fame similar in some re-
spects to the one at the University of
New York. for which the first names
have been selected, exists in Bavaria. 1t
stands in Munich and is known as Die
Ruhmeshalle." 1t overlooks the newer
The hall was begun in 1S43 under the
supervision of the architect Klenz and
was completed ten years later. 1t is
in the form of a colonnade, 10 meters
long and 81 meters wide, and has two
projecting wings which partly enclose
the statue of Bavaria. This is gigan-
tic iron figure, 100 feet high, weighing
G4,177 kilograms, designed by Schwan-
dence
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
Transit Innovations in London.

The Tuppenny Tube has introduced
successfully several important innoya-
tons WHICH point directly to the success
ful solution of the rapid transit problem
in the near future. It has abolished com
partments and classes, introduced a uni
distance and accelerated speed to q no;nt
within reasonable scope Of the term ranid
transit. 1t was considered a rash and
doubtful experiment to provide only one
class of accommodation for aristocratic
and costermongering London. The d.
rectors have found no reason thus far
ior making any change. All London,
not afford cabs: why not do the same in
a railway carriage, where each passen-
ger has more room than in a bus?-NeW
York Sun Correspondence.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16

municipal collieries. Glasgow and Man.
chester have already taken action, both
appointing committees to consider and re-
port as to the desira bility Of recommend
ing the purchase of coal mine. A pro-
posal to the same effect has been made to
the county council here. and, unless Goals
ran III value. it is not unlikely we shall
see bill submitted to Parliament next
session for powers to purchase land con-
tanning, COAL Tbs proposal. however, is
not put forward as a principle Of Social
ISM but purely with the object of saving
the finances and keeping the price of coal
AT moderate cost to the council-\ew-
castle (Engl Chronicle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
City Electric Light Works Pay.

Municipal electricity pays, says Lon
don, newspaper: In 1898 Hampstead
made profit of fS34O for the alienation
and it has been calculated that instead of
ESQ it would cost the rate-payers of
Marylebone only Ego for each of the arc
lamps i'll their streets if the electric sup
ply were transferred to the Local all-
+horifx-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
Modern Methods Take in London.

This missionary work which the Tup.
penny Tube is doing in London will
speedily bear fruit. Already it mas in.
tensitied the popular disgust toward the
ance. The management OF the old con-
Germ is sufficiently aroused from it's
lethargy to experiment solemnly with
electric traction on half mile of it's line.
When it got a train actually to run !,
few weeks ago, it invited the public t.
come and see and test the wonderful nov
city at shilling a ride! The managers
were probably very much grieved and
CORRESPONDENT
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
Oberammergau's Passion Play.

Oberammergau has been casting up the
accounts of this years passion Play"
There were forty--ight performances and
100000 visitors, who paid 100000 for
admission. The profits of the village
from dodgers. the sale of trinkets and 50
forth were between $4,000 and 81 ,OOO..
600. Munich and the Bayarian railroads
have also 2rofted. the latter showing 4
surplus of 2,5OO,OO
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
Early in the Field.

In one day recently sixty prairie
schooners, making string about Il mile
long, passed Guthrie, Ok, on their way
to the Kiowa and Commanche country
They were mostly from the state of Mis-
souri,. People down in that section are
at a loss to know why these pioneers go
The reservation will not be opened until
A nril
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
American Products in Scotland.

John Mcdonald, Kansas newspaper
man who is touring Scotland, says in a
letter to one of the papers Of the Sun
flower state that he recently went into
store in little highland town and in
spected the goods displayed for sale, find
ing among them the following American
products: Corn -four, canned beef.
canned peaches, canned apricots, canned
pears, soap, rolled oats, washboards.
churns, cheese. hams, -four, salmon, ap-
pies, forks, hoes, axes, hammers, saws
jOincrS' tools. braces and bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
Remedy for Insect Bites.

It is said that insect bites should he
touched with point of a toothpick
dipped in fluid made by dissolving two
teaspoonfuls of bicarbonate of soda and
two teaspoonfuls of common salt in 4
quarter Of pint of water.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
We're Used by the Anc;ents.

It has been generally supposed that the
system of using raised letters for thu.
education Of the blind was European
invention. Books printed in this species
OF type have been in use in Persia from
time immemorial. Similarly tho art of
printing and the principle of the mari
nesc ages before they were accepted by
the more slowly-developing civilization of
West
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
Fair EaVOEites OF Dame Fortune.

A great friendship has arisen between
the Countess of Warwick and Mrs.
Marshall Field. Jr., of Chicago, who lives
Warwickshire. Both women are famous
beauties of the most exquisite and refined
type, and they make striking pair when
together. Mrs. Field has two beaut iful
young boys. to whom she is devoted.
The Duchess of Marlborough has re-
Gently had some superb lace curtains and
BED draperies; made in France for one of
the state bedrooms at Bleinheim. Each
curtain is different in it's subject, al
though the borders are alike. There are
scenes from thu chase at Blenheim, and
the work is exquisite in its execution.
The cost was, thousands of pounds. 1t
has been making three years. 49,.
The beautiful Countess Itchy and her
husband and her little son are settled in
England The countess was Mabel
Wright and married Fernando Yznaga,
whom she divorced. She married an
Austrian nobleman of wealth, and is now
to become one Of the entertainers of
London. She is still rarely-beautiful
woman: She still retains the friendship
of the duchess of Manchester, who was
formerly her sister-;n-laW
The Duchess Of Marlborough is very
happy over the prospect of living in Ire
land as vicereine. It will be a brilliant,
active life, and she will be a most charm
ing vice-queen, for she has tact, beauty
and presence and delights in court func-
tons. 1t will probably be as much the
fashion for New York society women to
attend court IN Dublin as in London.
The old palace of Dublin is not as large
as Blenheim, but it is grander and more
lnteresting.-.xew York World.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
The Worlds Largest Toy Factory

The largest toy factory in the world is
in New York, w here playthings in tin are
manufactured literally by the millions.
output Of circular tin whistles is 2,O0O,-
600 per annum.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
A German Missionary Work.

In Germany there are over 1000 asso-
Citations for young women, and one Of
their best endeavors is the depot mis-
sion.' whose workers look out for young
girls coming into cities seeking employ
ment and having no friends nor place to
lodge. This line of work has been sue
cessful in English towns for number Of
years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-16
British Cities to Own Coal Mines.

One effect in the rapid advance in the
price or coal has been to generate move
ment in favor of the establishment of
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-09-07
THE TIP OF THE TONGUE.
IL Is the Most Sensitive Part of I'll
Human Body.


Human Body.
The tip of the tongue possesses the
most perfect sense Of touch. The finest
hair is felt upon its surface, and even
when fingers fail to ascertain the quail.
ties of certain bodies. contact with the
tongue Immediately recognizes them. The
relative sensibility of various parts of the
body is best measured by means of pair
Of compasses, the points Of which are
tipped with cork.
The tip of the tongue can distinguish
two distinct impressions when the COM
pass points are only half a line, or the
twelfth Of an inch, apart, the tip of the
finger when they are one line apart.
Other spots vary still more widely; this
distance at the lips is two lines: the tip
of the nose. three lines; the cheek, five
lines; palm of the hand, FIVE lines: fore
head. ten lines: back of the hand, II
lines; chest, 20 lines; back and thigh, 30
lines.
II, however. this experiment is repeat.
ed with pair of compasses capable by
slight pressure of pricking, it will he
found that there is no corresponding diff
ference between the parts in their sensi-
bility to pain. On the contrary. in places
where the sense Of touch is most keen,
the sense of pain is in the first instance
at least deadened. and the parts most
callous in discriminating the double
touching points are by no means the least
alive to the sensation excited by their
pressure.
The tip of the tongue has 20 times the
tactile discrimination Of the arm. but the
arm is more sensitive to u sharp point
applied with moderate pressure to the
skin than either the tongue or the finger
and is ut least as alive to the presence
of very light body, a hair or feather.
drawn along the surface.
Curiously enough, the right hand.
which is more sensitive to touch than
the left. is less sensitive TO temperature
If the two hands are dipped in two
basins of water at the same temperature
the left hand will feel the greatest sensa-
ton Of heat.-Cincinnati Enquirer.