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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
HOW IT FEELS TO BE SHOCKED.
Cncons cious Two Hours, it Seen, ed but
Few Minutes to the Victim.

CnCOns ciOus Two Hours, it Seemed but
Few Minutes to the Victim.
Il nave received 4 number Of pretty
bad shocks in my life said an expert
enced electrician, ''but have had only one
really narrow escape from death. The
sensation OF an ordinarily severe shock is
familiar to the majority Of people. and is
not especially peculiar, but IL Knockout
dose Of the current is something entirely
different. [ was splicing Il connection in
Il .poWtrhcu&e when | got my jolt, and
mi>tnok al arc light feeder which had
Saggcd down for a dead wire [ had Il
pair OF pliers in my left hand. and at
tempted to push it out Of the way with
~. Then all of a sudden l had Il most
EXTRAORDINARY scnSation [ felt as if my
bleed was expanding and swelling every
vein i'll my whole body to the last pitch
OF tension. The great arteries in my
neck seemed to stretch until they were as
me with their pressure, and | had the
same bursting feeling in my cychalls. my
tongue; my nostrils and even the roots
Of my hair.
al this came over me with terrible
SWlftnesS, but it was nothing like Il
stroke OF lightning or the twinkling of an
eye. On the contrary. several seconds
seemed to e!apse, and the feeling was so
entirely different from what l had al
ways Imagined it would be that it never
entered my mind that had been shocked
.! Il h1Sh-poWer current. Then, as near
!! as can describe it. my ovi.rstrained
TISSUES appeared to give way. something
exploited III my brain like a 1OO-ton gun,
ana everything became black Almost
Immediately. or so could have. sworn. /
opened my eyes and found myself on the
floor, fully conscious hut very weak. As
q matter Of fact, I had been hurled a
dozen feet; What I imagined had con-
Sumed ut least a tenth OF Il minute had
possibly occupied a thousandth part of :,
second, and | had been inSenSiblc fully
two hours. It simply shows, as we have
often observed in dreams. that under alb
normal conditions the brain loses all con-
cception Of time. l am pretty positive
from Qllestio Il number of peoplc
that everybody who survives a shock
from current over 4 certain voltage
has an experience very similar to nv
own. The trouble is in describing it.
which l have done very mperfectly.
One Of our lincmen probably hit it off
better. He said he felt us if he had
:SWeled up and busted. New Orleans
IimeS-D Democrat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
Grant ALE MS Sense OF .Justi..fA

The Post Of Philadelphia is responsi,
bic for the following story Of Grant
Aliens Sense Of Justice" He had. if
appears, written a paper upon insects
and bugs and sent it to his publisher.
In it he infinitely described both the
bad and good sides of his subjects,
Several days after he had dispatched
the manuscript he wrote to the pub
Usher: Return at once proofs Of chap.
ter on bugs. l have found out that |
have done one Of them an injustice. l
dreamt about him all one night, after
I mailed the matter to you, and he
looked at me with reproachful eyes and
said I had made him out worse than
he was. In looking up his history from
later source have found out that he
was right"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
Everything in Looks.

In country charge Il young minister
was settled where his house was long
way from the church, says a Glasgow
correspondent. He was fond of horses.
and not only drove about the district tan
dem fashion during the week but shocked
some Of his conservative people by driy-
ing tandem also to and from church on
Sunday. One of his elders went into the
vestry at the close of the service on Sun
day to demonstrate with him.
"Why.' said the minister, what is
there wrong in driving them tandem
more than in driving them abreast?''
1T disna' look weel on the Sabbath
remarked the elder.
Look! What about the look o. said
the minister. Its a mere matter Of
taste.'
But persisted the elder, "thcres
something even in the look O a thing.
Now, when ye're gi'in' the benediction ye
baud up your hands so'-and the elder
initiated the minister's gesture with out
spread and uplifted hands, But suppose
We put your thoomb to yer nose and
spreed out yer hands tandem fashion in
front-this way-wad there no be Il guild
deal in the look O that?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
China to OutstriD japan.

When the outside interference which
is now inevitable shall have removed
Or modified the existing bars to trade
China will leave Japan far behind from
are as remarkable for their CONNER
cial morality as the Japanese are for
the opposite; they are more solid, better
balanced, take longer views, and are,
in short, more merchants and less ped
dlers than the same class in Japan, and
the natural resources of their immense
country are such as Japan cannot hope
to compete with, poor as she is in min
eral wealth and subject to the most
disastrous natural commissions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
GREAT BRIDGE OF STEEL.
Another Vast Structure to Connect
Brooklyn and New York,

Brooklyn and New York,
brooklyn bridge No. . has now reach
ed such Il stage Of it's construction as
to arouse the daily interest OF all citi-
zens Of greater New York whose bust
ness is transacted on Manhattan ISL
and and whose homes are in the city
of churches.
The second Brooklyn bridge will be
1900 feet in length, or four and one
half feet longer between the towers
than the present bridge, and will be
the largest structure of the kind in the
world. In 1898 the plans were made
and in the fall Of 1896 the work was
begun with the caissonS for the New
York tower. These were built on the
Brooklyn side and then taken across
the river and anchored on the founda-
tons, filled up with concrete and on top
Of this work the granite piers were built
which support the towers. The work
OF building these granite supports was
a difficult one. On the Brooklyn side
the structure extends 1913 feet below the
high water line and 33j feet above the
same line, and as the great masses Of
stone were unloaded and made ready
for place in the structure and as thou
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07

j. W. Routh and Capt. NJ. r. Kanan, of
| that city. 1t was organized by Major
stephenson and Captain Phelps ON
April &, lStt The officers were mus
tered in by Major Stephenson. Who
then declared the post duly organized
anu ready for the transaction Of any
and all business that might come be-
April 10. 1866. y. e.. Burns, Henry Cor
man. y. t. Ninhollz. W. II. Andrews
anu W. II. b. Rowe were mustered in
as new members Of tile post
III the meantime Major Stephenson
and his comrades worked hard to per-
feet the constitution, which was finally
accepted at Il meeting in Springfield
May .. 1866. Ii was printed in Spring.
1leld, and copies were sent to the Dera-
tur Post no. l on May Is, followed
shortly after by copies Of the revised
ritual. According to the constitution
the name OF the national organization
was to be 1.-THE Grand Army Of the Re-
public and precinct. county and State
anizations were provided for. Prior
10 the formal institution Of Post No. >
at Springfield a departmental staff had
been agreed upon to prosecute the work
of organizing posts.
The first State convention or encanD-
ment to form the Department of ILL.,
nois was held at Springfield. Ill.,, on
July -. 1866. At that time there were
already thirty-nine Grand Army posts
in the State OF Illinois that had re.
ceiyed their charters The call for the
convention was :iSnttl by niauy of tie
most prominent former army officers in
the State. The convention was called
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
TRIED A TOBACCO REMEDY.
But the Smoker Discovered and Frus-
trated His Wife's Purpose.

But the Smoker Discovered and Frus-
trated His Wife's Purpose.
MY smoking has always been a sore
point with my wife, who never lets a
chance slip to try and talk me out Of
the habit said Brown. Nov. l enjoy
Il good cigar and see no use in giving
up something that affords me pleasure
The other day, while was rummaging
around in Il cupboard, l ran across Il
box Of alleged tobacco cure. 1t could
be put SO it said on the lid. in the COT
fee Of the one that it was intended for
and he would be cured Of the habit
without knowing how it was done.
Il saw ut once what Mrs. Brown was
up to and | resolved to get even with
her. The contents looked as much like
sugar as anything, so l threw it out
and reiilled the box from the sugar
bowl
''That evening from the unusual
sweetness Of my coffee | realized that
she had begun to dope me. Finishing
my dinner pushed back my chair and
said:
- Il" otLrISV, LILY Dut udt eli
the slightest desire to smoke Il cigar |
saw her beam at this and then | con-
tinucd: But instead have a desire to
smoke a cigarette.'
"'IOu have Wlat:' she shrielled. for
she considers it sure death to smoke
the little rolls.
Il desire to smoke Il cigarette' said
!. calmly. 1 shall have to go over to
the corner store and get i PACKAGE
Leaving her gaspng for breath.
went over and bought a package and
smoked the miserable little things for
the rest Of the evening, while she wild
ly begged me- to smoke cigar or any
thing else but cigarettes.
''For three days my wife kept put
ting her supposed dope in my coffee
and | kept smoking, continually re-
marking that it was strange that no
longer cared for a cigar, but could not
smoke enough cigarettes.
"FinaUy she broke down and con-
fessed what she had been doing. After
frightening her by pretending that she
had fixed the cigarette habit on me for
life we compromised by my agreeing
to give them up an1 she to refrain from
saying anything more about my smok-
ing cigars.
THE agent that sold her the dope is
going to call soon to get a recommends
ton from my wife. He'll get it. He'll
get something else, too '-Indianapolis
Sentinel
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07

to order by Major Stephenson and Col
Walter 4. Scates, Of Chicago, was elect
| ed president. The Department of Hi
noiS was formally organized.
The first national encampnent, il
which the national organization Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic was Per
fer1e1l, WAS held at Indianapolis, Ind
on Nov. 20, 1886. 1t was called to order
by Chief Il. f.. STEPHENS
son, and Gen. John VI. Palmer was
elected permanent president OF the
convention. The war Governor of In
diana. Oliver T. Morton, attended the
eltampmen and was received with
great enthusiasm.
Ihe second national encampment of
tn" Grand Army did not take place u1l-
til Jan. 1911, 1868, and was held at
Philadelphia. John A. Logan. Of ILL.,
noiS, was elected commander-in-chief
He was reelected at the following two
natlonal encampmentsatC Cincinnati and
washington, -. &. The fifth national
encampmen1 was held at Boston and
elected \. r.. burnside comnlander-in-
chief
During the first years OF it's exist
enre the growth Of the Grand Army of
the Republic was comparatively slow,
and not until the latter part of the '7Os
did its marvellous growth really begin
In 1873 the Grand Army comprised but
81 .o1G members, while at the present
time it comprises 7,1S4 posts, with 286,-
Hob mem berS. The greatest number of
members was reached in 1890, when
the national organization comprised
409.4S9 members in good standing.
After this it is expected that the num-
Der will steadily decrease, owing to the
mortality among the veterans
Following is d list showing the num-
Der of members Of the Grand Army
during the years from 1878 to the pres
ent time:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07

The thought Of founding an associa
ton that would preserve the friend
ships and memories Of their common
trials and dangers among the men wh'
fought for the Union during the Civil
War was conceived by the Rev. Will
lam j. Rutledge, Of Petersburg, Ill.
who. during the war, was chaplain O.
the Fourteenth Illinois Infantry. Chap
lain Rutledye was the terminate anl
intimate friend Of DR.. &. +. Stephenson
;pyilneut In 1862. 10 him he suggest
rI his idea, and they agreed to work to
EHtller for the purpose Of organizing
such all association after the close OF
Vac war.
After peace had been restored boil
were mustered out and returned tt
their homes. They kept up Il lively cor
re>pondence, however. and IN March
l>iH. met, by appointment, in Spring
Ilrld, ILL.,, to consider the draft of rit
'''I lOi tlit VI SuIl:itlOu NUltu lueV III
1'ndtd to found. Or. Stephenson had
prepared such a draft and consulted
iuany former officers Of the Union army
III reference to it. among them COL John
NJ. Snyder Governor Oglesby's secre-
ta:y; DR.. James Hamilton. Mai. Rob
trt NJ. Woods, Maj. Robert Allen, Col.
Martin Flood, Col. Daniel Grass, Col.
Edward Prince, and many others.
The ritual was finally adopted and
printed in the office of the Decatur, Ill.,,
lrloune, which WAS owned 10y |. W.
'"!triu and Joseph Pryor. Both men,
as well as nearly al their employees,
had been in the military service during
the war. They were all pledged to the
utmost secrecy. Capt. John :. Phelps
Suptr!ntcnded the printing of the rit-
uui
Maj. r. +. Stephenson was the NOV
ing spirit Of the movement, and de-
voted himself to his task with rr4a
energy and enthusiasm. His friends
succeeded in Interesting many other
officers and men Of the Union army on
behalf OF the proposed organization.
and it was finally formed in Springfield
in~Nae4ei1:: 1866.
The first post was founded in De-
catur, ILL.,, through the efforts Of Dr.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
WOMEN WHO SELL PAPERS

comparatively Few of the Sex in the
Business in Chicago.
There are not many women in Chi
cago who follow the business of selling
newspapers on the street, but those who
DO are not lacking in persistency. saws
the Chronicle. They have several adj
yantages over boys, one being their
sex and age, which appeal to buyers of
papers; another is Il commotion on the
street does not divert them from their
calling. Their memory of faces is re-
markable. When 4 man buys a paDer
twice Of woman he is looked upon as
a regular customer. and if he does not
keep it up from day to day she puts on
the look OF one who is injured. This
little trick works we'll Not Il few men
VIII make 1t a point to defer purchase
ing until they reach her street corner.
Not a few men regard the patronizin.
or such persons as a sort of charity and
that makes them like to put themselves
out q little to do it. All these charac-
trrlstlcS OF men the woman vender of
newspapers understands, and with cy-
cry sale there goes with the paDer =
look and a smile which make the bllver
feel in his soul that he is ameliorating
the condition Of the poor and he comes
again.
Nearly all women street vendors of
newspapers in Chicago are consider
ably past middle age, and their make
up is one of gcnteei roverty-of II have
seen better days." Some who sew dur-
ing the day spend an hour or two in the
later afternoon and early evening sell
ing papers, because they need the recre-
alton and air, besides they make a lit
Il" money out Of it, which is a great
help to them in meeting expenses.
There are a few newspaper sellers
who fetch a child with them to the
street, which serves as a manufa cturer
Of sympathy. The child may belong to
the woman who has it, and it NAV he
borrowed for the occasion. The latter
becomes pretty self-evident fact when
the child does not always put in its
appearance, and especially so when the
child bears no likeness Of the woman
and they act one toward the other as If
there was no bond of relationship exist.
ing between them. The child's part in
the play for sympathy and trade is a
conspicuous one. If it is not too large
it is carried in the woman's arms while
she stands and on her lap while she
sits, but in any event it is kept well
to the foreground as a childish appeal
for patronage. 1t Is good card, and
even men and women who believe it is
all play cannot always resist the
promptings Of their sympathy. Such
women move from place to place. They
are on one street corner to-day, another
tomorrow, and somewhere else the
next day. They do not work for regu
lar customers-that is, those who Dor
row babies for the occasion.
There are a few women who are il
the trade as business. They are ou1
early and late, always on hand for the
first issue Of the Extra" and they
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
Starting in the Chicken Business.


There is a story told of a shrewd
Yankee who began in business without
any capital at ALL
He borrowed a broody hen from one
neighbor and setting of eggs from
another.
Having Set the hen he soon had a
fine brood Of chicks, but was now in 4
dilemma as to how he could pay back
those eggs
He finally solved the difficulty by
keeping the hen until she had laid the
required number Of eggs, when he re-
turned both the hen and the eggs, and
guessed he had as fine lot of chick
It's as anybody. And abo 1t as cheap
too. There are men in western Ne
braska who claim a good start from a
borrowed COW, but the operation can
hardly have been as smooth as this
Exchange
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
Not Constituted for Swimming.

tamel> cannot swim. They are very
buoyant. but Unbalanced, and thei,.
heads go under water. They can, how
ever, be taught to swim rivers with the
aid Of goatSkins or jars fastened under
their necks. During the Beluchistan ex-
petition Of 1898 the camels We're lowered
into the sea from the ships, and their
drivers, plunging overheard, clambered
onto the backs of their charges. causing
the ANNA IS heads to come up: and thus
assisted they were successfully piloted
Shore.-Pearson' Magazine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
BIRDS THAT DO NOT SING.
They Far Outnumber the Musicians of
the Feathered Family.


the Feathered Family.
Singing is applied to birds in the same
sense that it is to human beings-the
utterance of musical notes. Every per-
son makes vocal sounds Of some kind,
but many persons never attempt to
sing. So it is with birds. The eagle
screams, the owl boots, the wild goose
honks, the crow caWs, but none of these
discordant sounds can be called sing
ing.
With the poet the singing Of birds
means merry, light-hearted joyousness,
and most Of us are poetic enough to
view it in the same way. Birds sing
most in the spring and the early sum-
mer, those happiest seasons of the year,
while employed in nest-building and in
rearing their young. Many of our most
musical singers are silent all the rest
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
Special Delivery Is PODuIar.

The popularity Of the special delivery
branch of the United States mail SER
vice is evidenced by the fact that in
1899 more than 100000 of these spe
cial stamps We're sold. The distance
travelled by the messengers who deliy
ly 100000 miles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07

than in words. 1t may be said that
there are no young women in the bust
ness Of selling newspapers on the
streets in Chicago, but there are num-
Der of girls ranging in age from to -
years, and nearly all Of them are bold,
persistent and always chewing gum.
They look untidy and seem to have no
ambition to better their condition.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
Only Three Seminole Bands.

There are to-day but three bands Of
Seminoles left in Florida. So complete
ly have these people been disintegrated
that no tribal relations now exist be-
tween them; they have no acknowledc-
ed chief, and they recognize no mans
authority. They number about 600.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
Latest in Surgery

One Of the latest things in surgery is
the practice of embalming an injured
limb as a substitute for amputation. 1t
is claimed by a celebrated surgeon that
much more tissue is thereby saved.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
Utah Has Much AsDhaIt,

Should me supply of asphalt at Trini
dad become exhausted, according to an
expert in the use of this material, a still
greater bed which underlies vast area
of ground near Fort Duchesne, Utah.
may be drawn upon. The ground is
now part of an Indian reservation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
DIED WITH HIS BOOTS ON,
"Cap" Hatfield, the Notorious Outlaw
Killed Twenty Men

Killed Twenty Men.
"Cap' Hatfield, the famous outlaw
chief of the Hatfield elan that for years
waged intermittent war against the
McCoys, died with his boots on His
death was caused by bullet wounds re-
ceived at the hands of a fellow work
man with whom he fought in a West
Virginia lumber camp. Cap" Hatfield
has probably killed more men deliber-
ately than any other man in the United
States. He has killed more than twenty
men. some in self defense and others by
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
Female Doctors in Asia

Within the last twenty years the mum
Der of American and English female
physicians in Asiatic countries has in
creased from twenty to 22O.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
$500 PER WEEK

and expenses to man with rig to intro
duce our Poultry Compound and Lice
Killer among farmers. Address with
lamp Acme Mfg. Co.. Kansas City, Mo.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07

A girl who takes two hat pins to
fasten her hat on her hair, which then
will not stay on, ought to be lost in ad
miratio of the bald headed men.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
Crosby Transportation Co. and

Grand Trunk Ry. system. Grand Haven
Route. Shortest, cheapest and most
popular line to all points in Michigan,
Canada and the East. Steamers leave
Milwaukee every night at 9:15 p. m.
Write or call at ticket Office, 400 East
Water St.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
Next to nagging wife is father

who is always reminding his children
Of what they have cost him, and that
they ought to pay him back.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07

Such Wcll-knoWn English garden
plants as the phloX and the verbena have
run wild over hundreds of acres of sandy
New Ulm review., 1900-04-25
MILFORD.
Staff Correspondent,

StaH correspondence.
Our rain maker was surprised with q
shower last week.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
E. Rolloff last Thursday.
Mrs. G.. Branweiler is visiting with
with relatives near Tracy this week.
Seeding was all finished the fore part
of last week and some fields are already
looking green. ~"
Mr.. and Mrs. G Krause were aereeabl7
surprised by their friends and neighbor:
on Easter Monday.
Gust. Schroeder, who was sick will
inflammation of the kidneys, is also able
to be around again. :.. =: T.
William Brinkmann, who was confined
to his bed for about two weeks with l.
grippe, is able to be around again al
though quite weak. =: III y =: {. S..S5 }z. s 1
The Modern Woodman dance in Mil
ford Club hall on Easter Monday eve
ming was slimly attended owing to the
rain and consequently another was giver
Saturday evening which was a success.
financially as we'll as socially. .1.. j .5 .