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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Growing Potatoes.

\ sandy loan Is the ideal potato soil:
On black prairie soil, us l have found
by experience. Well-rotted horse manure
scab) is the only fertilizer the farmer
can afford to use, and l have about dis
carded that in favor Of ii clover sod.
which will produce IL larger yield, espe-
cially in a dry season. There is one con-
dition that must be complied with if a
good crop is desired, and that is, the soil
must be thoroughly pulverizc.d for at
ing the growing season. Just consider
the amount of dirt that must be pushed
aside by a large hill of potatoes and you
will at once see the futility of planting
in compact soil, besides, in the latter
case the quality is never as good. If a
clover sod. it should be plcwed early in
the fall about four inches deep. This
will allow the sod to rot before planting
time. In the slr Ing just as soon as the
ground will work, plow again two or
three inches deeper. When the planting
season comes pulver izc the ground a S
deep as possible-a disc or spading har-
row is hest to use for this you are
ready to- plant. Not one farmer in one
hundred has potato planter and if my
plan is followed they would not take one
as gift. If practicable begin in the
middle Of the field and back furrow two
rounds, cutting narrow 50 the first two
rows will not be too far apart. When
you start on the second round let one
Of your helpers (you will need two) fol-
low after you with basket of seed,
push the pieces into the side Of the fur
row far enough so the horses will not
drag them out while covering and at a
point where they will be covered about
four inches deep by the next furrow.
a little practice will enable one to do
this nearly as fast as they can walk.
The second man should follow after you
at the opposite side of the field, and if
they are hustlers you will rarely have
to wait on them. If your plow cuts full
twelve inches you can plant every third
round, which will make the rows three
feet apart. When you are through plow-
ing your potatoes are planted; no fur
rowing, no covering and the seed is in a
loose bed Of soil instead of in the bottom
Of hard trench, half full Of clods, the
usual result of the old way of planting.
With light narrowing the ground will
be in good shape for future cultivation.
My advice to the farmer who grows po-
tatoes for business and not for pleasure
is to let new, high-hown varieties severe
~ alone unless you plant i'll very lin
tied way. My experience is, not one new
kind in twenty-five is as good as some
Of the old reliable oncs.-L. H. Beard in
Farmers Advocate.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
he still softly whistled bar of "Ben

BE- ke,t still j softly whistled bar of "Ben
The tempest passed and there sue
ceeded calm even more frightful. His
head panied him so terribly that his
sight grew indistinct. He flung himself
upon the couch, face downward, and
waited.
A click Of key in the door reused
him.
He rose and staggered into the dining
room and stood behind the screen, bend
ing over something bright and shining
which he held in his hand.
"Why, Billy has gone," he heard his
sisters soft voice say. "WeH, that is
s all right He has no love for you' gen
'.Y i, don't imagine that he suspects
"Oh, no. Billy's such an honest old
dear he thinks every one else equally so"
was the reply.
Then we are alone
Billy STEPPED out in the light, and as his
sisters lover went toward her with ex-
tended arms he shot him directly in the
heart.
The general fell like mass of lead.
When they broke open the door in re-
Spouse to the woman's frenzied screams
Billy sat by the side of his victim, speak
ing no word, but softly whstling, his
bloodshot eyes fastened OH the livid face
at his feet.
y
Zone of the most dangerous patients in
the institution" the alienists say, as they
indicate an inoffensive looking man, who
sits quietly by himself in a remote cor.
ner, and. with eyes fixed on vacancy,
| whistles softly from morning till night
Oh, don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben
Bolt?
New York Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
MRS. COLONEL HAMILTON.

remedy in the home of Mrs. Colonel Ham
ilton is we'll attested by a letter from
her, which says: Il can give my testi-
mony as to the merits of your remedy,
Pe-ru-na. I have been taking the. same
for some time, and am enjoying better
health now than l have for some years.
l attribute the change to Pe-ru-na, and
recommend Pe-ru-na to every woman,
believing it to be especially beneficial to
them" Mrs. Hamilton's residence is 259
Goodale street, Columbus, Ohio.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Parasites In Hives.

The presence Of ants, cockroaches and
other insects of this nature about bee
hives and in suDers is largely the fault
have corners and unoccupied places in
them wherein such insects harbor. If
you have supers that the bees do not oc-
cupy on the hives remove them, or learn
why the bees do not go to work in them
Such supers have open places to admit
Of these insects. Ants, cockroaches and
such are not considered damaging to.
bees to the extent of bothering with
them, except in cases where the colony
is weak. and cannot occupy all the
combs Or the hives and supers, In this
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Stomach
roubIes
in S pring

Are THAT BILIOUS FEELING, bad
taste in the mouth, dull headache, Sleep
lessness, poor appetite.
No matter how careful you are about
eating, everything you take into your
stomach turns sour, causes distress,
pains and unpleasant gases.
Don't you understand what these
symptoms-signals of distress-mean?
They are the cries of the stomach for
help! 1t is being overworked. 1t needs
the peculiar tonic qualities and diges-
tive strength to be found only in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
SlO,OOO,OOO a Year for Peanuts.

The people of the United States con-
sumo 4,WO.OOO bushels of peanuts an
nually, at Il cost of about 100000 900.
The growing of the peanut in this coun-
try is gradually increasing, but much IF
the product consumed is still brought
from abroad. notably from Spain. Egypt
and Japan. Yet the South Atlantic sea
board and the lower Mississippi valley
as we'll as other parts of the United
States. have been shown to be abundant
ly responsive to the cultivation of this
ground nut, the average yield being
about sixty bushels per acre.-Kansa;
CITY Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
HOW's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. ].
Cheney for: the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable IN all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price, 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Helen Gould's Pile of Begging
Letters.

New YORK, Apr1I- 14.-NIiss Helen NJ.
Gould probably receives more letters ev-
cry day than any other woman in New
York city, and nearly all of them contain
requests for financial assistance. Her
mail averages between 1900 and 2OOO
letters and packages week, and on sin
gle days as many as 400 communications
have been delivered at her house. 10
supply the demands in a single week, re-
Gently. would involve an expenditure of
81 ,54S.5O2. Nearly every part of the
United States was heard from and ev-
erything imaginable was asked for. from
il peddling horse and cart or a house for
a girl who wanted to get married, to ST.
100000 with which to found a colony in
Cuba.
Miss Gould's secretary opens and reads
the letters and a classification made dur
ing the recent week showed requests as
follows, i'll 1903 letters:
Loans aggregating ............... S5oo0Do
To raise 40 mortgages, totaling.. 1856
To aid churches, AZ. ............. If3S1
To aid educational institutions, ~ $500
Donations to libraries, 26.. ...... 10000
For religious and charitable iii
Personal requests. sums not named AZ
For colony in Cuba. ............ 81 200, 600
There was detailed plan to form Il
colony in Cuba, for which $1,OOO,OGO
was asked. -Four girls asked help to OBJ
tain trOuSseauX and one wanted house
so that she could marry at once There
were twelve requests to buy inventions
and thirteen writer's wanted money to
pay for treatment for cancer, the NOR
phine habit and dip~omania. \ minister
wanted horse and buggy, and there
were ten requests for donations for
church organs.
One writer wanted money to buy set
hnr fn fa1, n,,< #
pawn. There were tifty-three requests
for places, thirty requests for interviews
and one for permission to sell Miss
Goulds photographs for the writer's
profit. Letters from eighteen persons
were classified as coming from "cranks,"
and seven writer's informed Miss Gould
that they had named their children for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

me but little. They operated on me three
times. 1t was very painful and l only
obtained little relief. l was so weak l
could not turn in bed. Then applied to
DR.. Hartman. ! did not know whether
he could help me or not, but l followed
his advice, and used only three bottles OF
Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin. Now l am we'll
and as strong as l ever was, thanks to
your remedies" Pelvic catarrh has be-
come so frequent that most women are
more or less afflicted with it. 1t is usu-
ally called female disease.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
A HINT FOR SPRING.
When Housekeepers Are Frightening
the Iuteriors of Their Hnmea

When Housekeepers Are Frightening
the Interiors of Their Homes.
Now that the backbone of this re-
markable winter is broken, housekeep-
ers are remarking the dingy look of the
home interior. The question Of new
wall coverings is up. Paper is dear
and short lived; kalsomines are dirty
and scaly; paint is costly. The use Of
such a cement as Alabastine, for in
stance, will solve the problem. This
admirable wall coating is clean, pure
and wholesome. 1t can be put on with
no trouble by anyone; there is choice
of many beautiful tints; and it is long
lasting.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

but if should be sick would know what
to take have taken several bottles for
female complaint. l am in the change of
life and it does me good
Have you catarrh of the head, throat,
lungs, stomach or any other organ of
the body? If so, write to DR.. Hartman
at once. He will send you directions for
treatment without charge. Address Dr.
Hartman, Columbus, 0.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Fish Scales in Demand.

There has been a call at the American
consulate in Lyons, France, for fish
scales, to be used in the manufacture of
artificial pearls. The supply is not equal
to the demand. 1t is said that good
prices will be paid for them. The scales
should be packed in salt as soon as re-
moved from the fish and pack in tin
cans. Specimens sent to the consulate
from America will be examined and re-
ports about them made to the sender
New York Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Her Ractime Clothes.

"For heavens sake, tell that new serv-
ant Of yours to get a new dress before
she comes here tomorrow! She is posi-
lively too slovenly to come into the din
ing room."
This 'heavy" was dealt out by sub
urbanite to his wife the other morning
She informed the negress of the desire
Of the master of the house, but that
gentleman had no idea his instructions
would be so well carried out.
When the breakfast was brought in the
following morning what was his surprise
to behold the ncgress logged out in Il
magnificent evening dress, with spark
lers in her hair and other adornments
OH her bare arms and neck.
"What's all this?'' he cried. 'Have
you fired that other girl and got an
Egyptian princess in her place?'
mo, boss" said the girl, speaking for
herself, Use de same Niger, but l jes'
nut on muh ragtime clo'es, as you wuz
SO partic'ler bout muh personal pear
ance" -Memphis Scimitar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
A Battlefield Jest,

A private in the Second Coldstream
guards, writing on January II from
Wynberg hospital to his home in Lincoln
shire, gives graphic personal details of
the Modder river battle. He says: Il
happened to find bit of looking glass.
1t made rare bit of fun. AS it was
passed from comrade to comrade they
said. Have a last look at yourself, my
boy. and bid yourself goodby.' The
laugh went round. Then *Advance!' and
we were at it again" -London Tele-
graph.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Mistaken Identity.

Ode lack of eddication is an orful
ting remarked Wraggy Wriggles, mu-
singly.
Wen did yer find dat out?" asked
Hungry Hawkes..
DE udder day, swiped box from
lie freight station and lugged it mile
inter de woods. 1t was marked SOAP
an l fought dat spelled soup. ''-Phila-
uelpha Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
HOODS
Sarsa pariIIa

The best stomach and blood remedies
known to the medical profession are
combined in the medicine. and thousands
OF grateful letters telling its cures prove
it to be the greatest medicine for all
stomach troubles ever yet discovered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
TRY Graln-O! Try Grain-O!

Ask your grocer today to show you Q
package of GRA1N-O, 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 25c
per package. Sold by all grocers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
MISS CLARA STOECKER.

Miss Clara Stoecker says: Il had
chronic catarrh for over a year. l tried
many remedies, but found no relief until
| saw an advertisement in the paper Of
your treatment for chronic catarrh. l
tried it and think l am now we'll. l
recommend pe-ru-na to all my friends
who are afflicted with catarrh." Miss
Stoecker lives at Pittsburg, Pa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
What Do the Children Drink .?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAINO 1t is delicious and nourish-
ing, and takes the place of coffee. The
more GrainO you give the Children the
more health you distribute tn cough their
systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains,
and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades of coffee, but costs
about Il as much. AL grocers sell it. 15c
anI go
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Heralding White Flags.

A flag of truce is usually heralded by
a trumpet sounding to. arrest enemys at
tention. On permission to pass being
given the party is blindfolded and led to
the commander of the outposts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot Ease,
A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Gallons, Aching, Sweating feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease makes
new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, BIC. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

Archbishop Feehan of Chicago owns
the neckcloth worn by Louis XVI. Of
France on his way to execution.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

Chronic Nasal Catarrh poisons every
breath that is drawn into the lungs.
There is procurable from any druggist
the remedy for it's cure. A small guam
tity of Ely's' Cream Balm placed into
the nostrils spreads over an infamed and
angry surface, relieves Immediately the
painful Inflammation, cleanses, heals and
cures. Drying inhalants, fumes, smokes
and snuffs simply develop dry catarrh;
they dry up the secretions which adhere
to the membrane and decompose, causing
far more serious trouble than the ordi-
nary form of catarrh. Avoid all drying
inhalants, use Ely's Cream Balm. 1t is
relia BILE and will cure catarrh, cold in the
All druggists sell it at so cents, or it will
be mailed by Ely Brothers, Sc Warren
St N Y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

Mrs. NIargar-
e t b a Dauben,
No. 1914 North
Superior street,
r a inc City,
Wis, says: Il
feel so we'll and
good and health
full now that pen
cannot describe
it. Pe-ru-na is
everything to
M e. | fee !
hool<br or1 WILL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Carriers Ink.

The United States consul at Vladi-
vostock, Russia, is Richard T. Greener,
a negro and a graduate of Harvard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

Johannesburg has German school
which last June was giving instruction
to 113 boys, 81 girls and 25 children in
the kindergarten.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

The quicksilver finds in Brewster
county, Tex, have already proved the
most extensive in the United States.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Lanes Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures
sick headache, Price % and Soc. Leg
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

1T is announced in Boston that Bish-
op Lawrence Of Massachusetts is to give
q new ~dormitory to Harvard, -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

During his coming visit to England
King Oscar of Norway and Sweden is
to deliver an address at Oxford Oh the
literature of his own country.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

Good ink is necessity for good writ
ing. Carriers is the best. Costs no more
| than Door ink.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

rs. Margareth
z, w i | c O x,
L., writes: Il
nd my sincere
ks for the
| advice you
: given me. l
not believe l
',would be liv-
ing now if it
were not for
! you. l had
suffered with
| flow of blood
If or f o u +
months, and
the doctors
cOuI Il help
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
A Strange Coincidence.

By strange coincidence the bronze
Spanish cannon which was presented to
the city of Bangor through the influence
of Congressman Boutelle was mounted
in front of the customs house building on
it's own birthday, February 8. On the
breech is engraved the date of it's make
February 8, 17S7-which was just 113
years before the gun was mounted in
RaugOr=Philauelnhia Record
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Coughing Leads to Consumption.

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist today and get
a sample bottle free. Sold IN Is and so
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan
gerous.
California has a prune known as the
"Gold,' which is said to be twice as
prolific and double the size of the ordi-
nary French prune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

For your Easter Cakes and Candy use
"M-R" FlayOring EXtrac cts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

Fishers FlavOrinE Extracts are endorsed
by pure food laws and the u S. government for their
PURITY and STRENGTH. A. j. Hilbert Co.. Milw.
Port Tampa is built on piles driven
deep in the bottom of the bay.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

Mrs. WinslOw's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
teethlng, softens the gums reduces Inflammation.
alays pain, cures wind collie CSC bottle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

To South African oxen the tulip
plant, which the beasts greedily devour,
is rank poison
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-01-18
CABLEGRAM;S FROM OTIS.
Troops Busy in Northern and Souther
LuZOn and i'm Panay,

Troops Busy in Northern and Southern
Luzon and i'm Panay.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lS.-The following
~cabiegrams have been received by the
war department from General Otis: I
"SchWan's troops i'll possession Of Ba.
tanga5 province about to move eastward
into provinces Of Tayabas and Laguna:
Wheaton moving on Lemerk and Taa]
and has navy corporations; casualties
slight, inslirgent loss considerable in
men and property as keep up constant
Opposition: expedition under Kobbe
leaves Tor hemp ports tonight"
General Hughes absent on Western
coast Panay policing section; band Sc
Tagalos, which landed Negros Decem.
Der, struck by Byrne in Negroes noun.
tains, who killed 10, captured 2S rifles
and ammunition; no casualties; troops
II Northern Luzon busy pursuing robber
bands with good results"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-01-18
STATED By

Aspirations of Filipinos for Self Govern.
ment to Be Satisfied if Possible.
New YORK, Jan. 1S.-A special to
The Herald from Washington Y
1.-The motive has been. taking account
of the experience as well as the political
aspirations Of the Filipinos, to devise a
form Of government adapted to them, SC
as TO secure on the one hand good gov
eminent, and on the other to satisfy
their aspirations for self -government."
This statement relative to the Philip.
pine commissions report was made by
Jacob Gould S~churman, president Of the
commission. All that Mr.. Schurman
cared TO state further was that the re.
port would consist Of four or more vol.
umes, the first Of which would be de.
voted to the condition Of government to
be established in the Philippines after
peace and order are restored.