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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
BIRDS NEST LORE.
How and Where the Dainty Crea-
tions Are Built.

lions Are Built.
Woodpeckers all use holes drilled out
with their strong bills, the chips making
the lining. If you follow up series OF
tree, you will usually come upon one OF
these nests.
These birds waste much time and labor
by drilling several holes before they find
one to suit their fancy. These holes, be-
sides forming the nest in summer, an
swer for a home in winter, though some
times the male bird drills hole just
large enough for himself, and let's his
mate weather the winter storms as vel
as she can.
The woodpeckers drill new holes fol
nests each season, and the old ones are
quietly appropriated by the nut matches
the chickadees and the crown creepers
Each has her notions of refurnishing the
borrowed homes. The chickadees put
down a soft carpet or rug of caterpillar
silk or spider webs, mixed with down
fed with a mat of grass. =
The great-crested flycatcher also uses i
convenient wOodpecker's hole, but not
finding it furnished to meet her fancy
material you could possibly guess
Snakeskins! How can the bird know
where to find them? Yet she does, and
almost invariably, in every great-crested
tycatcher's nest, you will Find one or
more cast-of snakespins.
Wrens, swallows, bluebirds, owls,
Gag les and some hawks use last years
nests with some slight repairs, or ap-
proprlate deserted one that seems suit
able
\ wren will rear a little family in a
hole in tree that seems hardly large
enough for the mother bird. The blue
bird and the martin will be thankful for
any boxes nailed about the garden to as
sist them in their housekeeping cares.
BY far the larger proportion of our
birds build new nest each season.
though often returning to the same To-
cality. Then comes that great army of
birds that build not only a new nest each
year. but new nest for each brood
Vick's Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
The Automobile on Runners.

A new use for the automobile has
arisen in the vast Minnesota forests that
supply the country with white pine One
of the large lumber companies has been
experimenting the past two years with
a design for sled that should propel it
self and haul a load over the ice and
snow roads of the forests, and it has this
goes. It is locomotive on runners, and
the power Of the entire engine is applied
to two drums, one at each end of the
SIed-RaltimOre News
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
A Persian Dinner.

Here is a description Of a Persian din
ner; The feast is preceded by pipes.
while tea and sweets are handed about.
linen In. the servants of the house appear,
they spread in the middle of. the floor:
the guests squat around this, tailor fash.
ion. When all are seated, fiat loaf Of
bread is placed before everyone. and the
music begins. The various dishes are
brought in on trays, and arranged round
the leather sheet at intervals. The Gov
ers are then removed, the host saws
Blsmlllah' lin the name of Cod, and
without another word they all fall to -
Newcastle Eng.) Chronicle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
: Army Horses.

Every horse in the English army is
numbered and has little history kept
branded upon the animals hind feet-the
thousands on the near hind foot and the
units, tens and hundreds on the off hind
foot. Thus the horse, whose number is
say 1885,, will have an on his left hind
foot and 354 ON the other one. On what
is called his Veterinary History Sheet.
everything about the horse will, from;
time to time, be written. s zen 81 ss@5 3a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
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Pretty Easter Gifts.

The sending Of Easter gifts has be.
come a custom which appeals to very
many Easter lilies. hyacinths and I'll.
lips growing in prettily-d decorated pots
and tied with ribbons are among the
ings. Cut flowers are also given Amer.
lean beauty roses and yiolets sha airing
equally the honors. ss,1' -
Next to flowers are the dainty and Mt
tractive Easter sweets. These are of
course done up in one of the thousand
novel fashions OF the season. Some are
inclosed inasatlnsl lined porcelain Of silver
furry Dummies Oh SILVER I'd fvefs:s -
Silver desk fittings sans 1llbeella, arti-
cles OF jewelry and glove ARE permiss-
tble. for more pehsive gifts. New.
York World, 5s..'s,s:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
GREAT ARMY OF oCroPUsRs.
They Destroy Fishing and Bathing at
: Cherbourx.

= lherhOur1s
A correspondent writes as follows
from Rivage de Questichou, small wa
tering place on the coast of the Cher
bourg promontory: For the last two or
three months this coast has been visited
by perfect octopus plague. They have
quite ruined the fisheries and many men
have laid up their boats in despair. They
deyour everything, even crabs and lob
sters and oysters and shelt u The
oyster beds near here told me he had
that day found one that had eaten eight.
cen oysters that tide.
Z The shore is strewn with octopuses,
and the other morning along high-wa-
ter mark I counted sixtyeight in a dis
lance Of 200 yards. "A friend here meas
ured one, and it was feet inches
across the tentacles, but there are far
larger ones than that. They are most
loathsome beasts. Unless the cold win:
ter destroys them there will be no bath
ing next summer along this coast. Z, -
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
$ >s GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. s.
Which =?

Which?
Which are the hands we love the best,
Those that are folded between our own,
Or those that move us to strange unrest
By feathery touch that Is quickly f1ownG
Which, ah which, do we love the best,
Hands caressing or hands caressed?
Which are the eyes we most adore,
Those rejecting our every thought,
Or those whose glances our hearts implore,
Whose fire will neither be tanned nor
taught?
Which, all which, are we drawn most to-
ward,
Eyes adoring or eyes adored?
Which is the heart of hearts we prize,
That which sways with passionate power,
Or that which yields us sacrifice,
Gentle and generous, day and hour?
Which, of all, do we hold above.
Hearts most loving or hearts we love?
Mary Berri Chapman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
JACK STRAWS.

Have their eyes peeled-potatoes.
Is dog with his tail cut off curtailed?
Preparing their Easter openihess-aor-
lists.
A woman lawyer naturally cGartss at
tention.
Variety may be the spice of life, bes lit
isn't all spice.
The musical baker practices on the.
movable dough.
Helps many a person get up in the.
world-the alarm clock.
1t doesn't pay the matinee idol to be-
idle every evening too.
Make the money go-the cash-carrying
systems in the big stores
If Eve jawed Adam, was that what
you would call rib roast ~
When some feet are asleep. they ought
to be put to rest i'll corncrib.
Musicians cultivate their ears; So do.
farmers when they raise corn.
Some girls read book from beginning
to end BY skipping all the middle.
The cashier girl may be constant in
| love, for all she seems so changeable.
The barber knows how much truth
there is in some elderly mems ''undying
| love-
Women ought to make good ship cap
tains: they'd be sure to know what was
going on.
''Shoes may be more in my line" said
the cobbler, "but also know haw to tap
BARREL"
| Missionary teas are popular kerr-
but on the cannibal islands they are.
served in an entirely different styh--
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
Will Not Rust Metal

A curious phenomenon is that metal
never rusts in. the waters of Lake Titi-
caca. You can throw in chain or an
anchor, or any article of ordinary iron,
and let it lie for weeks, and when YOU
haul it up it will be as clean and bright
as when it came from the foundry. And.
what is stranger still, rust that has been
will peel off when immersed in its wa
ters. This is frequently noticed by rail
way and steamboat men. Rusty car
wheels and rails, and even machinery,
can be frightened by soaking them IN
the waters of Lake Titicaca ..-a..... ;<sssSf
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20

lantern-like top, with high carved pedes-
tai, giving the effect of much pedestal
and little lamp, but are artistic and show
beautiful designs in carving.
Swinging divans, for hooks and Orien-
tai corners. are gaining in popularity ev-
cry day: They are suspended by heavy
brass chains, and new idea in orna-
mentation is to stick the fluffy bit of a
cows tail in each chain. Cows tails are
also fastened in the cords that hold
back Oriental curtains. Sometimes they
are dyed blue or red. although the white
ones are thought to be very choice.
In a few Of the new draperies silver
and gold threads are woven in the de-
signs, producing a metallic effect that
some housekeepers. admire and others
pronounce STACEY.
Fish nets have been employed for
drapery purposes to some extent for sew
eral years, but of late there has been
such demand for them that the fisher.
men hereabouts have disposed of all their
| old stock. Some energetic manufacture
ers, therefore, have undertaken to meet
the demand with new nets.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
Palms and Chrysauthe m u ms.
For Easter Wear.

When you go to buy your shoes for
Easter, for, of course, your costumes will
not be complete without pair of new
boots, YOU will find that the footwear
for spring shows great changes. You
will at once discover that the big rounded
toe, and low, square heel have passed in
to the limbo of things outside fashionable
esteem. The square tie, known as the
Opera" which, alas for the reformers
who cited the supremacy of the square
toe as triumph of sense in woman's
footwear, looks very much as if the
pointed toe will soon be in full fashion
again, :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
Mime. Blanc's Latest Novelette,

Nine. Blanc's 9Th. Bentzon) novelette,
begun, in the Critic is to my mind the
best thing that she has ever done in the
way of fiction, and is little masterpiece.
Nine. Blanc has the advantage over
most French writer's who write about
this country of knowing her subject She
has visited the United States, and stud
led its institutions carefully; she also
has many friends among the American
visitors to Paris. No American could
understand the much-discussed "Ameri-
can girl'' better than she does, and Ger
tainly. no American could understand
frenchmen as we'll as She would ad-
wise every American young woman who
thinks of studying art in Paris to read
AT Cross Purposes" (Malentendus), and
she will have better understanding of
the sort of thing she is likely to encoun-
ter The translation, made by Mrs. John
Won Worst, was done in Paris under the
supervision of Nine. Blanc. The scene
Of the story is laid in the Home Club
for Art Students in Paris.-Lounger in
Critic 40
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
Items for Busy Gardeners.

The busy gardener-that is. the garden
er who is occupied during the greater
part of the day with business or house
hold duties-will find hardy perennial
plants more satisfactory, all things tom
sidered, than any others. They require
the. least care. Once tablshed, they
are good for years. Some begin to bloom
quite early in the season. Others bloom
in midsummer, and some are in their
prime when frost comes. Nearly all of
them are profuse boomers, and most
Of them are extremely brilliant in color
For early Towering would advise the
dicentra, the peony, and the lily of the
valley. \ little later the herbaceous
spiraeas will appear upon the scene, fol
lowed by the larkspurs and the earlier
phloxes. Then comes the hollyhock--
PERHAPS the most attractive of all our
hardy plants-and the new rudbeckia,
which is the most brilliant of all plants
when in the prime of, it's golden glory
and the late varieties of phlox will pro.
long the dazzling pageant of late au.
tumn's splendor until the whitening touch
of the frost is laid upon everything in
the garden.-Eben e. Rcxford in New
Lippincott.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20

"A strip Of land one mile long, IA feet
wide and 20 feet deep has been precipi-
aated e the beach 9f TIE Suffolk lEng)
only sir feet from the edge OF the cliG.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
Oueen Victoria'e F,ortieth Voc.

The present war in South a frica is the
fortieth war England has INDUCED in
during the reign OF Queen Victoria. No
other state in the. world has been so
blood. Behold the RECORD One war.
against Russia, three wars against
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
ADrilss Birthstone,

The Aprirs in her eyes: It's loves spring.
The lore pertaining to this month is
rife with all that is typical of the burst
ing forth of nature into new life and ac-
ton after the frosts and leaden skies of
the previous months. Easter, the Chris
tan festival Of the resurrection, appro-
priately falls in this month. April was
old Saxon goddess Eostre, the personifi-
cation of the east wind which prevails in
England during this month.
BY way of birthstone April has ap-
propriatcd two gems, the sapphire, ''like
unto the blue of heaven and the dia-
mond prince of gems.
Those who wear the sapphire will be
kept chaste. it denoting innocence, truth
and repentance. It is therefore worn by
priests. It was of this stone the Jew
ish priests declare the rod and tables of
the Law, received by Moses ON Mt. Sinai,
to have been composed.
Sapphires should wear. lest bitter tears
For vain repentance flow: this stone,
Emblem of innocence is known.
Those who wear the diamond in this
month are said to- haveea the inherent
sterling qualities of this gem reflected on
their mind and character; purity, stead
fastness, endurance.
Palms and Chrysauthem ums.
Seeds of these should be sown by am
ateurs in the spring. Palm seeds are
mostly of large size. with horny cover.
ing, and require from six weeks to six
months to terminate. Cover twice the
depth of their diameter, and keep con.
stantly moist till termination takes place
then pot and care for as you would other
pot plants. Chrysanthemum seeds sow1
early in the spring in window boxes viii
bear flowers late in the autumn, if prop
erly attended. The seeds come up quick
ly, and soon form healthy plants. Keel
well watered throughout the season, and
shade during midday. Avoid sunshine
upon the sides Of the pot, and water oc
casionally with liquid fertilizer. Shift
into larger pots as the plants . grow
They should bloom in from tive-inch K
eight-inch pots. -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20

Women ought to make good ship cap
tains: they'd be sure to know what was:
going on.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20

''Shoes may be more in my line" said
the cobbler, "but also know :haw to tap
a barrel"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20

missionary teas are popular kerr~
but on the cannbal islands they are.
served in an entirely different styb--
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20

The barber knows how much truth
there is in some elderly mems ''undying
love-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20

The cashier girl may be constant in
love, for all she seems so changeable.
Evening star., 1900-03-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE.
Meetings in the New York ayeuue
Presbyterian Church,

Inc hrst regular session of the Sunday
School institute for the District of CoIu,n
bia was held yesterday afternoon at 1.15
CLOCK, under the direction of Mr.. Geo. Fl
Archibald of Montreal, Canada. After -ha
opening exercises Mr.. Archibald gave III,
Introductory address upon the plan of .ba
course of instruction for the weeks work,
and to better impress the methods he de-
sired to introduce he took the audience ;nta
his confidence by asking it to make the
suggestions as to how best to take I'D the
framing OF the child. and especially to .frst
ind out what peculiar mental traits thsr,
were IN the childs mind that must be stud
.ied in order to properly apply teaching
methods. There were quite a number Of
teachers present who were ready with MANI
suggestions, and the hour closed with .
statement of what the course of stIIdy
should be In this line of thought Ar rbs
evening session the discussion was upon the
dlIIerences or the nature of children esna-
clal!y the two radical types of what AIR
Archibald termed the motor mind ana
sensor mind, and the different charactcrts-
nc OF these TWO general classes among chill
dren and adults as well. The speaker then
IN detail took up the various peculiar elc~
rnents OF each class, giving a dozen or moro
or these by contrast, and then showed how
these dinerences must be studied in orle.
to properly teach the child: that children;
could not be studied en- masse but each ou.,
must be taken alone and the true teacher
as Wei as the parent, must train each sep
arate child according to laws fitted to each
one, and that one form of training exactly
fitted for one child would not do at all foi
one OF different temperament. The whole
aim should be. first, child study then child
training, according to that study. Mr..
Archibald is a ready and energetic speaker
with just enough of the English accent TO
make his address exceedingly interesting
and entertaining. He will continue these
meetings for week ard The address this
afternoon at 4:1o will be upon Mistakes
and Difficulties of Teachers and Parents"
There will be no meeting this evening. The
subjects for the different meetings during
the week are as follows: Friday, March -
afternoon, 4:l5, Mistakes and Difficulties"
Friday evening, 7:3o o'clock, Activity OF
the Child" Sunday. March p. 3:3o pm.
Adolescence. or How to Hold Young Men
and Women in School," Monday. March %,
AIS pm, Mistakes and Difficulties even
ing, 1880 O'Clock, Imitation" Tuesday.
March 81 4:15 pm, THE Imagination
7:30 pm, Right and Wrong Punishment"
Wednesday, March IS, 4:15 pm, The Les
son for April t." closing session, 1:30 p.m.
question box.
Evening star., 1900-03-22
Wall Street Experiences Another
Day Of Activity.
MOVEMENT APPARENTLY SUBSTANTIAL
Prices Advanced in All Parts Of the
Active List
MONEY RATES STEADY

Spe'-ial Dispatch to The Evening star
NEW YORK. March ee-Con;inued buys
ins by London and moderate Increase In
the volume OF commission bu<ineSs al
Nanced prices In all parts Of the active list
again today The Pacific shares held wei
at a slightly higher level. In spite ot some
selling To take profits froh, TIM "a time
The several cliques I'm Union Pacific. Atch-
ison and other iow-priced ISSUES indus
triousiy advanced prices at every oppor-
tunity. Some additions were made tn tho
stocks thus favored. New York Central.
Nashville and the southern list generally
sharing in the new demand
The street was. in the main. Thoroughly
in sympathy with the advance. Rurnors of
British reyerses I'm South Africa wer. taken
advantage OF by the room To sell for \ time.
but the general trend Of the market was
not Influenced by this episode
The rihc 81 the last few days has been
quite substantial I'm many Instances. notJ-
bly, in Baltimore and Ohio. and these shares
were offered down In the hope of forcing
liquidation In all parts Of the list. All thing
considered. however, the MARKET showed a
very credtable capacity for absorbing all
offeringS
Money rates ruled relatively steady. but
any immediate demand for funds seems rea-
sohabiy certain OF prompt accommodation
Confidence In this prospect fs reflected in
the character and volume OF tOday's dsRl-
lngs- Round amounts of stock were taken
by commission houses and Il IL only reason
able to conclude that loans had been made
on satisfactory terms prior 10 this new buy
ing.
The railroads have much In their favor
Just now, earnings are large and the excel
lent physical condition of the better known
properties insures substantial returns TO
shareholders In the south and southwest
This prospect is something Of novelty and
the interest in the roads of that section has
doubled In consequence.
The advance can scarcely be expected To-
proceed far from this level without in,er-
ruption. IL will be all the better n t,iay's
process Of testing the market II continued
for a time.
London's demand has been an important
factor during the week. and any change
IN the war situation which mil1ht d.n lie
ef1ects OF the immense ovel-subScrip5 ION L.,
the war loan would find reflection in lower
prices. The continuation Of the foreign de-
mand and the close proximity of the April
interest payments should bring in a surl-
cient public demand 10 continue the ad-
vance for time The prospect Is euca{tr-
aging the emi-professional element a.
least, in their present purchases
Evening star., 1900-03-22
N A PoLIcE CELL
"Avenger" Jones' Mental Condition in
Doubt.
Has Been Stabbed. Beaten and His
Home Nearly Burned-Mystery
of the Case.

William Jones. who is SO famiharIy known
as Bill. Jones the avenger," because he at
tempted to kill Charles J. Guiteau, the as
sassin of the late President Garfield. is
prisoner at the eighth precinct station. The
charge against him is threats, but 1t is the
intention of the police to have the physi-
clans examine him in order to determine
his mental condition. Yesterday he was
treated at the Emergency Hospital for
stab wound of the left breast, just over his
heart. He left the hospital before the ply
sicians finished treating him. and said he
would never divulge the name of the man
who stabbed him.
1T was love affair."" was all he would
say about his injury. This morning there
was a serious fire at his house.
He was severely burned about the face.
In addition to this injury he had figured in
a row since yesterday, and when ne reach
ed the tolice station he was in bad condi-
ton. Both eyes were virtually closed, and
he was able to tell but little about himself.
He did mention the name of q man whom he
accused of having assaulted him. Police
man Stron1an, who was summoned to the
burning house, was Informed that Jones
stabbed himself yesterday. Mrs. Jones' his
wife. left home recently and went to visit
friends. Her husband a short time ago re-
turned from Georgia.
. This morning about 7:30 O'Clock Jones
left his home, on the Bates road. some dis
tance from Brookland, and came to the
city.
An elderly colored woman, who occupied
the servants quarters was the only one
left on the premises. An hour after Jones
left the place Policeman Stroman was told
that the house was burning. Hurrying to
the house, he summoned a crowd of citizens.
who formed bucket brigade and saved the
building from totaf destruction. The fire
started on the. first floor, and the flames
succeeded in making their way to the sec
ond floor Of the house, where a quantity of
antique furniture was damaged. 1t was
explained to the police that the fire started
while Jones was in the house. and he was
burned while attempting to extinguish the
flames. Believing he had eXtinguished the
flames, he boarded an electric car and came
to the city. The police started in search
of him, and, learning that he was wanted
Jones went to the eighth precinct station
and surrendered.
As soon as Mai. Sylvester learned of his
condition he directed that a physician be
sent for to attend him His wife was no.
titled of his arrest and. it is believed, she
will return home this afternoon or tomor-
row morning. 1t is likely that the injured
man will be removed to q hospital later in
the day.