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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
THE NEW SHIRT WAISTS.

The stores are crowded with an enor-
nous variety of shirt waists. It is diff
hcult to predict, but it seems as if a
white season is being inaugurated. Thin
materials in these white waists are the
rule. Lawns, organdies, batistes, silk
striped ginghams and many beautiful
novelty goods make this years waists
really artistic creations. Yokes are seen
rarely and the shoulder seam is directly
Oh the shoulder as in dress waists. 4
new collar has made it's appearances; it
is cut with high rounded points under
the ears, and closes at the back. On thin
waists this collar may be made of linen.
or of the material, but all are stiff.
There are many rundown collars-that
is, collars turned down over high soft
band. Cuffs are also in many instances
soft with turned-back edges. Sleeves
are smaller than ever, and there is very
little fullness in the slightly-bloused
fronts. A dainty fancy is to wear a
narrow black velvet tied around the col
lar of white waists. The waistband
must then be also Of black velvet ribbon
about three inches in width.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
TALKS TO NERVOUS WOMEN.

When your nerves are taut and rough
edged and ajar, when you know that,
though your family and friends may ex-
cuse you and give the trouble some softer
name, you are simply unbearably per-
verse and as cross as a fretful baby, do
not resort to drugs. A fatal error of
many woman is to try this soothing
powder, that alternating pill, the other
persuasive potion, and float out on the
lulling waves of sleep into a sea of beau
tiful dreams. Neither stimulants afford
ing temporary crutch, nor narcotics
with their transient and delusive aid,
should be taken by women on their own
suggestion, or ia ken at all except when
ordered by trustworthy physician.
Try change. More Immediately restful
than any other step you will find an
ocean voyage. Marvellous is the tonic of
the sea. Once cut loose from the land.
from the mails, from your friends, from
domestic cares, for weeks or a months
voyage, you are, without your own effort
Or volition, made over into a new Great
ure. A mother hesitates to leave her
children, not realizing that occasionally
the best gift she can bestow upon them is
her absence. Everlastingly at home.
ones horizon narrows; one loses the sense
of perspective. Dear as children may be,
so unutterably dear that to Law down
ones life for them would be easy, there
are times when the dictate of unselfsh
love is not to die for them, but to live
for them, and to live not half-toned,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
COURTESlES SHOWN ELDER
PERSONS.

The boy was fully II years old. The
mother was seated, but the boy was
standing. The car was uncomfortable
hlled, and many ladies were standing
Presently osemone sitting next the mother
got up to leave the car, and in voice
perfectly audible the mother said, at the
same time pulling the boy down beside
her, Hurry up or somebody else viii get
this seat"
The boy had the grace to look a little
ashamed as he noted the expressions on
some of the faces, but his mother was
serenely Indifferent. He spoke to her in
low tone, probably suggesting that he
were standing, when his mother spoke,
again loud enough to be distinctly heard ;
mo, you keep it. | paid for it and
guess you've got right to it, The boy
blushed and the mother surveyed the oc-
cupants Of the car down the entire
length. evidently much pleased with her
self. But the future manners of that
1t was evident that he had fine natural
instincts, but if his mother crushed them.
what hope was there of his becoming
anything but a selfish, unpleasant man,
who would have no regard for the rights
or the comfort of others. One feels in
clined to pity the woman, who in later
years will be induced to share the life of
into, for she will receive no consideration
at his hands; the mother has made it i'm
possible that she should do so.
1t was the custom for the children Of
past generations, much more than it is
today, to treat persons older than them
selves with courtesy and Difference
which sometimes amounted to yeneration.
There was q fine observance of all the lit
tie attentions which make life so pleas
ant, and there was nothing much pref
tier than to see the young and old to-
gether just to watch the gentle manner
of offering attentions on one side, and the
gracious way of accepting them ON the
other.
But. at the present time, there is much
more of this fine observance seen in the
older countries than in this, where there
has always been more or less of the feel
ing that the world belongs to the young,
and to them alone. 1t is said that in
France, for instance, that grandmother
rules the family with royal prerogativa:
it is claimed that marriage is not legal
II she withhOlds her consent to it, and
that she remains the person of impor-
lance in family councils so long as she
has strength to draw breath.
In England, in Germany, in Spain, IT,
Italy, yes, and in Turkey-where the
queen mother really rules the harem, and
often has the greatest and most potent in
t1uence with her Son-even in China, that
last fortress holding out against ciyiliza-
ton, there is delightful cordiality and
respect given to the old by the young.
And such consideration is not altogeth-
er unknown in our own country; in fact,
the failure to give respectful treatment
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
RATS ARE USEFUL.
The Sleek Scav.ngers Prevent Con-
tagion by Eating Up II. fuse.

tagion by Eating Up RI fuse.
The usefulness of the much-despised
rat as a scavenger, which induced the
owners of an abandoned mine in Michi-
gan to purchase a lot of the rodents the
other day and stock the workings of
their mine with them. has been demon
strated repeatedly. Wherever man set
ties, there as if by magic. the rat makes
IN the camp before Sebastopol during
the Crimean war, and they swarmed at
AlderShOt, where the SentrieS saw them
at night going to the nearest water to
drink. fol, the rat is a thirsty animal,
and soon dies if kept without water.
thrive and keep clean coat in the most
filthy places, where the air would be ia
tai to any other creature. 1t clears
away every particle of refuse and filth
1t can get at. and does invaluable serv-
ice, not only in camp but in the sewers
adjoining some of the London slaughter
houses. which are often choked with Of
fal and refuse animal-matter thrown in
to them by butchers. But for the perse-
cuted rats, who live there in swarms
and devour every morSel. this putrid
mass, if left neglected, would cause fear
full plaques.
p. l.. Simmonds cites an instance in
NhlN II thSt NS1c luA Heu W SOOu account
i'll Paris. In that city there is, or was,
large pound, covering some ten acres
Of ground and surrounded by Il stone
wall. to which all carcasses were
brought. The bones of the animals are
valuable and so, of course. are their
hides; but they must be freed from the
flesh. and how to get rid of this in suf-
ticiently expeditions. economical and inof-
fensive way puzzled the authorities I'M
til someone suggested that rats might
be employed. They were accordingly in
troduced by thousands, and did the work
required Of them to perfection, for a dead
horse. put in at night, would be found
turned into a neat and even polished
skeleton by the following morning.
Rats have very sharp teeth and are
so fond Of taking nibble at the tin of
an elephants tusk that much Of the
ivory imported bears evidence of hay
ing been gnawed by them. Indian ivory
they will not touch, because it is def
Gent in animal glue, or gelatine. and of
the African they taste only the best
tusks, and of these only the purest and
most delicate portion The turner, we'll
knowing. that he may trust to their judg-
have gnawed, when he wants a specially
good bit of ivory.
Generally speaking rats are miscel-
laEeOus feeders, and, when very hungry,
will eat almost anything: but the Nor
way rat as it is called. which has near
ly eXterminated the old English black
rat, frequents the premises of bone-boil-
ers and knockers, as well as the sewers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
DREAMS OF TWILIGHT.

When the windows flame at sunset
And the streets are sluiced with blood
And the dying day is sinking
In the nights advancing flood,
Smoky volumes lightly trailing,
Veil the hOusetops stark and high
Hinged with purple that the moment
Deepens in the Western sky.
When the shadows round us gather
And the darkness settles fast
And each flush of life conclusive
Seems but prelude to. the last.
Dreams shall soften wasted faces,
Fraught with presage darkly tonight
Dreams that like the smoke shall vanish
At the coming of the night.
John Curtis Underwood in Ainslee's Maya
zine o.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
WISHING.

Do you wish the world were better?
Let me tell you what to do.
Set watch upon your actions,
Keep them always straight and true,
Kid your mind of selfish motives,
Let your thoughts be clean and high.
You can make Il little Eden
OF the sphere you occupy.
boy GU wish the world were wiser?
wen, suppose You make start
BY accommodating wisdom
In the scrapbook of your heart
DO not waste one page on folly:
Live to learn, and learn to live.
IL you want to give men knowledge
You just get it, ere you give.
Do you wish the world were happy?
Then remember day by day
just to scatter seeds of kindness
AS you pass along the way.
For the pleasures of the many
May be ofttimes traced to one.
AS the hand that plants an acorn
Shelters armies from the SUM-
ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
Rubber Culture in Hexicc.

The rubber tree in Mexico is found
growing from the Guatemalan boundary
as far north as Tuxpan on the gulf coast,
coast. In low altitude localities of $50
and 200 inches of rainfall distributed
over eight Or ten months in the year
enjoy the best conditions, although rub
Der does grow where they have six
months Of rain and six months of dry
weather; but in these localities it re-
quires from twelve to fifteen years for
the tree to mature, while in districts
with an ample rainfall it will flower
within FIVE or six years-Vice-C Consul
General Hardy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
MOLASSES IN SAILING SHIPS.
Arrangements for Getting Rid of Low
Grade Louisiana Product.

Arrangements for Getting Rid of Low
Grade Louisiana Product.
arrangements are now being made to
utlllze the entire production of low-grade
Louisiana molasses which has hitherto
been ase,Waste product and has been
dumped into the Mississippi BAYOU La
fourche and >other streams in order tn
get rid of it. This molasses is of 50 low
a grade and Of SO little value that it will
not bear transportation, but a few Years
ago English and French distilers discoy-
cred that it could be used to advantage
IN the manufacture of rum and ether lia-
less than $4,000 barrels of Louisiana
molasses, and it did so we'll that it was
expected to increase the exports this
year. The Boer war interfered with the
business season and will cause its rear
rangement on entirely new grounds
LoW-grade Louisiana molasses has to
De carried at the very lowest rates, and
the Boer war has taken so many vessels
from the Atlantic trade to be used in the
transportation of men and provisions to
South Africa that rates have gone IN.
In view Of this fact, the British dis
t1llers nave sent representatives to New
orleans to see if some arrangement can
not be made whereby the molasses will
will be pursued will be to utilize sailing
vessels IN the trade, as time is no object
IN the shipments. A line Of sailing YES
sells will, therefore. be put ON between
New Orleans and London especially for
the transportation of moasses, and it is
Delleved that not only will the poor grade
be worked off, but the good grades.
which rank far above the molasses pro-
duced in any other country, will be in
PRODUCED to Europe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
SHOPPING HINTS,

Chalis are to be favored this year by
Dame Fashion.
Hemstitching is feature of the spring
and summer gown.
Low, patent leather shoes, fastened
Scotch heather, tied with Stuart plaid
ribbon, is a favorite gift in flowers.
Cherry -colored velvet and chinchilla is
a charming theater toque combination.
The long tight-ftting coat which is
worn so much will increase in popularity
as the spring season advances. There
are: to be sure. medium lengths in coats
which are very useful in calling and
street wear, but they are not regarded
with the favor that the very long cloak
enjoys. "'>
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
HOW TO FRY,

"A cook should always have two fry-
ing pans, and third, not much bigger
than a large plate, for omelets, fritters
clean aud the butter, dripping. lard or oil
must be boiling hot before the meat or
fish or vegetable is put in the pan. Nut
ton chops, plain, do not require any fat
in the pan with them-they have enough
in themselyes-but they must be turned
and moved about to prevent them from
burning. Always season the chop with
little pepper before putting it in the
pan.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
KEEPING CUT FLOWERS FRESH,

'There are many ways to prolong the
life of cut flowers" said a well-known
florist recently. ''The simplest one and
usually considered the best is to nut the
stems into boiling water for two or three
minutes, and then place the flowers in a
coal in the vase will keep the flowers
fresh for many days.
"a simple remedy for the unpleasant
odor which is produced in the water in
which mignonette has been placed is to
put q little sal ammOniac in the vase"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
HOW TO MAKE PALMS GROW.

An error very frequently made in re-
pottlng palms and other ornamental
plants is in transferring them into pots
entirely too large III comparison with the
one last used, says Robert McGregor, the
garden specialist, in the New York Com
mercial ADVERTISER: The sizes of differ,
en- ene pots Pots ar, are CALCULATED by inches The
the florist ''thumb-pot'' and measures
about one and one-half inches in diane
ter at the top. Into this he puts many
of his newly-rooted cuttings and as soon
as they fill the soil pretty we'll with roots
he shifts them to the next size, a two
inch pot. From this they go to 21a-
inch pot. then to 3E-inch; from that
to I. then to a 5. From a 5 the next
shift is to 6. Above inches the sizes
I, 3 and y inches may be used It is
always we'll to use the next size above
the last used.
After the plant has attained such pro-
portions that it requires something larger
than or 1O-inch pot, it is better to
use tub, and just here is where the
mistake is often made. The trouble of
reporting so often tempts one to use =
very large tub, with the result that the
plant does not do so well. A much lars
er tub or pot than plant really re-
Qulres often retards rather than adj
yances its growth. Very often the for
list, when he has plant that does not
seem to be doing we'll, will remove #
from the pot, shake off the soil from the
roots and repot it into a size smaller
than it formerly occupied until it starts
into more active growth.
The cause Of the slow growth or SEEM
ing cessation Of growth to many orna.
mental plants can be attributed to the
fact that they are kept in pots or tubs
entirely too large for their needs. With
very large. and heavy specimens, when
as they really require, it may become
necessary to furnish food in the form of
soluble fertilizers. Many preparations
are offered for this purpose, the direc
tons for use accompanying each pack
age of fertilizer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
New Discoveries Of Amber

Great quantities of amber have been
found on the north side Of the Memel on
a Russian possession, at place known
as Polangen. Behring'S have been taking
place quietly for several weeks.-Clcve-
land Leader
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09

LABAsT1NE is the original
entirely different from all kali
somines. Ready for use in
white or fourteen beautiful
tints by adding cold water.
AIDES naturally prefer ALA
BASTINE for walls and CELL
1ngs, because it is pure, clean,
durable. Put up in dry poW-
dered form. in five-pound pack
ages, with full directions.
1 IL kalsomines are cheap. tenn
porary preparations made from
whiting, chalks, clays, etc.
and stuck on walls with de-
caying animal glue. ALABAS-
- TINE Is not q kalsom1ne.
- EwARE Of the dealer who
thing as ALABAST1NE or
something just as good" He
is either not posted or 70 try"
ing to deceive you.
l ND IN OFFERING something
he has bought cheap and tries
to sell on ALABASTINE'S de-
mands, he may not realize tho
damage you will suffer BY q
kaJSOm1n0 Oh your WALTZ
- ENSIBLE dealers will not buy
q lawsuit. Dealers risk ono by
selling and consumers by using
infringement. Alabastine Co.
own right to make wall coat
ing to mix with cold water.
HE INTERIOR WALLS Of
every church and school should
be coated only with pure, dur
able ALABASTINE. It safe.
guards health. Hundreds OF
tons used yearly for this work.
\ N BUYING ALABASTINE.
customers should avoid get
ting cheap kalsomineS under
dffferent names. Insist on
havfrg our goods in packages
and properly labeled.
- f11sANCE Of wall paper - OBJ.
| Waited by ALABA9T1NE. It
\ can be used on plastered walls.
wood ceilings, brick Or can
vas. A child can brush II on.
It does not rub or scale on.
srABL1sHED IN favor. shun
ali limitations. Ask paint oeal-
= er or druggist for tint caro-.
Write ns Tor interesting book
let. free, ALAyAST1NE CO.s
Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09

DR.. J. j. Henna, native of Porto
Rico, now in Washington, says that
Their are 288 900 beggars out of a pOpu-
lation of 1000, 900 in that island.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
SHAKING HANDS,

'"There is all the difference in the world
between the various modes of shaking
the hand of stranger or friend as to The
resulting impression obtained by and
through the operation, consciously or un-
consciously" said society woman at a
select afternoon tea recently.
The most effective handshake is NOT
the close clasp in all cases, although it
may be in many, but varies according to
the sizes and shapes of the two hands
which clasp each other. However. thew
may meet, there is one spot which is the
magnetic center of the entire being-the
mount of the sun, speaking from the
standpoint of palmistry-which has tho
most direct nerve contact with the brain
and also most direct blood connection
with the heart, and is therefore called
the ring tinger'-with the magnetic pole
at its base
The physical and mental strength arc
there united in the strongest magnetic
center of the body. If the two hands
thus clasped are placed with their mag
netic centers in close contact, no matter
where the rest of the palm NAV be. 7
insist that there is strong magnetic
current established between these two
people,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09

Chicago knights of Columbus are
perfecting plans to preserve the carayal
Santa Maria, which is now falling into
decay i'll the lagoon at Jackson park.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09

A custom exists in Italy of pulling
the melon from the vine while green and
hanging it up in the open air until win
ter, when it is eaten.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
"Nezv Bro0ns
Sqveep Clean. -

The human body has been
compared to a temple and the
poet urges US to keep it entire
and clean. To accomplish
this end, every nook and Granny must be
s5uept and garnIshed. The agent of the
body that goes eUeryzvhere is the blood.
If it is not strong, pure and Gfe-giving, it
Is like 7uorn-out broom. IT fails to do
the quork. Hoods Sarsaparala makes a
neqv broom of your blood.
Skin Disease ~ hape been
troubled qUah a skin disease. Seeing
HOODS Sarsaparila Advertised / decided
to fry It, and after taking If a short time
the disease disappeared. Miss Mary
/agenI 1850 Cambridge St., Philadelphia, Pa.
d@odI &el4qbodM
Cla227;2ESl1l1r1D
Hoods Pills cure liver ills; the non-rrtating aud
lnly cathartic to take with Hoods SaTsaparilla.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
POINTS TO REMEMBER.

r. S. V. P, appearing on an invita-
ton, means answer if you please.
a letter commencing Sir should be
ended Yours truly.
A letter of introduction is given in an
unfa Stoned envelope; such letter should
be delivered in person.
Letters Of coincidence are written as
soon after a death as possible.
In sending presents note or a card
should accompany the gift; letter of
thanks is due within week.
II you call upon married woman.
and you also are married, leave one Of
your cards and two of your husbands:
if you call upon an unmarried woman
or widow, leave one of your own and
one of your husbands
In entering a vehicle the woman en-
tiers first, and when entering cab she
takes the left-hand side Of the seat.
1t is always woman's privilege to
recognize man in the street, and q
gentleman waits for such recognition be-
fore bowing.-American Queen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09

Ihey were driving great f1OckS of tur-
keys, which were beautiful birds. Some
were snowy white, with heads and necks
of wonderful iridescent pale blue and
rose color.
Agents who are food students have
been sent out to China, Perm. Persia,
Mexico, everywhere to the remotest ends
OF the earth for the purpose of finding
out what the new or neglected food prod
ucts are, their value as nutritious diet,
and the extent to which they can b.
used to lengthen the menu of the civil
lied cook
"a mining company at Marquette,
Mich, has discovered that rats are the
best and cheapest underground scaven-
gers. Before the men go to work in it's
new shaft it wants to have ut least the
. nucleus of n colony of rats in the pit, so
tnat the scraps and fragments Of the
miners dinners, which are thrown about
underground, may be disposed of.
The finest honey in this country is
gathered from hives where white clover
ana Eastwood are accessible In oman
tlty, however, it falls behind that made
from the g0ldenrod and buckwhea. bios
som. From New York, PENNSYLVANIA
and Vermont comes the most of the comb
honey. and from Arizona and California
the largest amount of extracted or liquid
honey.
More Vermont maple sugar is made
every year III Davenport, Ia. from cheap
yellow sugar Favored with vegetable ex-
tracts than can be produced from all the
maple trees in the whole state of Yer.
mont. Currant jelly is manufactured
from the cores and parings of apples util-
lied after they have been evaporated;
glucose, sugar. vegetable acid and some
coloring and favoring matter complete
the delicacy. -
In Spain a waitress may be had for
$1.5O or 81 month"; and often merely
for her board and Clothes: Good cooks
command s., but il allowed to do the
marketing they will accept 81. Market
Everyone buys simply for the day. and Il
pays. him to do so. Eggs come cheaper
by the dozen than by buying in q large
quantity. The same thing holds good Of
candy and many other supplies.