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mer's line of Sample Hammocks. We
are in a position to sell you any style
you want at the very lowest price.
We have a few Porch Screens to close
out at less than COSTS to CSC each.
Mason's Fruit Jars at &c. 72c. and 10c
each. Extra Rubbers. sc per dozen.
Mosqueto Nets or Canopies for $1.25
and s1.50.
A nice line Of New Remnant Carpet
Rugs from 25c to s1.50 each.
A big line of new Neckwear received
today.
A nice line Of new Style Bows at 10.
20 and 25c each.
1000 yards of Percale Remnants yard
wide, at &c a yard.
500 New Umbrellas with Steel Rod
and Congo Handle, good shape. Twill
top. at 3Sc each.
Silver tipped. up-to-date Umbrellas
at SOC.
Silk Gloria Top. with nice handle. at
CSC each.
Pee Dee Plaids at 412c.
Best quality of Sea Island Shifting at
cents.
THE BIG RACKET STORE gets in
new goods every day.
We want Your trade. Come to see
US and bring your card and get
present FREE.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
NEW USE. FOR ELECTRICITY.

Guinea Pigs Are Fattened by the EN-
ployment of the Fluid. a..:s
This is the age of electricity, 80 that
one is not surprised to hear that an
electric diet has been discovered.
J Naturally, you would conclude that
IT. is designed to aid invalids of weak
digestion, but is something Of shock
to learn that the latest scientific dis
covery has no nobler: object than the
fattening Of pigs! s -" = - "a. 81.
Certainly, there is an element Of
novelty in the notion Of eating electricf-
ty fattened pork. Besides, from pigs
we may yet rise to higher things I'd
Anyway, DR.. WI. Herdman has
found out that the ga1vanic current pro-
notes the, growth Of tissue that is to
say, the Increase Of flesh. It had pre-
s,viously been ascertained that plants de
syelop more rapidly under the electric
stimulus and there was no obvious req
onwhy animals should not be equally
responsive to It Hence the idea sc
) Oh. Herdman, which promises well
though its application cannot Is yet Sc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
Exhilarating Exercise,

10 the unaccustomed a drive in the
automobile coupe in which most yisi
tors decide to see Washington, is ex.
hiliarating to degree. The man a,
the helm makes practice of MISSING
the wheels of coal carts by a hairs
breadth and of swerving only the sec.
ond before it seems that his vehicle
must be struck by trolley car.
II it were not for the tacit admission
it would convey that an automobile is
nothe everyday equipage at home, the
feminine visitor to the Capital. would
feel much like leaning from the window
and shouting directions in forcible Eng.
lish to the uniformed coachman: A
1t Is, she calmly keeps her Seat and
says
Isn't that a pretty hotel?"' when
she's passing park and vice versa
But when she alights she does not fall
to the pavement in frenzy of PRAYERS
OF thanksgiving. She's restrained hv
Twentieth Century shame, but he,
gloves are worn out from the fright grin
her fingers have had Of each other liur
ing the ordeal from which she has inst
been delivered. " :" 49,. ="
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
HAalalN''s GREAT HORSE 4, i rs f..ARM

Embraces. Seven square Miles Of Finest
,.;44t, Bluegrass Land. ,s...tt4 &t #5ss
Millionaire ]. b. HagginI lis erecting
at Elmendorf, near Lexington, Ky.,,'a
$500, 900 resid He intends to spend
the remailnder. II hts days, II Kentucky,
and will endow the placesso that after
his death 1t will he run as a breeding
establishment. He has now. 4,5O0 acres
and Is buying as fast as owners can
be induced to sell, III order to put the
establishment Il 9 square ., tract. The s
main tract is that which was settled
by the. tgreat-grandfather j .of Mayor
Carter Harrison of Chicago. -: The new
residence stands uponz@:tile summit tof
the long slope within d hundred yards
Of the old Harrison home. Is Hundreds
Of men are working in the attempt to
have the place ready for occupancy Of
the owner and. his young wife by fail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
head. The guitar buzzed. buzzed in

head. The guitar buzzed, buzzed in a
prancing rhythm, the gypsy coiled
about the floor in her trailing dress,
never so much as showing her ankles,
with rapidity concentrated upon it.
self; her hands beckoned, reached out,
clutched delicately, lived to their finger
tips; her body Strengthened, bent, the
knees bent and Strengthened, the heels
beat on the floor, carrying her back.
ward and round; the toes pointed.
paused, pointed, and the body dropped
or rose into immobility, smiling, sig.
nificant pause of the whole body. Then
the motion began again, more vivid,
more restrained, as If leased by some
unseen limits, as if turning upon itself
in the vain desire of escape, as if
caught in its own toils.-Arthur Symons
IN London Saturday Review.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
sa % s. have passed beyond the expert

aid Is Have 81 passed beyond the expert
rs as
The doctor bega j his experiments
/ With guinea pigs; half dozen OF which
ne putHn'eacht Of two cages; taking care
that they should all be OF exactly the
same q age, So as TO make the conditions
q; of the the trial as free from ,daW as pos
s illol e. Around one 4of / the cages he
strung several wires, through which
e. current of electricity was passing
night and day, while nothing Of the
Kind was done with the other fH' Mean
while, for a stated period, the animals
in both. cages were fed With 4 precisely
equal quantity Of prov ender Of the same
Kind, so that, there should be- no adj
vantage in this respect on either side.
As a result, 4 itn:was found that the
guinea pigs that, lived in an electric
environment gained in weight during
measured time 10 per cent more than
those in the nonelectric cage, .. ,.,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

Mr.. Haggin's reasons for making
this his permanent residence are that
his wife, as we'll as himself, is a native
Of the State. After his death Mr.. Hag-
gin desires his widow to live In the
greatest comfort and to continue at the
head of the greatest breeding establish
ment in the world. He will rename
the establishment Screen Hills"
The house itself stands out like a
white landmark against the sea of
green on every side, and can be seen
for miles around. In this home of his
declining years Mr.. Haggin purposed
to spend a quarter of a. million dol
lars, but so many alterations have been
made since the beginning that not even
the architects can tell what the cost
will be. The house, apparently, is al
ready on the verge of completion, but
so elaborate will be the finishing
touches that ten months or a year will
probably elapse before the mansion is
really finished.
Some idea of the estate which Mr..
Haggin intends to make of Elmendorf
may be obtained from the improve
ments already made. The blacksmith's
and wheelwright's shop, completely
equipped, u.s., Of course, an essential
but on this farm the blacksmith's shop
is the central Office of complete 'tele-
phone system, connecting twenty-five
different points on the farm, and rum
ming to the town Office of G. j. En-
right, who has the management of the
estate. A grain elevator, with machin-
cry for cracking corn and oats and
mixing them, is an institution which no
other breeding farm in the world
boasts. The power station. with two
large gasoline engines, will furnish
lights and electric power, and there is
now in prospect plant involving the
expenditure of several thousands which
will cook food for the brood mares dur
ing the season that they require it.
Many of the brood-mare barns are to
be torn out and more improved ones
put in, and countless other improve
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

mental roads in America, and when the
Union Pacific Northern Pacific and
Southern Pacific roads had been built
and put in operation, developing our
great West and populating it in a COM
paratlvely short time, the Russians con-
Guided that they could follow the Amer
lean example with like success
In 1894 there were 10000 men at
work on this great undertaking, which
was estimated to cost $3.50, 100000. The
world began to realize that way off in
Siberia the most gigantic railroad en-
terprise had its theater, and that Rus
STA was doing what no other govern
ment in the world had ever under
taken. This road was to be nearly s.
600 miles long. and 1t was crossing a
country 50 little known that any story
Of Russian cruelty practiced there
found ready belief. To the world at
large Siberia was a land of ice and
snow, and banished nihilists, but the
Siberian railroad promised to develop
new markets for German as we'll as
Russian goods, and it also promised an
outlet for the greatest wheat field in the
world. People in every country began
to take new interest in Siberia.
Opening Up Siberia.
The road was built rapidly, and rs
the western division was pushed into
the interior of Siberia it made travel
easier, and the country became better
known. Not only Russians, but other
people, realized the future possibilities
of Siberia. It resembled our great
Northwest, with grazing lands for great
herds and flocks, and, what was more
surprising, immense tracts of wheat
land to make the country rival of the
United States and Argentina in supply
ing the food products Of Europe. The
western division of the Siberian road
was opened to Irkutsk, on Lake Baikal,
In 1898, and trains have been running
from st. Petersburg to that point regu-
larry ever since. The eastern section
from Vladiv0stok to KhabarOvska,
where the railroad strikes the Ural riv-
er, was opened in 1897, and it has been
doing a large business ever since, the
river being used above Khabarovska
to transport passengers and freight in
to the interior Of Siberia from the Pa
ciflc coast ~
In 1896 the Chinese Eastern railway
was organized and a secret treaty with
China negotiated in that year provided
for the construction Of this road across
Manchooria. The Russian government
guaranteed the resources of the com
pany. The total length Of this branch
Of the road. for it is to be the Eastc-a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
CARS GREAT ROAD.
MANcHooRIAN BRANCH Or. BID
SYSTEM COMPLETED. Ina
Advantages. of the New Line, Which
Opens Vast Territory-The Time Of
journey Around the World Will
Now Be Cut In Two.

Russia's Manchoorian branch of the
Siberian railway has been practically
completed, says United States Consul
Smith at Moscow. This indicates that
Russia has not allowed the Boxer up
rising seriously to retard the work Of
constructing her railroad through Chi
nese territory to the ice-free port ut
Port Arthur, and it also indicates that
the longest railroad in the world is
nearing completion to provide an all
rail route from Europe to the Orient.
This work has been going forward for
ten years under the direct control Of the
Russian government. and while it has
met many apparently insurmountable
difficulties the resources Of the CZar's
government have been equal to over
coming them.
Ten years ago, while the rest of the
world was reading about Siberia as a
penal colony to which were banished
the nihilists, the Gear of Russia was be-
ginning the construction of the great
est railroad in the world. In May, 1891,
the present Car, then the Czarowitz,
was in Vlad1vostok, and drove the first
spike in the road begun from the east
ern coast, which was to be built west
to join with the road under construction
from the Ural mountains east through
Southern Siberia.
The subject of the building Of rail-
road across Siberia had been under
consideration and discussion in Russia
for many years, but it did not take
definite shape until the success Of the
transcontinental roads in the United
States had been assured. Russian
statesmen watched with eager interest
the construction of these transconti-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

division Of the Trans Siberian railroad,
Is 1872 miles, Of which 945 miles is ii
Chinese, territory, Il makes Port Ar
thur the, eastern terminus of the road.
This port is one Of the most valuable
in China, opening on the gulf of Pc
chilli, within easy reach Of Tien-tsin and
Pekin. 1t is an ice-free port, and when
within another year Or two Russia com
pletes the section of road between IT.
kutsk and the ,Amur river, the Gear will
have a military road which will carry
his troops from st. Petersburg to Port
Arthur In ten days, while the other ma
tions Of Europe will have to follow the
old Suez canal route, which consumes
from thirty to forty days. T. ~: =
But Russia had other and even. great
er ambitions in building this road, and
those who are studying the commercial
relations with China are impressed
with the business foresight Of the Gear
Alexander, who planned the enterprise.
That it will save from twenty to thir-
ty days travel between Europe and
China is the best indication that the
road will draw to it the travellers who
go to the Orient on business. for time is
money. Consul Monaghan says that in
1895 there were PIC, 1888 passengers who
went the Suez route to China and Aus
tralia.- If half Of these are bust
ness men, as Mr.. Monaghan assumes,
they will prefer: the cheapest and quick
est route. The tirst-class fare. from
Moscow to Port Arthur will be less
than $50, and the fare from London to
Moscow is about the same, making the
railroad fare from London to Port Ar
thur about 500. A ticket from Japan
via Br;ndisi and the Suez canal now
costs $42S, or more than four times as
much as the ticket by rail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
Italy Wants Her Tapestries.

A Vienna correspondent writes that
representations have recently been made
by the italian embassy as to the feast
bility of the restoration TO- Italy OF Ger
tain. very valuable ,Goeblins tapestry
which it is alleged the Austrian govern
ment appropriated from the ducal palace
these works of art seems to be fairly
we'll established, and the question seems
to resolve itself into one of loan or an
nexation.: The tapestry is now at
Schoenbrunn, in the imperial castle, and
it is not thought likely that the restora-
ton will be effected.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

room and library, with backgammon,
drafts and similar games, are to have
also bowling green and other counter
attractions to the bar and tap room.
The be idea is that it is hopeless to try to
extinguish thirst for stimulants, but
wise to reduce the danger arising from
excess or from bad whisky and beer to
the minimum. The good Of the drinker,
not the promotion Of theory, is the
main object. - ':*s'' '',:S%'5 .<'s> rs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
If Coffee.Poisons You.

ruins your digestion, makes you nervous
and sallow |complexioned, keeps you
awake nights and acts against your sys-
tenn generany, try ,Grain-O, the new food
drink. It is made, of pure selected grain
and IS healthful, nourishing and appetiz-
coffee, yet it is just as pleasant to the
taste and when properly prepared can't
be told from, the finest c0ftees. /. Costs
about n as much. It Is a healthful table
drink for the children and adults Ask
your grocer for Grain-O. Is and 93c.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
She Dances Like q Siren.

l held my breath as I watched the
gypsy in the Seville dancing hall; fell
myself swaying unconsciously to the
rhythm Of her body, of her reckoning
hands, Of the glittering smile that came
and went in her eyes. I seemed to be
drawn into shining whirlpool, in
which l turned, turned, hearing the
buzz Of the water settling over my
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
BarroOms of the Bishon.

The people Of England are much in
terested these days concerning the
working Of the plan of the Bishop of
Chester for dealing with the evil Of ex-
cessive drinking. The Bishop thinks
that prohibition does not prohibit and
that regulation is much better. AS reg
ulation has in view the evil done by
drinking, special pains are taken to
supply only the purest drinks. The
houses under the Bishops scheme are
to have a uniform external appear
ance, distinguishing them from ordi-
nary licensed houses, notices promi-
nently displayed that food and non
intoxicants are supplied at popular
prices, the intoxicants to be placed at
one end of the bar and the nonintoxi-
cants at the other, with tables at which
buns, sandwiches, tea, coffee, etc., can
be served.
In villages the houses are to have
club, temperance and recreation rooms,
and where space is available a billiard
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
A Matter or Anna.

"Then you don't believe that one. car
tell character by physiognomy ant
bearing?' -. &.
mo; when a man has on. his OLE
shoes it. gives him a cringing, ARR -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

When a man is homesick, he begin.
to refer to his old home as GOD.
Country" f2= 20 90. -. e s.=-zss@
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

Coed Year for Farmers.
. Last year the farmers Of the United
sstates received 1856, OOOO 900 more for
their products than IN 1899.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

Time well arranged indicates 4 well
ordered mind. 49,. sz$s & s. 81. .ssss.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

DR.. Herdman is confident that ordi-
nary pigs, If subjected to similar treat
ment, would exhibit like results. He
proposes to build suitably wired pens
and to furnish the growing swine with
regular supplies of electricity, much in
the same way as was done with the
guinea pigs. 49,:
Nobody can say what may be the final
influence Of this new discovery upon
the pork trade, or whether the electric
bacon" Of the future may not command
special price in the market. The
imagination extends to almost any
lengths. Why may not the day come
when every cow in her stall shall have
her private wire? And if electricity is
good for pigs, it may serve to fatten
babies, or even grown persons who are
DESTROYS of increasing their avoirdupois,
and thus most interesting possibilities
for the improvement of the human
physique are opened up.-London Ex-
press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

ments on the place are in project. Four
or five years. time will be required to
put it in the condition that Mr.: Hag-
gin wishes. -
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-06-20

The Farce islands are remarkable
for the immense numbers of birds tina.
frequent them, and which furnish an
important supply of feathers to com.
merce. The most valuable of these
birds for its feathers is the putin,
about 10000 of which are caught an
nually. Perpendicular cliffs of rock.
facing westwardly. are known as
fowling cliffs, because of the birds
that cover their shelves During part
of the summer the birds are so
numerous around the cliffs that they
are said to resemble a thick snow.
storm Very few birds are found about
cliffs that do not have a western ex
posUrs.-Youth's Companion.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-06-20
WEN. rA.. tn. D..ssss.s resL

At the Academy Of Medicine in Paris
a contrivance was exhibited by Paris
dentist, the object being to render the
extraction and filling Of teeth both
pleasant and painless" At the moment
that the dentist begins to get to work
photograph is heard reproducing
musical selections. By contrast. ap-
parentiy. the dentists work becomes
quite agreeable. His instrument IL the
less painful-London Globe.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-06-20
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS
By ]. L. POWER.


In the report on Prohibition at the
last session OF the Baptist State con-
vention II reaffirmed our pledge to
State and National prohibition and re-
solved that a committee OF nine be ap-
pointed by the President OF the conven-
ton. selecting one from each circuit
court district. Judge J. b. Chrisman.
chairman. to take steps as they may
deem proper in procuring State prohi-
nidon at the next regular meeting Of
our State Legislature.
Last December the Mississippi an
nual conference unanimously passed a
resolution as a part Of the Report Of
Temperance Committees" urging the
passage OF a State prohibitory law in
Mississippi for the reason that It is be
lieved the only way TO hold the coun-
ties We have already is to Danish
whisky from the adjoining counties.
Now ! suggest and urge the calling
Of partisan Prohibition conven-
ton TO assemble in the city Of Jackson
on Tuesday the I'd. or Thursday the
9th day Of July next
Any one reading this article that
agrees with me in calling of a conven-
lion. drop me a card authorizing the
use Of your name TO a call and say
what time you suggest it should he
he'll Then organize a Temperance
Society and elect a delegate to the
convention. At the last session OF the
W. c. T. L. State convention they de-
clared for State prohibition and at
their meeting in Jackson. May ~.
they will no doubt reafirm their form
er action.
After reading this get postal or
paper and write to W. H. Patton, Shu-
puta, Miss.
Shubuta. April 30. 1901.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-06-20

The various features for which the Laeka-
wanna Railroad has become noted are in
voluntarily impressed upon the notice of
the Passenger, who realizes the luxury Of
hotel OF club appointment in the electric
wheels; the extraordinary cleanliness made
possible by tae use OF anthracite coal, avoid
ing all dust and nauseating smoke; the
consciousness Of being always on time
whlch comforts force an ease OF mind and
body most favorable to the enjoyment of
the unsurpassed scenery through which its
lines PAS. l. is but the natural sequence
that the Laekawanna - prosperous in like
degree 70 it, excellenec OF service. and its
warm friends are equal in number to its
whole list Of patrons, for once to ties. its
service means an ardent admirer and friend
earned Tor the road.-Nan Etten Breese.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-06-20


The pastors OF Jackson. together
with Bishop Galloway. Rev. DR..
Murrah and Rev. T. J. Bailey. in a
public statement. commend the Efforts
OF the officers of Jackson to enforce
the laws relating to public observance
Of the Sabbath. They say:
The Sabbath being on our books. f.
IL an injustice to say that the law
which rightly asks the farmer to Quit
ploughing. and the grocer TO quit sell
ing -four. should cause the merchant
to quit selling cigars and saltwater?
Where is the injustice, Is the one
a greater necessity than the othery
Acts OF necessity and mercy are al.
lowed by the Law. and the board does
not attempt TO interfere in these
things. and could not interfere IL IL
SO desired.
Has the enforcement OF the Sunday
law made Georgia the last State in
the South in point Of progress, Has
the Sunday law thrown Puritan New
England behind other sections Of this
country in educational institutions.
and In moral and material progress.
Has Boston less wealth. or its people
less liberty than Jackson or vicks-
burg?
is 1t not a feeling to be deprecated
that there should be found among any
citizens a disposition to assail oficials
because they attempt to keep their
oath OF ONCE. and enforce the laws
made by the legislature of this great
State"