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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23
A Plunge in Oil,

There is q story told of Mr.. Rookie
feller's first venture in the oil business.
Indeed, he has been known to tell the
story himself, with evident apprecta-
ton Of it's humor. 1t was away back in
the early sixties, when he was engaged
in the grain business in Cleveland.
Ohio.
One of his customers, Mr.. Breed.
was the owner Of an oil we'll at Titus
Vile. Mr.. Rockefeller became interest
ed in the account OF the we'll, and con-
sented to go to see it with a prospect
Of purchasing. The next week he an
peared. Mr.. Breed tells Of his visit.
''The well was about eight miles be-
low Titusville, on Oil Creek. The roads
were very bad, and we rode horseback.
We left the horses tied to a tree, and
went the last half-mi1e on foot. The
path led over sort Of bayou six feet
across. The oil men threw the sedi-
ment from the oil tanks into the bayou,
and the mixture of oily mud and wa
ter was inky black.
ITO cross the bayou we had to walk
a log, which was slippery from the
snow of the previous night l crossed
safely, and was about to offer Mr..
Rockefeller helping hand when he
slipped and fell into the bayou.
HE sank into the tarry mud nearly
to his hips, running his clothes, which
happened to be new and light-colord.
1t took us half an hour, working with
barrel-staves, to scrape off the tar, so
that he could walk. His first remark
after he was out of the bayou was:
Breed, you've got me into the oil bust
ness head and ears
'He bought the oil and new suit of
clothes before he left Titusville. Mr..
Rockefeller and I rarely meet, bnt
when We do we always have laugh
over his first plunge into the oil bust
ness"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23
kissing and Non-Kissin2 Families

kissing and Non-Kissin& Families.
The New York Sun says that kissing
among relatives goes by families, and
it is quite true that certain households
are known to all their friends as great
kissers." The members, men, women
and children, kiss each other the first
thing in the morning and the last thing
at night, and on any other occasion
that they consider sufficiently emo
tional
Still one may so too far the other
way. \ woman who came of a kissing
family married a man who came of
non-kissing stock. At one time her hus-
band went to the railway station to
meet son who had been absent from
home for two years, and on his return
the wife said:
What did you do when you first saw
Jack? Did you kiss him?'
'N-no," faltered the husband and
father, ''of course I didn't kiss him.
"1'll tell you what he said to me-"
volunteered the son. "He said: Well,
Jack. was your train on time""
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23
Her First Use of the Telephone.

"C1 TeS Use VI Cue IeIepHOne.
"Maria," said business man resid-
ing in the suburbs to his wife, 'you
have been wanting a telephone in the
house for a long time. The wOrkmen
will come and put one in to-day. Call
me up after they have gone away to see
If it works all right" Late in the after
noon there was a call at the telephone
in his office down town. Putting the
receiver to his ear he recognized the
voice Of his wife, pitched in a some
what high key. us that you, James ?"
she asked. yes" will you please 20
out right now and mail that letter
gave you this morning." He had for
gotten it, Of course, and he obeyed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

near South Pasadena. The suns heat
turn runs an engine to pump water.
Famous John Ericsson devoted years
of thought and experiment to his sun
motor, but it was never perfected. The
motor shown in the illustration has,
however, reached the stage Of success
full application, and is now on exhibi-
ton as practicable machine, working
a 15-horse-power engine capable of
lifting 1,4OO gallons of water a minute.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

The main feature Of this sun motor is
huge affair like a glass umbrella
minus the handle. 1t is furnished with
1900 mirrors, each about two feet long
and three inches wide. 1t swings on
a circle thirty-five feet in diameter and
concentrates the suns rays on a boiler
having a capacity Of 100 gallons. 1t
takes about an hour to generate steam,
showing pressure Of $50 pounds to
the square inch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

and an automatic bell warns him if
the train Is running too fast.
The greatest safety consists in an au-
tomato brake, both at the lower and
the top station, which is put into &C.
ton by the arriving car and stops it,
no matter how careless the engineer
may be.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23
In q Smoking Car.

A lady Of a truly masculine spirit, &C.
companied by small poodle, is said to
have failed sadly the other day in an
attempted reformatory movement She
entered the smoking car of suburban
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

train and sternly refused, when ap-
preached by the conductor, to 20 into
another car, observing that her pres
ence would keep the other occupants
from smoking.
One thick-skinned wretch, however,
insensfble to the claims of refinement
and reform, began to enjoy his accus-
toned cigar, which was suddenly
snatched from his lips, with the remark
in a high treble:
III there is anything do hate it Is
tobacco smokingv'
For time the offender was notion
less, then, gravely rising, amid the curl
osity of the assembled smokers, he took
that little poodle out Of the lady's lap
and gently threw him through the Win
dow, signing: 'If there is anything 1
do hate it is a poodle"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23
Playing Whist for Money.

whist halls" are advertised in the
eastern papers. Those institutions are
public resorts, where whist is played
for prizes redeemable in money. Poker
parlors are prohibited in large New En-
gland cities, but the whist hall is much
in vogue. @7. =s.Z
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

on the bodies Of the victims furnished
the requisite germs. These cultures"
have been distributed during the pres
ent year in Colorado, expcrimentally,
while the disease from South Africa is
being tried In Texas.
Injecting the Grasshoppers.
On receiving bottle Of the fungus,
the farmer is directed, by an accom-
panying printed slip, to put number
Of live grasshoppers in wooden box,
together with portion of the germ ma
terial They will quickly become in
fected, when he may liberate all but
half dozen or so.
These, when dead, will serve to COM
municate the disease to other living
grasshoppers, placed in the box for that
purpose. AS fast as they are infected
the choppers" are to he set free in the
fields to distribute the plague among
their fellows.
The grasshopper Is one Of the most
serious problems encountered by the
farmer in the West. Owing to the set
Element of great areas which formerly
were it's permanent breeding grounds.
producing regular and enormous crops
of the voracious pests every year, the
insect no longer appears in those
mighty swarms that used to arrive like
devastating armies and deyour every
thing green But even nowadays not a
season passes that the choppers" do not
appear in alarming numbers in some
parts Of the country, destroying the
crops and bringing great loss or even
ruin to the helpless agriculturist.
The choppers" SOW their eggs, plant
ing on one season those which are to be
Matched the next The female drills a
hole in the ground with the horny tin
Of her abdomen. and in this she lays
about 20 eggs, which are bound to-
gethcr in a mass with mucus cxcreted
by the mother insect. The burrow is
filled up with mucus, which, makes it
watertight
Fighting the Pest.
Now the farmers best chance is to
destroy the unmatched eggs, and this he
tries to do In various ways, the most
effective perhaps being to slice Off an
inch of the top soil, dry it and pass it
through sleeves to separate the egg
masses, which are buried in deep pits.
In the wheat growing regions burning
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23
Tea in ENGLAND.

Tea became known in England about
the middle Of the seventeenth century.
1t was first sold in public houses, as
beer is now tapped.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

Prohibition Of Timber Deck Loads.
No British ship may carry a deckload
of timber into British port between
the last day of October and April 16.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23
The st. Lawrence Rfver.

- o. A1ssSsASAAC1 51SIv0ke =. 80
Vessels of 1900 tons can ascend the
st. Lawrence to Montreal, distance
Of 1000 miles from the sea. Only one
other river in the world, the Amazon,
is navigable to such a distance for craft
as large. 5t .z .sz... ss IS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

Il there IS any JOY In a family, divide
it Don't let any one member do all
the work.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23


relative diagram above which that Chicago has lowest
from the disease the highest.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
EUROPEAN ECHOES.

William the Conqueror's castle at Bonneville, in Normandy, was sold at auction recently for $16,OOO.
 A Swedish turnip weighing 26 pounds and yellow weighing. B pounds, both grown by Forfarshire farmer, have been on exhibition in Dundee.
 Berlin is afflicted by new toy i'm ported from Paris It is pocket whistle that emits whine, winding up with a shriek of Mamma, mamma"
 The water boundaries of France are as follows: Mediterranean sea coast, 395 miles; North sea, Straits of Dover and English channel, 572 miles; At lantic ocean, 5S4 miles.
 The door by which the president ot the republic, the king of Sweden, the shah, and cther distinguished visitors were in the habit of entering the Paris exhibition has been sold for 12 guineas
 A Roman mob unveiled new bronze fountain in the Villa Nazionale by force recently. An injunction had been obtained against the exhibition of the fountain, on the ground that the naked figures of Naiads that adorned it were immoral. A crowd armed with tools marched to the place and tore down the boards that inclosec the fountain.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
WITH THE WHEELMEN.

There is trouble in the training camp at Panama park. Jacksonville. AuNlces received yesterday state that ulscolu has arisen between the three blg paceu stars.
 There was to have been on last Sun- day q race meet in which Walthour' Michael and Bikes were to figure Wath three possible marks az competitors. Rain prevented the meet and it was postponed until next Sunday. Cald- well, Ross and Brown. who were se- lected as easy ones for the three big stars. have declined the proposition or playing second fiddle and claim defeat will do them no more harm than good. As a> result Pop Bikes and Tom Eek have tried to arrange other matches. but the ''bi@ three'' refuse to take any chances. Michael refuses to race Wal thour. Bikes refuses to race Walthour and Bikes and Michael don't dare to come together for fear of spelling their regulations, as some one of them is sure to defeat the other.
 r. J. Caldwell the Hartford ex-ama- teur. sees nothing to be gained by q series of defeats from the trio. Ar thur Ross says he will not be q batter ing ram for Bikes, Michael and Wal thour. He says he played second fid- dle to Bikes last season and he is through with that sort of thing. With this sort of proposition confronting them Eek and Pop" are helpless and dissension increases daily, and it is said that all three need the money.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
SPORTS AT BUFFALO.

Buffalo, N. Y. March 3O-The bpreau of sports of the Pan-American Exposition company has decided on the events and prizes in connection with the twenty-ninth annual conven- ton of the New York State Bremen s association in August. Races will take place in the Stadium and the list of events and prizes follows:
 Thursday, August 22nd, prize drill; first prize, $20O; second prize, $1OO: third prize $50. Hand engine, first prize. $25O; second prize, $15O; third prize, S1OO.
 Friday, August 23d, hose race, first prize, $25O; second prize, $15O; third prize $1OO. Hook and ladder race, first prize s15O; second prize, $75; third prize, $25. Hub-and-hub race, first prize, $125; second prize, $75; third prize. $50. E.
 These contests are open to all bona fide fire companies and .firemen's as- sociations of the United States and Canada. They must furnish their own apparatus. The entries will close on August 1.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
UPTON WANTS THE BEST.
Expects His Yachts to Arrive in New
 York Early in July.


 London, March 3O.-In reply to question asked by q representative of the Associated Press. regarding the controversy as to the selection of a de fender in the races for the America'S cup, Sir Thomas Lipton made this statement to-day: "I wish to say nothing which can possibly be con- strued as a criticism or as gratuitous advice. All l want to do is to meet the best boat America can build do not want anyone to be able to say after the cup races, you have won, but you have not beaten our best boat My ideas on the subject can best be gathered from what I am do- ing myself. I am putting. Shamrock boat in the world''
 Regarding his plans, Sir Thomas Lipton said: ''-As soon as possible after the launch I am going to the So- lent to have the trials. On my way back to the Clyde shall probably ac- cept the Royal Irish Yacht club, Ningstown, invitation to race there. Ihence 1 shall go to the Clyde and enter the Glasgow exhibition contests. AS soon as possible after that, probab- ly about June 12. the Erin and Sham rock II: will sail for America I have not yet decided if Shamrock I will accompany them. We shall first go to the Azores to replenish our fuel, for on the last trip I found the Erin's S coal capacity starcely equal to the long, slow voyage. I trust there will be sufficient wind. to avoid much tow ing. for I believe that towing, on ac- count of the strain involved is much more harmful to a yacht than sailing I expect the yachts will arrive in New York early in July. After the cup races, unless something unexpected prevents it. I will accept the Boston board of trade invitation to take Sham rock II. to that city and have & little racing in New England Waters.'
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
ROYAL CANOE CLUB.

Boston. March 30.-At a meeting of the Winchester Boat club last night It was voted to send a representative 10 compete for the international chal- lenge cup offered by the Royal Canoe club of England for q sailing race of ten miles. The club will send H. C. Murphy. and Thomas w. Lawson is supporting the project. This race, which occurs in August in Langston harbor, has been an annual affair for about ten years. MT Lawson will pay all expenses of building the canoe and the trip of the challenger. The boat is to be designed by E. B. Crownin- shield and will measure fifteen feet on the, water line and seventeen feet over all.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
Electric Fam.

A feature of interest connected with
 electric fans is that they are purely
 American, both by right of invention
 and of use. It is somewhat singular
 fact that their use in other countries and in hot climates has been so limit ed, but it is believed that at least the beginning of a considerable export trade in this class of merchandise has been made, and that from now on increasing and satisfactory numbers of these instruments will be shipped abroad from our American ports. A modern development of the fan, which was primarily designed for ventila- tion and for moving air or the creation of small breezes, is the application to the fan mechanism of cooling and heating devices, so that an actual change in the temperature of the air may be made. In. this way certain electric fan installations have been made lately which serve the triple pur- pose of cooling in summer, heating in winter and ventilating the rooms Electrical Review.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
A LINE O. TYPE OR TWO,

A hot poker softens old putty.
 Ants won't cross a chalk mark.
 A little carbolic acid keeps mold from ink.
 Many guaranty isn't good.-Atch- ison Globe.
 A sponge dipped in turpentine rem ovates gilt frames.
 Boston pays $166,ooO 8 year for it's school janitors.
 California fruit canners ship 5o,- 100000 cans a year.
 The secret of success is constancy of purpose.-Dsraeli. The loose tongue usually betokens a rattle le-brain.-Ram's Horn
 Anger is stone cast into 8 hor- nets nest.-Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
Chinese Fun,

A man asked friend to stay and have tea. Unfortunately, there was no tea in the house, so a servant was sent to borrow. some. Before the latter had returned the water was already boiling, and it became neces- sary to pour in more cold water. This happened several times, and at length the boiler was overf1owing, but no tea had come. Then the mans wife said to her husband: "As we don't seem likely to get any tea, you had better offer your friend bath!" History of Chinese Literature.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30

the Sailor was cheered by the offer of a S1O,OOO purse to fight Frank Slavin in the Klondike, on July 4. Slavin is now president of the Hasbeen associa- tion of Heavyweight Pugilists. and the Sailor, seeing prospects of q speedy match, is seriously pondering the mat ter. The chances are that if the able sea Rman is patient he will sooner or later
 seceive proposals to fight Khan Chow. |ehief of the Chinese Boxers. for side etake of ten gallons of chop suey. ? Again, Sharkey might be asked to trek to South Africa and put on the mitts with De Wet for q few town lots on q kopje.
 Assuredly, Sharkey is in demand in far off countries, but the local match makers are strangely and disgusting ly oblivious of the Sailors desire for q ~bout
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
If we could only see a little ways into the future, what a lot of distress

ing accidents we could prevent. But our sight ends with the present instant. There may be broken limbs and bruised bodies in store for us in an hour-we can't tell.-But we can be prepared.
 z A bottle of Dr. Thomas Ec- lectric Oil in the house at the right time has saved many an hour of suffering, many a pre- c;ous life.
 Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil is monarch over pain. Cuts, burns, bites yield to it's soothing influence sore throat, croup, collie, catarrh, asthma and frost bite are promptly cured, and
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
WEST KNOCKED OUT.

Huntsville, Ky, March 3o.-Tommy N1fst of Brooklyn was knocked out by NHrvin Hart of Louisville last night i4 the sixteenth round of their bout, iii the Auditorium. They were to have gorre twenty rounds. West was the faysrite in the betting. From the start the fight was bloody and vicious. In thA thirteenth round West began to weaken. and from that point to the finish Hart hammered him to the floor lime and again. knocking him down at Eill almost. West hung on. however, ptilf 1t no longer was possible for him (fo stand and was counted out by Ref )eree Tim Hurst. Hart weighed 165 pounds and West 15S Hart also had Afhe advantage in height and reach.
 HRARTEAND DEFEATED BARRY.
 nenver, Col, March s30.-Kid Me
 Artland of New York gained decis-
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30

2 ,Nouralouh, the Terrible Turk, proved more than a match for the two heavyweight wrestlers-Lundln the Swedish champion, and John Smith of Brooklyn-~in wrestling tournament last night ill Boston. Ihe big fellow handled his opponents with ease The first bout was With smith, Graeco-Roman style. Nouralouh won in four minutes and twenty-nine sec onds. The Turk threw Lundin, catch as-catch-can style. in five minutes ana thirty eight seconds.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
A Laughing Matter.

His battered head was bandaged. His nose was in a sling; His eyes were both in mourning, He couldn't eat a thing But food composed of liquids,
 Because his gums were sore r Because his teeth were missing That filled his mouth before. His back was nearly broken,
 And he was weak and lame: He'd been in no explosion,
 No buzz saw was to blame. ? He'd been out April fooling,
 And one of those he tried To fool had caught him at it.
 Men laughed until they cried! Chicago Times-Herald.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
Rare Astronomical Event.

The sudden blazing into view of a star previously invisible ranks among the very rarest of astronomical events. Only IA times since men first began to write down records of the skies has such an occurrence been chronicled; and but once before have astronomers found temporary star rivaling in splendor Anderson's recent discovery in the constellation Perseus.-Science.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30

WILL HP PpE
rheumatism is relieved Ut isA remedy that ought to be in every family medicine. chest.

every ldl111ly 11SAa4S-11lesA A,tAeSss
 Expected to Die.-s': 1T cheerfu1ly add my testimony of Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil. We use it for many things. Was run over by a team of horses and lumber wagon; did not expect I would live; badly bloated; my friends bathed me nearly all over with Eclectric Oil; bloat grad ually went down. We have mofe faith in Eclectric Oil than any other medicine, and always keep it in the house''-Mrs. Wm. F. Babcock, Norvell, Jackson Co.,, Mich.
 Cured the Sprain.-Mr. Chas. M. Bamann, a wholesa1e.jeweler, No. 9 Pleasant Street, Rochester, N.. Y., writes: "Ihave used your Eclec- tric Oil and can recommend 1t as the best general medicine l have ever tried. fell off my bicycle and sprained my ankle badly. Eclectric Oil gave immediate relief and cured the sprain. If my testimonial is of any use to you, you can use my name. I shall always carry a bot tie of Eclectric Oil in my bicycle tool-bag as part of my equipment, and will recommend it to my friends.'
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
A Moderate weaa,nx outas.

"A moderate outfit for bride would be good street costume, several odd bodices, black skirt, a silk gown and a house gown. These, with the clothes which she already has, entirely reno vated and remodeled, and sufficient amount of neatly made underclothing is all that any girl in moderate cir cumstances needs for her trouseau- even less would be in order.-Emma M. Hooper, in Ladies' Home Journal
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
MA BLANCHE TO FIGHT.

Old timers in pugilism need not feel discouraged. La Blanche, the marine, is about to engage in another tussle He has arranged to fight six rounds at Madison, Me, with one Harry W H. Hams of Skowhegan. and he expects te win. As the pivot blow is not barred in the articles. La Blanche may sur priSe Williams.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
Hopeless.

Hopeless.
 Jack-He1lo, old man! What makes you look so glum?
 Jim-Edith-Miss Sheeroff-has re- fused me; she doesn't care at all for me.
 ''Nho told you?''
 'she did, of course. Why, what do you mean?"
 ''Oh, she told me some time ago that she never hoped to- make you understand it."-Harper's Bazar.