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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
THE CHAMPION WING SHOT.

Capt. Bo9ardus Has a Daurerous Ex.
Derience, but Comes Out Unhurt,
Ferris Wheel Park, Chicago, Nov. 4.
Capt. A. H. Bogardus, the champion
wing shot of the world, has spent the
summer here. His shooting school has
been one Of the features of the Park
during the season. He has given many
exhibitions and his skill with the rifle
Is superb.
The Captain tells Of very close call
he once had when living at Elkhart,
Ill. He had been a sufferer from Kid
ney disease for several years, and it
rapidly developed into Bright's Disease.
All his friends told him that this was
incurable, and that he would never get
better.
TO say that he was alarmed is to put
1t very mildly. This plucky man had
faced many dangers, and it made him
sick at heart to think that at last he
was to be conquered by such a cruel
foe.
At last he heard Of a medicine that
had cured mtny such cases-Dodd's
Kidney Pills. He used them and was
completely restored to good health.
He says: Il attribute my present
good health to Dodd's Kidney Pills and
to nothing elSe.''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
GAME A. NATIONAL QUESTION
Preservation Difficult Because State
Laws Conflict.

- ~~~~ S~sAO~ DAAAASAAs 41CSo~90 oS0SS
Laws Conflict.
The interdependence of states in the
matter of game laws may be illustrated
by one or two examples. The new Eng
land states, without exception, protect
the robin, but their efforts can never pro-
duce the best results so long as the bird
is treated as game during it's winter So
JOurn in the South and killed for market.
Eastern cities now obtain their supplies
of quail, prairie chickens and other game
very largely from the distant states in
the West. Nebraska finds that her quail
are being rapidly killed off to supply the
markets Of Philadelphia and other East
|ern cities, and, for her own protection,
prohibits the shipment of birds from the
state, while Pennsylvania, finding her
supply Of quail entirely inadequate to
meet the local demand, declares that
birds taken within the state shall not be
sold at any time.
The Philadelphia game dealers contend
that this law cannot restrict sales of
game brought in from other states, and
accordingly supply their customers, in
season and out, with imported quail kept
in cold storage. High prices stimulate
shipping law, and their country CORE
spondents in Pennsylvania to ignore the
local law; and the native birds when
placed on sale cannot be distinguished
from those imported. Game preservation
in Pennsylvania thus becomes doubly diff
ficult. Under the operation Of non-export
laws the supply of quail from the West
is diminished, prices naturally rise, and a
premium is placed on the destruction Of
native birds. Unless the state can en-
force the law with respect to imported
game she cannot effectually protect her
own birds.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
Burying Them One nv One.

EYES," remarked an enterprising COL
ored pastor, in one of the Southern
cities, 1--WE done had a powerful lot o.
trouble in my ch'ch. On yeah had all
de deacons ag'in me to once. Dey ken
sayin' fob me to go; but says: NO.
bruders, I'm not de one for to denart
If deres any emygratin' fur to be done.
it's you dat III do it, Fin'ly DER pre-
vailin' got so frequent like, dat I done
come right out on 'em in one oh nv red
hottest summons. shook my fingers at
'em right in de meetin'; and saws:
You deacons dah-you's jist a-workin'
an a-workin' for yoah-se'ves; I'm
a-workin' fob de good Land; an I'm
a-goin' to stay head in dis church till I
buries cherry one OBJ YOU An it want
very long befoah did bury one of 'em.
an de oders dey got mos powerful
scarf, an l don't never have any noah
trouble after dat
And the sable shepherd lighted his
pipe, gently collapsing into noiseless
MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
A Surprise for Roosevelt

V1ce-President Roosevelt was relat-
ing the other day one Of the incidents
OF his life when Governor Of the State
or New York. II had received a large
package by express" he said, land If
was addressed His Excellency the Gov
ernor, Albany, N. " I thought the
sender of the package was somewhat
formal to address me that way on the
outside of package, but my surprise
was increased when I opened the bum
die. l found pair Of battle axes. a
complete set Of daggers and a half
score of old-fashioned b1underbusses.
After examining the weapons had al
most concluded that some friend
thought another war was in sight
when a messenger appeared with an
order to take the package away. On
asking him the reason the messenger
said that they were theatrical para
phernalia and belonged to His Excel
lency the Governor company."-New
York Tribune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

ly, II think 1 might almost venture t.
ask lady to marry me-"
Her momentary agitation had pass
ed, and she was again the calm, self
contained Miss Blake
"Assuredly you might, but don't be
gin, Would you like"
"HOW would this do-Miss Blake, will
you do me the honor to become my
Wife?'
''That might do, but it is a trifle silt
ed for that particular question. The
more simple and direct a mans words
on such an occasion the better. might
also suggest a little more warmth OF
manner"
"Thank you. Blanche, dear, love
you. wal you be my wife,"
Very good. Now, perhaps, we woulG
better 60 back to the hotel. see my
aunt sitting on the piazza"
"She may continue to sit there. This
is no rehearsal, Blanche. I am in ear
nest; want my answer"
wait minute; am going to say
yes but" speaking hurriedly, cir
heavens name don't you say THANK
vOn' -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

was beginning life all over again, leav-
Ing the almost lifelong old friends for
horde of new faces.
Mrs. Gilbert was a dancing girl for
years and years, and to this she attrib-
utes her buoyancy in old age. She
claims her first real hit was in "Drom-
ajah" in little dance which she intro
duced on the impulse Of the moment as
she was skipping from the stage, at the
end Of the scene. 1t caught the audi
ence's fancy, and from that time on her
lance became feature.
She came to America in 1919, and in
her time has supported Edwin Forrest,
John Brougham, and was for a long
time one Of Days big Four" the 9th.
ers being Ada Rehan, James Lewis and
John Drew. She played for years in
Days New York theater, in stock COM
panies, taking parts with Agnes Ethel
in ''Frou Frou," then with Clara Nor.
ris in MAN and Wife," and with Fan
ny Davenport in her plays.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
Gutta Percha Getting Scarce.

Counsel Atwell of Roubaix writes that
the scientists in France are now engaged
upon the problem of acclimatizing the
Isonandra gutta, fhe tree which produces
gutta-percha, Indispensable to tine con
struction Of submarine cables. 1t seems
replaces the gptta.percha found in the
forests of the Malay peninsula and in
certain districts in Malacca. Inferior
qualities have not the requisite durability
for submarine use. The plantations in
the aforementioned districts have been
SO ruinously exploited by the natives
who uproot full-grown trees and cut
young plants before they come to ma
turity, that it is feared there will be I
shortage in the supply of this quality OF
utta-percha in the course Of ffteo1
years, unless means are taken to pro
tect the forests or to propagate the
plants elsewhere.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

Is under direct supervision of SUPER
intendent or warden. Each warden has
under him deputy wardens or rangers,
who patrol smaller subdistricts several
times a day during the summer and
fall months and report regularly to the
warden under whom they are working.
For this patrol service the govern
ment pays it's men 81 a day and ex-
penses. The work, aside from actual
fighting Of fires, is not so very hard,
but it soo1 becomes very monotonous,
and it is sometimes very hazardous.
1t consists in patrolling a given beat
several times a day. The patrolmen
are clothed with police power and have
orders to arrest anyone who has done
anything that would cause blaze. or
has in any way disregarded the resu-
lations Of the forest reserve commits
sion.
1t Is also the rangers duty to keep a
sharp lookout for incipient blazes; to
extinguish them, if he can, alone; and
If not, to report the fire to his superior
and the nearest known help in that
particular neighborhood.
There are various causes for the for
est fires. Some are started by accident,
some by thoughtlessness and some bv
deliberate, criminal carelessness. BY
far the most frequent cause is the
smoldering campfire, carelessly left by
hunters and others. Recent laws make
1t misdemeanor to leave any embers
from a campfire which the next rising
breeze might fan into a fame. The
matter of taking timber unlawfully
from the forest reserve also comes un-
der the direct attention Of the forest
rangers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
BUSINESSLlkE EPHRAIM.
There Was Not Much Romance III His
Proposal of Marriage.

There Was Not Much Rom ancc III His
Proposal of Marriage.
"No, there wasn't much romance
about Ephraim," said the postmaster,
stroking his beard thoughtfully.
Ephraim had been the great man Of
the town, and his death, the day be-
fore, had called out "reminiscences to
which the postmaster seemed anxious
to contribute. Il don't s'pose if you'd
billed Ephraim or put him under the
stone breaker you could have drawed
tear out of him. Never saw him
laugh. Likely enough he never kissed
his wife or one Of his children.
And yet he wasn't mean man or a
hard man. l cal'late he often laughed
and cried inside, but 'twasn't his way
to show it. And he was a natural-born
business man. up and down, top to toe,
and that partly accounts for it, too.
Dye ever hear how he pupposed to
Aunt Eleanor, his wife? Happens l
know, because she and my wife was
cousins, and the perceedin' tickled
Eleanor so't she had to tell of it.
"Ephraim wasn't ever a talkative
feller and he didn't go round much
with tn other young folks. Jest stay
ed home and tended to his knittin'-
work, as it ware, but he was we'll
thought Of by everybody, and Eleanor
and her pa and ma always made him
welcome.
$50 he come in sort O. casual, one
p'tic'lar Sat'day night, and set around
as usual, putin in a word now and
then, till Eleanor's pa went out to see
to sick COW he had, and Eleanor's ma
started off up chamber somewheres.
And then Ephraim speaks up all to
once. and he says:
| lid kind O. like to marry you, Flea
nor says he.
"'Sho! says she Would YEP She
was dumfounded, and couldn't think Of
anything else to say.
Ives, l would says he. He never
moved out of his chair, but he looked
her right square in the eye, reel friend
ly. I've got a place O. my own, We
know,-rented, but can take it back
most any time.-and two bundled and
fifty dollars out on intrust, and enough
besides to stock the place. I make We
an Offer he says, land I'll hold it open
for ye till next Sat'day night
Eleanor was starin' at him all the
time, mind ye, with ner mouth open.
And before she could get any words to
put into it, It's time was gettin' along
home Ephraim says, so I'll bid ye
good night, Eleanor
"Well. that was all there was to it.
First off. Eleanor was mad at his max
in an offer so-fashion, and leavin' il
open jest sech time, 8 though he'd
been dickerin' for yoke Of steers. But
when she come to think it over she real
ized = Nss onl* Ephraim's way, anf
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

she believed he liked her and she know
she liked him, and so she took him nm
and neither Of 'em ever was sorry for
It.
mo, Ephraim didn't make love 70.
mantic-no gettin' down on his knees
ana Writin' poetry and sech-like doin's,
But if you ever see a woman better ner-
'lded for and more uplifted and more
waited on by inches than Aunt Eleanor
"as' ia like to have We pint her out.
Actions speak louder'n words, they
say and l cal'late that's true. There's
women III this town would be willn' to
forget they was called angels before
they was married if they could be treat
ed Nike human beins now"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
MISS LAURA HOWARD, CHICAGO.

MISS LAURA HOWARD, CHICAGO.
knew one day how I would feel the
next. was nervous and had no ap-
petite, neither could / sleep soundly
nights. Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound, used in con-
junction with your Sanative Wash, did
more for me than all the medicines
and the skill Of the doctors. For eight
months l have enjoyed perfect health.
verify believe that most of the doc
tors are guessing and experimenting
when they try to cure a woman with
an assortment of complications, such as
mine but you do not guess. How I
wish all suffering women could only
know of your remedy; there would be
less suffering know."-LAuRA How
ARD, 113 Newberry Ave., Chicago, Ill.
$4,000 forfeit if above testimonial 1. not genuine.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all wo-
men who are I'LL to write her for
advice. Address Lynn, Mass,
giving full particulars.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
A SONG or DUTY.

Whate'er betide, man must toll on;
He may not pause too long to smile;
He must toll on with brain or Drawn,
For life is such little while.
When joy too strongly may beguile,
"ris written, joy must be denied;
We may not pause too long to smile,
We must toll on. whate'er betide.
And when a sorrow comes to him
Man may not pause too long to weep,
Grief chastens. tasted at the brim,
But it destroys when quaffed too deep
The onward march we still must keep
Howe'er the spirit may be tried,
We may not pause too long to weep,
We must toll on, whate'er betide.
Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

Any young man who wishes to OBJ
ain an education at the Missouri State
University need not be deferred be-
cause Of lack of funds, because the
Young Mems Christian Association has
made it possible for every student who
1esires to obtain work. This society
aas maintained an employment bureau
:Or the last three years, and very sue
,essfully. At the beginning of the year
list Of the places where work can be
secured is posted, and every effort to
assist young men to help themselves is
made. The kinds Of work which stu
tents can do are many, among them
:arpentering, painting, gardening,
printing, type writing, bookkeeping,
ianitor work, furniture moving, clean
ng, wood saving, repairing, ditching,
harvesting and so on.
Hon. Martin G. Brumbaugh, United
States Commissioner Of Education for
Porto Rico, says in his annual report:
Almost every school on the island has
IN American flag. One hundred and
eighty were recently presented by the
Lafayette post, G. A. r., Of New York
City. These now float over the new
schools opened in October last. The pa
:riotic philanthropy Of this post is
worthy of all commentator. In almost
every city of the island and at many
:ural schools the children meet and sa
ute the flag as it is flung to the breeze.
The raising of the flag is the signal
hat school has commenced, and the
lag floats during the entire session.
The pupils then sing America" "Hail,
Columbia" ''Star-Spangled Banner"
ind other patriotic songs. The marvel
that they sing them in English. The
irst English that many Of them know
the English Of our national songs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
Then and Now.

New York City had at the beginning
of the Civil War population Of about
one-quarter of what it is at present
100000. Taxation for city purposes
now S1O0,OOO,000, was then $5,OOO,O 900
The police department cost 81, 800, OO(
and public schools $1,70O,0OO. Some OF
the items Of city expenditure forty
years ago were for the Mayors Office
$4,000; the law department (Which
now costs $40O,0O0), $4,000, and the
board of health (Which now costs ST.,
000,OO0), $4,000. The fire department
then volunteer organization. cost $37,
600.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

- EW people know that in Califor-
MIA at all hours Of the day and
night a force of government po-
licemen is on duty, walking regular
beats in the heart of the mountain
forest as they would In populous
city, making occasional arrests and
regular reports to headquarters, quite
in the style Of the modern policeman.
In many cases these beats are so iso-
lated and lonesome that the policeman
does not see soul for weeks save the
men Of the adjoining beats. But it is
not to preserve order that the national
government employs this force and
pays it, but to guard against forest
fires, which have yearly been increas-
ing in number and destructiveness.
Millions of feet Of valuable timber are
burned every year as the result Of the
carelessness Of hunting parties in leav-
ing camp fire embers behind them.
Drouth has followed drouth until the
whole Sierra Madre country seems
likely to burn up, and not only is there
an immense loss in standing timber,
but the removal Of the trees allows the
springs and creeks which feed the riv-
ers to dry up, the winter SHOWS are not
conserved for irrigation and the effect
is felt hundreds Of miles away.
The government has endeavored for
many years to control these destructive
forest fires, but during the fall Of 1899
and 1900 the situation became so
alarming that it took up the matter
much more energetically and systemat-
ically than ever before. The ranges
are now subdiyided into smaller dis
tricts than formerly. and each district
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
DeDth of the Ocean.

Dr.. John Murray, lecturing in Glas-
cow recently on the depths Of the
ocean, said the average depth Of the
sea was something like 1900 feet. II
i'll the lands of the continents were lev
.led down the ocean would envelope
The whole earth to depth Of two
niles. The greatest depth of the ocean
ret found was in the Atlantic, OF the
Virgin Islands. 1t was 5,555 fathoms,
,r about $50 feet less than six miles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

The list of ''books of power" as fur
nished by Mr.. Foster, the librarian OF
Providence, r. l., is most interesting
There are only about 100 authors repre-
scented. OF these but three are women
-Sappho, Mrs. Browning and George
are included and eight Latin authors
About half the chosen writer's are poets
or imaginative authors, showing what
this librarian thinks Of the source OF
power Gin which most women would
agree with him).-Harper's Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
HER EIoHTIE'rH BIRTHDAY.
Mrs. G. III. Gilbert, the Most DELIGHT.
full Old Lady of the Stare.

Mrs. @. H. Gilbert, the Most Delight
full Old Lady of the Stage.
A recent theatrical feature was the
celebration, at St. Louis, of the eighth
eth birthday Of Mrs. G. H. Gilbert, the
most delightful old lady Of the stage.
Mrs. Gilbert has been on the stage for
sixty-eight years, having made her first
appearance in the Ballet School of Her
Majesty in London at the Haymarket
in 1885, and she is still in excellent
health and accomplishing. Time has
dealt gently with her, as her powers
of endurance. are remarkable. She has
outlived the .manager-Daley-who
once called her "Grandma," with whom
she was from 1869 until his death in
1899. Then it was that Frohman sent
for her, and she says she felt like she
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
Few Mountain Peaks in Europe.

While the Alps have isolated peaks
such as Mont Blanc Q5,7S1 feet and
he Matterhorn (14,S30 the mean ele-
yation Of the highest Alpine chain is
rom only 5000 to 1900 feet. Colorado
possesses more than 120 peaks over 49,
500 feet in altitude, of which no fewer
han thirty-fiye peaks range from A.
100 upward. In the whole of Europe
here are not over twelve mountain
peaks Of note.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
Herr krupp's Income.

Baron Krhpp, the head of the great
gun works, has declared his annual in
come for the purpose Of taxation to be
f1,0OO,0OO. His fortune is valued. at
f9,000,00O. There are $4,000 employees
of the Krupp works, and of this number
65, 600 are workmen and 1900 clerks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
Blast Furnace Gas Motors.

In western Europe, and particularly in
Germany, the employment of motors util-
izing gases from blast furnaces is in
creasing, says the Youths Companion.
1t is said that the use of these gases,
which is not so common in England or
the United States, effects a considerable
saving in the cost Of founding. The
motors thus driven are employed Drinci-
pally for actuating air compressors and
electric generators.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

If you get mad, and throw your en-
vironments out Of the window, all the
neighbors will happen to be looking
that way.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

After a man gets to playing lawn
tennis and drinking root beer, there il
little hope for him. III r. ". - .z
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

There is salt enough in the sea to
cover 100000 square miles of land with
a layer one mile in thickness.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

Help your wife to get breakfast easy, take
home Mrs. Austins Pancake Flour. Your
grocer waits to supply you.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

Not single infectious disease is
known in Greenland
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
MISS LAURA HOWARD RI
President South End Ladies'
Golf Club, Chicago, Cured by
Lydia E. P1nkham's Vegetable
Compound After the Best Doc.
tors Had Failed To Help Her.

"DEAB MRS. P1NKHAM IL can thank
you for perfect health to-day. Life
looked so dark to me a year or two
ago. 1 had constant pains, my limbs
swelled, I had dizzy spells, and never
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-05-08
CITY BUSINESS.

The mayor and Council met In regu-
lar session on Monday night and the
following appointments were made:
Clerk, Geo. W. Horney; treasurer,
Geo. l.. Osborne; city attorney, j. N.
Tincher; supt. water ditch and pump
ing station, VIM. Axtell; marshal,
street commissioner and waterworks
superintendent, John Shannon.
There was very little argument over
appointments. 8. P. Garrison, the
leading candidate for marshal, over
whose appointment there was a dead
lock, withdrew and ] B. Stockstill also
got out of the race. Mayor Nixon ap-
pointed MIR. Shannon and the council
confirmed the appointment with one
dissenting vote. Mr.. Shannon's sal
airy for performing the duties Of mar
shall, street commissioners and water
works superintendent was fixed at $45
per month. E. H. Williams was re-
tanned as pound master, but will de-
cline.
Waldron Chase submitted a PROPOSE
ton for a city telephone franchise but
no favorable action was taken.
There will be another meeting Fri
day night when official bonds will be
approved and other routine business
attended to.