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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29
On Japanese Copper Mines.

The total number of persons employ
ed in various services at the Ashio
mines and furnaces is about 10000, and
these with their families make up a
small city Of 1900. OF these IS per
cent have been born on the spot, as
were their fathers and grandfathers,
and some have never seen beyond the
red hills which close in the village and
mines. They are cared for by the pro-
prietor, fed and sent to school until
twelve years Of age.
The village has well-equipped hos
pital, at which the operatives and their
families are tended without charge.
Only men are employed below ground
to dig the ore, working in shifts Of
eight hours each, while those employed
at lighter labor work shifts of twelve
hours. Women are employed at the
light tasks, such as sorting and wash
ing ore by hand, most Of them being
the wives Of the miners. The average
pay per diem for those engaged in
manual labor, says a writer in Engi-
neering, Is 10 cents in silver money
and a stated quantity of rice and fuel.
while the miners are paid by the guam
tity of ore extracted. The furnace and
shaft men receive from II to 80 cents
per day and the women are paid I
cents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29

to do business in-then find the covey
again if you can. The only time to
catch the chickens out on the stubble
is just before dusk, and on the first
alarm they take to the corn.
No game bird is dearer to the heart
Of the true sportsman than what is
popularity known as the quail. Let the
savants Of natural history dispute
whether he be quail or partridge. His
bob White" can be heard from one
end of the land to the other. One hard
winter with deep-crusted snow works
greater devastation among the quail
coveys than can all the men with dogs
and guns that take to the field. The
farmer boy who pots the quail when
they go to the stacks and barnyards
to feed is another enemy of the quail,
but he is among the evils against which
the law has interviewed and the sturdy
little bird must be killed in legitimate
sport or not at all. You can scarcely
go amiss in pursuit of quail in case
you know their ways. If the weather
be fair the birds will be on their feed
ing ground at sunrise, among the stub
BILE or in the rag~Weed patches. About
10 they have satisfied their appetites
and seek the sunny side OF some covert
by the nearest stream where they can
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29
They Were Whispering.

A conspicuous corner in the business
district of Chicago is favorite re-
sort Of deaf-mutes on Sunday after
Moons. Here they meet for a social
hour. often to the great amusement Of
the passers-by. One interesting incident
of these weekly reunions is reported by
the Chicago Tribune
Two men were at some distance from
the others. They were standing three
feet apart and talking theoretically in
the sign language. One of them lean
ed over to the other, grasped his coat
lapels and drew him toward him.
When they were close to each other
the second man caught hold of the 9th.
er's coat, and they stood face to face.
From where the other deaf-mutes stood
it was impossible to see the move
ments of their hands.
Intensely interested in the perform
ance, one Of the spectators, who was
not deaf-mute, took out pencil and
a piece of paper and wrote this ques-
ton, which he handed to the mute:
"Why are you two standing away
from the rest and talking with your
fingers hidden behind your coats?''
The mute read the question and
scrubbed the answer:
II am telling him a secret, and we
don't want the others to hear"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29

with the game and sportsman of our
own country, where mountain,
meadow, stream and lake are accessi-
bic to all who keep within the laws
that are framed to perpetuate their
pleasure.
Among the wild ducks, as a table de-
licacy, epicures that are connoisseurs
questionable supremacy. Conformity
with the toothsome terrapin it holds
the honor of comforting upon Baltimore
the title of gastronomic capital of the
nation. Though this idol Of the edu-
Gated palate ranges the Atlantic coast
even to the ice-bound regions of the
north, the odds are overwhelming that
if it be shot outside of Chesapeake Bay
or the waters of the Susquehanna as
they open into it. the game will be so
tough and fishy as to be ordered away
when served. This is through no Pc
culiar virtue of the water in the bay
or tributary river, nor Is 1t the result OF
climatic influence. In the shadows
there are found vast beds of wild eel
cry. Feeding upon it gives to the can.
vas-back. and also to the closely re-
lated red-head, the exclusive flavor
which tickles the cultivated taste. AS
rule genuine sportsmen there shoot
from "blinds,' which are any sort of
artificial concealment in a boat or on
shore, and use decoys, while the mar
ket gunners carry on their slaughter
with the aid Of ''sink boats" and night
refectors. In the wholesale methods
of destruction employed by those who
kill to sell there is little to attract the
sportsmen; a statement that Is true
wherever water fowls are shot,
Belonging to the same royal family
with the canvas-back are the mallards
and teal. found abundantly in many
States. No other ducks are so widely
and Familiarity known as the mallard.
Before the opening of the spring they
begin their migration from the South,
flying swiftly while they travel, yet
tarrying wherever inviting conditions
present themselves until instinct as
sures them that their destination in the
far north is comfortably habitable.
Mallards are frequently found before
departing for the south reveling in corn
fields, grain stubble or wooded places.
The mallard never affords daintier
dish than when fattened from such
bases of supply. They are shot from
boats, over decoys and from blinds on
shore: The sportsman who can call
them is in luck, and he who knows best
the ways of the wary duck will bring
back the most game, for he can find it
in snow storm, at the ice holes, in
the open water or at some OF it's haunts
on land
The swift-fying Teals. the blue wing
ed that comes in the earliest fall, and
the harder green-winged stays until
winter has positively asserted itself.
They are luxury on the table, but it
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29

Is an old saying that there is no use of
sending slow shot after them and only
the keen sportsman brings them in.
There is the gaily-feathered Wood
duck, Gadwall. Blue Bill. Black Pated
and numerous others that can only be
named in passing. Be sure Of your gun,
your shells, your boat. your decoys,
your dog and whatever aids to game
getting you may have in your equip
ment.
Bagging the prairie chicken in these
days Is very difficult proposition from
the old-time easy shooting over a dog
on the stubble-fields, and the man who
brings home birds has earned them.
The reason Of this is that the prairie
chicken has adapted his habits to his
surroundings. No longer does he stay
in the stubble-felds, an easy prey to
man and dog. Nowadays he hides in
the cornfields, and it is no joke to find
chickens in corn six to eight feet high
or to shoot them when found. The
best chicken dog that ever came to a
point is practically useless in a corn
field, and when the covey gets up tits
much like taking snap shot at a
woodcock in the tall brush. You've got
just about one second of actual time
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29
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:, A YOUNG FINANClER.
How = sm.ll Boy Made Doub,e Protlt,
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Row = small oyMade Donble Profts
.. sfsSs's q Out Of 4 Dog. ~ y
~"There Is a small cross-eyed boy liv,.
ing in this city. who IL he doesn't lose
bis life through just retribution will
grow up to become great f1nancler,"
declared Jones. "For some time my
wife has possessed yellow purp that
has no earthly excuse for living. But
she thinks that he Is the finest dog in
the city and spends most Of her time
hugging and kissing. his dirty little
nose: Finally the dog worship became
so unbearable to me that I resolved to
end the nuisance. CHANGING to meet
small cross'eyed boy one day, I said
to him: ,.j..' ~ ...-, t,'t:if,,'i -
"'See here, boy, do you want to earn
q dollar?'. ,.>
"'Sure,' said he, =.
"'Well, them said I, you go up to
my house, watch your chance and steal
the yellow cur that you will find ha ng-
ing around there. When you get him
bring him down to my Office and get
your dollar ... Gt...;....f
"Within, two hours the boy was back
with the cur tied to rope.
"'What will I do with him. boss?' he
asked after paid him.
"I don't care snapped. Drown
him If you want to-
THAT night discovered my wife in
tears and was Informed between sobs
that poor, dear little Fido was missing.
The next day she had an advertisement
inserted in all the papers offering $40
for his return. The third day she met
me joyfully at the door and announced
that Fido had been found.
'Where?' I asked, concealing a
groan.
ga little boy brought him back she
answered.
"'What kind of a boy?' asked, sus-
piciously.
"A small, cross-eyed boy, with the
most honest face that ever saw on a
boy. I gave him $40, it being all had,
and told him if he would go down and
see you that knew you would be glad
to add IS to it,
"But the boy didn't show up" con-
tinued Jones. according to the Detroit
Free Press. LAS a matter of fact I
hadn't the slightest idea he would. l
wouldn't mind giving him SIS If he
would call"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29

ind drink and enjoy: the pleasure Or
repletion. Here they are, hard for the
dog TO- find. and the shrewd sportsman
will be content to wait until 2 or 8
O'clock. After rain, 90 your hunting
on the uplands. If the weather has
been dry, seek your game in the vicini-
ty of water that drains the lowlands.
The proper management of dogs and
guns means the bagging of plenty of
quail, and you can look for them on
almost any countryside, for the bob
White" thrives with civilization, and
promises to always be the game bird
Of the country; To shoot him requires
quick action, steady nerve and, espe-
c1ally on a cross shot, an appreciat ton
Of the fact that he flies w1rn wonderful
rapidity.
The finest dark-meated bird that flies
Is the woodcock, the little russet-coat-
ed fowl that has no song and seeks no
companionship, and yet is as eagerly
sought for by the keen sportsman as is
the trout. the grayling. and the small
mouthed bass by the angler. Weodcock
Is at a: great premium for the table
with the epicure and the bon, vivant,
but it has an instructive way Of foiling
the ambitious hunter. 1t is not at home
to the casual wanderer through fields
and woods, and must be sought for in
the deepest and most tangled swamps,
where it hides at the approach of dam
ger and can only be induced to take
wing by the nearest approach. Then
it whirls away in the lines of a cork
screw and no bungler is going to bring
it down. The surest place to get Mr..
Woodcock, who runs all family affairs,
when you can find him there, Is In the
alder paths and other less-impeded low
grounds where he industriously bores
for the worms that are his almost ex-
elusive diet. In tramping for wood
cock in country like this, where game
is plenty, you are almost sure to rout
out some partridge and are thus given
sport by two Of the most difficult"
birds that attract the hunter.
Though the snipe Is very nearly re-
lated to the woodcock and, like it, is
regarded as one of the daintiest NOR
sells that can be set before a lover Of
good living, there is wide difference
in their appearance as we'll as their
haunts. The snipe is essentially bird
Of the open and is very rarely found in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29

he has deserted the ladies as entirely
as he has shed his pink coat; mighty
few petticoats are seen in these out
with their husbands, but they are few
and far between. Woman doesn't take
naturally to the JOY of the hunting
field, and, besides, when the chicken fe-
YER gets into a mans bones, he hasn't
much use for the sex.
Hunting Is a relic Of savagery, and
the truly masculine man wants to get
off by himself when his fingers itch
for the feel of the shotgun. And yet,
Queerly enough, though woman does
not care for hunting, she admires the
hunter immensely. TO her he repre-
sents the strong man, next to the SOL
der, and strength seems always good
in woman's eyes. The man accepts
her admiration, but whlle he really en-
joys her company at times on the ten
mis- court and golf links, and tolerates
it on fishing trip, he looks on petit
coats as decidedly out Of place when
he starts out for the prairie or the
marsh. Perhaps this is the reason why
he gets himself up in a costume in
which no woman would look at him
twice.
Long before MINISTRIES sang the glo-
ries Of the chase, or courtly edict made
him master of the feast who first
struck the royal game, hunting was a
favorite diversion Of our ancestry. Re-
searches that unveil prehistoric man,
show him pursuing the sport Of kings
with rude weapons Of stone and flint.
From that time to this the deep-mouth-
ed bay of the hound and the winding
of the horn have been accounted q
sweet music of the forest. Poets of
all times have caught its inspiration,
even the staid Jonson lauding it as the
noblest exercise, making one healthy,
active, courageous, self-reliant and free
from the evils that thrive where the
mind and imagination have to supply
the pleasures of life.
And the blood Of the sportsman runs
as warm now as when some rude chief
tain or half-barbarous Diana led the
course. But it is not to the sentiment
or history Of hunting that this article
addresses itself. Neither is it proposed
to visit the haunts Of the wild boar re-
served for imperial sacrifice, to follow
the hounds over the range within
which he is predestined to give brave
men and fair women holiday, nor to
visit the exclusive preserves that go
with patent of nobility, where favor
ed sons of fortune find ready at hand
the prey that is nurtured that they may
revel in its destruction. It has to do
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29

60 HE itch for the feel of shotgun
attacks the shooter just as surely
and regularly as hay fever grabs
It's victim. Some men get it In August
and start out after plover. Others es-
cape till September brings the chicken
season. Still others do not come down
until the approach of winter brings the
ducks and puts Bob White on the eli
gible list. A good many chronics have
1t the year round and give rest to
nothing that wears feathers.
A crowd of up-to-date sportsmen look
more like desperadoes starting out to
hold up train than respectable men,
bers of society. These tough-looking
citizens are clad in canvas, moleskin,
and corduroy that looks like the break
Ing up Of hard winter. There Is moth
Ing disreputable in either Of these ma
terials, but no shooter really gets at
tached to suit till it is ready to fall
to pieces. In fact, you can usually tell
just about how good shot man is
by the dilapidation of his clothes. This
outfit Is finished off with any old kind
OF hat and shoes, weather-beaten and
SCARED gun case, and disreputable
old leather or canvas bag with as much
shape to it as potato sack and Of
great capacity. Like as not the sports
man leads shambling old dog by
chain, and together they make pair
you would not care to meet on dark
night.
Yet this same disreputable-looking
chap is likely enough a good citizen, a
loving husband. and fond father. 1t
Is possible he may have worn a pink
coat on the golf links. and been the
admired of all the fair sex. But now
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29
re- Ara a9T.i,eino.S

81 Theme il known to most people rs the
active principal OF tea, or that substance
which confers upon the cup its cheering
and Stimulating properties. Caffeine is
the analogous principle Of coffee, az
though this latter substance also occurs
in tea. Some investiga hons into the de-
vvelopment Of theme show that lis in
the Skin or covering OF the leaves Of the
plant in their young state that the &C
i've principle. IS best developed. nave
always been giyenfto understand that the
Young shoots thus amply provided with
theme, and REPRESENTING the finest OF the
crop, are sentI to # Russia where: they
fetch a high price. What we get in this
country is presumably the : older, leaf,
with, I should say, less theme and Il
good deal more tapnin., It would be in
teresting. to- know what proportions or
theme and tanmn exist in some Of the
cheap teas that are SO largely consumed
by the British, public, Theme itself is a
nerve stimulant of undouted power, but
the quantity we get in our cups is, of
course, in6nitestimal. Sometimes,
should say, it is so microscopic in amount
as to- render it doubtful whether. we can
be cheered at all by the tea tray festivi-
ties.-London Chronicle.
AfrS Aust1n,a. ouicE. ra isinO RucEwhoat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29
SCHOLARSHIPS.

For six scholarships recently award
ed by the Georgia School Of Technol.
ogy there were $50 applications. This
is accepted as evidence that the young
white men Of the South are inclining
toward manual and mechanical work
as a career. Georgia papers note this
change of sentiment with much salts
faction. Formerly there was preju-
dice against mechanical labor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29

cover. If it can locate fresh meadow
where the soil is rich and the crop Of
worms prolific, it is sure to make this
a feeding ground while the attraction
remains. You can detect one of these
haunts by the inspection of paths or
other bare spots, for the snipe leave
their trail in the tiny holes bored by
their long bills in the search for food.
They also frequent the vicinity of
springs and such portion of marshes
as are not overgrown with rushes. They
are not easy to shoot, for they rise in
a zigzag flight, twist, angle, dip and
ascend till they are away in a head
long course before any but the expert
enced sportsman knows just what he
should do. Were it not that the wood
cock and snipe were fated to disap-
pear as the encroachment. Of civiliza-
ton robs them of their restricted feed
ing grounds, they would divide honors
with the quail in the esteem of the
hunter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29

Quito in South America is the only
large town. at, afheight1of over 5000 feet
above sea level.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29

more than 50 per cent. of the vessels
using the Suez canal navigate by night.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29
Blue Back.

The first spelling book printed in this
country was entitled "The American
Spelling Book" by Noah Webster. It
was issued in 1883. and for considera-
bly, more than half century was tho
standard work used in all American
schools. r, +
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29

Mrs. Austin's quick-raising Buckwheat
makes tender, crispy brown cakes. Your
grocer can tell all about It,. !: ):
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29

Do people occasionally run from you
because you are bore? Watch your
self the next time you stop man to
have a good long ''talk."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29

Perfectly Formed Face.
A perfectly formed face is one-third
forehead, one-third nose. and one-third
upper and lower chin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29

i Wealth is a bottomless sea In which
honor and conscience may be drowned.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-29

A man doesn't mind being a fool as
long as he doesn't know it.