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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29
OF UNTOLD VALUE.
The Infor mation Contained i'll This
Statement Is Valuable.

The hale, the hearty, the strong can
afford TO toss this paper to one side
lmpatiently when they read the fol-
lowing, but any sufferer iii this vc:n-
ity who has suffered hours of torture
caused by kidney complaint will stand
III his own light if he does not foll)W
the valuable advice offered here.
Mr. Fred Ioletzke, dealer in musical
Instruments and mouldings Of 1888 Col
lege avenue, Appleton, Wis. says:
"Louis Holzer, shoemaker at Htckrr1s
store, and Mr.. Tony Van OoyeE, the
llVeryman, both friends of mine. induc-
ed me to use Doan's Kidney Pills. They
had tried them and pronounced them
up to their representations. I strained
my back six years ago lifting a piano.
1t must have injured my kidneys, for
trouble with these organs and rheu:na-
tism followed. I was lame and ached
all over for several months. Then, in
a measure, it ceased. \ recurrence took
place and | was confined to my bed for
ten weeks. During the time l was at
| tended by doctors and took all kinds
of medicine, but grew worse instead
| Of better. The pain in my back was
excruciating, the kidney secretions
were dark and thick. Part Of my body
bloated and other parts were skin and
bone I could scarcely walk from one
room to another: could not eat and al
most came to the conclusion that was
done for. Acting on the advice Of my
friends, 1 procured Doan's Kidney
Pills at Woelz Bros drug store and
took four boxes. They cured me-.
y free trial Of Doan's Kidney Pills.
the remedy that cured Mr.. KoletZc. can
be had by writing the proprietors, Eos
ter-Miburn Co.. Buffalo, n. y. Cut
this advertisement out and name paper.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29

friendly welcome, he called at the
house Of the young woman the same
evening, and was not little surprised
at the frosty reception.
After a pause the young woman re-
marked, in the most frigid tones: You
sent me a note to-day"
"A note-IY'
certainly, along with the flowers"
ITO be sure, l sent you flowers,
but"
''And this note was with the bou-
quet. Do you mean to deny it,"
And the young man read: Don't
forget the old coat you promised me
the other day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29
Carried a Menacerie.

The thin man looked just as if every
body in the world imposed on him.
Even his mustache grew crooked. He
came into the car of the suburban train
sidewise, deposited his basket ginger
ly, and slid into the seat beside it. As
soon as the train cleared the tunnel the
basket meowed. The thin man smiled
back at the man across the aisle, and
gave the basket a shake Another
meow. A little girl in the seat in front
stood up on the cushion and peered at
the basket
Like cats?" the thin man asked.
"Yep," the child answered. ''Lemme
see it,
mo; it might get away" the thin
man said with another smile.
The basket preserved silence for sew.
eral minutes, then it began to cluck
The child's eyes opened wide.
Like chickens?" the thin man asked
Before the child could reply the has.
ket emitted shrill whistle, and the
man across the aisle. whose face was
as puzzled as the child's, asked:
"What have you there, anyhow"
"Mockingbird,' the thin man answer.
ed.-New York Evening Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29

stand the work. The planting begins
in June and continues through July and
August, and the hot summer sun beats
down upon the fields and the heat and
the rank otlors Of the swamp, laden
with fever and malaria. are more than
the average white man can endure.
The Orientals. However. keep healthy,
us Il rule. and DO not seem to much
mind the heat.
lii 4 week CT so after the plants have
been set, the lab0rers go through the
patch and press the dirt around the
plants III such 4 manner us to cause
the stalks to grow uprigltly and close
together. This process is repeated two
or three times and then the bank ers,' -
as the tWc-share plows are called, are
put into the fell and the soil is
thrown up against the plants, burying
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29
DIED or ST AVIATION.
Sad Fate Of a Prospector in that Great
Deathtrap, the. Colorado Desert.

Sad Fate of q Prospector in that Great
Deathtrap, the. Colorado Desert.
]. 2. Fay recently returned from a
trip across the Colorado desert with
news of the death of J. \. Adams, Dep
uty County Surveyor of San Bernar-
dino County and grandson of John
Brown, the abolitionist Of national
fame, says a correspondent OF the st.
Louis Republic. Adams met with Il
horrible death, wandering away from
the surveying camp while temporarily
deranged and perishing OF starvation.
ing for gold" said Fay. An Indian,
whom we had employed to show us
where to find water OH the desert,
caught his foot in the strrup while
mounting his horse and fell on his
back The horse started to run, drag
:ing the Indian by one foot. AS the
ground was covered by jagged rocks,
the Indian would have been killed had
not Adams run up and seized the
horse by the bit. The animal, wild
with fright, reared and plunged. Ad-
ANS was twice thrown upon the rocks,
and once the horses hUof struck him,
but he still gripped the bit until Mr..
Lanere and l succeed in releasing the
Indian.
After all the danger was over Adj
ans sat down upon Il rock and began
laughing, and when asked if he was
hurt replied: "Oh. no; I'm only a little
tired but guess you will have to help
me set this ARM We then started for
Yuma, Adams riding some twenty-five
miles that afternoon and never once
complaining, though we could see by
his drawn features that he was suffer-
ing intense pain.
AT dusk we camped for the night,
and within an hour the sick man was
delirious and raving like a maniac.
Some time during the night he left
camp. AS soon as we discovered that
he had gone we made every effort to
find him, but could not do much until
daylight, when we found his tracks in
the sand. We followed the tracks all
that day and until about 8 o'clock the
next day, when we came to a hard,
rocky place at the foot of some rock
hills. Here we lost the trail, and, try
as we might, we could not find it again.
''For three days we searched the
hills. but not trace Of the man could
we discover, though we we'll knew that
somewhere within a radius of twenty
or thirty miles lay the body of one of
the bravest men that ever lost his life
in that great deathtrap-the Colorado
desert.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29
WEALTH IN A bog:
An Fastener Taught California
Land Owners a Lesson.
NORTHUMBERLAND
This He Turned Into a Celery Farm and
Sta, ted Great Industry.

First Crop of Celery Raised on Land
Which VAS Bought for Song-Pro-
Auction and Marketing OF the Crop
Is Full of interest Nany of the East
cru States Arc Supplied and Some
l. Heavy Profits Are Made.
b,ing able to recognize good thing
WHEN one sees it. Some one, 4 great
mnuy years ago, said that opportunity
calls but once upon the same person.
itc is supposed to rap at the door and
il IL gets no answer he passes on never
to return that way. This sounded so
l,re and taurilul that it became Il
pr1yerh. but Ike many other accepted
sayings. haas not Il grain # truth in it,
80 Il matter OF fact, opportunity is
ti!l3i!::; :lN',:t each nl:1n'a door fairly
arh,;!::. Ger ~ inyitat:un 10 come in. but
luuSt men are SO ohtliSe they Go not
r."o:.n:z:n Aim.
'f;:>iI tI;c old man. l1crvcy found a
few years; ago, that y gDoAly portion
OF his lani.S 1T SMv!tXer orange cOlil-
~, il Southern California, lay in The
big TUE swamp, hn WAS sorry he had
bought them. \ little later, when 4
VaIrah." team with which he was en-
delivering to break ny Il portion of
the peat lands brranln logged and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29
Painful Means of Suicide.

"Have you ever noticed how many
suicides use carbolic acid?' asked a
druggist the other day. "Without hav.
ing any actual data on the subject, l
should say that fully one-third, perhaps
half, use that means of exit. 1t is
something could never understand, be-
cause there are so many more comfort
able ways of doing it. There could not
possibly be more agonizing death than
carbolic acid poisoning produces. The
corrosive fluid burns the mouth, tongue
and throat, then passes into the stom
ach, and must feel like so much hot
lead"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29

went down and down, in spite Of all
his efforts to save them, till they dis
appeared beneath the rich. black, oozy
SOIL never to rcappear, he was still
more reSretful. He had, nevertheless,
Il good thing, but he did not know it.
The bog was opportunity, but it took
another to discover it.
Eight or nine years ago a man from
the East wandered down to Santa Ana
and there saw Mexirans and Chinese
hauling wagon loads Of dried peat
about town. selling the product for
fuel. Peat burns very nicely when
properly prepared. and coal and wood
helm" extremely scarce in Southern
California. a number Of persons man.
aged to get & fair living out Of the
hig tule swamp. The stranger had
i;nvcr heard Of the great peat bog, but
tp asked some questions and learned
atl about it. Then he went down to
N:uritZcy and saw it for himself. Next
II" began purchasing all the swamp
;tiAl he could buy.
strangers Level Head.
Public opinion was divided regarding
tNn stranger. lie must be either id
r;i': OF insane the people thought, and
IA" vote was about a tie as to which
was the case. Nevertheless the own
rs: OF the swamp lands made haste to
profit by his supposed mental intirmi
IS, ;:!ln they eagerly unloaded most Of
tn" ?ug upon him. Some Of them, Her
Wy among the number, retained 4 part
q, to bog land just to see if the stran-
e.: really had Il rational motive in ac-
during the well-nigh worthless real es-
tate. They are now congratulating
Themselves that they did so.
Some Of this swamp land brought the
owners as much as $40 an acre. The
Inlf that sum. To-day the land is
worth 500 an acre, and off the 5000
acres which are being utilized the
o:yinrs will obtain this year a revenue
OF $500 600
Boston, New York. Philadelphia, Buff
f:io, Pttsburg, Chicago, Cincinnati, St.
Louis, and a hundred other cities in
the East are eating celery raised in
tiir great tulc swamp of Orange coun-
t.. More than 20 cars day are ship
ped from the fields and the most of it
goes east of the mississippi river 1t
has taken some work and expense to
put the swamp in condition to bring
this income, but nothing compared
with the return it yields
The first work was to drain the
swamp sufficiently to permit Of the
land being worked. In order to do this
q huge drainage canal, II feet wide
and IL feet deep. was run from tho
swamp to the ocean four miles away
The lateral drains empty into thi:
Chinese labor was employed in digging
the bitches and laying the tile through
the soft earth and the same labor wa.
used in clearing the swamp of the tult
and other growth and putting tho
ground in condition to lie plowed. The,
came the problem, how to pillow til,
land. Notwithstanding the drainage
the lands were still soft and spongy
and the danger OF begging the horse:
was not slight. The stranger from th'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29
What Adam Was Doing.

It was midnight. Suddenly in the
Adam residence there was a cry, then
a series of bowls, and one of the neigh
bors, passing by, heard the head of the
house use language that was calculated
to loose the thundcrbolts Of heaven on
the whole neighborhood She stopped,
ran up to the door. and. pressing the
button, listened eagerly at the speaking
tube. What in the world is your hus-
hand doing?" she asked, as the dulcet
voice of Eve inquired her errand.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29

the long rows, and amid the pelting,
chilly rains work steadily and uncom-
planingly on. receiving at the end of
the week a pttance the white man
would scorn; and yet, most of these
}aborers have Il comfortable bank ac-
count.
1t takes strong soil to raise good
celery year after year, and this is just
What the soil Of the peat swamp is.
For hundreds, thousands and perhaps
millions Of years the rains of winter
have carried down to the tule swamp
the vegetation of the mountains mix
ed with the soil borne along with the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29
DON'T KNOW WHAT ALLIED MARY.


When John Dalton came back from
the asylum where he had gone to place
his wife, his neighbour Perry, met him
at the station and went home with him,
that he might not enter the empty house
alone. The old man was stunned and
(lazed.
Il don't know what allied Mary" he
said, duly. you see how clean and
snug this house is? She always kept
things SO. Up before dawn, milking
and baking and washing. Same thing
done at the same hour. year in and year
out. She hadn't complained of sickness
for forty years. Then. all 1T once. she
began talking of an iron band around
her jaws and queer pains in her head"
'She seldom went to town, did She?'
asked Perry.
"Never, hardly. I'm not much Of n
hand for gadding about to no purpose.
She used to want to go to church Sun
days, but l didn't just like to hitch up
when there was no work to do. But
wish now I'd done that for Mary
"She didn't visit much with the neigh
bors, either, did she:" asked Perry
"No. That was my doing too. When
the days work is done, want to put
on my slippers and rest, and then to
bed, and not go skirmishing about or
having lot of company in"
He was silent while. Il don't know
what allied Mary" he said again. "She
would sit looking at nothing, straight
| ahead Of her, by the hour, and then cry
and cry, yet always saying she had no
trouble. And she got weaker every day,
and then her mind went altogether S 4,
didn't know me, nor even her own
name"
''She will be cured in that sanitari-
um?" said Perry, cheerfully. land come
home we'll in the spring." He watched
his old neighbor furtively while, and
then said:
''Do you know, Dalton, some years
ago my wife and daughter got peevish
and irritab le. l thought the steady
work and loneliness were telling on
them. So got that parlor organ, and
paid for a years lessons for Susy. We
had music and singing every evening,
and the young folks would gather in
with their reading clubs. Then l took
two or three papers; my wife is main
hand for guessing the riddles. And
once a year took her an Susy up to
town for a week."
YES said Dalton, dryly. You spent
lot of, money, I've heard
Its bringing NE in good INTEREST,"
They sat in silence Il while. Then
Perry put his hand on the old mans
knee. when she comes back, if she
ever does come. III open up life for her
a bit, Dalton. You know now it is with
potatoes. You plant the best kind in
good ground, and they yield splendid
crops for a year or two. Then they be-
gin to dwindle and rot
"Of course the ground runs out. They
need new soil.'
Eyes. You plant them in a different
lot, and they yield big, healthy crops
Human beings are like them, Dalton.
You've got to renew the soil, give them
fresh food for their minds, or they'll
dwindle and rot''
Dalton did not speak for a long time.
'"There's something in it, he said, final
~. ''I'll do different-if I ever have the
chance. "-Youths Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29

East was again equal to the emergency.
He had, in the course Of his travels,
had experience in navigating upon
snowshoes, and he proceeded to rig
shoes for the horses on a modified
snowshoe plan. Now the horses plow
the land, bank the celery, pull the cut
ting machines over the fields and car
~ away the crop in safety.
Cheap Labor Employed.
Nearly all the labor employed is Chi
nese and Japanese. This is not so
much because that kind of labor is
cheaper than other kinds-though that
feature Of the case is not objected to
AS it is that the white men can not
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29
A Slight misunderstanding

A young man, whose gallantry was
largely in excess Of his pecuniary
means. sought to remedy this defect
and to save the money required for the
purchase Of expensive flowers by ar
ranging with gardener to let him
have bouquet from time to time in
return for his cast-off clothes.
So it happened that one day he re-
ceived a bunch Of the most beautiful
roses, which he at once dispatched to
his lady love. In sure anticipation of a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29
Sold the Laundry.

An amusing incident occurred at q
tumble sale recently held ut Il noncnn
formist church at Southampton. The
church is situated near well.known
laundry, to which 4 messenger. who WAS
not very safe i'll his topography. WAS to
take the weekly washing OF Il prominent
citizen Of the town. unfortunately for
the owner the washing was left ut the
church. Whcreupon the holders Of the
sale. thankful for the anonymous gift.
proceeded to offer the collars. shirts and
various other articles to the highest bid
dcr.-pearSon's Weekly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29
The LARGEST known Tree,

What undoubtedly is the largest known
tree in the world has been discovered on
the government reservation far up in the
Sierras, in Fresno county, Cal. six feet
from the ground it took Il limo 1l4 feet
8 inches long to encircle the tree, max
ing it over 81 feet in diameter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29

"Oh,'' replied Eve The is merely rails
ing Cain. 1T requires strong language
to raise child like that.'
And thus an expression was coined
which promises to outlast history itself.
Portland Oregonian.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29

els he in good shape financially-in-
dependents" "Well, he's in good shape
financially, but as far as being indie
pendent, I guess he's like most of US
married men."-Detroit Free Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29

There is nothing in the wide, wide
world that so speedily pounds sense
into foolish girl as marriage to an
improvident man. =. s*% &s5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29
Houses Built of Lava.

On the west side of Mount E!tna there
are several villages III the midst Of form
or lava streams and with Ill the houses
built of lava.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29

-Four railway lines now connect Mex
leo with the United States. In 1880
there was only one railway in Mexico,
leading from the capital to Vera Cruz.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29

Evan Brannon, while working in
stone quarry near Moundsville, w. Va,
uncovered den Of vicious comprehend
snakes. AS soon as the reptiles were
unearthed they showed fight, but
Evans killed thirty-six, while at least
that number escaped to other dens.
They averaged two feet in length.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29
Largest Farm known.

1As*A SCSS 1AI1O"Us
The biggest average farm in the
world is in South Australia, where the
average squatter holds $4,000 acres.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-18
Banks May Consolidate.

1t seems that We are to have no
new bank i'll Fordyce soon Arrange
ments are on foot to consolidate the
new organization with the Bank of
Fordyce. The proposition is to in
crease the capital stock TO the au-
thorized limit of $4,000 and take
in the stockholders of the new bank
\ meeting is called for August 8
to settle the matter Many of the
mal stockhoider in the new organ
ization do not like the proposition and
ti.eA may pull off and organiza a now
bank yet.-Fordyce Chronicle Enter
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-18
n.t,trss... T-.rcEa.:lae.

Among the I1aay strange sTowtaas
apparentlS freaks II nature. which are
to be fot11d in Wv Iceland the yoge-
table caterriI.a. readily ranks among
the foremost. This caterpillar IS sew
eral inches in length, is hairless and
does not differ essentially in appear
ence from some OF the catcrpiIlars OF
our own land.
Its claim Il / distinction lies in TIE fact
that when It gets reads To die it digs
hole sor itSatf IA tie earth and coGl-
pIatety bt.steS Itself. 7.ster 4 slender
green shot springs fgea the spot. This
bears tWo er n>oae leaves near is top.
Jroa iaHa>. cello" Is foaal that
tie srae:. s2sos springs sra.4 In had
o. - das4, #.acz zf5..Gi1r md farther n.
vezs-s.c t.isI= develops IL f. r.g-,c tla
la-s 21 IL. cs..#4sit.!,;.. 5 a. Nh
ro9es.
IL. ~ a#He.l T# =.
an. g. i.5==.. ..==.' -...- -. -
$50 VI 70
u. s5..- d.
&
AM 80
tl.s==.#t.,t sH :
growing z#sa ss4 s5., Hsl =
leaves
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-18
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For United States Senator.
James P. Clarke, Of Pulaski county
For the State.

For Governor-Jefferson Davis.
Secretary of State-J. W. Croekett
VI Dewitt.
Attorney General-George ". Mur-
phy of Little Rock.
Treasurer-H C. Upton of Harrl-
son.
Superintendent of Public lnstfue-
sion-J. H. Hinemon of Pine Bluff.
Auditor c. Monroe Of Magnolia.
Associate Justice of Supreme Court
B. b. Battle of Little Rock.
Land Commissioners. r. Conway
Of Little Rock.
Railroad Commissioners-J. ". Phil
lips of Newport 3. 3. Hudgins of Har-
gison and ]. e. Hampton Of Fordyce
Commissioner of Mines. Hanufae-
tarers and 4AefieultHre-H. 2. Brad
FORD of Lonoke.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-18
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.,.--.~.:i... ..,zisfce = :, ..ei'i-
~ En = Street Gar.

E7,t.5::- -,,-.-.:ie. ..,7isHce - = v e1fi-
~, In q street Gar.
\ iaa=5z.7f.5 dressed ladT riding re
ceaslr ia Il ,ua#aed Amsterdam axe
uae ear Us fortunate enough 10 have
q sat. IH4 r-iaa neaI.ag lr GestiFa-
ton Size EaGeal tlat t5e lacia4 Of her
shoe wa. a4raseeGti. L was the work
of Iua#rat. fHe p very trying mo-
meat, = steop down aHl knot it secure
l. WI.aH this saa5 accomplished, Aer
hat veil rea# tUseed and ier gloves once
MaHe carefully PVT or. il VAS time T.
aiaAa, tie goneiHe-or This she did
aEd after tw5 gatn attempts to rise
looked aaa'alt. @aaHtiy to find the
ca13sa o. 34aa re==fiel movements. She
came lut1 - 1'4ea with very irate
&cHtle4.a. who had been sitting next
t. her
.,AaaaM. maassa. where aae YOU try
ing to take me-" 4. C@. n7ed.
"I-you.7 SHE staMm9H- Il.
Yes. Look there - tated t.
the floor. and il al instant SIC had
eraspcd tie situation. By mistake in
eroping She had found the laeinS Of
his shoe, which she had taken for The
other ead q Aer own and had faste4f-
cd them 81 carefully together that it
toals the sentieMan quite five minutes
to effect release, uaGor the amused
glaaces =of=the other occupants Of the
ear. which had Travelled twice that
number Of blocks before the lady was
ready to give another sisnal.-New
York Times