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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
CONGRESSMAN Meekison of Ohio.

Hon. David Meekison is we'll known
not only in his own State, but through
out America. He was elected to the
Fifty-ffth Congress by very large
majority, and is the acknowledged leader
of his party in his section of the State.
Only one flaw marred the otherwise
complete success of this rising states
man. Catarrh with it's insidious APP
proach and tenacious grasp, was his
only unconquerable foe. For thirty years
he waged unsuccessful warfare against
this personal enemy. At last Peruna
came to the rescue. He writes:
~ have used several bottles Of Pc.
runa and feel greatly benefited there
by from my catarrh of the head. I
feel encouraged to believe that If use
it a short time longer / will be fully
able to eradicate the disease of thirty
years. sta nding:" -David Meekis0n,
Member of Congress.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
Profit from Alabama Strawberries.

Last season fruit grower at Castle
berry, on the Louisville & Nashville road,
in South Alabama, made $1,000 net on
three acres in strawberries. This was
after deducting the whole cost of cult
walton, gathering, and everything else,
the figures having been verified by Cen
cral Freight Agent Sheppard Of the
Louisville & Nashville by an expert ex-
animation Of his books. Others in that
vicinity did almost as we'll. and the re-
suit is that the acreage in Strawberries
there has been increased from As to 300.
A good many Of the forty-fvc acres are
in young plants, which will make their
first crop next season. or the 255 acres
now being set out, 100 acres are being
put in by employees OF the railroad. who
are operating together with the double
purpose of developing the business and
making money Some idea of what 500
acres in strawberries means may be gath
cred from the fact that it will take 5000
pickers to keep up with the gathering,
an acre in full bearing requiring twelve
pickers. The location is in the pine
woods section Of Alabama, the soil being
a light loan usually with a clay subsoil
Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
Working People Intcres+ed

Nuertsburg, Wis. Nov. 1.-THE
working men and women of this dis
trict are greatly interested in the case
ol Mary howsky, who, in an interview
nave almost all my life been sur-
1eiet Irom Bachache and two years ago
ausn' cold on my Kidneys, and the
agonies that followed We're almost ,:n1
Dearable W.
Il consulted different doctors, but the
rele1 they gave me was only tempo
iary' The terrible pains ALWAYS ro
turned and my suffering tempted INC 70
ny Douds Kidney Pills. They did mo
GOOD almost from the start til now
a1'er taking three boxes l am almost
completely cured.
want all hard working people 10
Kidney Pills d..n', mean to sntror an.
more Backachc."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
A Shortage in Locomotives

The two most comp!stely oversold
products OF tho United States are those
Of the steel mills and the locomotive
plants. The railroad managers are in
desperate straits for locomotives, though
quantities OF raw material and finished
merchandise await shipment at many in
dustrial centers. Eastbound lines are
troubled rather by shortage of engines
than one Of cars. Most Of them have
enough cars for their present large ton
mage, but are short Of engines to haul
the cars when loaded. The westbound
merchandise traffic is heavy, and will be
throughout the fall and winter. The
roads being unable to bring enough coke
to Western furnaces to permit these to
keep working ut full capacity. a number
OF furnaces have blown out the past two
weeks.-Philadelphi Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
SPINNING WHEEL
SHE WAS ABROAD.


"You were abroad" said the visitor.
Said the maiden sweet: "Sit down.
Yes was abroad, and what is more,
l brought home Paris gown
"You were abroad. Come, tell me, dear,
What saw you in London town!
Said the maiden sweet: Not much, fear.
It's lovely-that Paris gown"
You were abroad. Did you view Pompcii,
And walk In her wonderful streets?
Did YOU in the light of u modem day
She'd tears at the grave Of Keats?
"You were abroad. I pray you, tell,
Did you wander in ancient Rome,
And did YOU stand, transfixed by spell,
Under st. Peters dome?
You were abb DAD. Did you worship where
Great Dante carved his name?
Oh, answer quick. Did your sad heart
share
The sorrows of endless fame?
'SYou were abroad" And the maiden sweet
Replied III 4 study brown:
Yves. l was abroad. It's quite complete
And lovely, that Paris gown
r. NJ. in Philadelphia Ledger.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
AWARD TO A COLoNEL'S WIFE.
One Hundred Thousand Dollars for Gov
eminent Use of Tent.

Mrs. Rice, wife Of Col. Edmund Rice
Of the Nineteenth Infantry, received i'll
formation October 2 that the court OF
claims will allow her 100000 for the
use the government has made Of pat
ent Of hers designed to lessen the labors
Of the soldier.
Col. Rice is veteran who has seen
forty years Of service, and it has always
been his aim to relieve his men Of as
much drudgery as possible, so that they
would be in the best possible condition
when they were needed for active serv-
ice. He. found the old knapsack both
unwieldy and expensive, so he and Mrs.
Rice collaborated on an idea that would
save the governments money and the SOL
dier's strength. Together they designed
a folding tent, with straps and clasps,
that would not only contain all Of the
soldiers outfit, but could be utilized as q
cape in rainy weather. 1t did away with
the knapsack entirely. The military au-
thorities saw it's advantages and immed;-
When Col. Rice was appointed mill
tary attache to Japan in 1896 he made
the patent, with all prospective profits,
over to Mrs. Rice, who will receive the
100000 allowed by the court of claims,
as well as the proceeds derived from it's
manufacture and sale elseWhere-San
Francisco Examiner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
Fish Bread in Norway.

great deal is done in Norway to I'M
prove and preserve the provisions pro-
duced in the country and to procure u
market for them abroad. The fisheries
represent one of Norway's chief indus
tries, and quantities Of fish are sold at
very low rates, particularly during sum
mer. One way in which these are util-
lied is by means of an invention which
quickly dries and pulverizes the flesh of
fresh fish. The resulting product, called
hsh flour, is easy to transport from one
value. A new and profitable branch of
industry might be established in Amer
ica by utilizing fish in this way.-Scien-
tific American
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
Philosophic Pills.

It's a long way where you're going,
usually, but it's farther back.
It's no consolation to a man that he's
got the means to have a perfectly lovely
funeral.
The man who is Rugged by one thug
while the other takes his watch finds
himself pressed for time.
1t is comparatively easy to give up
rich living; it's different proposition to
acquire it.
It's an uncomfortable sensation to find
some other mans initials in your umbrel-
la.-Baltimore News. :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
The Test of Time.

Mrs. Clara j. Sherbourne, Profession
al Nurse Of 257 Cumberland Street.
Portland, Maine, says:
Il heartily wish those who suffer
from some disturbed action Of the kid
neys would try Doans Kidney Pills.
They would, like me, be more than
surprised. My back annoyed me for
years. Physicians who diagnosed NY
case said it arose from my kidneys.
When the grip was epidemic, l was
worn out with constant nursing. and
when l contracted it myself 1t left me
In a very serious condition. could
not straighten nor do the most trivial
act without being in torture. The kid
neys were too active or the secretions
were too copious, and l knew what
was wrong, but how to right it was a
mystery. 1t seems odd for q profess
sional nurse, who has had great deal
of experience with medicines to read
advertisements about Doan's Kidney
Pills In the newspapers, and it may
appear more singular for me TO so TO
II. II. Hay & Sons drug store for a
box. But did, however; and had any
body told me before that it was posi-
BILE to get relief as quickly as did
would have been 10th to believe 1t. You
can send any one who wishes more
minute particulars about my case to
me, and l will be only too glad to tell
them personally. AS long as live l
will be firm advocate OF Doan's Kid
ney Pills."
Cure Confirmed Five Years Later.
Lapse of time has strengthened my
good opinion Of Doan's Kidney Pills,
first expressed in the spring of 1896.
l said then that had anybody told me
that it was possible to get relief as
quickly as l did I would have been
10th to believe it. Years have passed
and my continued freedom from kid
ney complaint has strengthened my
opinion Of Doan's Kidney Pills and
given me much higher appreciation
of their merits''
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. Sherbourne
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists. Price so cents
per box,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
TOOK HIM AT HIS WORD.

4 Briton of the consequential species
once descended on the British embassy at
Washington demanding to see his coun-
try's representative. Hes not in,'' re-
piled Henry 1.abcuchere, who was then
an attache ''Then I'll watt said the
Briton. pompously. seating himself. At
the end of half an hour came the query:
''When-er-do you-er-expect Lord
Lyons back?" ''Oh. in six months or so,''
said the ever-obliging Labouchere; The
said you'd wait, you know, and did not
like to contradict YOU"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
Woman's Remarkable Feat of Alpinism.

Every year Madame Brsssard, who
keeps little cocoa shop at Lyons,
France, follows the French Alpine
troops during the waneuvers in order to
sell cocoa to the soldiers, with whom she
keeps up in all their long marches. This
year, in the course of few DAYS,
Madame Brassard made the ascent of
Mont Jovet, crossed in deep snow the Col
de Ia Nanoise, reached the summit of
Mont Froid in snowstorm, then ac-
companied the troops to the top Of Mont
Gents. and finally left them at Mont Ere
jus, after selling out her stock. She then
returned home. reflling her basket ut
Lyons, and walked to Savoy to be pres
ent at the grand maneuvers. The profit
from all these remarkable feats of Alpin-
ism amounted to barely $3O.-Lcsiie's
Weekly,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
Cost of Shah's Tour.

An inference as to the cost Of the
Shah's tour in Europe may be drawn
from the fact that in February, before
leaving Teheran. he arranged for new
Persian loan of $500O,OOO. His Majes-
tvs holiday in 1900 is said to have cost
81, 00O, 600 apart from large purchases Of
real estate and artificial jewelry. But
the father. the Shah Nasred-Din, spent
$40, OOO, 600 during his 6-months' progress
through Europe in 1873.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
A Valuable Heirloom.

The Duke Of Devonshire possesses as
an heirloom Claude Lorra;ne's Book of
TRUTH which is said to be one of the
rarest and most valuable books in Eu-
rope. 1t is, at any rate, worth six
times as much as the famous "Mazarin''
Bible. the most costly book in the British
Museum: The late duke refused $780,
600 for it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
HORSES CURED HIM.
Millionaire Found Trotters Better Than
Medicine,

George Ketcham, the owner of the
famous horse, Cresceus, was once
thought to be the incurable victim of a
chronic disease. A great many doctors
had whack at him and finally gave
him up. Some sensible physician finally
advised him to quit taking medicine and
spend as much time as possible in the
open air. He took this advice and left
off pills and took up trotting horses. Tho
result is that he IS today a we'll man and
a millionaire, and altogether one Of the
busiest men in the world.
The moral of such incidents seems to
be that when one is little sick he had
better cut out the doctors and trust to
naturc.--M edical Talk
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
LONGEST Words ON Record

One Of the longest words on record &C.
ours in a United States patent for a GER
tain chemical compound. The patent
reads thus: 1T is an amidobenzofiavinc
produced by transforming the nitrotetra-
Observation-Disclosures of amididitoly-
prenyimethan into pentaa mi.ioditoly-
phenylmethan."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
WOMA\'S REASONING.

her husband, as she poured >out the tea
the other evening, Il drew all my money
ont of the savings bank today and Went
shopping with it. I spent every penny"
but. my DEAR protested George, 'thc
understanding was that our savings were
put by for rainy day.
"PreciseIy: and my dear boy will re-
memhcr that today was one OF the raini..
est days we have had for several
nont!:s."-Thc New Yorker.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
Precise About It.

':We have operators here if you wish
them to send message for you,"" said
the manager of the telephone Office; Cor
we have booths if you wish to te:e-
phone yourself"
self" said the lady. II want to teie-
phone a friend of mine"-Yonkers
Statesman. Il
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

II owe my whole life to Burdoock Blood
Bitters. Scrofulous sores covered my
body. I seemed beyond cure. B. B. B.
has made me perfectly we'll woman
Mrs. Chas. Hutton, Berville, Mich.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

The best way to cure Indigestion is ia
remove it's cause. This is best done by
the prompt use Of DIR. August Koenig Is
Hamburg Drops. which regulate the
stomach in an effectual manner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

wuff millyun dollahs right now ell
could sell dat dar low-down, ongratefui
pusilliferous mule by weight, If de whole
blamed varmint weighs in puppo' ton to
his left hind laig. Nah bump OBJ hilarity
an all caved in."-Judge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

BerStcin-Vell. now, ven you gone to
tink Off it, you don't hear off a Cherman
commit ting suicide very often vet.
Cassidy-Thrue for We. He can't do it
more than onct.-P Philadelphia Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

''Name O. kingsr' ruefully CALCULATED
Deacon Shinpaw as he sat up, at a dis
lance of twenty-three feet from the sput
whereon he had but moment before
been standing. and caressed the south-
west side Of his head solicitously. at
am my solemn cogitation dat 1 would be
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
MY STUDIOCS GIRL.

"Just see!" cry; "see how she delvcs
Among the books upon the shelves!
No more the novels seem to safe:
She seeks for tones OF greater weight.
"Shes turned at last from fiction light,
And seems to seq that it Is right
More solid reading should engage
The thoughts of one who's reached her age
This search for knowledge pleases me;
Such seriousness l like to sce.
For frivolous she's been before,
ana glad l am that time is Ger
Her mother laughs, for we'll she knows
Just what such actions may disclose.
Your wish," she says, ''your mind de-
ceivpS;
The girl is pressing autumn leaves
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

Some bone arrowheads and other an
Gent relics have been discovered during
excavations Mt Clifford's Tower, York
Castle, England.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

- The motto, "Dieu ct Mon Droit,: was
first assumed by Edward III. of England
when he took the title Of King OF
France.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

Mrs. WIESLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP TO
Children teething: softens the gums, reduces Ia
dammation. auays pain. cures wind cole. {.
cents Z bottle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

You can do your dyeing in half an
hour with PUTNAM FADELESS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

Mr.. Marryat-I see old Roxiey has left
an estate worth $2,OOO.OOO at least
Wouldn't you like to be his widow?
I'd rather be yours.-Philadelphia Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

Eggs are selling at and 8 cents
apiece in Pretoria.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

housekeeping is to take the place
Of the treadmill at Derby England
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

An Atchison husband lowered at
deaths door so long his wife remarked
that she supposed he was having his
usual trouble finding the keyholc.-
Atchison Globe
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
FAILURE.

In North Missouri cemetery is a
board. the following epitaph, which, to
mound over which is penciled on a pine
some is Greek:
lie ate. alas some apples dried,
Some water then did seek, ,
And, while we know not If he tried,
Hc didn't reach Pixies Peak
Kansas City Star.
Miss Scrc-Did tell you what I had
intended to do on my thirtieth birth
did it.-Philadelphia Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

An Ottawa small boy who had a BIRTH
day Wednesday had big kick coming on
the presents his aunt gave him. 'They's
two things never uses" he said what
do l want with toothbrush and u hand
kerchief?'-kansas City Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
CAN'T FOOL THE sen.

A young lady from London was visit
ing for the first time a country farm.
Seeing a COW looking very savage, size
said to an old farmer: "Oh, how savage
that COW looks"'
''Yes, miss, it's the red parasoi you
arc carrying" said the farmer.
SWELL" she said, Il knew it was a
tritic out Of fashion, but l never thought
,, country COW would notice it.''-Tlt-
Bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

''He says that he is a self-made man. ~
Couldn't get anyone else to assume
the responsibility, suppose -Brooklyn
Life
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
SAME DESIRE.

Some time ago lady who was we'll
known advocate of women's rights was
tackled by blatant young duffer on ner
favoritc subject. Finally her opponent
wound up his attack on the pretensions
Of the aspiring ladies by saying:
''In fact, madam, l think you would
like to be man."
TO which she softly replied:
"And wouldn't you:"-New York
Times.
$50 you are really going to marry?'
said the first Chicago girl. YES" re-
piled the other, II thought I would for
u while" -Philadelphia Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
SAME OLD FELLOW.

\ fond mother impressed upon her in
FAINT daughter that when she was
naughty it was Satan who made hey so.
On Il subsequent occasion there was al
extra disturbance in the nursery, with
much stamping of tiny feet and derange-
ment Of the furniture. ''E1sie," cried her
mother, entering the room, ''what does
this mcan:" And small voice replied:
~Oh. s'pose it's your old friend Satan
again !'-London Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

A household necessity, DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil. Heals burns, cuts, wounds
of any sort; cures sore throat, Group, ca
tarrh, asthma; never fails.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

What do you suppose is tile secret of
Miss BANDS social succcss?"
''She always remembers exactly what
to forget Indianapolis News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

Henry VIII. was the first to assume
the title of King of Ireland. The tito
King Of Great Britain was assumed by
James VI of Scotland when he became
James l. Of England.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

Japan has an avenue of trees fifty
miles long, extending from the town Of
Namanda to Nikko.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05

do you think there is anything re-
markable i'll love at first sighl?" asked
the romantic youth.
mot at ALL answered the cynic ats
when people have been looking at each
other for four or FIVE years that it be-
comes remarkable '-Washingt Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-05
HIS OWN SYSTEM.

Two travellers, unknown to each other
were chatting familiarly in one Of the
compartments of railway carriage of &
Monte Carlo train.
ION your way to Monte Carlo, sir
that delightful and exclusive home TO,
all gamblers?''
'"That is exactly where I am going"
And you will play just little, sup
pose?"
II do nothing else, sir. 1t is my bust
ness"
"Gracious! You don't mean to sa.
you make a business of it?"
eyes, sir; twice day regularly. Ant
l never by any chance lose"
I'm that case, perhaps, you will ex
plain your system to me?''
Certainly. with pleasure. l play thu
violin! ''-Tit-Bits