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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04
MINNEAPOLIS DRY GOODS CO.,
Com de la Be Rue s. ct Nicollet Ave.
Repassez avec attention les articles 6num6r6s ci-dessous que nous
avons en- vente sp6ciale. II y va de vore int6ret.
ACh6t0z YoS Drap6ri6S Maintenant

Rideaux de dentelles, tres larges
81 vges de long. valiant $1.75 la
paire. Settlement. $1.25
Rideaux de So. so. $3.50
Rideaux de SIS la p.......$3.75
Rideaux Arabes, exacte imita-
ton de ecu genre de haut prix
Fun valiant $3.50 la pare, pour
$500. Autres occasions a $780,,
$7.5O ct SO.
Rideaux import6s "Irish Point,
Renaissance ct Buxelles valiant de
s6 a S14 la paire pour 1893 a 1895
Draperies derniere mode de CSC
a $45. 03 la paire.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

Draperies de Sofa, 60 pces {
large, vraie reproduction DIES K,
Inns, a 81. SO, $3.50 ct $3.50.
Draperies, a la vge de 39c
$3.50 la vge.
Nous en- avons de tres jolies /
75c, $3.50 ct 1925.
Toutes sortes d'6toffes a rideau>
GU garniture de lit, a l21c, 35c {
SOC.
Occasions sp6ciales de &c a Il.
Art Denim ct Cretonnes valal
l8c la lie
Barres a Rideaux..........S,
Stores, 3x6 fats de bon OPP
que.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

Les membres de Ia cour PEtoile
du Nord donneront I'm grand bal
dams la sale Kraft, 1929 Wash
ington Ave n, lundi soir le Z d'a-
vril proclaim. LIE comit6 compose
de Mines Chas Demers, P. B. Du-
he, Chas Dubeau ct G. Garon est
decide de ne rien 6pargner pour en-
faire une agreeable soir6e pour
2ous. Admission Csc.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04
I n.v, boz. . srsa. sufferer nom sens.tpaal

have beea . srsas sufferer nom O nssipa1G.1
for over five years. Nothing gave me any rsliss
MY feet and legs and abdomen were lIoate4 ID
Icould not wear shoes on my feet and only . Lex =
dress. saw Rtpans Tsbules advertised In . =
daily paper. bought some and took them a dire I
cd. Have taken them about three weeks and thea
is such . changed I an not constipatsd my mes
and / owe 1t sill to Ripans TabulsA lam thru
seven years old. have no occupation, only Et
household duties and nursing my sick husbaI,l
He has had the dropsy and I am trying Ripa4
Tabules for him.. He feels some better but II v 4
take somc time. he has been sick so long. II
may use my letter and name as you like.
Nv MARY GoRMAN CkAn0k
hs>. hssn suffering from headaches 80
since I was . little girl. I could never ride La:
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

ST vous voulez avoir la peau
douce, I'm TENT fra1s ct rose, ex-
empt de boutons ct de taches de
rousseur, servez-vous de I"Eau
Hygi6nlque Pinot. En- vente chez
Nine V. Pinet, 90 Nicollet St., Nj
colet Island.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

La convention biennale de FOR
Dire DIES Danes Foresti4res Catho-
llques s'ouvrira a Chicago le IA
%courant. Les d6l6gu6es de Mime.
apolis partiront probablement sa-
medi soir le IL courant. Miles c..
Caouette ct M. E. Lenoir sont les
d6l6gu6es des Cours de langue
franchise.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

LIE bal dome lundi dernier par
les Danes de la Cour ND de
Lourdes a etc un success sous tous
les rapports. Une foule y assistant.
Les prix de la valse ont etc gagn6s
par M. ct Nine Comming ct ceux
du 1.-TWO Steps" par M. Geo Gals
sey ct Mile Lilly Gagnon. Tous SO
sont amuses q qui mieux mieux.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

NJ. G.. Chouinard, est d6m6nag6
au No $50 Zoe Ave. N. M. Choui-
nard est le Sec Arch. de la Cour
Nlcollet, ct o epouse, Sec.-Fin.
de la Cour L'Etoile du Nord.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04
,,.v. ..,a a,p.,. r.pu,e. With 20 much salts.

Motion tina I can cheerfully recommend them.
lave been tr ubled for about three years with
what I called dlions attacks coming on regularly
ouoe q week. Was told by different physicians
that IL was caused by bad teeth, OF which I had
several. I had the teeth extracted, but the At
tacks continued. / had seen advertisements OF
kpans Tabules in all the papers but had no faith
In them, but about six weeks since a friend In.
auced me to try them. Have taken but two of the
small scent boxes Of the TAbules and have had
40 recurrence of the attacks. Have never given q
testimonial for anything before. bat the great
amount of good which I believe has been done me
h Ripans Tabules induces MI to aGd mine 20 the
many Testimonials you deubtlsss have Ia ysa1
sassossiou now. A. I. DEWnk
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

Les pilules du DR. Jacques pour
les rogqons sont en- vente q la
pharmacie de Rose, 303 avenue
Central. Les personnes demeurant
en- dehors de la VILE peuvent SO
procurer ces pilules en- envoyant
Ie prix en- timbres-poste q M. Rose
LIE prix des pilules est de Is ct 50
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

Belanger ct Gle, 1900 avenue
Centrale n. 3. invite tous leurs
compatriotes dc la vile ct de Ia
campagne a leur faire une visite a
leur magasin de Hardes-faites
Chapeaux, Chaussures, etc. Notre
stock pour hommee ct garcons est
complet. Telephone 3l67.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

Les Forestiers de la cour Hen
nepin feront leur Communion pas
Gale en- corps dimanche le Ii cou-
rant q r6glise Notre-D Dame de
Lourdes.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

D1manche proclaim au soir SOU
vrira a l'Eglise Notre-D Dame de
Lourdes une %retraite pascale, pre-
chez par le r. P. Guiot, cure de
Marshall, MINI. Cette %retraite du-
rera toute la semaine.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

N,oubliez pas le bal dome par
les danes de la Cour L'Etoile du
Nord qui aura lieu lundi 7 avril
courant a la sale Kraft 1929,
Washington Ave n.
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LIE jour de Paques 10 choeur de
legllse st Anne, sous la direction
de Geo. b. Forth, a fort blen
chante la messe de Farmers.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

Seances de la Cour L'Etoile du
Nord, tous les premier ct troisieme
lundis de chaque mois, dams la sal
lie Kraft, 2O29 Washington Aue N.
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Je remercie les Danes de la
Cour L'Etoile du Nord ct les Off
ciers de la Haute Cour DIES Danes
Forestieres Catalogues pour leur
promptitude dams lie Placement de
I'assurance de mon 6pouse regret
tee.
HENpv T~,TuEorr
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

Assemble de la SociGt6 st Jean
Baptiste dimanche proclaim 7:30
heures du soir q la sale A.. O. U.
".
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

M. V. Pinet a ouvert une maison
de pension priv6e, au No go Nj
collet St., Nicollet Island.
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SS1 O1 81 AAoO OAO"01
place without gettinN h
headache and sick alta
stomach. hoard Abstr
Ripans Tsbules from a
aunt of mine who VI
taking them for catasR"
Of the stomach. She Ia.
found such relief frsa
their use sheadv1gsd n
to take them too. AZ
have been doingso sire
last October, and VT
ray thev have oomple1p
~ curcc my headaches
I am tw1hty-nino yeHn.
old. You are woloe
20 use his testimo
Mr.. ;. look
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04
Grhn de l'@(uest
Minneapolis, Mimi, 4 Avril 1902

Antoine Chouinard chez Helm
rick.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04
Iwnt 70 inform yea,

vans 20 MORN yot,
II words Ct highcst
praise. Of the benefit
I have derived from
RiDans Tabules. I an q
professional nurse and
In this profession a clear
IAead u always needed.
Ripans Tabules does it.
After one of my caseSl
~foundmyself completely
run down. Acting on the
advice Of Hr. Geo. Bow.
q, Ph. g., 69S Newark
Ava, Jersey CITY, took
, Ripsns Tabules with
Gxand results.
Miss BESku d
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

Mother was troubled
With hoArtb0rn and
0lseplessnsss, caused by
Indigestion, for q good
many years. One day
che saw . testimonial
tn the paper indorsing
Ripans Tabules. She
determined to give tham
o trial, was
relieved BY their u"s
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

ReedaaY some Of the Testimonials In fav
Eifea9 TsbuIes, !, tried them. Ripans Tabul
only Eolieved but actually cured my youn
the assdaches have disappeared, bowels a
gooa condition and he never complains 81
stomach. He Is now q rod, chubby-facr' boy.
wonderful change I attribute to RipanS T1o
am tisfisd that they will benefit any ONE
the era to old age) II taken according to d
sions. Z. W. Pm
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Tabules regularly. She keeps o few cartons Ripans
Tabules In the house and says she will notbe with.
cut them. The heartburn and sleeplossness have
disappeared with the Indigestion which was
formerly 80 great . burden for her. Our whole
family take the Tabu1es regularly, especially after
o hearty meal. Ny mother 10 fifty years OF age
and r. enjoying the besto OF health and spirits also
eats hearty meals, N impossibility before she
oook Ripans Tabulsa. ANTON Il. 6LAukzN'
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Ny aovsn.yeN-9l
suffered with pains
his head. consttpae
and complained OF
stomach. He could
eat like children Of
ago do and b
did eat did not .
with him. He Wl1
and Of aanron q
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-04-04

HENRY LEyFQUE.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-14
The Duties Of a Guest.

We live in an age Of good breeding, in
an atmosphere of kindly courtesy and
tactful manners. and yet any hostess
who has had the slightest experience has
sometimes wished that she might draw
up a code Of laws for the conduct Of
guests.
A guests obligation begins with the re-
ception of the invitation. It should be
either readily and courteously accepted
or promptly and courteously declined.
Nothing is more trying to the patience
of the hostess and to the temper of the
cook than belated dinner guest. Per-
haps no invitation, once accepted, should
be more strictly kept than this one to
dine. A guest should be at the hostess
house FIVE minutes before the hour ap-
pointed, and, to use another's expression,
"Nothing but death should hinder"
We should go to any function resolved
to be entertaining and easily entertained.
An appreciative, responsive, animated
guest lifts part Of the responsibility from
q hostess. If our dinner partner bores
us we can pretend to be interested, and
thus show our good breeding, and CON-
oliment both him and our hostess
WOman's Home Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-14
A Kittens Intelligence

4 hungry kitten was put into cage,
the door of which would fall open when
a loop of wire that hung in front of the
cage was pulled down an inch. The
kitten tried to squeeze between the bars,
and clawed and bit at them, thrust it's
paws out between the bars, and clawed
at various objects in the cage. 1t clawed
the loop several times. but not with
enough force to pull it down. After 100
seconds Of such activity, it happened to
claw the loop hard enough and so es-
capped. After it had eaten food outside
it was put into the box again. There
was repetition Of the same activities,
but the successful movement came this
time after 80 seconds. On the next trial,
general activity for 90 seconds was re-
quired before the kitten escaped. With
repeated trials. the association between
the interior of the box and the act Of
clawing at the loop became fixed, so that
finally, the kitten would do it in few
box. This progress is shown in the
times taken in the different trials. They
were 16O. 80. 80. 60, Is, %, 20. 30. p,
II, Is, 20, II, 10, II. 10, 8, s, 5, 10, s,
6. 6 and seconds.--International Month
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-14
messages from the Deep"

The ''bottle message picked up at
Ostend, and purporting to contain news
of the missing steamer Basuto written
wrecked, turns out to have been Il cruel
hoax, as the owners, Messrs. Bucknall,
suspected. Messrs. Buckna]l obtained
possession Of the scrap of paper which
the bottle contained and made careful in
quiries as to it's genuineness, with the
result that it has been discovered that
the message was concocted by two boys
a wine bottle. This is the second mes
sage of the kind received by the owners
of the missing Basuto which on investi-
CATION has turned out to be fraud, and
it gives special point to their statement,
corroborated by Lloyd's. that nine-tenths
of these messages from the Deep are
hOaxes.-.II london Mail. Il
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-14
Curious Sense that Plants Have.

Francis Darwin, speaking before the
members Of the British association at
Glasgow, said that a pine tree grows
straight upward because it possesses a
in curve in order to assume the posi-
ton best suited to it's needs also exhibits
a perception of gravitation. Some flower
stalks are very curiously guided by thu:
gravitation sense. The common narcis.
sus is an example. At first there is a
it's compact pointed flower bud. .''But
as the flower opens, the stalk bends
close to the top and brings the flower
tube into roughly horizontal position.
where it shows off it's brightly colored
flowers arc guided to the right position
by the gravitation sense, and they in
crease or diminish the angular bend in
their stalk till the right position is ut
tanned. &5.= 55s II + i. .sS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-14
SOLID. PETROLEUM.
A Queer Mine that WAS Worked with
Profit for Several Years.

'FRONT.' Tor several 1ears.
The Cairo field in West Virginia COLI
tains relic Of the earliest production Of
illuminating and lubricating OLA wor-
derul deposit Of solidi6ed petroleum.
bitumen. some call it, whether rightly 50
will not be known until the result of GER
tain tests now being made by Eastern
chemists is announced.
Oil companies from this and other
cities are operating around Cairo,
Ritchie county, with success. The fluid
is about the same quality found here, bu:
some difficulty with water is expert
enced. The oil and water seem to mix,
contrary to all theory, and in summer the
raw products of the wells must be
steamed before the water will settle. III
winter the stuff is awful to handle. Oil
is found at depth of about 1900 feet.
Six miles from Devils Hole, at Nc
Farland's schoolhouse, where once was
prosperous settlement, now quite de-
serted, is the old Richie coal mine o.
bitumen deposit. Early in 1850 it be-
came known that there was a strange
outcropping of what was termed coal.
Instead of lying fiat underground, as
wondering prospcctors found. that stood
on edge. A silver Of it burned like a
torch and left no ash. A shovefu!
would blaze like grease, and no kindling
was needed.
S. H. Wilson, now a resident OF
Farkersburs. was among those who in
vestigated the peculiar vein, and he
organized company for development.
tic is still one of the owners, and his
son, Edward Wilson, is associated with
him in lumber and coal interests. After
some experimenting it was found that
the new raw product was unfit for fuel.
BY melting or distillation it was seen
that oil could be produced and that there
was less than 10 per cent. waste.
company was formed and Il narrow
gauge railway thirteen miles long was
built. connecting with the Baltimore &
Ohio Mt Cairo. Expensive machinery
was placed in position and operation was
terrupted by the Civil war, save for Il
short time. Great caldrons and rctort<
with boilers and engines were unloade>,
from the now trains and thrifty town
sprang up. 1t was probably the first
boom town in Oildom, for Pithole was
Just then beginning. 1t paid to distill the
stuff. for Oil was selling as liniment by
the pint for what a barrel costs now.
Some extended exploration proved that
the queer vein was about three-uuarters
of a mile long and three to six feet wide.
Down each side were perpendicular
walls of sandstone, how far down no ono
knows. Active working penetrated ?G5
feet, and then it was abandoned owing
to crude methods of mining employed
and the cheapness of oil elsewhere The
costly watts arc rusting into scrap: cob.
webs over the Office windows and copper
heads crawl about the vitals Of the fur
naces and engines.-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-14
LIQUIDS Campaign Toothpicks.

William S. Ballard, an employe Of the
Senate, has an interesting relic of Cali
fornia campaign, which he carries in bis
vest pocket. It is celluloid toothpick
with an excellent miniature likeness of
Representative Loud of California print
ed on it's back, with the inscription ::AIy
pick for Congress- During the last.
compaign Mr.. LIQUIDS district was filled
with these toothpicks. Popular hotels
and eating houses served them to their
guests and thousands of his friends sup
piled them for their tables at home. The
fight didn't prove to be very close one.
Loud polled over 5000 votes more than
his Democratic opponent Washington
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-14
THE SIREN RIVER.

Like n tree beside the river
OF her life that runs from me,
Do lean me. murmuring ever
My fond loves idolatry:
And l reach out hands Of blessing.
And l stretch out hands of prayer,
And with passionate caressing
Waste my life upon the air.
In my ears the siren river
Sings and smiles up in my face
Bnt forever and forever
Runs from my embrace.
S;'r:Ds by spring, the branches duly
Ctthe themselves in tender tOWer,
And for her sweet sake as truly
All their fruit and fragrance shower:
But the stream. with careless laughter,
Runs in merry beauty by.
And it leaves me yearning after
Lone to weep, and lone to die!
H. my ears the siren river
Sings, and smiles up in my face
But forever and forever
Runs from my embrace.
l stand mazed in the moonlight,
Ger Its happy face to dream;
l am parched In the moonlight,
BY that cool and brimming stream;
l am dying by the river
or her life, that runs from me,
While it sparkles by me ever,
With its cool felicity.
In my ears the siren river
Sings. and smiles up In my face
But forever and forever
Runs from my embrace.
Gerald Massey.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-14

ing ciphers to their estimates until they
have caused all other scientists to revolt.
They are themselves abashed when they
contemplate the results of their own en-
thusiasm: The anthropologists, who
have made study of the characteristics
Of the human race on scientific lines,
have been more moderate in their calcu-
lations, but they can come to no agree
ment. The most modest admit that
man existed and had reached complex
social condition at least seventy centuries
ago.
There are scientific reasons for assum
ing that it required thousands of years
for the race to achieve the social condi-
lions which are revealed by the lettered
tablets of 5000 B. C. The ruins of an
extensive system of waterworks afford
presumptive evidence that there was
a hustling business community at Baby
lon, for people who do not hustle cannot
pay plumbers bills. The tablets prove
the use of a printing press and of a re-
volving cylinder with raised type.-Bal-
timOrc Sun
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-14
YANKEE FISHERMEN.
The Most Adventurous Off the Grand
Banks.

'The American fishermen deserve a
special word OF praise. They are by far
the most adventurous, sailing to the re-
hottest regions in quest of new fishing
grounds. Jacobs of Gloucester "a New
foundlander born), rounded Cape Horn
and went up to Seattle, the Pacific fish
ing center. Chase of Provincetown
sailed to South Africa, and Cape Colony
had to pass law prohibiting seines, to
get rid of him. Dixon of Boston brought
home from Greenland, where he had
been TRAVELLING, the personnel Of the i'll
fated Miranda expedition, ninety-three
in all-university professors and stu
dents, clubmen and tourists, seamen and
stokers, who slept for fourteen days on
a sail spread over the salt in the ships
hold. Other vessels went to Iceland, the
Azores and to Europe. We had it 50
hot one year. said pioneer captain,
that the heat melted the tar out of our
seams, and the next year it was so cold
as to blister our hands and ears It
was the same worthy who, on being
asked how he could get men to under
take such perilous ventures, replied: II
you cleared out for hell and gave a
months assurance. you'd have a dozen
crews looking for the job "-Ainslee' s
Magazine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-14
Mixing of the Races.

In 'hc Danish West Indies historic and
commercial forces have mixed races as
we'll as languages. 1t would take Il
bloods and races which make u a. hi. his
mixed population. Here and there are
descendants Of Caribs and other red
types; the negro is largely in evidence
along with mastizo descendants, mulatto,
tarceron, quaderon, quinteron, octoroon,
VANS, English, Scotch and Irish, Ger
man and French, Spaniards, Porto
Ricans, Venezuelans, Portuguese. ltal-
ians, Dutch, Belgians, Swiss and Yam
KEGS.
But this mixture has destroyed all
prejudice, racial, religious, national or
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-14
WI Becomes Americanlzed.

An Atchison CKas.) girl who is at
tending school in Washington went to
of Minister WI, at the Chinese legation.
and of her observations she writes us fol-
lows:
''The house is very much like an Amer
lean one. The servants were English.
and the few Cinnamon scattered about
seemed out of place. I found myself
Wondering that =. the e servants didn't give
them out. The Wus are becoming more
like us every year. Formerly Minister
WI received, and his wife was poked
back in a corner. Now she receives, and
he merely wanders around and looks
lonesome, all the same like American
man when HE wife gives q party.''