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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
HOSPITALITY IN THE HILLS.
Despite Pinching Proverty the Stran-
ger Is Not Allowed to Go
Away Thirsty.

In the hill country of northern Vir-
ginia tourist who was making long
trip on horseback halted one noon be.
fore log house which he at first took
to be a stable. An old man was seated
on log near the door. An emaciated
mule stood with it's head halfway in
side the window. No smoke issued
from the tumDledown chimney, re-
lates Youths Companion.
The tourist made inquiry concerning
the mountain roads and was on the
point of asking if he could get meal
for himself and horse when the owner
of the shanty said: "Stranger, I'd
like mighty we'll to invite We. to dinner,
but I reckon we wouldn't relish cold
hoecake and green's
The rider was about to say anything
would be acceptable, when the old man
continued:
I'D like to feed that horse O. yourn.
but my old mule there's got to browse
mighty fine to keep on her legs this
fall"
The stranger explained that he
would be glad to pay for anything
that could be obtained
"Tain't that" returned the other,
reproachfully. "Ye don't think that
I'd take anything from a guest? But
well, fact is we amt been gettin'
on as we'll as we might lately The old
woman's down with rheumatic and
Sal, she's over the ridge for a spell
and things amt just ready for com.
pany, as We might say"
1t was easy to see that his pride
was putting the best possible face upon
pinching poverty. The rider gath.
cred up his reins and, making light Of
his needs, rendered cigar.
That touched the old man. He
turned the gift over and over, looked
up and down the road, from the rider
to the house and then back to the
ride1 again. Then he seized the mans
bootleg and exclaimed:
stranger, I'm poor and way down.
I'll own up! l can't feed We nor warm
ye nor gin We so much as a Whit o.
smoke, but If We don't git down often
that horse and come over to the spring
and have some water with me III
never forgive We on the airth!''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
no RsESGRAzE UNDERWATER
When Herbage 3 scant In Australia
the Animals Dip Into SHALLOW z
I .334@ 4 Pools for Weeds. :s 5$E1-

While on a cattle station In western
Australia Mr.. Henry Taunton had an op-
portunity of seeing remarkable in
stance Of the way in which animals can
adapt themselves to their surroundings.
He describes it in '.Australind"
On the upper reaches of the river there
was. a large pool just fordable at most
times, but in dry season very low.
Among the horses making their run in
the vicinity of this pool, and old mare
and bevy Of foals and yearlings used
to come down every day-in the long, dry
summer, when the heritage was scant
and scorched into dryness They waded
into the pool until the water nearly
reached they heads, and stood there for
hours, diving to the bottom for mouth
ful OF succulent weeds, which they
chewed at leisure with their dripping
heads above the water.
The first time witnessed this strange
sight was during dry season when I
was riding with the overseer in search of
some strayed stock. AS we approached
the pool, my companion babe me keep
worth looking at. AS we rode quietly
up to the pool I saw group of horses
standing in the water, and disappearing
from time to time as they ducked their
heads below the surface My wonder
was soon at an end when l saw one of
their heads suddenly come out with
mouthful of dripping weeds No sooner
was this mouthful disposed of than the
head disappeared .in search of another
The overseer told me that during
long drought some five or six years prev
ious, when hardly a vestige of feed was
left on the run, and bush fires had laid
bare the sand-plains, the old mare had
discovered that there was plenty of
luscious feed at the bottom of the pools,
which could be procured by diving for
it: and having once put her discovery
into practice, she continued to do out of
preference what she had been driven to
do by necessity.
The several generations of foals which
she had reared had all followed her ex-
ample, although none of the full-grown
horses had joined the amphibious group.
Here, then, seemed to be a new variety
of horse in evolution which, if left undis-
turbed, might breed and separate from
the run, perhaps to survive through
dToughts severe enough to exterminate
all others.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
y liE vlRo ION q md oFsp ALY,,
Mistake of q Bibulous Man Who HAS.
Since Taken 70 The 4 atsr Ut
4 t 5s5 az Wagon,

Here's a story which Z downtown.
business man tells on himself and it
contains a temperance lessor: One
night he was~at: the club until late, re-:
lates the Pittsburg Dispatch. Instead
Of going straight home when his thirst
had been soothed BY q plentiful supply.
of liquid refreshments he called at
several speak-eastes, and by the time
the wee, ssma' hours were ht hand the
bibbler was about Is sheets in the breeze
and still sailing. How he got home he
cannot remember, but some friend EVIL
IDENTIFY piloted him there. h @zs:E5
When he awoke he discovered that he
had been too stupid to retire and had
dropped into q chair where he: had
slept with his clothes. on. 4 He had
glorious headache. and his. tongue felt
like piece of chamois skim He glanced
at his watch. It was not yetsix. Closing
the door, which he had left aiar, he
washed his face, brushed his hair,
changed his soiled and wilted collar
for a clean one and mussed the bed to
make it look as though it had been &C.
cupied during the night. Then he went
into the sitting-room, congratulating
himself upon his good fortune in
awakening before the hour of six. His
CHEEKY good morning" was rather cold
1y received, and, realizing that some
thing was radically wrong, the guilty
gent skunk back into his bedroom and
reflected During the course Of these
reflections darkness commenced to
settle down.
1t then dawned upon the business man
that instead of being morning it was
six o'clock in the evening. Developments
proved that he had staggered into the
house about daylight and, being unable
to arouse him, the family had in disgust
permitted him to snore away in the
chair. He.mutely acknowledged the
joke and mounted the water wagon,
upon which vehicle he is now riding.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
CARRY HORSES PEDIGREE,
Owners of Fine Roadsters Have Cards
Giving Particulars Of -,
Breeding, Etc.

Roadside courtesies along the beauti-
full highways and byways In Philadel-:
phia' 8 suburbs take ON many odd charac->
teristics, says the Philadelphia Press.
Pedestrians are often seen hobnobbing
with their automobile and carriage
friends Coachmen give the women folk
of the neighborhood who are known to
them many lift, while the athletic
young fellows in outing costume seat
ed on Towering bank and rustic bridge
can be seen on any pleasant: Sunday
declaring their mutual interest. -.
An instance a little out of the Or
binary happened the other day when a
well-known Philadelphian who was
walking along road happened to: say
quite audibly as young man rode by
on fine horse:- THAT horse !: is a
beauty" of course, the young man
heard him, and at once he reined up
his horse, turned around quickly, anil
came cantering back, and said to the
Philadelphia: 1T is fine horse,
isn't it?"t 49,. 49, h. ,s@*z
And then, putting his hand inside his
coat as II to hand out hisvisiting card,
instead he pulled out piece Of card
board about eight inches square and
continued: And this is his pedigree
handing the horses card over to- the
Philadelphian, who was quite surprised,
but pleased that his admiration for the
horse was not unfounded, as twas re-
lated to some Of the best-known names
in American stables Is. Isl &c q RI.
= r But the carrying of q horses card
around with you seems quite a novelty,
although very easy way to settle things
in case chance admirers want to- know
q thing or two about the horse lSs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
FRAUDS IN he FUR TRADE.
Much Of the Sol Called Canadianssabls
e: Nothing More Than Amsri-
MD :, = & can Marten. s. 55s ss#s

Purchases of furs are, often made III
the summer, as most women ri know
that the prices at this season are great.
ly reduced. Persons who contemplate
making purchases: are warned against
certain .counterfeits that are sold as
the genuine article. Among these are.
the so-called sable furs from Canada,
says the Chicago Chronicle. y:
These furs are not sable of any sort,
but are from the American marten.s
Even genuine sables, when light ID
color, are subjected to a. process called
topping" or dyeing, by which, they
are darkened skillfully to the proper
hue. rharmot sable, mink sable, mar
ten and musquash sables are all names
for cheaper furs, dyed and doctored to
resemble as closely as they may the
real and only sable-the rare Russian
variety. 4
r Many fox furs are dyed and treated.
AS for smoke and blue fox they are
imperfect white fox skins dyed. The
genuine blue fox is one of the rarest
and most expensive of furs and is seen
very seldom.
The silver fox, which is the black fox
with white hairs sprinkled through it,
is still more valuable, and it is on rec
ord that last season a single silver fox
skin was sold for 81, 400 The imitation
silver fox is produced artfully by in
sorting by means of a fine needle the
white hairs from badger. This is
done through the skin itself, and is
most difficult to detect. A cheaper and
more common method Is to stick the
hairs to the skin with some strong adj
'hesive.
Rare skins are used for foxaline.
which largely takes the place of the
expensive arctic fox, and rabbit skins
are used in quantities to make the fur
termed electric SEAL" The skins are
set for the coarse hairs only, and after
the skin has been stretched and the
pile raised it is sheared and dyed. It
does not wear long.
The skin of the muskrat or mus
quash makes much more durable and
richer looking fur, and from it imita-
ton Alaska sable coats frequently are
made. Rabbit skins also are used after
a complicated treatment in the manu-
facture of imitation chinchilla.. No
wonder there is such a difference in
the chinchilla furs.
The furs least liable to imitation,
and whose prices vary according to
quality,> are Thibet, which is the ma
tural white sheep skin: Krimmer.
which is the Crimean lamb, and is
usually gray, although there is also
black; Persian paw, which is from the
legs of Persian lambs; Astrakhan,
the skin of the newly born Astrakhan
lamb, and Virginia fox, which is the
ordinary gray fox
Caracul fur has no connection what
ever with the caracul, which is an ami
NAL of the cat species. The name ORR
ginated in Paris. It is china kid
skin. The skins are imported ready
dressed from Leipsic and vary in
color from cream and pure white to
various shades of gray.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
THE THRIFTY .PIEDMoNTEsE
Peasants Of italy Blindly Devoted in
Religion and Of Econom-
ical I4abits. Fl.

In character the Piedmontese are
very unlike the popular conception of
the Italian people. AS class the
peasants are sober, Industrious and
thrifty. They have not the gay and
insouciant temperament of the Italians
of the south, but are stolid and un-
emotional. There, is, indeed, a curious
resemblance in temperament between
the Piedmontese and the Bretons,
writes Eustace Reynolds-Bal In
Chambers Journal: If thrifty, they
are intensely grasping, and their re-
ligion is apt to run to sbigotry. The
blind devotion of the peasants. coupled
with their extraordinary ignorance Of
affairs, is sometimes exploited by the
priests. There is an amusing. If hypo-
thetical, story told of a certain priest
who increased the Peters Pence offer
ing Of his flock by exhibiting from the
pulpit straw which he, declared came
from the pope's cell in the vatican:
This sacred relic was accepted as an
indisputable proof that his holiness
was kept a state prisoner by the gov
eminent! ~ ~
The following instance of the thrift
of the peasants has in. it q, touch. Of
pathos On one occasion. having given
a cigar to a boaro (herdsman), Il
found afterward that the precious
weed had lasted the recipient a whole
month, a few whiffs only being taken
after the evening meal, and then it
was carefully laid. aside till the next
evening. ... -,> = d. ~. -. -: l. t.%
Whether the custom which still OBJ
tains in some parts of Piedmont OF re-
garding the harmless. necessary do
nestle cat as a delicate morsel is to be
put down to thrift or merely to a per-
verted appetite is doubtful, but it is
well known that to fill the pot au-feu
of Piedmontese peasant is the usual
fate Of wandering or homeless felines.
. 81 - ~ = =. F r
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
NOSE SURGERY As REMEDY.
Constant Catarrh Of Atlantic seaboard
Calls for Frequent Nasal
OpSfAC00S, %!&@. 2

The claim put forward On behalf of
a New York physician for an Original
treatment of consumption by nose
surgery must be regarded as concerrn-
ing the manner OF the manipulation
rather than it's substance, says the
New York World. For the operation
of reducing the lower turbinated bone
is fairly common, though he would be
q daring surgeon who would venture
to tamper with it when it's condition
is normal. The trouble is that il the
climate Of the Atlantic seaboard few
noses are normal. =. Constant catarrh
closes the nasal passages, SO that
mouth breathing becomes frequent or
even habitual and this Gripping Eof
the air-providing machinery does In
vite consumption In such cases re-
5markahle cures have been erected sim,
ply by enlaxgtng the nasal cavities
cutting away either degenerate tissue.
it that exists, ora portion Of the tur-
sbinated bone. The operation isSsoften
undertaken where there Is no danger
whatever m sconsump Hon.. for. the sim-
provement Of the general health. Yet
IN The cnasideratiDn OF no diseass Is
the danger 81 shobb riding grreeater
than IN consump tion. It has no. single
cause: It has no single remedy More
treatment Is z quick easy and Yalua-
bic aid in Its treatment, hut cannot SUI
persede the functio ION Of fresh air and
proper diet under medical direction.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
Her Triumph.

II have come to tell YOU" said thu
primary teacher. that l am about to-
be married. >. f.. i /: s1z#8 -
u well, of course, Miss jones' the
Superintendent replied, you know
what our rules are. Youswill be ex-
,pected TO resign your position. 2 S S
J. That's all right, sir rejoined Mrs
Jones' expect to hold q better one
by proxy. I: I am going 3tos marry q.
school prinicpal. z hicago Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
Sarcastic.

"Halloa!" cried the neighbor. what
are you building q new chichenhouse
,f0rF'' -
Y: ~ why" replied Nettles, 10. flock of
piEk elephants, of course. You didn't
suppose I'd PVT chickens init, did you?",
--loEdon Tit-Bits. ,s 2 a.. u.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
RANCHES BEING CUT Is W.
Live Stock Losses in Texas Are Caus-
ing the Division Of Bie IS 4
: ,.s''.' - Land Holdings. Sss

= Ever since the first settlement of
western Texas the lands there have
been regarded as 2unsuita BILE for agri-
culture and by common consent have
been left to. the owners Of Jocks and
Sherdsl The district is suffering this
spring from the severest drouth ii
many years. Hundreds Of cattle are
dying on the ranches for: want OF wa
ter5and grass. 4: 4>$S IS. /. $sr*9 81
!: The day of big ranches is believed to
have passed, says the. Chicago Chroni-
Gle. The ranching bushes In that vast
region is declining, anyway, and the
present losses Of the. cattle Will prob
ably accelerate the cutting up Of the
ranches into small holdings This
process has been going lon for several
years ;s =. =, *a.-
= Perhaps il no other part Of the
world IS s. much land in big estates
owned by indiyidua1 property holders.
In Texas there are ranches of more
than 1000 each. which are
the propertysn the individuals antfliz-
Ing them. 60 !. g .3 +: >-ss ~ II:
A New. Yorker wa travelling on
horseback last summer over the praf-
ries of northwestern Texas, when he
came to- a wire fence that stretched
away as far as he could see. The road
had led him to gateway in this fence
and on it was a sign, reading: Eighty
miles from this gate to headquarters -
The horseman pasesd through the
gate and in a little more than two
days travelling oveK the grassy plain
reached headquarters That wire fence
incloses 100000 acres of grazing
lands. >...* !. 49,.
It is known as the j. A. ranch and
the sole owner is Mrs. G. Adair, who
lives in a fashionable part Of London,
England, and for ten years has made
IN annual profit from her ranch OF
more than 100000. Last; fall there
were $4,000 head Of fine cattle on the
ranch and 5000 head of steers are
shipped on an average every year:
j. Twenty-eight years. ago this vast
area was purchased by the late Mr.:
Adair for 20 cents an. acre. 4. It is now
valued from four to seven dollars an
acre. ~. 1-..~ .rs<&5x
s. There are four ranches in Texas
with an area. of over 100000 acres
apiece, and there are a number o1
ranches with areas of 100000 acres or
a little less. But the days of great
Texas ranches are about over and the
reason is that more and more farmers
are looking in this direction for tfrla-
BILE lands.
They find that the larger part Of the
lands which have been used for moth
ing but grazing have abundant fertflf-
ty and water, enough, as rule, to In
sure good crops. They are buying
hundreds Of thousands of acres at I'VE
and seven dollars an acre. s
It takes. from ten to 20 acres of these
range lands to fatten single steer: #
the =ranchmen can get five dollars an
acre or more for their land they can
lend the money in that country at
eight per cent and make more money
than they do in raising cattle. j.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
A Theory.

why is it that SO many people at
tempt literature and so few succeed?''
'The trouble is" answered, the cyni-
cal publisher, that when a man gets
something on his mind that isn't gsuffi-
GENTLY entertaining to- interest i,is
friends he goes away and writes. 4
book about it.'-Washington Star. $
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
Civil Service E.xaminaf Hon.

When q man goes ont Tor a spin
what should he wear? 90 us .s8
ss:s$eO that's easy 6 coat, =; sssII
8 And when he goes out II his aal..o-
mobile 81 s.s
S. WIZ, he should be dressed to Kill. q
Nv hem q girl goes to, AZ musical
What should she wear e s. s.sls5s:s
An accorde on<plait ted skirt I, on
.ks11 Statesman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23

What's your idea IN using both beds
in single night % ". .#=.s3s s..
!. = d 8. Excuse me, landlor but II dreamed
that ! was on the train, and that the
brakeman called out: 81 ~ tKohlfurt!
Change cars for ~ il: ss S
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
Sanitation Paws.

Formerly the little chill dren Of Havana,
I died offsat fearful rate All that Is now
changed, and for the better. Sanitation.
pays.-Mexican Herald. .: 57=s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
ElecllsT4 'TE 4 n on oPol JEs|


~ 1890 eSAAN0
kind hose of fabric alton, Of; sale and Of
transport. AT present they consist ofthe
monopo lies Of the postal and telegraph
and telephone services, the striking OF
the manufacture and sale Of
powder, tobacco and stamps, says T q
Paris letter in the Boston Transcript II
mo one complains Of the state hand
ling Of the issue Of coin, neither does
anyone complain Of its working Of Us
powder trade, but the complaints on
each Of the other heads are never ceas-
ing, and one needs only to have tried to
talk by telepho one, attempt ted to strike
a French match or had the misfortune to-
smoke a French cigar to- know how well
founded the complaints are MI az: - - r
The one open defense, the government
offers for them Is that they bring profit
of q collectivist nature into the public:
treasury which, seeing how they are.
expolited to, sustain voters, is more than.
doubtful- that they constitute d:
form Of indirect taxation which is ac-:
ceptable, to the French taxpayers.
which is true, but no sufficient justtfica-s
ton: for their existence, since what
makes them acceptable to the taxpayers;
is the fact that they can be manipulated
in such way as to throw dust in the
taxpayers eyes and deceive him as to the
amount of the taxes he is already paying.
The real cause for their continued ex-
istence is the wire-pullers,s and it is be-
cause of the new opportunities which q
fresh monopoly would afford to these,
Wire-pullersE of creating fresh ,hordes
of subsidized followers for themselves
that the wire-pullers welcome enthus-
iastically a most audacious project
which is now being matured to be ready
for the reopening 81 the. chamber, and
which is nothing more or less than the
turning of all the insurance business in,
France into government monopoly. i
The necessity of providing money for
M. Millerand's old age pension scheme
is the cause assigned for the intended
creation of the new monopoly. %f
Extraordinary as such q move would
be. it is not impossible that the French
parliament will accept it, but, lest there
may be difficulty about it, he has pre-
pared second and alternative scheme
which is not, so drastic.
\ The second scheme allows the existing
insurance companies to continue in ex-
istence, but forbids the creation of any
new companies and provides for the i'm
mediate creation of a department Of the
state for insurance against fire, which
must almost at once take away all the
business of the existing companies, as
premiums payable toit will not be fixed
on any actuaries' tables, but on the, ad-
mirably simple plan Of being always
lower than the rates charged by other
companies for corresponding risks
- Notwithstanding this peculiar basis Of
calculation, it is estimated that the new
monopoly in it's very first year will bring
in profit to the state of 10,000, 900 francs,
which will be used, if the plan Of the
government is carried out, to supply the
funds for the old-age pensions. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
Real Joy.

: There 10 no joy gained except where
joy IS given. Chicago Tribune. /, E. z=5 {. {.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23

: 2. dtUVH, :" sdlu IHt HVI SeWdu, THluTn@
ing to his original politeness now that all;
chance of following the troika was gone.
Then he spoke in Russian to my driver,
who Immediately turned his horse and
drove leisurely back over the ground
which we had just covered at such 6
mad pace. i was informed later that
when the car is out driving none may
follow him nearer than 500 yards. AZ
Russian subject in my place would have
been arrested as q suspect s 5:8#s
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1904-07-14
VISTA SpeciaI Reduced
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Western : okazyi nastepuiacyeh:
Atlantic City, II j. IS do II.
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Shrine.
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a. ~ try letniie zebranieK1nigghltt.sI
Templlar.E ss
an FrsngoDiiaseoIl edoAaa5s2zslW1 NE
Sniia, sind EWiefxhnik6Ws
s'G5randaL
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tYSsprxeda4ys. slubinn
okEzxYiipyytsiiais f6N.IIlp1lllii