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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15

depth, because the quantity, and hence
the weight, of water above, which is
the cause of the pressure, is proper
tional to the depth.
This may be shown by pressing a
wet card against one end of a lamp
chimney and plunging that end into
water. The water does not enter the
chimney because the pressure forces
the card against the glass and makes
a tight joint. The card may be
weighted, and still it will be support
ed by the upward pressure.
The simplest way to weight it il to
pour water on top of it.
If you do so, pouring gently, You
will find that the card will remain
pressed against the glass until the wa
ter inside the chimney stands at the
level of the water outside.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15

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+ oil, said to be superior to linseed oil
for mixing paints. Is now extracted from
corn: Heretofore crude oil has been
obtained by pressure, but the latest
method is to extract it by what is known
as the solvent process, as employed at
q new corn-oil mill at Decatur, Ill, the
only one Of its kind in the country: The
process is simple in theory. but some.
what complicated in application. The
solvent used lisa light oil subject to evap-
Grafton: The oil-bearing portions Of
the corn are STEPPED in the solvent,
which takes up the corn oil. The solvent
Is then drawn from the bottom of the
tank, in which this part of the process
takes place. The two oils are separated
by distillation. The corn oil is passed
through filter presses to remove parti-
cles of starch or other foreign matter;
and is then ready for market The
solvent is condensed and carried back
to the storage tank, to be used again.
The corn from which the oil has been
extracted is steamed, and is then ready
for the market as feed. The process
of separating this oil from the corn is
similar to that of separating sugar from
beets, the difference being in the
solvent used. The stock feed is not en-
tirely devoid of oil. Enough is left to
make it one per cent. oil, which it is
claimed is sufficient ratio of oil in q
well-balanced feed. This feed is not in
the form Of q cake, as it comes from
the linseed oil mills, but is in the shape
Of dry meal, partly cooked and part
ly digested.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15
NOTES ABOUT ANIMALS.

There is nothing odd or peculiar about
the sleep Of the lions and tigers. In
captivity they show the same indiffer-
enc to danger that they manifest in the
jungles. and by day Or night will slum-
Der through an unusual tumult, unmind-
full Or unconscious Of the noise. Their
sleep Is commonly heavy and peace
full. =.
Since tho Indians have been thinned
out the gila (heela) monster is over
running the southwest territory. The
only antidote known for the gila's poi
son, which Is fatal in about 30 minutes.
Is q secret Of the Hualipis Indians, in
Mexico, who think it .Godgiven, and
never have divulged it, although gov
eminent officials and scientists have
lived among them for the purpose of dis
covering it.
That ants perceive and avoid rays OF
ultra violet light much higher, in the
scale OF vision than the human eye is
able to detect. has been; shown. by Sir
John Lubbock. Now q writer In the
Electrical World suggests thatthose who
are trying to determtns the wave length.
of the X-rays experiment with ants.
The X-rays are invisible to man, but
it has not been determined whether
they are too long or too short for his
eye to see. The ultra violet waves are
too short. ~ j
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15

LONGING.

Somehow they amt no music
That can cheer an make me grin,
Fer I long to leave the city; !
An L wanter 60 ag'in
Farm out into the country
Where the clover blossoms blow:
They amt nothfn' in the country
That my soul don't want an know.
I was brung up 'mongst the cattle.
'Mongst the colts an little chicks.
And the slopin' of the medders,
And the singin' of the cricks,
An the clackin' of the windmill,
And the gurglin': overflow J.
OF the water, an I'm longin'
For to hear the cattle low.
An long to bed the horses
An to pet 'em in their stalls,
An to stand while an listen
To the nightbirds' quav'rin' calls,
An to see the moon rise slowly
Dove the graveyard on the hill,
To the mournful calm, calm
OF the distant Whippoorwill.
F had been born in a dungeon,
An had never seen the sky,
would see the fields in fancy,
An the clouds a.sailin' high;
An I'd hear the country calm
To my soul between the bars
An I'd see the moon a-risin',
An I'd see the blinkin' stars.
/ would like to shake the lantern
Till the light went out once more,
Then to go inside an hang it
On the peg behind the door;
Then set just outside the parlor
An keep still as anything
Like 1 used to, and to listen
Just to hear my mother sing.
j. M. Lewis, in Houston Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15
TELLS c0LoRs BY TOUGH
Partisan Woman Performs a Feat
Which Is Puzzling the Scientists
of the French Capital.

At a recent meeting Of the Biological
society in Paris a woman of % years
demonstrated to the scientists present
that she was possessed of remark
ably developed sense of touch by
means of which she could tell different
colors blindfolded. The subject of the
experiments was a healthy individual,
without any of the nervous symptoms
that so often go with remarkable gifts
OF this character. During the expert
ments her eyes were closed by a black
cloth, and physician kept his fin
ger on her pulse to detect if there
were any variations from the normal
The first tests were made with pa
pers on which different colors had
been painted. Red, blue and yellow
were easily recognized; green was de-
scribed as blue, and orange as red.
White spaces on the paper we're easily
recognized. Red, blue and yellow
were also recognized when painted
pieces of paper were Enclosed in glass
tubes, so that the fingers did not
come into immediate contact with
them. AS a final test the subject read
words painted on paper in colors, trac-
ing the outlines of the letters with
her fingers.
The young woman does not begin
the experiment directly she is blind
folded; she waits a few minutes until
a gaseous film forms before her eyes.
as she expresses it, then she knows
she can feel the colors. Then as she
ruos the ends of her fingers lightly
over the object, the color passes be-
fore her eyes, and stays there as long
as she maintains contact. During the
experiments the breathing and the cir
culktion of the young woman re-
NAMED perfectly normal; the only
changes noticed were slight muscular
contractions in the forearm, and, at
the end of the seance, heat and moist
ure in the hands
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15
EXPERIMENT IN PRESSURE.
Anyone Can Conduct It and Obtain
Valuable: information in
Simple Way. ~,

If you have ever %been in swim
ming" you know from experience how
the water buoys you UP. II it did
not you could not swim, but would 60
to the bottom like q stone.
The pressure is caused. by the
weight of the liquid, and yet, it acts
equally in all directions.
The pressure at one point, mind, for
the pressure is different at different
points. ut is the same at aK points at
the same depth, but it increases as
you descend in exact proportion to the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15
Master of the King's Music.

Many good stories are told of Sir
Walter Parratt, the. master of music
for King Edward, Of England. Here
is one illustrative of his extraordinary
memory. Some eight or ten men were
assembled one evening in one of the
lodges attached to st. Michael's col
lege, Tenbury. Sir Walter Parratt and
Herr Won Hoist played in turn upon the
piano such music as was asked for.
This went On for some time, until at
last the chessboard was brought out.
Sir Walter then proposed to play two
men. at chess in consultation, still re-
naming at the piano and playing from
memory what was demanded, either
from Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin
or FMendelssohn. Without even. 4
glance at the chsssboard he won the
game in an hour.-Good Literature 4.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15
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ITO !. q M N ~ 8
1dllilscos port hasrsceivsd nottacation thaA,
the e e Chtness minister hag mads ths'1ols=
ilowing rssulati ions y "a the We az til
nag: nag having one dragon rsIn-
pant n: Z yellow moon will IS reserved
for common use: two dragons are to:be
used only In the case Of msrcantile
joint stock companies. M s&:5 .5$.l S.5$t
Fifty-three women In the United
States have been regularly ordained and,
are doing the full work OF ministers.
Forty-fve Of the IS are married. Il.
though some Of them were ordained be-
fore marriage. Most .of them have in
dependent parishes, where they preach.
make pastoral visits and soniciate at
marriages and 1T funerals. ss,...l"
DR.. e. c. savidge. Of New York. has
been casting his professional eye over
audiences in the Metropolitan opera
house. and this is how he sums them
up, male and female: Look at the
men-agile. keen, quick Of movement,
still In the game Of life, Of use to- their
family, age and race. Turn to their
consorts-save few exceptions for our
chivalry they are obese or scrawny.
hebetudinous or jerking, flabby bundles
Of tissue hanging in folds; each fold,
to the esoteric eye, full of burnt-out It's
sue Juice, poisoning the individual with
tho ashes Of her own life" 49,
Writing Of Savage and Civilized
Dress" Edwin Smith Balch says that
while it might be assumed that the SUI
perior development of the brain of civ
iltzed man would result in. some form
of dress far better and more tasteful
than anything found among savages,
1t may be doubted whether this is the
case. One marked error of civilized
dress is it's interference with tho
proper ventilation of the skin.
The human animal breathes with his
entire skin; refuse matter is thrown
OF as perspiration through every pore.
The fact is well known, but in the gar
ments Of civilization it 10 almost uni.
versally unrecognized.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15
WRONG TRACK
Had to Switch.

Even the most careful person is apt
to get on the wrong track regarding
food sometimes and has to switch over.
When the right food is selected the
host of ails that come from improper
food and drink disappear, even where
the trouble has been of lifelong stand
ing. r. -.
From a child L was never strong
and had (capricious appetite and I
was allowed to eat whatever 1 fancied
rich cake, highly seasoned food, hot
biscuit, etc.-so it was not surprising
that my digestion was soon out of or
der and at the age of twenty-three I
was on the. verge Of nervous prostra-
ton. I had no appetite and as had
been losing strength because didn't
get nourishr,ent in my daily food to
repair the wea> and tear on body and
brainl had no reserve force to fall
back on, lost flesh rapidly and no
medicine helped me. =,
'Then it was wise physician Or
dered Grape-Nuts and cream and saw
to it that gave this food (new to mel
proper trial and it showed he knew
what he was about because I got bet.
ter by bounds from the very first. That
was in the summer and by winter /
was in better health than ever before
in my life;. had gained in flesh and
weight and felt like a new person al
together in mind asfwell as body, all
due to nouriehing and completely d.
gestible food, Grape-Nuts.$.ts 4, 4aS*.3s
This happened three years ago and
never since then have had any but
perfect health for I stick to- my Grape
Nuts food and cream and still think;
It delicious. Il eat # every day. Il
never tire Of this food and can enjoy
q saucer, Of Grape-Nuts and cream
when nothing else satisfies my appe-
tite and it's surprising how sustained
and strong small saucerful will make
one feel for hours g Name gwen BY
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
True food that carries one along
and there's q reason. 8 Grape Nuts5
40 days proves big things. &.
a Get the little book. The Road 10
Wellvf11e:. in each pkg
= x
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15
AN INSTRUCTIVE ILLUSION.
Here Is a Chemical Trick Which Is
Amusing as Well as Genu-
inely Scientific.

If there is in your family any per.
son who smokes. you can turn this
habit to good account by asking the
smoker to help you perform a trick
which will afford not only amusement
but some scientific instruction.
The smoker is to undertake to blow
smoke into goblet which you have
covered tightly with plate or sau.
GER.
1t seems quite impossible. doesn't
it? You put the plate on the goblet
and at the same instant the smoker,
standing several feet away, sends a
vigorous puff in the direction of the
glass, and 10! the glass is filled with
q cloud of white smoke, or what looks
like smoke. But it isn't smoke at all;
it is cloud of fine particles of q
substance known as sal ammoniac or
muriate of ammonia or ammonia
chloride, which you have probably
taken mixed with licorice as a rem
edy for coughs and colds.
Sal ammoniac is compound of am.
monia and muriatic or hydrochloric
acid.
Now, how did the white powder gel
into the covered glass? It was formed
there because before you put the plate
on you put a few drops of muriatic
acid in the glass and moistened the
bottom of the plate with d little am
monia.
Now, ammonia is really gas The
liquid ammonia, or "spirits of harts
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15
Deepest Sounding.

The deepest sounding ever made by
any vessel was by the, United States
ship Nero, while on the Honolulu Ma
Mia cable survey. When near Guam
the. Nero got $500 fathoms, or 1854
feet only 66 feet less than six miles.
II Mount Everest, the highest mount
ain on EARTH, were set down in this
hole, it would have above it's summit
a depth of 2,612 feet, or nearly half a
mile of water
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15
Ooppal ough q hlin,t ~ ~ ~ t 81
part q the house since yIour sunscls

sCoppa h0ugh u hhln q 1lep an thae
pert. AZ house inc D; On y !, sncls
d. I.
Dave loo6ed shrewdly g tho ac 4.
mulated sweets. Part 81 the 4 comb
was discolored. as II with age but q
large portion was Of q golden straw
color, bright and attractive.
''There amt q grain, less'n a ton.
comb an ALL" he declared, ".an' its
wuth 40 cents a pound II It's with. q
cent" .~.. =, r. D
The widow was overjoyed. III
there's half as much as that It'll pay
of the mor'gidge an leave 500 to
boot" she assured herself, mentally,
IAN sha'n't have to leave my home
an live round. with the girls, after
ALI" -
rs it true, maw?" demanded the
three daughters, as they sprang MIN
bly, down from the red farm wagon
which had brought themselves and
their husbands, brimful of curiosity
to learn the truth as to the wonder
full rumors they had heard.
"1s what true?" asked Mrs. Coppaee,
as she welcomed her guests impair
TALLY.
''Why, that Dave Tallman found
scuds O. honey in the house, an that
him an Margie air a-goin' to marry
an run the place." expounded Ada
line, the self-appointed speaker, in q
strident voice.
The widow smiled. She wore a new
wrapper, the daughters noticed, and
seemed to have recovered several
years of her age since the last. time
they had seen her.
"Oh, yes, it's true enough, SO fur
as it goes" she returned. But you
hain't heared the hui O. it. Dave he
sold the honey fur me to a big hotel
in the city at fancy price. An I've
paid off the mor'gidge, bought a couple
more COWS an new team, an got a
snug bit O. money put away in the
bank"
wall, l declared" chorused the sis
tiers, shrilly. "An' you never let us
know nothing bout it,"
didn't hev no time," smiled the
widow, calmly. "You see, Dave was
bound him an Margie should marry
to-day, so we had to hustle like cat
eatin' sassage to git her clos ready:
The suremony is over, an we air jest
about to set down to the weddin' din
ner. So come on an help eat it;
there's a-plenty O. good vittles fur all. u
But not even the bountiful feast
which was spread, and to which they
did ample justice, could blind the sons
in-law to the egregious and irremedia-
bic blunder they had made
"The fats in the fire now" they re-
flected. IF we had a-paid the interest
on that mor'gidge we'd "a had a share
in the profits O. the honey bizness, to
say nothing O. bein' remembered in the
ole lady's will. But it's too late now "
The glowing faces of Margie and
Dave did not add to the happiness OF
the unbidden guests, who soon de-
parted with, no attempt to disguise
their injured feelings.
Fortune had knocked at their door
In vain.-Woman's Home Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15
Telephone Girls in GERMANY

The 1000 telephone girls in Germany
are government employees. Each must
be of good character and live in a re-
spectacle family. The pay is 53h
cents a day, with an advance Of six
cents, in two years, and those four
years in service secure II cents a day.
Applicants for these positions usually
wait TWO years for an opening Iii
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15

Richard H. Taylor, of the United
States secret service, has received
medal for the courage displayed on
the Nipsic during the Samoan huri-
cane of 1889.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15
GLASS FILLED WITH THE GAS.

GLASS FILLED WITH THE GAS.
horn" with which; you moisten the
plate, is solution Of ammonia gas in
water. Hydrochloric acid is also a
gas really, and the liquid acid which
you put in the glass is solution of it.
These two gases evaporate from their
solutions, come together, and combine
to form the cloud of solid white par
ticles of sal ammoniac which looks
so much like smoke.
That the sal ammoniac is solid may
be proved by letting the glass stand
undisturbed until the white powder
has settled down on the bottom Here
you have a solid made by the union
of two gases, and to obtain tie gases
you started with two liquids. or So
lutions, because you could not :onven.
iently handle them In the form Of
gases.-Detroit Free Prsss.
Waste Cu1m Utilized as Fuel.
One of the. best known methods of
economizing In the use Of coal in parts
of Europe is to briquet the pulverized
portions of the fuel, which could not
otherwise be easily, transported and
burned. For years past. Germany and
England have engaged very largely in
the use and manufacture Of coal bril-
quets. The dust ana waste Of coal
mines have always baen enormous.
and for years past much of this ma
terial has been allowed to accumulate
at the mouths of the pits. 1t was not
more than. a decade ago that thou
sands Of tones of culn. went to waste
near the coal mines. We have learned
to use this waste to-day, and year by
year we find new material to utilize
in the same way. The Driquetting Of
bituminous coal robs It of ali, It's un-
pleasant smoke and soor, and makes il
as easy of transportation as anthracite.
In. Germany the coal br1Qrets are rem.
dered almost smok eless ard odorless.
even when made Of soft silesiann5 coat,
because there is q 4 $preponderanr
amount OF coke mixed with It s.s1s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-15

Lydia w. Ladd, a recluse, who died
recently, left $15o,ood for the estab-
lishment of an academy at Epping,
N. 81.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1904-03-03
Nh bas Bnblitnnl.

Die n5reie Breiie" bat uber 400
etablirte Igenturen I'M 5taate, tpirb
an itber 700 &oitoffieen perianbt, mo
bat cine sroRe Gerbreitllng III Der
9eabbar= &epublit Merito, i'm Snbias
uersTerritoriunt unb Otlabpna.
SIR @irfulatiunsz@ z@ebiet in Teros
eritredt ftb pun @alpeitpn Bic binauf
nab DentIon. npn WaribalI i'm Often
Big nah 81 asalu IN: fernen @eiten;
es l6lieBt ielbitueritdnblid) NIT bes
Iunners aablreihen 2eieru oas bi9t=
beiiebelte Mittelz9 9erne anb ben 5ubs
peiten elm.
8tuei 9seiienbe liub beltdnbie, iobrs
Elm, iabraus i'm Sntereiie beg Blats
tes unterpegs uno fiibreu oenlelben
I'M 8erein nit unieren riibrieen So.
fal Ngenten forttp6breno neue Sc.
fer 5u.
Sn Inbetraht bieier Ebatiaben lit
bic rSreie Breiie@, tpo e5 fib oarum
banbeft, Die oeutide 8en6lferuns au
erreihen, oas bette atmsei8e Mes
bitsm ~ gtaate Geras.
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(5ortiebuus fDlot. J
8aiiem anb s5apaner CUR Gee.

Durh bic bisberieen Grfulae Der
Jopnner 5lir See beitdtigt, tuas Der
enaliihe Noniral Sir gomono ssre.
mantle turs Dor Nuabrum bes @rie.
aeS i'm Nanp 2eague SDurnal ihrieb
Der Momiral. Der nit Der rufliiheu
iule nit Der iapanil1en sFlotte aenou
befnnnt lit, fagt III oem Nrtifel uuter
Nnoerem: .@em ftrateailden @e.
lihtspuntt aus betrahtet, {ino Die
Sappner bel tueitent bic itdrtere Bor.
tel, neil iie fusuiaeen ben aanpf in
ibreti beilniihen 8etpdiiern ousfed,.
ten uno meit lire Werften aut aug.
aeriiitet Iino. 6inlicbtlih oes Ser.
iOnals 1T Nomiral sSremantle oer
Weinnng, baB teine sslotte in Gu.
ropn, bic oeutibe ausQenommeu. in
ben lesten 20 Sabren 10 Qruse sFprt.
ibritte aenlaht babe, tpie Die rul.
iilde. ~.Sbre Offisiere" ihreibt er,
.,itno, runst tebniihe uno mi}Ien,
idaftlibe Nusbiloung anbetanat, oen
beiten 5lottenDffisieren Der WelI
eleibmertie uno ibre @aterlanosliebe
1T iiber allen Bmeifel erbaben. g(lIeir
fie haben tuenig prattiide @efeoen.
beit au Observation-Disclosures aehob,
uno ibre Si9nalmetbDben ME ihre
genleinfbaftfihen Wan1oer iteher
bel ipeitem binter oenen Der Saba,
ner auruf. Den ruililhen W5ann.
ibaften feblt es aud. trob f0rper.
lther Stattlidteit uno oem better
g8llen, an Snoipioualitdt uni
Shnelllgteit Der &uffaiiune. 9Yn a[l
oieletl Bunften aber, Die Dun 10 rpe.
lentlther Be6eutuna lirb, stueiFle i'd
taurn an Der lleberleaenbeit Der 60.
paner. Sbre DffiBiere fino auBerlt
befhbiat nno ibre @eiinnunastreue
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Cine srose 3abI Yateute lit luertlOs,

oieielben iino fiir GerGnoerunaen
0oer aud Werbefsrunaen an bette.
benoen Batenten erteilt uno oiirfen
nur nit @rlaubniB Der Sn5aber oers
ielben gebraubt meroen. Nusmdrtis
ge Batent- -Nnmdlte eeben Nusfhnlt,
Oh ein Nrtifel patentierbar lit soer
lliht. User cine grfinoung genodt
bat uno tuiiien min. Oh bielelbe tuert
ut, patentiert 5ll rperoen tuenoe fih
an Gsgil 8ehrens, gioil.Snaenieur,
lett 1887 regiitrierter 8atent= Iuualt,
1871 8urnet= =StraBe. San Nutonio.
EeIas. 9elepbDn 1890.
Seit 1894 iit oamit perbunoen.
San Antonio Electro Plating WORKS." @mil
Bebrens & 60, eyabrifanten bon
leibten Waidinen uno GrbeitssWeo
oelIen ieoer Irt. SuItenanihlaae
flir ar0Bere Guftraee oon Batent.
Nrtiteln weroen bereitmilIieft aeae,
beu.