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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
WAS MADE BLIND /.
At SET Of SUN
STRANGE AILMENT THAT LED
TO A TRAGEDY.
VICTIM PROBABLY AFUGITlVE
Man and Dog Die from Cold - -Four
Other Men, Similarly Stricken,
Discover Unhappy Fate
of Stranger.

Lachine, Canada.-Nigh blindness is
men who work in shanues remote
enough to make vegetables an unusual
luxury. In most instances the persons
affected have the normal use of their
eyesight from sunrise to sunset, but
are stone blind when the sun is below
the horizon.
Sometimes the >trouble comes on
slowly, beginning with a dimness of
vision at morning and evening, and in
creasing until it is impossible for the
patient to stir outside except when the
sun is high. At other times, and es-
pecially in the bright days of March,
when the glare of the sun upon the
snow is trying to all eyes, night blind
ness sets in suddenly.
There was curious case of this sud-
den coming on of the blindness in the
Ottawa lumber district, near Beaver
lake. Four men had been detailed to
mark the logs laid upon the ice, and
they had worked three or four days in
the glazing light of the March sun re-
flected from the clear lake surface with
no particularly bad results. Two Of
them were sufferers from night blind
ness and had to be led home at night
by their comrades, and as their shanty
was four miles away from the lake it
was their custom to start back little
before shutdown.
One day they had about finished
their job. and worked rather late to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
Pronounced Dead But Revives

New York.-Bernard Raber, ten
years old. was buried from his fathers
home, on the Shore road. at Sleeps
head bay, the other day. After a ply
stefan had pronounced the boy dead
young Raber recovered consciousness
after several hours and spoke. He
grew better, was hopeful of his recov-
cry, and lived four more days. Young
Raber was taken i'll a few days ago.
and soon became extremely i'll. The
doctors, as last resort, gave him pow
erful stimulants, but they seemed in
effective. Soon the patients fluttering
pulse could not be detected, all the
signs of death appeared, and the doc
tor told Mr.. Raber his son was dead.
An undertaken was called. He threw
open window to admit fresh air.
When the breeze famed young Raber's
cheeks he revived. But after two DAYS
all the most dreaded symptoms Of
spotted fever reappeared and two DAYS
later he died.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
Suffering.

While no woman is entirely free from
periodical suffering, it does not seem to
be tho plan of nature that women
should suffer SO severely. Menstrua-
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something Is wrong which should be
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rangement of the whole female organ
ism.
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Miss Nellie Holmes of $40 N. Davi-
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painful periods, headaches, and bearing down
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

MAN AND DOG WERE STONE DEAD.
complete it. To their dismay they
found when they stopped work and
Slipped on their coats that all four
were completely blind.
The night was terribly cold and
there was more than half a gale of
north wind blowing across the lake.
TO attempt to grope their way home
would be to risk their lives. Happily
one of the men remembered that one
OF the great timbers used as a skidWay
was a stick of white bircn. the canoe
tree of the Indians.
Cautiously they felt their way to this
log and contrived to tear away a sec
ton Of the paper-like bark Hastily
rolling this up into what would answer
for torch. they lit it with match
and derived light enough for three of
the four to be able to distinguish their
surroundings.
The birch pole was at once COM
pletely stripped of it's bark. and while
at this work they decided that it would
be almost madness to try to reach their
own shanty that night, along the mar
row pathway their footsteaps had
made in the deep snow. Right across
an arm of the lake on a projecting
point was deserted shanty. and
thither they determined to go.
The journey was difficult, as even
with the flaming bark to guide them
the poor fellows found it difficult to
steer a straight course. 1t was proba.
bly, near midnight when they pushed
open the ride wooden hinged door and
entered the shanty.
a fire was quickly started in the ca
boose with some of the poles taken
from the bottom of one of the shelf
like sleeping hunks. still in position all
around the walls. After a time their
sense of seeing came back to them as
they sat about the bright fire and they
could look about their new home with
tolerable clearness. AS their vision
cleared they made out the figure of
man seated at the clerks desk in
the corner, with fine hound at his
feet
A little investigation showed that
both man and dog were stone dead and
frozen to stiffness. 1t was evident that
shanty had been the home of the deau
pair for considerable time.
The greater part of a fine deer hung
in the cooks lean-to, which was en-
tered by door from the rear of the
shanty. No trace of -four or other
provisions was to be seen.
The visitors had been prodigal in
their use of matches and now discov-
cred that they had used the last of
their supply. Their keenest search Of
the clothing and stores of the dead man
failed to discover single one. and.
though they found fine rife in good
order in the bunk wherein the bed had
been made, not single cartridge
wherewith a fame might be obtained
could be rc,lnd. They at once piled
al available fuel near their fire and
determined to watch beside it all night
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

The dead man was dressed In city
clothes, some brown-checked material.
we'll made, and he had good gold
watch. On the table were old newspa-
pers of six Or eight months ago. all
from the United States. A lead pencil
lay near the hand of the dead man,
and bit of white birch bark, on which
was written over and over again:
"Blind!" Blind"
Naturally enough, the four men did
not care to make a very close search
for means of Identification. They con-
cluded that the man was stranger in
the woods and an American. 1t is their
opinion that the man was afflicted with
night blindness while in the shanty,
and became afraid to go far away from
it for fear of being overtaKen by even
ing and becoming unable to find his
way back again. His matches were
used up, and his rifle cartridges hav-
ing disappeared it was impossible for
him to keep himself warm or to cook
his meat. With the thermometer rang
ing from Is to 80 below zero, it would
not be long before the frost would
claim both him and his faithful hound
as victims when without fire or pro-
visions.
When morning came the shantymen
made breakfast of the venison in the
lean-to, and then started for their own
shanty to tell their story to their fell
lows. The foreman and a couple of
others at once set out with one of the
four to bury the dead man in the
shanty, but arrived at the lakeside to
find the building in flames, which soon
made total destruction of it and it's
contents.
Probably it will never be known who
the unfortunate man was whose body
was discovered that night by the tenn
porarily blinded men. Somehow the
impression has declared itself among
the lumberers that he was a fugitive
from justice who tried to hide him
self in the woods. A hunter would
have had guide with him. Had he
been used to the woods, he would have
known how to keep up his fire and
would have had proper supplies.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
ADplied History.

Dear dad" wrote the boy from col.
lege. "We are studying current his.
tory, and am getting to understand it
finely. By tho way, my creditors are
bothering. me considerably, 10 please
send me 500 in addition to my usual a.
my dear son." was tho reply. "Your
I am, therefore, glad that you srs 50
familiar with current history, as you
will understand what l mean when I
say that, until they are satisfied
will have to take charge of your Gus
tom house."-Pittsburg Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
Vegetable Compound sooner; for I have tzasa
MrxTXie Hart

Vegetable Compound sooner; for have tzisd
10 many remedies without help.
II dreaded tho approach of my menstrual
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Compound two months I became regular and
natural and am now perfectly we'll and free
from pain atmy monthly periods. lam very
grateful for what Lydia +. Pinkhams Vegs-
table Compound has done for me-"
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
A Wonderful Discovery.

Broadland, S. Dak., March 28.-Quite a
sensation has been created here by the
publication of the story Of G. w. Gray,
who after a special treatment for three
months was PROSTATE and helpless and
given up to die with Bright's Disease.
Bright's Disease has always been consid.
cred incurable, but evidently from the
story told by Mr.. Gray, there is remedy
which will cure it even in the most ad'
vanced stages. This is what be says:
II was helpless as little babe. My
wife and searched everything and read
everything we could find about Bright's
Disease, hoping that l would be able to
find remedy. After many failures my
wife insisted that I should try Dodd e
Kidney Pills. I praise God for the day
when decided to do 80, for this remedy
met every phase of my case and in a
short time was able to get out Of bed,
and after few weeks treatment was
= strong, we'll man. Dodd's Kidney Pills
saved my life"
A remedy that will cure Bright's Dis
ease will cure any. lesser Kidney! Disease.
Dodds Kidney Pills are certainly the
most wonderful discovery which modern
medical research has given to the world.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
SKIN-TORTURED BABIES,
Instant Relief in Warm Baths with
CuticuFa Soap and Gentle Anoint-
1nEs with Cuticura Ointment.

The stuff ring which Cuticura Remedies
have alleyiated among the young, and the
comfort they have afforded worn:out and
ton in countless homes 40 priceless cura-
tives for the akin and blood. Infantile
and birth humors, milk crust, SCALED
bead, eczema, rashes, and every form of
itching, scaly pimply akin, and scalp hui
mors, with loss of hair, of infancy and
childhood, are speedily, permanently and
economic ally cured when all other rene
dies suitable for children, and even the
best physicians, fail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
my WIFE'S PEOPLE COMING"
1--WE Have Had Splendid Winter"
in Western Canada.

Canadas thrush this year Is wonder
fully great and considerably ahead OF
any previous year. 1t is always inter-
toread expressions Of opinion from those
living in the country. 1t is therefore our
pleasure to reproduce the following
written to an Agent OF the Government
and forwarded to the immigration
Branch of the Department of the In
terror at Ottawa:
Birch Hills, Sask, Can, Feb. /, 1905.
Dear Sir: take pleasure in dropping
you few lines to let you know how we
are getting along up here and how we
like the place. We have been here close
on TO year now and think the place is
fine. We have been out every day this
winter working In the bush getting out
logs for buildings, ETC., getting rails for
fencing. We have not suffered with the
cold as much as we did in Chicago. My
little boys are out every. day With their
sleighs having good time. The low
est the temperature has been this win
ter is "a below and it is very still, no
wind.
We had splendid summer. We put
up about so tons Of hay and will have
about 80 tons to sell: hay brings So. 90
per ton now and will be higher in the
spring. We have 20 acres broke and
ready for crop. We worked on the Can.
Nor. Ry. for awhile this summer and
am just 3 miles from the r. r. and
TOWNSHIP. The steel is all laid to within
2 miles OF the River and We often see
the train bringing supplies for the
Bridge.
My wlfe's people are coming up about
May. l wish you would write them and
If there should be anyone coming to
Prince Albert that could do with half
a car let them know. The homesteads
are all taken up within II miles OF US.
l often think If this land were only in
the States what rush there would be:
1t is the richest land and the most pro-
ductive l ever saw, and the climate Is
o. X.
know that people back there that
write to do not believe me when write
them what splendid winter we are
having, they think we are all frozen up.
We have only about S inches Of snow,
and there are cattle on the range that
have not been rounded up this winter.
Day after day the Their. raises up to
80 and 60, and don't believe We have
had day this winter that it has stayed
at zero. My wife says that We used to
think that zero was cold in Chicago. But
we don't mind 1t one bit. Christmas
night we went out and drove s miles
with our little boys, it was 20 below
and there was not a whimper from any,
one Of them. I'd hate to do it in old
Chicago.
Well, guess I will close and you can
tell anyone in the U. S. that they can
not do better than come to the Prince
Albert District. I remain,
Yours truly.
'\Slgned) J. D. HEAD.
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ment later the visitor had the tiger kit
ten in her arms, fondling in. In due time
the attendant was informed that if he
would turn his back again his guest
would climb back.
The visitor, accompanied by charm
ing girl of IS. who had watched the en-
tire affair with much interest, walked
slowly away to view other attractions at
the garden.
Inquiry developed that the elder of the
two visitors was Mrs. Patrick Campbell,
the celebrated English actress. while the
girl with her was her daughter.
In referring to her wooden leg" Mrs.
Campbell was making a jocose reference
to the after effects of her accidents in
Philadelphia, where she broke her knee
cap. AS result her knee is temporarily
Stiff
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
Know All About tho Peeraee,

"You don't recognize titles Of nobility
h this country?" said the distinguished
foreigner.
"Oh, yes, we can," answered Mr.. Cum
FOX. Mother and the girls can not only
recognize 'em, but they can quote their
market valuation off hand." -Washington
Star
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
General Weakness.

Nervous Prostitution, Easily Tired,
Pains, Aches, etc, are signs of some
deep-seated trouble and ought to be cor
best Tonic, Blood and Nerve medicine
in the world, also Cures Indigestion, Mis-
use and Heart and Kidney Troubles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

In Pinch, Use Aliens Foot Ease.
Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease,
9 powder. It cures Corns, Bunions, Painful,
Smarting, Hot, Swollen feet. At all Drug.
gists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample FREE.
Address A. s. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
,(Signed)
Never Touched Him.

"A man In St. Louis" remarked Jol-
hboy, as he looked up from the paper,
lis going to fast for 80 days"
That's nothing" rejoined Mrs. Jol-
Nboy. calmly. you've been going too
fast for years. "-Chicago News,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

College professors say that freshmen
have deteriorated in intellectual strength
in recent years, and freshmen say that COL
lege professors are not as able as they
ought to be.-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

This is an illustration of English a.
she is spoke: once said to a girl: "Will
you not marry me?" And she said:
"Yes, will not marry you."-N. Y.
Tines
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

Jupiter, with his six moons, if tho
planet il inhabited, must be lovely
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
A Heavy Fine,

Under the Elkins law, any railroad
company which pays rebates in any
form. or any shipper who accepts them,
is liable to a fine of from $1,000 to
$4,000, upon conviction. It also pro-
hibits the carrying of freight at less
than the published tariffs. The Inter-
state Commerce Commission Is en-
powered to detect and prosecute vio-
lators OF this statute. President Knapp,
of the Commission, states that since
this law was passed, rebate paying has
been as rare as forgery.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

Actions speak louder than words, but
they do not unduly infict their CONVEX.
cation on those who do not want to lis
ten to it.-Puck.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

4 frequent EpD6da
"How did Smithkins happen to mar.
~ trained nurse?"
'Ch, she set her cap for him."-Chi.
caso Record Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

In France women can wear trousers BY
paying ten dollars 4 year. Consequently,
as rule, they do not care to. Perhaps
this is fortunate, considering the Amer
lcan habit of following French fashions.
Boston Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
please state that yen saw the Advexl1se~
0oAt In this paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
s7,ooo,ooo a Year for Baseball.

A statistician has figured it out that $7, ,0O0,000 Is spent every year in the United States in baseball enterprises. He says:
 lover s2,577 900 is paid out in salaries to the professional baseball players of the United States each year. Over $2. 100000 is paid in other salaries and in expenses of maintaining the grounds of the profess siona1 clubs, about 000 in railroad fares. about $100.000 in sleeping car fares, about $1250O0 in training expenses. and perhaps s500000 in additional expenses.
 And this is only counting the expenses of the organized baseball leagues of the United States, registered and recorded un- der the national agreement.
 "The total of operating baseball in the United States as an organized sport therefore, is in the neighborhood of s7- 900 900, according to the estimates of those best posted. which means that approxi- mately 25000,OO0 admissions must be re- ceived before the team owners can break even on their investments, not counting interest.
 ''The fact remains that nearly one-half
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
MANY CLIMB MOUNT HOOD.
Clubs Unite for Trip to Top of Ore.
 gon's Hoary Sentinel.

Portland.-A large party of Enthu- siastic mountain climbers, made up from the membership of the Mazamas, the Appalachians and the Sierras-- leading clubs of the northwest, whose chief pastime is the climbing of snow capped peaks-made the ascent of Mount Hood this week. They started from Portland in automobiles, and as- eended the great mountain from Cloud Cap Inn, far up the slope, where they donned their climbing clothes, took in hand their Alpine-stocks, painted their faces black to keep the sun from bis- tering their skin, and began the toil- some climb to the top.
 number of ladies were in the party. A woman rigged out in climb ing clothes, with patches of plaster on her nose at lips, is not sight fit for the gods, but when she once attains the top of . peak like Hood and man. ages to slide down without mishap, she becomes of the elect and is ever afterward a heroine in her own coun- tr.'.
 During the summer large parties made up from the several clubs of climbers will ascend Hood, Rainier and other glorious peaks which are visible from the Lewis and Clark exposition grounds. Those who go up Mount Hood have the satisfaction of being