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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
horticultural Item.

The secretary of rural English
society for the propagation and ad-
vancement Of agriculture the other
day received this letter: "Sir-I par
tickly wish the safety to be called
to consider the case what follows, as
I think it mite be maid Tranxtionable
in the next Reports. My wifi had
Tombd Cat that dyd. Being torture
shell and CRATE favrit, we had Him
berried in the Guardian and for the
sake of the enrichment of the mold
had the carks deposited under the
roots of a Gotsberry Bush (The Frute
being until then of smooth kind).
But next Sesons Frute, after the Cat
was berried, the Gosberries was all
hairy, and more Remarkable the Cat
pliers of the same Bush was al Of the
same hairy Description" =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Their Ideas About Women.

The Hottentots and Bushmen believe
women are a necessary evil, and the
younger they break their wives in the
better. They feel that ten years is
none too young, for girls of these years
are more pliable and more easily mold
ed. 1t must be granted that the Hot
tentots use milder methods than DO
the Australians. They do not kill the
girls who refuse to marry The Hot
tentot often goes to the hut of a girl
and makes her cup of coffee, then
hands it to her without adding a word
# She drinks half of it he knows her
answer is yes If she refuses to
touch the coffee he feels his suit is
hopeless, but he is not grieved; he
visits neighbOring hut and tries his
luck again.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

coming campaign in Virginia
promises to be hot one, and that
Mayor Fay is said to have aspira-
tons to succeed himself. Whether
or not Mr.. Fay has such aspirations
is matter for the consideration of
himself and the voters and tax
payers of Virginia., however, and
from expressions heard during the
week from two or three business
men they consider themselves
fully competent to attend to the
matter of making a selection for
the mayoralty and other municipal
officers without any lunches from
a booze-fghting skate whose only in
terest on the range is to answer to
roll call when the pay envelopes
are passed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
GOOD MEN" IN DEMAND.
Always Room at the Front for Faith
full Workers..

T'"o/e MUM dt Tic FFOnI Tor 1itn'
full Workers.
There was man in town the other
day who formerly worked in Atchison
for 500 a month, says the Atchison
Globe. He now receives a salary Of
$4,000 a year, and he doesn't work as
hard as he did when he lived in At
Gibson.
This man is no great genius; he is
Simply q good man. and there are
thousands of such. Being a good
man. means that man is industrious,
loyal, intelligent and well-behaved. 1t
is easier to be good man" than it
is to be a bad one. There is a
scarcity of good men," and those who
are patient and work away the best
they can are always recognized and
substantially rewarded. The man
who never does his share, who is will
ing to impose on his Office or shop
associates. never comes to the front
The point we desire to emphasize
is that it is easier to be good man"
than it is to be bad one You must
live, so why not live in the easiest
way? The easiest way is to be a
good man." That is. to do your work
faithfully, intelligently and honestly
and treat yourself and others right.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

secured an option for mining pur-
poses on the northeast quarter of
5-61-14, owned by John Smith, a
homesteader, who has resided on
the property for the past eighteen
years. The land is located between
Tower and Ely on the Vermilion
range.
Operators are said to have been
after this piece of land for the leas-
ing of it have been almost complet-
ed but that, at the last moment,
Smith would refuse to sign the
papers. Mr.. Smiths property COM
prises 100 acres and the terms of the
option for the lease are said to have
been p cents royalty and a
minimum of $1,000 tons a year.
Rumor has it that the Oliver
company has also taken an option
for the lease OF piece of land ad-
joining the Sheridan property.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
California Rates Cut to 1900,

Effective Sept. 18th to October 31st
One Way second class "COLONIST"
tickets will be on sale via "THE
NORTH WESTERN LINE" to San
Francisco Los Angeles, San Diego
CAL, and intermediate points at
$34.90 and to Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo Colo. at $3.50,
Salt Lake City and Ogden Utah at
$3.50, Ashland and Portland Ore
and Tacoma and Seattle, Wash. at
$500, Anaconda, Helena and
Butte, Mont. $1,000, and to interme-
date points at proportionate rates.
City Ticket Office 3C2 W. Superior
ST. and at Depot foot 9Th Ave West.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Keep Serene.

When you come to think of It, most
OF us do have hard time keeping
ourselves in order. Temper, nerves.
selfshness, and longings, ambitions
and desires, all insiting to have
hearing, and down steps wisdom and
orders control. OF course there are
the cool-headed, intellectual people to
whom self-sacriice means nothing.
and little they know of the fight of
the other passionate half. Ill health
and discomfort are the fruits of the
battle. Keep serene, say Il shall con.
troll myself and be a cheerful phis
osopher" and all will go well.-Nex
York Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Jiu-Jitsu VS., Hockev.

If you want to rear a ma ton
To be fit for future scraps,
Cut away this imitation
That you're taking from the Japs.
You can never win your battles
With these money springs and squats-
T" the Highlands and play hockey with
the Scots
'Hoot man! Hoot!" says big Macdon-
aid,
And MacWilliams answers "Hoot!"
AS he smashes Angus Campbell
On the apex Of his snoot.
While the polished floor is freckled
By score Of crimson spots
All, you're busy when you hockey with
the Scots!
Hear Macphersons smothered curses
AS his bosom swells with pride,
And the horses on the hearses
Paw the atmosphere outside.
With the coroner and undertaken
Waiting business on the spot
Oh, you're strenuous when you hockey
with a Scot!
-Cy Warman, New York Sum-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
ABOUT BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE,
WoodpeCkers in Getting Sap Make
Wood Notified and FleCked.

For hundreds of years lumber
men and cabinet makers have been
studying to learn what causes
maple wood to assume the notified
and spotted form known as "bird's-
eye" In a hundred rock maple
trees perhaps one is bird's-eye.
Nobody can pick the specific tree
out by inspecting the bark or the
manner of growth. You may have
to chop POO trees before you find
one, but it is worth the sacrifice.
Fact is, the woodpeckers make all
the bird's-eye maple there is in the
world. In flying about tile woods
they come to a rock maple tree that
yields very sweet sap in the season
when sap is running. Most birds
like sweets-woodpeckers are very
fond Of sugar. Having found tree
yielding a large per cent of sugar,
the birds peck holes in the trunk
and then stand against the bark
and drink the sap as it oozes out.
After the sap has ceased to flow
and the trees have leaved out new
wood and bark form in those small
holes. The pecking and sap. gather
ing goes on for years until the tree
having given up so much sap to the
birds, begins to furnish fluid con-
tanning less sugar. In ten or twelve
years after the birds quit tree the
holes are all grown up and nobody
can pick out the big bird's-eye from
other trees that the woodpeckers
did not visit.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Climbing the Ladder.

George Rowe, for many years one
OF the shift bosses at the Chaplin
mine, has accepted the position of
mining captin of the Holland mine
at Biwabik, Mimi, and has already
entered upon his duties. The Hol-
land is new property with a fine
grade of ore and employs two hun
dred men. Mr.. Rowe has an ex-
ceptionally good record as pro-
gressive mining man and it is a
safe prediction that he will "rnake
good in his new position.-Iron
Mountain Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Midi a Nest of Criminals.

You will not find Midi marked on
the charts. It is, indeed, practically
unknown to civilization, and yet it is
on the shores Of that highway Of
civilization, the Red sea. 1t is the
home of pirates and slavers, a regular
nest of criminals. The place is in
habited almost entirely by men; for
the sheik, who hold absolute rule
there, only permits very few Of his
best warriors to marry. Midi pays
no tribute to the Turkish govern
ment, and, as it lies at the far end
of long, narrow, muddy harbor, in
accessible to war vessels, is seems
probable that it may pursue its law.
less career unchecked for many years
to come.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Ranges Attract Jury's Attention.

The last grand jury, like unto its
predecessors, passed up the gam
bling joints over certain saloons
and under the sidewalk on Superior
street in the city of Duluth, and
tender range municipalities their
solicitous attention, the village of
Chisholm being given a bounteous
amount of free advertising.
In report on municipal affairs
at that point the jury alleges that
not only are the affairs of that viii
lage administered in an extremely
"loose" manner, but further declare
that certain officials of the village
"were in on the DEAL at the late
street fair at that place where the
tinhorn gambler gave any who bit
the short end chance for their coin
and where nude females are alleged
to have conducted art exhibits for
the dereliction of sight.seers.
As a result of the grand jury in
vestigations several indictments
we're returned, the names of the in
dicted parties being withheld until
arrests may be made.
The grand jury system may be all
right, but we believe that should
the county attorney and the body
of sleuths comprising the juries
turn their attention to the correc-
ton of evils which are generally
known to exist and have being
within gunshot of thecourt house
instead oil spending their time and
the peoples money in concerted
endeavor to throw discredit upon
the range communities their acts
would SAVIOR more of an honest de-
sire to serve the cause of justice to
all for which they ostensibly as
semble.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
NOT INSULT. TO i. WASHINGTON.
Janitor Got in Trouble Through Too
Much Forethouaht. -.

Janitor Got in Trouble Through Too
Much Forethought. F..
The principal OF a high school in
Jersey suddenly ordered all classes to
assemble in the auditorium, and when
teachers and pupils, in amazement,
were gathered together before him,
addressed them on George Washing
ton, the Father of Our Country
says the New York Press. In finish
ing his encomiums on the immortal
George, he said: "The bust of George
Washington which stood upon the ped
estal in the reception room has been
removed and placed upon the floor
with It's face in the corner. Until
the culprit, whoever he or she may be,
comes to the front and makes a public
confession of the misdemeanor. not
a soul will be permitted to leave this
building! Remember-there will be
no other punishment imposed than the
open and public confession!"
Sensation! Teachers glanced at
teachers, pupils fdgeted around in
alright, the principal looked solemn
and funereal If that old pin had
dropped every one would have heard
it. Then the janitor arose and STEP
ped forward to break the awful sill
ence. I'm afraid it's up to me, SIR"
he said. "The roof was leaking
mighty bad, an the boost of Mister
Washin'ton were in the drip, an l
thought proper to move it to keep the
rain from spilin' it, an / meant no in
soolt by turnin' his face to the wall.
SIR The principal. man of talent
and some brains, tapped the bell and
dismissed the school without further
questioning
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Death to UnmuzzIed Cattle.

Close to the frontier of Nepal is
the mountain of Sandook-Phu, which
means in the Thibetan language, "The
hill of the Poison plant" or aconite.
This plant is so abundant, and so
deadly in its effects, that all sheep and
cattle passing over the mountain are
muzzled by their drivers.
Curiously enough only those cattle
that are newly imported from the
plains are fatally affected. The natives
believe that the sheep of the district
learn to shun the youngest leaves,
which are the most virulent.
A more likely explanation is that
they grow habituated to the drug BIZ
taking it in small quantities.-Stray
Stories
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
GET OPTION on SECTION 30.
A. NJ. Chisholm and Edward Lynch, of
Duluth, Have String on Big Property.

A. NJ. Chisholm and Edward
Lynch of Duluth have taken an OPP
ton for lease of the section 80 iron
property near Ely, that was for so
many years in litigation, and which
has for years been regarded as one
of the greastest iron prospects in
Minnesota. The terms of the trans
action are not obtainable at present,
but the deal will be heavy one if
the option holders exercise their
right.
in connection with the section 80
matter One is that the Great
Northern will extend its line to the
Vermilion if the deal goes through.
It is learned that this report is
based on mere assumption. Mr..
Chisholm has long been quite
closely identified with the Great
Northern people in various bust
ness matters, and it is supposed
that this fact has led to the idea
with many that because he is likely
to be identified with Section 80 in
future he may be in this case. 1t is
learned from an authentic sCOurCe,
however, that Mr.. Chisholm and
Mr.. Lynch are moving entirely in
dependent of any interests other
than their own. Reports that the
Great Northern would invade the
Vermilion range have developed
from time to time for the past six
years, but nothing has ever come of
them.
Section 30 iron property has
history that reads like romance.
1t was in litigation for seventeen
years before Frank Eaton, Lon
Merritt, X. H. Pagan, of Duluth and
George Lonstorf of Milwaukee were
declared by the highest tribunal in
the land to be the owners. The
Clergues of Sault Ste. Marie then
secured an option for lease of the
DJt "CIC IdlcI ~
relinqnish it by reason of the tinan-
cial embarrassments that their
large enterprises experienced at the
Sault. The fee owners then gave
an option to the property to one Of
their own number, George Lonstorf
Of Milwaukee, and the development
work was continued uninterrupted
ly for about two years.
1t is understood from sources that
ought to be we'll informed that a
great deal of ore has been shown
up in Section 80. It is also true
that the fee owners have had many
offers for lease of the property. 1t
will be in strong hands if it goes to
Messrs. Chisholm and Lynch, and
it is expected that more will be
known about the transaction in the
course of a week or ten days.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
The Measure Owe.


Ihou plaguest me and TIL confess * - Z
could not love thee more-or less. m
Not more. since all my heart is filled
With thee; not less. since all unWilled
ny ny love goes out to thee; so till
cils more obedient to my will
Gr nave more heart. sweet Bess,
could not love thee more--or less.
TThough more Of love I might profess.
Inc one We're quite Impossible
SINCE an my heart of thee is full. D
Ana tl!l my heart, belize my hands
Obed1ent to my commands
VIII do my will, do confess
Not ever could love thee less.
So be content to know no stress
Of Efforts let me love thee less.
nor can my bursting heart learn how
10 love thee more than l do now,
How much love thee? Be content,
Ihat all my hopes in thee are blent.
And since thou plaguest, III confess:
l could not love thee more-or less
New York Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
An Accomplished DAUGHTER.

Mrs. B.-I suppose you find your
daughter very much improved by her
two years stay at college?
Mrs. Proudmother-La, yes! Mary
Elizabeth is carniyorous reader
now and she frequently impoverishes
music. But she isn't bit stuck up
she's unanimous to everybody, an
she never keeps q caller wa1tfn' for
her to dress; she just runs In nom
de plume, an you know that makes
one feel 70 Observation-Disclosures.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
In 0efenSe of Mar.

What! warfare can't be reconciled
With modern thought? Why, man, you're
wild.
Come back to reasoning and sense,
What's that? Wars such a great ex-
There is some truth in that, but stir,
% not the people foot the bill?
What for?~ TO see their emblem wave
Ger home OF free and land of grave
l should say brave; twas Just slip
OF tongue. ENHANCEMENT of lip.
What's that you say. sir? I'm surprised |!
You say Wars murder-organized."
Dear me! You mustn't let your brain
Go mad. Be logical! Be sane!
Come. come! You know as we'll as
That wars established. See? That's
It's right. You know it's backed up, too,
By lots of bigger men than YOU
What's that you say? "Thou shalt not
kill?
Oh. yes. I've heard Of that but, still,
That means-that doesn't mean the men
Who don't-er-don't come back again.
You catch my point? It's different
When quite lot Of them are meant.
-Lippincott's.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Courtesy.

A disagreeable child is likely to
grow up churl. It is about time now
that Americans began to cultivate the
"Give a boy dress and accomplish
ments and you give him the mastery
of palaces and fortunes wherever he
goes. He has not the trouble to earn
or own them. They solicit him to
enter and possess" Children depend
for their good manners upon the ex-
ample set by their parents. No policy
pays like politeness. Let two young
men apply for the same situation and
usually the better-mannered will get
the jOb-BostOn Post
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Nose Poked Into Other Businesses

Nose Poked Into Other Businesses.
The man with good olfactory or
gan can earn big pay outside the
dairy business. The whisky testers
rely upon the sense of smell more
than upon that Of taste to Judge goods
and some whisky smellers draw large
salaries. These men both smell and
taste in judging the goods. They pour
small amount of the liquor into a
glass, whirl the glass sharply and
sniff the vapor.
Alcoholic cordials, especially such
as creme de menthe, chartreuse and
absinthe, are tested almost entirely by
the sense of smell, and big buyers
would rather have the judgment of a
smeller than of the best chemist upon
the quality Of the goods.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Cheerfulness in the Home.

The gospel of happiness is one that
every woman should lay to heart
What it means to man to come
home at night to cheerful wife no
one but he who has had to fight the
hard battle of life knows. If he ts
prosperous it is an added JOY, but it
is in misfortune that it shines like a
star in the darkness. A complaining
wife can kill the last bit of hope and
courage in a sorely troubled heart.
while cheerful one gives new cour.
age to begin the fight over again.
Exchange.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Ills We Mioht Have.

A famous writer said: MAN in gen.
eral, or Gas it is expressed) on the
average, does not live above twoand-
twenty years; and during these two
snd-twenty years he is liable to two
and-twenty thousand evils, many of
which are incurable. Yet even in this
dreadful state, men will strut and
figure on the stage of life; they make
love at the hazard of destruction; and
intrigue. garry on war. and form pro.
jects, just as If they vat to live in
luxury and delight for 1 thousand
AGES
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
For Keeping House of III Fame.

Albert Fisher and his wife, Mary
Fisher, of Chisholm, were among
the number named in indictments
by the last grand jury. They were
taken to Duluth Monday, charged
with keeping a house. of i'll fame.
Still there are others, if reports be
true. Some are located at Duluth.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

"SHOULD Christians Smoke was
a subject recently discussed in the
London Methodist Conference. We
know some of them whom we con-
slider will be entitled to smoke un-
less they pay their honest debts
before being transferred to new
fields.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Convention at Mime
apOlis, MINI.

On account of the Universalist
General Convention at Minnea polls
to be held October 10 and q, the
Great Northern will sell tickets at
one and one third fares for the
round trip on the certificate plan.
See your local agent for particulars.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

A MAN may put all his property
in his wite's name, but he must
take care of his reputation himself.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Oliver Gets Smith Option.

According to advices from Ely,
Oliver Iron Mining company has
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

WANTED-Apprentice girls Mrs.
n. Vests millinery parlors, Union
Block. -. x1..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

FRED w. kUGLER, a member of the
board of county commissioners,
would have the grand jury system
abolished. Do not know as the fact
that Mr.. kugler has been the sub.
ject of consideration by several
grand jury bodies has aught to do
with his opinion in the matter, but
it is fair to presume it has. 1t is
hard to make a successful get ava y
with graft proposition when the
eye of the law is bent your way.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

NEWSPAPER advertising costs
you too much when you try it today
and stop it tomorrow. So would
clerks cost you too much, If you
hired them for day now and then.
Same with your delivery wagons.
The wheels of your business must
never stop; and the whole machin-
cry is out of gear unless the big
advertising wheel is always turn
ing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

THE total savings deposits in all
the savings banks in the world are
computed to be $lO,5OO,0OO,OOO, con-
tribnted by S2,640000 depositors.
The depositors in the United States
number 10000, with deposits Of
more than $3OOO,OOO,OOO. The Ameri-
cans, who number less than l per
cent of the people considered in the
Compution, have nearly one-third
of the savings.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

THE imported editor of the Eve
leth Star, who writes things on a
salary-or ratter attempts to write
things-has discovered that the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

RESIDENTS of Eveleth have been
given practical proof of the adage
that "vOu never miss the water It'll
the we'll runs dry" the big pump
furnishing the village water supply
from the Spruce shaft having been
put out of commission by series
of cave-ins at the mine. The new
waterworks system, connecting the
city with St. Mary's lake, will be in
readiness about October 1st.