The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-18
"DoN'T RAISE YOUR EBENEzER. -
Where the Phrase Origjnated-Can Any
one Answer the Inquiry?

one Answer the Inquiry?
G. Nee. w. asks: what is the origin
of the phrase Don't raise your Ebencz-
err meaning don't get mad:' We admit
frankly that we do not know. although
the phrase is Il familiar one. Farmers
note. i'll which he says: ITO raise ones
EbeneZer is to put oneself in evidence.
i'll Biblical parlance. to set ones light
Oh the top of hill. and not to hide it
under buShel.' is grotesquely false
In English slang "Ebenezer' is ii stroke
at fives, when the ball hits "line" at
such an angle as to rise perpendicuIarly
into the air. In Hebrew "Ebenezer
means the stone of help. and such 9
stone was set mp by Samuel after II
signal defeat of the Philistines. as u
memorial of the help received on the o.
casion from Jehovah. He called the
name of il Ebenrzer. saying. Hilbert,
hath Jehovah helped us" but JoseDhuS
says it was erected to mark the limit of
the victory. Hence the well-known line.
in Robinson's hymn:
Here raise my Ebenezer.
Hitler by thy help I'll come
''EbenrZer is occasionally adopted il
England by AIetho,iists BaDtiStS. etc..
as the name of Il particular meeting
house. and it is sometimes used con
ttmptuOuSy as /: synonym for dissent
ing-chapcl. We should be glad if any
body can answer G.. McC. VS. question,
Boston Journal.
Facts About Shoes.
TIL" Portuguese shoe has Il wooden
sole and heel. with Il vamp made of pat
ept leather. fancifnlly showing the flesh
side of the skin. The Persian footgea,
is 4 raised shoe and is often a foot high
1t is made of light wood richly inlaid
with Il strap extending over the inStcp
The Muscovite shoe il; hantl-woven on ?
wooden frame. and but littl" attention Is
paid to the shape of the foot Leather
is sometimes used. but the sandal is
generally made Of silk cortage and wool
ell cloth. The Siam shoe has the form
of an ancient canoe with gondola bow
and an open toe. The sole is made of
wood. and the upper of inlaid wood and
cloth. and the exterior is deliberately
nrnamented in colors with gold and sill
YER. The sandal Worn by the Egyptians
is composed of Il sole made by sticking
together three thicknesses of leather
This is held to the foot by passing Il band
fully stitched with threads of different
cOlors.
Rail Melted by Electricity.
contemporary states that rail was
melted by an electric current few
neehS dSo vi Il pitttc SlIueI ulluSp carr.
ing the New York. New Haven an,!
Hartford railroad over Mount Hope
street, in North Attleboro. Mass Al
electric railway passes under the bridge.
but the Roadway is so limited that thu,
trolley Wire is not carried under. hui
has it's ends anchored by three gu!
wires to the plate Orders. the car run
ming under the bridge by it's own i'm
petus. Each guy Wire has Il glass in
Sulat but one Of these was broken.
and the current leaked along the Wire
to the girder and along one of the cross
Orders. the top of which was only about
three quarters of All inch below the base
of the rail. Rain and an accumulat io,.
of cinders facilitated the formation of
an arc. and the rail base was melted
away until in one place it was only y:
inches wide The corrosion was dis
covered before the passage of the morn
ing train. or !: serious derailment might
have occurred.