The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05


Shisticc to :. the vitality 6f the system
that its effects cannot be entirely elm
mated even by total abstinence. hut viii
remain in the system, I,i0fe OF less. MAX
ing less able to resist attacks Sf rIiet,-
matlsiii; diphtherih; pieiimonia OF 5tiier
dangerous: diseases.-"The Crime of
Liquor Selling In Demorest's Magazine.
-. womsn In FfansS.
We,bfn aEe ths. str9hRet iii, we'll as liz
better half ,of. France. I,hey do every
thlns but build ho'ises. The best inspec-
tor in the French, ciistomrhonse il d WON
an. She is in the Haxre Office. and she
has a. Iosd that can detect fdutiable goods
without opening lock. She is naturally
amIable and slow TO anger. but woe to the
foreigner or countryman who provokes her
ire. There il no sadder spectacle in the
republic Of France than the woman shoe
pollshers, who dOze under the sheds of
the markets and quay, one eye shut and
the other fixed on the bootbox over the
way. patiently waiting for trade. They
unwomanly work: At Theirs, the black
est town in France, the women sit out
side of the grimy little machine ships
mating Scissor blades and polishing knife
and scissor handles The stream that
turns the 10000 little mill wheels il black
or than the Chicago river. diiti, as the
furnaces NEVER ,bhfn without beIehing,
the toilers and theif davuted lifelong aIe
prentices are sometimes Malay and SOME
times Monaghan, but seldom Caisa.sian
in color. Not long ago a aol,egs w6fiian
went down to Theirs 10 teach school for
the winter. The promise Of eighty pupils
was temptation. but on reaching the
colony of sOot-begrimed and snl0ke-stained
smithies she found that the position paid
s. a month anti the teacher Was expected
to furnish the fuel for the winter.
The Art of breathing.
1t is perhaps one Of the sigiis 5f tie
times to those Hlrrt faF indications that
the art Of breathing has become more
and more a, subject Of attention Oc,i-
lists as we'll as physioiogists 10 deeply
into its study in way hardly to be
touched upon here. Physicians have
cured aggravated cases bf its3innia by
long-draw.h regular bfeaths. fever strick-
en- patients have. been auieted, stubborn
forms of Indigestion made to disappear
\ tendency to CONSUMPTION may be en-
tlrely overcome, as some authority has
within the last few years clearly demon
strated, by exercises in breathing. Sea-
the victim of hypnotic influence taught
to withstand the force Of any energy
directed against him.
There is. famous physician of Mn
Mich, who has written an extensive work
upon the subject, of breathing. He has.
besides, formulated system By which
asthmatic patients are made to walk
without losing breath, while sufferers
from weaknesses of the heart are cured.
At Meran. in the Austrian Tyrol, his
patients almost every royal house of
Enr0nc IS A.
a certain system of breathing and walk
ing. The mountain paths are all marked
Off with stakes of different colors. each
indicating the number of minutes in
which patient must walk the given dis
lance. the breathing and walking being
in time together. AS the cure progresses
the ascents are made sleeper and steeper.
-Harpers Bazaar
Royalty's Old Clothes.
When Queen Victoria was in the hey-
DAY OF her married life and present at all
great functions she was remarkable for
her exceedingly loud taste in dress. az
certain Of her daughters are at present
Brilliant pinks. blues and mageritas, the
most gorgeous of colored brocaties. and
the gay combinations of vivid Scotch
tartan. deli GIFTED her majesty.
One evening the Queen and the Prince
Consort, who frequently visited the mar
row streets and slums of Windsor quite
alone, happened to walk along a mean
thOrOughfare. and outside A secondhand
shop hung a brilliant blue ball dress gar
landed with battered roses and a gay Vie
torla tartan gown trimmed with green
velvet. 1t did not require the ticket
which was ostentatiously fastened on
them to tell both the Queen and the
Prince Consort from whose wardrobe
they had come.
stern ukase was issued to the dress
ers and wardrobe maids, to whom the
Queens cast-of garments were Der
qulslte, that these should never be sold
in Windsor or anywhere else as having
been worn by the Queen. This regulation
holds good still. though the somber gar
ments of today would not attract the
same notice as the gay garments of tht
Dast.-Woman.
Uses of Cheese Cloth.
The popularity of cheese cloth as q
household article Increases rather than d.
From trimming windows, toilet stands
and in bag form for holding soiIed linen,
it stretches itself upon milady's Ian rs
IN apron. while she works the delicate
dolly for her cutglass hngerbowI, or she
may be polishing those very bits of glass
to mirror brilliancy with a coarspr quail
ty. or rubbing silver, drying china. clean,
ing brasses. wipiny floors. washing win.
dows, shining bronzes. busting bric-a-brac
and so on through the list.
For use in the kitchen. one progressive
housekeeper declares it has removed a life
long hurden-the always-greasy dishcloth
Grease is quickly routed by this beneficpn-
material. little hot water and soar
sends it out of its fibers with CELEBRITY
1t is used for dish towels. scrubcIothS
busters, stTainers. coffee bags. and even
tea bags, when the tea bali is out of order
or has not yet put in appearance among
the family silver.
Little bags, with thread run in to
draw up and wind around the neck. are a
substitute for the tea ball, and make q
clearly method of making tea
In the dining room we find daintily-de
signed doilies for bread or cakeplate oI
finger bowl. worked from the finest quail
ty drawn thread carried so far as to form
Il mere cobweb.
Sash curtains. no less than Ioncp,
'lrapery, prove how small expenditure
may he put to good and durable purpose
Very fine and smooth cheese cloth. with
out the familiar black speck. can be paint
Ell in water color. large flowers. conven
tionaliZed. being easily accomplished by
stretching the stuff over frame without
a back and painting in air, 50 tn speak
Cabinetma kerS Use it entirely To oil fur
niture. providing three cloths in every
sct-one to- rub on the oil. one to rub il
off and a third for polishing purposes
For baby's face il is soft. and for towels
and squares it is recommended especially
The capacity to hold water makes chrps,
cloth or cotton material less irritating to
chatting skins than linen.
One dainty little invalid. unable to pur>
chase fine camhrics for her nightrohes
al; har h..y
half dozen of as pretty ef,rcSc-cl"th
gowns. trimmed in lace and ribbons. as
ever one, would wish to possess She also
makes her dressing gown Of eelorrd
cheese cloth-New York Times
The Castor OIL Plant i'm Florida.
Experiments on a considerable scale
were made last year i'm Orange county
Fla. in cultivating castor beans as com.
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