The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-24
Where the Virgin Mary Lived.

ht interesting news mas JUST fout
from Europe that some time since |,
party of antiquarians digging over the
ruins Of the ancient city of EpheSus. i'll
Asia Minor. came across the house i'll
which the Virgin Mary lived after she
had left Jerusalem and before she went
to Mount Zion, where she died.
1t was well known that the Virgin had
spent some years of her life in EpheSus
and the ambition of antigua rians has
been to find the habita ton She occupied
The announcement has been made sew
eral times that the place had been found
but careful inveStiga ton proved to the
| satisfaction of the Vatican that there
was no foundation for these announce
ments-tbat the antiquarian> i'll their
overzeal had made mistakes.
But the ha bltatlon just unearthed at
Ephesus must hereafter be regarded as
the one the Virgin occupied, for the
Vatican has officially declared it was
has put the seal of it's approval. SO adj
vices to hand state. on the announce
ment that the crumbing walls of the
dwelling found i'll the ruins of ancient
EphesuS once sheltered the mother of
the Redeemer. This approval was not
given hurriedly. but only after most con-
elusive evidence had been submitted to
the Pope. that there could be lro mistake
about the matter.-New York Recorder
A Relic Astray.
When Napoleon l.. at the height of his
fame, gave to the mother of his newly
born son a magnificent token of his re.
gard, little did he dream that the latter
part of the Nineteenth century would
find the gift the property Of an unappre-
ciativc New York pawnbroker. The gift
was solid gold porte-monnaie, inlaid
with diamonds and green and white
al 80. rJ1 Il, l.: IL
| ness. three inches wide and four inches
long. On the top is convexed lid about
tho size of IL quarter of a dollar, which
opens by Il spring and reveals plain
field of gold in the center of which is /;
small watch scarcely larger than 3
cent piece. which st11 registers the time
as it did to Queen Louise.
Another spring opens the porte -monnait
lengthwise. showing Il blue silk purse of
ing indication of a great age. is neithe,
worn nor torn. The inscription on the
watch reads, "Chaux de- Ponds, Suisse. -
1t is said that an Austrian soldier
brought it to America soon after the
battle of Waterloo. and after passing
through various hands it found it's way
into a Bowery pawnshop. where four
years ago it was sold to Patrick Mulvi-
hill of ISL Bowery.-New York Recorder.
The Wheel and Domestic Felicity.
Another influence of the wheel tina:
has not been prominently brought for
ward is its bearing upon domestic frlic-
ity. Wives and husbands. notably those
who have reached the early forties and
beyond, have found Il bond of compall-
ionship in the bicycle that is as strong
as it is Oftentimes unconscious. The adj
vent of children and the entertainments
of business cares are two elements Of life
that slowly force man and wife apart
to greater or less extent. till. after
twenty years of matrimony, it not infre-
quently happens that without any jar
or conscious estrangement the two are
spending most of their time in separa te
pursuits. Into this breach the wheel has
Slipped with Il magnetic power. A com
mon enthusiasm for the steel stcc,l
brings them together in interest, their
daily spins in company make them
amusement sharers, and the silver we'd
to the golden one, if they are spared to
see it, with their lives happily welded.
To the closely united couples. too, the
wheel has to come. Said a wife recent
ly. Il woman whose oldest son has voted
twice: II am going to learn to ride Il
wheel this summer while l am out of
town. My husband the most cons"rva-
tive of men. has resisted the craz. till
now. but he is about to take it up. and
| furesec dire results if l do not also.
In all our married life. despite various
cares and anXieties. it has been our habit
to take little outings together-sonlc.
times only day, sometimes week or
Il month. as it happened, but always to-
gcther, walking. driving, or sailing Now.
if he rides II bicycle and do not. il will
mean separation on these. expeditions.
From now OH we need each other more
than ever. for our sons and daughters
are nearly ready to go out into the
world. So, though the children smile
at the idea of mamma on Il Wheel there
is where she is going to be-