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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Hydraulic Power.

The distribution of hydraulic power in
London is the biggest thing of its kind
in existence. 1t is not only unique i'll the
sense of being the largest distribution Of
power from central stations in any city
in the world, but it is, excluding smaller
insta llations in other cities, the only in
stance of a power distribution which fur
niShes exclusively a power supply. In
other systems. viz. gas. electricity and
steam. the main intention is to supply
light and heat, the supply of power be-
ing only subsidiary. Even the COM
pressed air supply in Paris. which is the
nearest in idea to the hydraulic supply
in London, is dependent largely upon its
lighting business.
Hydraulic power in London and other
cities is also interesting i'll another way
in so much that it depends not only ex-
clusivuy or mainly on the supply Of
power alone. but that the supply was
originally intended to serve, and is, in
fact, almost entirely used for one special
class of business, viz, that of lifting.
The lowest rate charged for hydraulic
power in London is Il. Cd. per 1000
gallons. The pressure is 15O pounds per
square INCH: so that each 1000 gallons
contains S.73S horsepower hours Of Ell
fore, equivalent to, say, I'd. per horse
draulic plants, pumping 2O.OOO.OOO or
more gallons per quarter. which are
capable of pumping at this cost. if to the
actual pumping expenses are added the
interest and depreciation on the capital
value of the plant, and the value of the
space occupied by it.-Cassiers Muga-
zine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Why the French Modistes Excel Those Of
All Other Nations. !: =

Without question the French people
are the best dresslnakers in the world
Not because they are b.: nature any
more capable Or smarter than American
women. but because they make study
'of their profession. materials and style,
and, above all, they study each indi-
yidual customer, at the same time taking
as much pains with the fitting, design
ing and making of inexpensive materials
as with fabrics Of greater value. Tie
American dressnaker can by study, aud
Iy study alone. attain that high point
Of perfection in her art to which the
French have risen. But she must cult
vote originality. individuality, and en-
courage the t:rfatiye faculties which
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

Laurence Hutton is contributing 70 ST.
Nicholas a series of "reminiscences of his
boyhood in New York, under the title of
"a Boy Knew" In the January St.
Nicholas he has the following:
The Boys earliest attempts at versif-
cation were found. the other day, in an
old desk, and at the end of almost half
century. The copy is in his own boy
ish. ill-spelled print; and it bears no date,
The present owner, his Aunt Henrietta,
well remembers the circumstances and
the occasion, however, having been an
active agent in the acts the poems de-
scribe, although she AYERS that she had
no hand in it's composition. The original
it seems, was transcribed by The Boy
upon the cover Of a soap box, which
served as Il hcadstonc to one Of the
graves in his pets burying ground, stu
ated in the back yard of the Hudson
street house, from which he was taken
before he was years Of age. The
monument stood against the fence. and
this is the legend it bOre-rhyme. rhythm,
meter and photography being carefully
preserved:
Three little kittens Of our old cat
Were berrid this day in this
grassplat,
They came to there deth in
Al, old water pale,
And after losing their broth
They were pulled out by
the tale
These three little kitins have
returned to their maker,
And were put In the grave by
the Boy.
Undertaken.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

his bottle from being rcfillcd by others
and sold again in the original form. \
patent has been granted for this inven-
ton to a physician of Rodney, Miss.
Fig. / is a view i'll section and Fig. 3
is side view of the cap applied to a
bottle head, Fig. ? showing the two parts
of the cap before it is applied. The
cap is made in two similar parts, each
having a fiat circular top plate, a pendant
semi-circular body portion, and jaws or
clasps formed OH narrow downward
extension of the body.
The cap is made of some easily breaka
bic but not readily melted material, and
when applied to a bottle head the fiat
circular top plates overlap each other and
lie above the cork. the jaws or clasps en-
bracing the bottle neck just below the
head. In order to secure the parts to-
gether upon bottle. one of the parts
is made with downwardly extending
thin spring plate. or catch, on
the under side of the top plate,
adapted to engage a cut-out por-
ton of bar on the under side
of the other top plate, by which the
parts are locked together automatically
OH a bottle.
This lock is wholly inaccessible from
the outside making it impossible to re-
move the cork without breaking the cap,
and rendering it unfit for further use.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
A NOn.RefiIlaDIC Bottle,

\ cap designed to be readily placed
upon filled bottle, retaining the cork in
such manner that the latter cannot he
removed without breaking the cap. is
shown in the accompanying illustration,
the improvement ena bing the manufac-
turcr of liquor or beverage to protect
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

At least one large firm manufacturing
dynamos and motors is at work upon a
motor that will run ut a speed of 10000
revolutions a minute. This motor. if it
can be successfully constructed, will be
used by tho United States government on
men-of-war TO start the proprl!ing ma
chinery of Howell torpc,lnrs just before
they are fired from their tubes. This
torpedo is propelled by the energy stored
in IL small fly wheel inside Of it. made to-
revolvc at Il speed of 10000 revolutions,
and ut present il steam turbine is the on
~ motor Of simple form that is ayaila BIKE
to rotate the fly wheel at that speed
American Eucinccr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
HOG BECOMES A FLAMING TORCH.
Farmer Pours Oil on Porker and Loses
HIS House and Barn.

Farmer PouTs Oil on Porker and Loses
HIS House and Barn.
\ peculiar accident occurred near Ad-
olson. Webster county, W. Va. James
Mistret. Il farmer. had 4 fine hog which
was afflicted with lice. He decided to
apply kerosene oil to kill the lice. 1t
was after dark when the idea came to
him. and he took cup of oil and went
to the pen, carrying a torch for light
He poured the oil over the hog. having
set the torch on the ground near by
The oil irritated the hog. and it started
to ruiz. Almost the first step brought
the animal in contact with the torch
and the oil was ablaze in a minute. and
the hog ran into a stable near by, set
ting everything on fire as it went From
the stable the hog ran squealing to Mis-
tret'S house, and before the door could
be closed it was inside the kitchen. The
house was set on fire. and both the barn
and house were burned to the ground
the hog being cremated in the former
Special Dispatch to the Globe-Democrat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
He Didn't Forget,

The wife Of a well-known merchant of
this city, who resides in Germantown,
adopted a novel method the other day Of
making sure that her husband would not
forget to transact some business for her
while in the City: She gave him a letter
home, begging him not to open it until he
reached his office. Arriving at his office,
he opened the letter and read: II am
forced to tell you something that I know
will trouble you, but it is my duty to do
SO, am determined that you shall
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

know it. let the result lie what it may.
! have known for n week that it was
coming. but kept it to myself until today,
when it has reached a crisis, and / can
not keep the secret any longer. You
must not cersure me too larshly. for YOU
must reap the result as we'll as myself
| do hope it won't crush you" The cold
perSpiration covered his forehead with the
fear of some approaching calamity He
turned the page, his hair slowly rising.
and continued: THE coal has all been
consumed! Please call and order some to
be sent home this afternoon. | thought
by this plan you would not forget it,"
And he didn' t-philadelp Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
BRAVE ACT OF AN INDIANA BABY.

Three-Year Old Boy Braves the Storm t.,
Secure Assistance.
Mrs. Cora Fortncr Of Sharpsvillc. Ind.
turned Il kettle Of boiling water on her
self. frghtfully scaldiny her face and
body.
30 one was in the house except Mrs
Fortncr and her :'-ycarold son, the latter
being in his crib.
With remarkable bravery the little tot
rushed out into the darkness and storm
to the home Of his grandparents. several
squares away, aud returned with help.
Mrs. Fortrer is in a precarious condi-
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

The coachman who drives the Queen
at Windsor. Balmoral and Osborne. and
who likewise accompanies her to the con-
been long, in the service and is a
great favoritc. The Queen greets him
always with friendly good day
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

Womanly Intuition-'I don't know"
cried the excited feminine voice in the
darkness, whether you are my husband
or a burglar. hut I'm going to be on the
safe side and shoot, IL london Figaro. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
The Larrest Roller Plata

The largest steam boiler plate in the
world was recently turned out ut the
Krupp works, i'll Essen, Germany. Its
dimensions are as follows: Length. 30
feet width. II feet; thickness. III inches;
surface. 429 square feet. and weight, 81
600 pounds. Compared with this gigantic
steel plate the one recently rolled by the
Stockton Malleable Iron company of Eng
land sinks into insigniticance. This plate,
which was announced by the makers as
the largest ever turned out in England.
measures: Length, a feet: width 5
feet; thickness. p inch. It's surface
measures nearly $40 square feet, and it
weighs 12.30O pounds.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
A Dainty AccOmD1iShme mt.

When we observe the reverence and
tenderness with which a relative-per-
haps daughter-keeps a piece of needle
work given to her by mother or aunt,
we realize that it pays to learn. the art,
and leave a souvenir to our dear ones.
work. household everyday duties. 1t is
fascinating and We learn to love it, and
it becomes pleasure. we look forward
to it with delight The flowers blossom
and bloom under our fingers. 1t will
pay to take a few lessons, to learn the
modern stitches, and how to shade.
Another very important lesson to
learn is how to launder them properly.
After learning to put in the delicate
shades, don't let a careless washer
woman wash them out, but launder
bowl, getting it full of hot rain water
and making lather of white soap. Rub
them cut quickly, then rinse, and iron
on the wrong side with hot irons while
damp. The result will be perfect pieces.
These delicate linen pieces stamped for
table use are particularly eXquisite-sea-
green fern leaves for the middle of the
table to set the cutglass flower bowl
upon: sprays Of sweet briar white roses
are lovely-pure white are the most
chaste, and purelooking for the table
and launder best.
In the long summer days have a piece
when. company drops in, or when spend
ing theday with friend in the coun.
try; every stitch will help along, and
You will soon be surprised to find your
self with~-a handsome table ornament
that YOU perhaps would not be able to
buy, and which money could not pur-
chase from you.-Good Housekeeping.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Returned Wedding Gifts.

Considerable tribulation reigns in many
parts of Italy, and hundreds of worthy
persons ore quite cast down because the
wedding gifts sent by them to the Crown
Prince and Princess have been re
turned with thanks There is no deny
ing that most of these were sent with the
best intentions, and were intended to
prove the Widespread interest in the
young pair. But, on the other hand,
there is usually SO much self-seeking
mixed up III this kind of Offering as a rule
and royalty has to protect itself without oi
being able to regard the feelings of those
presents. Three enormous store rooms at
the Quirinal were filled to OVERLOOKING
with Il motley collection of articles, from
costly diamonds down to knitted comfort
ers, and such perisnable commodities as
flowers. eggs, cakes and no one knows
what else besides. Numbers of the dis
interested donors enclosed congratula-
tory letters strongly resembling begging
epistles. - :. =,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

The Suit Lake Tribune states that
French capitalists have taken an option
on 375,OOO out of total of 100000
shares in the Mammoth mine at IS per
share This gives the mine a valuation
of So, OOO, 900, -. ~ :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Bed ON Oceans.

What becomes of shi, that sinks in
md-ocean: If j. is of wood, it takes,
in the first place. considerable time for it
to reach the bottom. In 100 or more
fathoms of water Il quarter of an hour
will clapsc before the ship reaches bot
tom. It sinks slowly. and when the bot
tom is reached it falls gently into the
soft. oozy bed, with no crash or break
Ing.
Of course. if it is laden with pig iron
or corresponding substances, or it it IS
an iron ship, it sinks rapidly. and some
times strikes the bottom with such force
as to smash in pieces. Once sunken,
ship becomes the prey of the countless
inhabitants of the ocean.
They swarm over and through the
great boat and make it their home. Be
sides this, they cover every inch of the
boat with thick layer OF: lime. rms
takes time, of course; and when one
generation dies another continues the
work, until finally the ship is laden with
heavy incrrstations, cOrals, spOngcs and
barnaclcs, that if wood. the creaking
timbers fall apart, and slowly but sire
" ale absorbed in the waste ut the sea
bCttm.
. Iron vessels are demolished more
quickly than those Of wood, which may
last TOR centuries. The only metals that
withstand the chemical action of the
waves are gold and platinum, and glass
also seems unaffected. Ne matter now
long gold may be hidden in the ocean,
it viii always be gold when recovered,
and this fact explains the many romantic
and adventurous searches after hidden
submarine treasures lost in shipwrecks.
49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

which is pronounced trotslla, with the ac-
cent OIL the first syllable, it may be stated
that originally it denotes a fcotpath,
pathway, or, sometimes, Il short cut. Dur
ing the present Cuban unpleasantncss its
signitication has been applied to a forti-
fed high road.
In approaching the 'trocha,' the first
impairment encountered consists OF a
barbetl wire fence. three and a half feet
ia height. Behind this arc the posts of
the sentinels, made of palmetto leaves.
Forty yards back of these extends a
ditch, three feet deep and four wide.
This is protected by rampant of trunks
of palmetto trees. About another forty
yards beyond this obstruction the bar
racks Of the soldiers are erected of logs
and other building material, and covered
with roofs of straw.
The wall of stone and earth runs ali
along the roadway. Trees standing near
it are assembled by winding stairs and af-
ford places of observation over wide cx~
tent of territory. The military stations
are never separated by a larger distance
than that of half il mile.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05

*. Benson Of Silverton, owner CT the
Terrible mine ut San Bernardo. Col. has
Il force of men at work on the Butterfly
and Buckeye. and good mineral. some of
which is worth $40 pound is being
taken ont
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-05
Tho Tr0clla.

The word trocha, says the Baltimore
Sun. is OF such frequent occurrence IN dis
patches and news from Havana that it
seems likely i'll time to become incorporat-
cd into the English speech An. explains
ton having been asked Of the term,
Arizona republican., 1897-10-31
THE GRAND CANON.

The Grand Canon Stage company of Flagstaff is now prepared to handle any number of passengers for the Grand Canon. Hundreds of visitors will no doubt make this trip this sum- mer. For all visitors who are now in Arizona, we can only say that to return home without visiting this grandest of all pieces of Gods handiwork would be an act that they would always regret. The scenery cannot be surpassed in any part of the world-grand- sublime, awe-inspiring- well worth trip across the continent to visit. Do not miss it.
 Parties holding return tickets east with stop-over privileges en route, should by all means visit the Grand Canon from Flagstaff, upon their re- turn.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-31
CANADIANS AT DYEA.

The British boat Quadra, Captain Walbran, is now at Dyea where a party was landed consisting of Hon. Clifford Sifton, minister of the inter for, Major Walsh, Yukon administra- tor; Judge F. c. Wade, mining record CT for the district and commissioner of mines; William Ogilvie, D. L. S.; Commissioner King of the boundary survey, about a dozen mounted po- lice, and eighty dogs.
 MT. SiftOn proposes to make the journey over the Chilcoot pass and on to Tagish lake and from there return via Skaguay trail, so that from his personal experience he will be able to advise his colleagues in the cabinet on questions which arise with reference to these points.
 Major Walsh will proceed on down the river to the field of his labors. MT. Sifton on his return will be ac- companied by Messrs. Ogilvie and King. The Quadra will await the re- turn of the part at Skaguay and will proceed to Juneau on their arrival.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-31
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

A. H. GriffithS, the art director of the coming Trans-Mississippi expo sitiOn, reports that the museums of Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Cleve- land and Cincinnati have promised to lend some of their most valuable and desirable works to the exposition.
 Cardinal Vaughan of Westminster, Catholic primaae of England, is mak- ing a short visit to Paris, after hay ing taken part in the services of Can terbury. At the request of Cardinal Richard, he presided at the inaugura- tion of new brotherhood, founded by order of the pope, with the object of promoting the reunion of the Gal lican and Roman churches, a project dear to the pope's heart.
 Samuel Chester Reid, who has just died in Washington, was for many years the promoter of the General Armstrong claim against the govern ment. The Armstrong was a priva- teer long owned and commanded in the war of 1812-'14 by his father, who made himself immortal in naval an- nals by his remarkable fight against two or three British cruisers at Fayal in 1874. Mr. Reid served in the Mex 1Cdu War, was d pIdCllCluS lawyer III Mississippi and Louisiana, and during the civil war he served as war cor respondent on the Confederate side for a number of southern newspapers. He was the author of several volumes on war and legal subjects.
 Bishop John F. Newman (Metho- dist) has returned to Saratoga Springs from his extended trip across the continent. Since he left, the latter part of the summer, he has travelled more than seven thousand miles, and has presided over five conferences of the Methodist church. Beginning Oc- tober 27, he attended an Episcopal conference of eighteen bishops of the church held at Baltimore.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-31

The death of George M. Pullman re- calls a story told about his adventure with Abraham Lincoln. In the early days of sleeping cars two men slept in one berth. One day tall, lanky man engaged a berth from Pullman. Pullman handed him the check and said: ''I shall sell the other check to that berth to another, man, of course" The lanky man wound him self up to his full height; then un- wound himself again. "Young man." he said, ''the person who can get into one of your berths when I am wound up in it is welcome to the ac commodation." The man was Ab- a. ham Lincoln.
 Three of the eight surviving sold iers of the war of 1872 now on the pension rolls of the government are over one hundred years of age. They are Hosea Brown of Grants Pass, Ore, 105 years old; Elijah Glenn of Newark, N. J., and Eleazar Smith of Danbury, N. H., each 101 years old.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-31

Dawson, over the Dalton trail. The various parties who have reached town via that trail have met him and they reported that he was mak- ng fair progress.
 It appears that after prooc eding for eighteen days the mortality amongst the horses (of which there were one hundred) became 50 great that consultation was held; the re- suit was that the strongest and best conditioned ones were loaded with supplies and sent on to make a rush for the river before the ice closes it. Upon these horses reaching a point where their loads can be taken down the river the party left in the Yukon depends for winter supplies. Young ThOrp came out for the express pur- pose of replenishing the larder.
 After sending on the Yukon party Willis Thorp turned back with the cattle and ten days provisions and in seven days arrived safely at Chil cat, with the eighty head of cattle but with the loss of thirty horses.
 MT. Thorp says that day after day a horse would die of cold, and be left where it fell, together with its valuable load Of provisions This con- tinued until thirty had succumbed to the inclemency of the weather, and it was regarded as prudsnt to abandon the project of taking the cattle in.
 MT. Thorp relates that as he sat at the ,camp fire and turned his face away from the heat to look at the stock, ice would form on his beard The weather was intensely cold. Speaking of the return trip, he said that he led the way and picked out the trail by following the line of dead horses, discarded harness, sad dies, and provisions, which he said made his heart ache, having to aban- don such valuable articles in a coun try like that to the wolves He left on Friday morning for Dyea. What he will do with the cattle he has not yet determined.
 The non-a arrival of these cattle at Dawson will shorten the food supply by so much.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-31

If you have a mine to sell, or to bond. or if you know of a desirable mining property that is for sale, please write to or call upon the min ing editor of the Arizona Republican.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-31

A Good Grist of Mining Notes Gath
 cred in the Gila Valley.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-31
THE METAL MARKET.

New York, Oct. 30-Silver certifi- cates, 5S1a@ @6O; bar silver, 581a; Mexi- can dollars, 45.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-31
THORP PARTY FAILS.

Winter Overtakes Them and Compels
 Them to Turn Back.
 Juneau, Oct. 25.-Willis Thorp ar rived in town on Monday night, much to the surprise of his friends. He was supposed to be far on his way to