The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-28

the earth, drives, by the arlor Of its
heat, the damned against the vault, and
k this ACTS, upon, the globe ia astlog inclose.le
sin a wheel turns it|by his niotion."
h. In the eyes of the rest of Scotland
E.linburgh folk up tin now appear to-
nave been rather* strict Sabbatarians.
!'ramWays and buses do not run on Sun
days, cyclists seem as yet to be shame
faced about riding on that day, and us if
te"geta beyond ohserva ton as soon as pos-@
sihte they 50 at rather a scorching rate
through the streets.
- The commissioncr-genera of the
Paris Exposition has signed IL contract
with the French railway companies
whereby goods Intended rs exhibits will
ton Of - per cent. OH existing general
and special rates. \ reduction Offs Tier
cent. will be allowed ON these rates FOR
the fttNrn tranSnOrta ton. II 20
,-Something valuable shas appeared in
the way Of a w-time spooH.s#s There
is convenience attached to it. On Its han,
ale! is a dial about the size of 5a quarter
hers after the fashion of the clock face
There is IL little INDICATOR in the center.
which may be turned at will to show
when the next food Of medicine is to be
administered J
London is full Of mysteries, but it is
a surprising thing to find that It. is possi-
bic for Il woman to keeps12O dead cats in
among ueighhors. Yet this is what has
been discovered ut Clerkrnwell. \ work.
man accidentally broke into the family
vault OF cats, and then the neighbors re-
membered that their tabbies had strange~
ly disappeared. Il
according to a correspondent of
London paper there is as much whipping
in the girls schools as in the boys
schools, but the. girls make no fuss about
they deserve their punishment. SO they
4ta ke it with Il good grace, dry their eyes
and smooth their curlS and don't let any,
one know. not even their parents, that
they have had taste of the rod -
THE oldeSt-iuhahited house in Eng,
land stands close to the river Yer. and
about 30 yards from st. Adams abbey.
t was built in the time of king Offa Of
Mercia. about the year 1!,5, and thus is
over 100 years old. 1t is of octagonal
shape. the upper portion being of oak,
and the lower. has walls of great Thick
ness. AT one time it was fortified and
bore the name of ST. Germans gate. 90
There is 4 Washington woman who is
turning her skill in making excellent
blackberry cordial into Il paying business.
This cordial is needed in large quantities
by the physicians of the eight camps and
stationary hospitals which are LOOKED, aft
or by the District of Columbia Red Cross
committee, and the committee has made a
liberal contract With this rnterpriSing
woman to keel it supplied with the
amount of cordial needed -
A party OF Portland ,Mel men on
Burying island last week unearthed
number Of Indian relies. Among other:
cnrios they secured il hone sewing needle
formerlys used Blythe children of the,
forest to- sew their 2mocc,sinS. hreethes,
girdles and other wearing apparel This
lis an uniquely shaped bone about five
inches long, with netches cut on one end
to which the threads of rawhile were at
tached when sewing. Large tuSkS of wal
rus ivory We're also found.
"A shrapnel is one: of the most deadly.
weapons of warfare the world has ever
known. 1t consists of hollow cylinder
of iron having an oval-pointed end sep,
aratrly attarheh-the pointed end secur-s
ing Il less resistance to flight and Steadi-
ness. Down the center of the shell is
Il small tni". open at the pointed end and
communicating with a charge of powder
at the base. The body Of the cylinder is
filled with bullets. numbering, in some
instances, upward of 500.
The newspapers of Porto Rico con-
tain standing injunctions in large type
to the United States, soldiers not to eat
fruit. but the warming falls upon inlif-
terrnt ears. The temptation is too
strong. lieut. Roger Wells of the Wasp
tells about one of the sailors on that
ship coming aboard after days liberty
in Porto Rico with Il terrible case Of;
cramps, which was followed by tlySen-.
terry. After Il good deal of close uues-
t:onjng it was discovered that the man
had been wandering about Ponce all day
in the sun. and then, while sitting on
the dock. waiting for chance to 70
abb ard his ship, had eaten FIVE cool, de-
lici"uS alligator pears