The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-15
MAP MADE OF PRECIOUS STONES
Costly and Unique Gift Which the Car
Presented to Loubet

Presented to Loubet.
NJ. Loubet looked as he felt-pleased.
but hardly proud. He had before him
the prospect of receiving next dav at
the kremin palace. at the exhibition. the
| cStiltSt toy ever given by the head of
| one state to another-I mean the Russian
map OF France in rare Siberian Stunes
| 1t was ordered by the Gar three years
ago for FaHre. Loubet reapS her, again,
but he only accepts the gift for the state.
Ibis Russian map ought to hang, not in
DIES rlbcd in the Apocalypse. The list of
gems making the second and third rate
| towns seems borrowed from that of The,
foundation stones given by the Seer of
l'atmOS. There was no diamond in the
New Jerusalem; there is IL very large one
larger than MaZar.n diamond-in the
| map. 1t represents Paris Was not this
a sweet compliment to the brilliant cant
| tal-la Vile Lumicre?
| Each department is figured by il Jasper
| Of il peculiar hue. and the department of
| the Seine by Il p:nkish one that can no
| longer he found in the market The big
diamond is not anything like so precious
as the pink jasper surrounding it. Rich
and rare gems stand for all the towns of
| Importance, and are set in gold. The
| whole tn ng-a yard suuare-has a Gu
r!ouS cloiSS0ne appearance. | hear that
the Grand Duchess Helena, ss.e:-;n-law
| Of Nicholas l.. gave Il similar map to the
! Czarowltz Nicholas. uncle of the present
Car. But it was of Finland only. Sap
phires represent the lakes.
However. it was not to be compared in
workmanship and size to the one pre-
! scented to NJ. Loubet, and con aimed only
twenty varieties of stones. The map of
| France, between departments and towns.
contains nearly 200 varieties, all found in
Siberia. The eXactneSs of the map OK
cecds, perhaps, any of the German war
office. The names are in inlaid gold and
the r.vers in platinum, Every stone is
Singular toy for Marianne is to hang in
| Sale des Flats at the Louvre.
The agate representing Alsace takes {,
| grccnish tinge. Green is the color, you
know, Of hope All the outlying frontier
| safes and the seas that wash the coast
Of France are i'll agates of different
| shades-Paris Letter in London Truth.
Eel Skins for Rheumatism.
| One Of the queercst things seen in the
| markets are dried eel skins AS Il mat
| ter of fact, this has been an article GU
| sale in fish stores for years. The ordi-
nary eel skin is about two feet long and
| two and half inches wide. But the
use to which it is put is the strange part
remedy for rheumatism. If an ankle,
| knee or other joint hides rheumatic
pain the skin is wrapped about the joint
! and the pain is absorbed like virus by !,
maidstone. The eel is full of electricity,
! so they say, and when the skin is pre-
| pared the electricity is perpetuated.
| When asked as to whether this might be
termed dried electricity" the fish deal
| crs exhibit some perplexity, for OH this
| point they are not agreed, but all are Of
| the opinion that the skin retains all the
electric potency of the Gel, and if atli-
davits are to be admitted, plenty Of them
| to the effect that these skins cure rheu
| matism may be had.-Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette.
Decorations to be Restored.
The old question of restoring the ira
| ceries to the windows in the palace of the
doges at Venice is again agitating arts
tic Italy. The exterior of the palace as
it stands today was begun in the early
part OF the Thirteenth century, and re-
quired 100 years for it's completion. In
1877 fire destroyed all but the walls. Up
to that time the windows were enriched
with beautiful tracery.- Indianapolis
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