Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-12
FACTS OF INTEREST.

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Ireland for New Hampshire probably
do not know how poor matrimonial
chances are in that State. Go West
young women, if you would find hus-
bands.
The State Homeopathic Medical
Society of Massachusetts has pc
titit ned the Legislature to authorize
the erection Of a new insane Asylum,
at a cost not exceeding 100000, to
be put under the care of homeopathic
physicians.
That Louisville is i'll earnest in
undertaking the greatest exposition
even held in this country, except the
national centennial exposition of
1876, is evidenced by the fact that her
own people have freely supplied all
the means required, and no outside
assistance has been solicited.
The Southern exposition will be
held at Louisville, Kentucky, begin
ming August !, 1883, and continuing
one hundred days. At the time Of
this writing over $252,000 have been
subscribed by the people of louis
vile, and is now being paid in, and
new subscriptions are being received
daily.
The University of Michigan has
acquired by purchase the Shake
spearian library of Col. Il. II. Thom-
son, of Flint, in that State. 1t con-
tains every known edition of Shakes
peare's works, besides histories, COM
mentafies, biographies. and nearly
everything in the way of books and
pictures that has ever been published
upon the subject. Col. Thomson had
refused $4,000 for the collection.
The annual rental of pews at the
Brooklyn Tabernacle took place the
other evening. Only the pews on the
ground floor were offered for sale;
the gallery is reserved for strangers.
The ground-fioor pews number $50,
and have seating capacity of 1900.
The fixed rentals amount to Sl4, 900.
The premiums amounted to $3.50,
making the total rentals SIT $50 Mr.
Talmage was very much pleased with
the result.
Opeu-air restaurants make fea
ture Of all Mexican towns. In the
larger cities they open at night un
der the great ''portales." or covered
streets, which almost invariably sur
round the plazas; at any time from
sundown to the following sunrise
one may get thereat very good
meal of fried chicken. tortillas and
coffee for a sum varying from 12a
cents to Is cents; while less ample
meal eau bo had for sums ranging
from 3 cents upward. Mexicans,
who must, live at an astonishingly
smah cost. i 8I 3dgfI reea di
France has already done much in
the application of electricity to az
ricrilture, and she is now being fol
lowed by Germany The new mo-
tive power promises to be very valu-
able to the farmer. At an agricul
.tural gathering recently held at
Ladenburg, some interesting expert
ments were made in the use OF elec-
trieity, instead of steam, for the
threshing of wheat. Messrs, Petite
and Krizik lit up electrically the
space reserved for machines, and at
the same time utilized the current to
drive an ordinary threshing machine.
The cylinder attained speed of
400 revolutions per minute
Not far from Melbourne, Australia,
is milk condensing factory, capable
of condensing 1000 quarts per hour,
or about 5000 cans per day. The ma
chinery. was taken there from the
United States, as was the Superin-
tendent also All the water is taken
from the milk, and the finest Maur-
titus sugar is then mixed with the
milk, at the rate of about one and a
half pounds to the gallon. Milk is
delivered at the factory by neighbor-
bing farmers at fourpence-a about
eight cents per gallon. From 1900
to 1900 quarts per day are now re-
ceived. The condensed milk can be
sold for about $1.50 per dozen cans,
without loss.
From comparison of the latest
English mail and cable advices it
would seem that the prospect for
wheat at present in England and
Scotland is the most unpromising
ever known at this time Of the year.
Even with favorable weather hence
forth the crop, it IS stated on good
authority, is certain to be disastrously
short, and another year OF great ag-
.ncultural distress is belived to be in
evitable. The gloomy outlook rem
ders it likely that the Government
will soon introduce into Parliament
some measures for the relief. of the
agricultural classes, and especially OF
small farmers, by an adjustment OF
the arrears of rent in Great Britain
of the same nature as that lately in7
.troduced into Ireland.
A citizen of Paducah, Ky, recently
became possessed of a litter OF pups
of an utterly worthless breed, but,
being humane man, was averse to
slaughtering them. So he proposed
to the Captain of a steamer that he
should take them up the Tennessee
and try to give them away to the
denizens of that region. The Cap,
tain assented and told the owner to
put them in the basket, Cover the
same with mosquito netting and in
voice them to some person In Flor
ence, Ala. at value of $50 each.
This was done, and tha basket ofpups
placed at the foot of the cabin stair
way. where they were surrounded by