The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-01
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-St. tNtrlckS catnettf0t III New 1ofh
city is built entirely of white marble.
Mushrooms grow wild in all parts OF
the earth, and are as plenty in Siberia as
in the tropics. III =. 81.
Norway was visited last year by 2!,>
1S9 tourists, of whom l0,S69 We're Brit
ish and 1875 Americans.
Baroness Hirseh has promised 1900
600 to found a pension fund for ofhclals
of the Oriental railways.
OF the 67S who rode into 1.-THE valley
of DEATH" at Balaklava, only 195 came,
back, and the survivors, all told, do not
exceed 40 -. .>- r-- RI,
Liverpool is the most densely popu-
lated city in Great Britain, having pop
ulation of iii per acre, Including the
docks and quay. u q !
In the British isles during the pres
ent century seven Instances have been
recorded in which the bride has married
the best man by mistake. ."~
In English military circles, and aEse
generally, it is believed that next year
an advance will be made upon Khar-
toum.
Within the last decade the populE-
ton of Europe has increased about Ss-
GOO, 900, of whom Russia contributed H.
$4,000 and France only $1,000.
-NIilliner is Il corruption of MILAN
err from Milan, which city ut one tlnse
gave the fashion to Europe in all matters
of taste in woman's dress.
The latest report from Pretoria is
that the Transvaal government will de-
mand the sum of $25, 0OO. 600 from the
Chartered company as an indemnity Tor
the Jameson raid.
The latest innovation in skirts is to
have series of infnitesimal graduated
tucks, running longitudinally from the.
waist. and reaching from the front over
the hips.
During his entire career Stradivarius
made from 5000 to 1000 violins. Few of
these were sold for more than $25 during
his life. Now some of them command
$4,000 each.
1t is said by philologists that there are
thirteen original languages-the Greek>
Latin, German, Slavonic. Welsh, Biscay-
IN, Irish, Albanian, Tartarian, lllyrian,
.Iazygian. Chaucin and Finnic-
People often find a difficulty in keep
ing their shelled eggs from cracking while
boiling. This can be remedied by throw
ing small quantity of salt into the
water before putting in the egg.
The frse railway in Korea is to he
built by an American. ]. r. Morse. 1t
the capital. Seoul, which is only twenty
five miles distant. The cost is estimated
at $1,S5O.0 900.
AT Il public meeting of citizens, held
under the presidency of the lord mayor at
Belfast it was decided to erect Il statue
of the Queen in commemoration of her
majesty's reign. The cost of the statue
will be $4,000.
The Jerry McAuley mission. down
in Water street, under the Bridge" cele-
brated it's twenty-fourth anniversary re-
Gently. The attendance at the mission
last year was about 10000, and more
than 1000 were converted in that time.
In case of sickness, or when dull
light is desired, put fnely-powdered salt
on a candle till it reaches the black part
of the wick. In this way a mild and
night by a small piece of candle.
In Chicago Lake View will have a
new engine that will pump 1900, 900
gallons of water day, and the three
mile tunnel now being built will be ex-
tended to four miles. if the finance com.
mittees decision is approved by the coun-
Gil.
Distances may be roughly calculated
by sound. For instance, if a gun be
hred from ship at sea, the distance of
the vessel may be known by observing
the number of seconds which elapse be-
tween the flash and the report. In mild
weather sound travels at the rate of
1123 feet in second.
An extraordinary suicide was report
ed on the 9th inst. from Lisburn, near
Belfast, where an inmate of the Thomp-
son Consumptive hospital, named Cowan,
was found drowned in a shallow stream,
in which. judging from his recumbent DO,
sition, he must have held his head un-
til he expired.
In Eastern Australia 100000. 600
sheep and great herds of cattle and
horses now feed upon pastures covering
fiat ground which thirty years ago was
a desert of soft sand, so rotten that
the feet sank at every step. This once
worthless ground has been beaten into
compact soil by the feet of the sheep and
cattle, and it is believed that other great
desert expenses in Australia may be
turned into productive pasture, and in
q similar manner. 4.
"A mustard plaster made with the
white of all egg will not leave a blister
A raw egg, taken Immediately, will car
~ down a fshbone that cannot be ex-
tracted. The white skin that lines the
shell is useful application to boil.
White of egg, beaten up with loaf sugar
and lemon, relieves hoarseness, a tea
spoonful taken once every hour An
egg in the morning cup Of coffee is a
good tonic. A raw egg, with the yolk
unbroken, in glass of wine is beneficial
for convalescents.