The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

shire. In many garrets, in which a sed-
entary employment is pursued, the clear
notes of the canary rise above the click
OF the shuttle or the whirr of the sewing
machine.
TO encourage the removal of old
buildings. the authorities of Vienna have
uecreed that if the owners of 1863 speci-
ned houses will replace them with new
structures, they will be guaranteed Il re-
lease from the payment of taxes for
eighteen years.
-Statisticians claim that the earth will
not support more than about 500, OOO,-
600 people. The present popular ton is
estimated at 1,467 900, 900. and the in
crease being per cent each decade. At
that rate the utmost limit will be reached
in the year 2O72.
One of the accidents of the late slip
perry season is reported by the Bath CMe.)
independent, which says a certain dressy
Bath young man slipped upon the icy
pavement and cut both of his ears quite
sharply with the edges of the very high
collar that he Wore.
-Earthenware sleeperS, the invention
or Il Japanese, were recently experimental
on at Shimbasti Station, Japan. Fairly
good results were obtained. 1t is claimed
that the Increased cost of earthenware
sleepcrs is amply compensated by their
freedom from decay.
Among the Siamese the curious GUS
| tom obtains of reversing the elbow Joint
OF the left arm as Il sign of superiOrity
The children of both sexes are trained to
reserve their elbow in this painful posi-
ton at an early age if their parents are
persons of high grades.
The way the tortoise will cling to life
! Is one OF the most remarkable things in
| nature. One has been known to live
three months after the brain had been
removed. The heart will continue to beat
tor fifty minutes after being cut from the
place where it was first rooted
,-According to the return published by
the minister of agriculture, the consump-
ton Of horsetesh i'll Paris has decreased
tons, as against 1864 tons for 1S95-'96
This was the meat derived from POSTS
horses, 53 mules and 232 donkeys.
Seth Turner of Chicago is interested
IN plan to build an irrigating canal hear
Beaumont Tex, with the view of utiliz-
ing the country for the cultivation of rice
he calculates that Il canal can be built
which will furnish enough water for L.
100000 acres in Jefferson county.
In Columbia, the first capital of the
republic of Texas. are many relies. There
is the capitol building. now Il crumbling,
tumhlng Shanty. worth not more than
$500. Opposite it is Il group of three
oak trees under which the Texas Decla-
ration of Independence was read.
Queen Victoria has accepted as Il ju-
bilee gift from Il private person the en-
Srav@l signet ring of Queen Mary H.,
wife Of William III. The same col
lector gave her majesty the diamond sig
net ring of Henrietta Maria, King
Charles is Queen. ten years ago.
Some of the authorizations found in
beer are cocculus indicus, capsicum, gin
ger. quasSia, wormwoOu calamus root,
carraway and coriander seeds, copperas.
sulphurlc acid. cream of tartar. alum,
carbonate of potash, ground oyster shells,
nuN-vomica, plertoum and strychnine.
\ ticket was taken up last week on
the Boston \ Maine railway. good from
West Lebanon to Lebanon, that the pur-
chaser has had for more than thirty years.
1t was bought during the war, but never
used until this time. 1t was issued before
the birth of the conductor who took it up.
The last instance of boiling to death
took place i'll Persia in 1890. The Of
fender. guilty of stealing state revenues,
Was put into Il caldrOn of cold water
which was slowly heated to the boiling
point. His bones were distributed as a
warming among the provisional tax col
lectOrS
An clipping couple arrived at hotel
in Ell Reno. Okla, and registered as man
and wife. In a week the husband and
wife of the fugitives came in pursuit. and
the clippers. from Kentucky. met in Ell
Reno. became interested in each other.
and they eoped, leaving their former
Spouses undisturhed.
Freezing will not injure newly pat
ented water pipe, w ich has yielding
core III the center. strong enough to with
stand the force of the water under natur-
al pressure, but which collapSes as the ice
expands, ami prevents bursting, the core
tnlarglng again as soon as the water
thaws and the pressure is removed.
In England during the Sixteenth cen
fury stealing above the value of II pence,
burning a haystack, killing or stealing IL
sheep. breaking dyke or bridge. break
ing bank of tshpond, cutting down
a tree in an orchard, and the malicious
tearing or defacing the garments of Il per-
son III the street were all capital offcnSes.
The shooting fish is a native of the
East Indies. 1t has a hollow cylindrical
beak. When it spies Il t1y sitting ON the
plants that grow i'll shallow water. with
remarkable deXterity it ELECTS out Of a
tubular mouth single drop of water.
which seldom misses its aim. and striking
the fly into the water. the fish makes it
its prey.
OF course it is natural that things
should be topsy -turvy on the under side
of the globe. In China the men wear
skirts and the women trousers. The men
wear their hair long. and the women
wear their hair short. The men carry
on dreSsma king. and the women carry
burdens. People dress in white at funer-
ais. in mourning at weddings and it is
old women always who act as brides
maids.
Russell Sase's Journalistic Venture.
\ few weeks ago Uncle Russell Sage