The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14

nave Deen under Is wears old.
The Massachusetts Legislature ap-
proprlated SStN,OOO to be used in road
building in various parts of the state.
The sale of postage stamps for the
last quarter of the year 1897 will be the
largest in the history of the country.
A Kansas City shoe merchant saws
that women's feet are becoming wider.
He attributes it to the use of the bicycle.
The original of Hall Gaines hero in
The Christian is said to be an English
minister, Father Adler, the son of Lord
Norton.
The Spindle~ at work in the cotton
mills of the United States have increased
from 1O.619,uCN, in 1883, to 17,3OOOOO at
present.
The Japanese are remarkably free
reasons being that whisky is very bad
for them.
The school children of Kentucky have
been asked to contribute each Il penny for
the purchase of library for the ba tile
ship Kentucky.
In a good many sections of the coun-
try protests are being made against the
to" fine cutting Of spruce trees for
Christmas trees
The Kansas City directory begins
with the name of Peter Aagaard. labor
"a ditu tituS WITH tuaC MOTIFS LWllen-
berger. a Saloonkeeper.
Every year Great Britain pays nearly
t4.Wn.OU in pensions. retired pay and
approximation allowances to officers,
warrant officers and others.
Hard times multiply the enlistments
IN the army. and most of those who en-
list give absence of employment as the
influencing cause of their action.
'on January l oxen from the Saliva
ton army colony at Soledad will be
brought to San Francisco and slain that
feast may be provided for the poor
The largest collection of war medals
III existence consisting, as it does, of
over lWD specimens-is on view at the
nlted Service institution, WHITEHALL
The Cawthorn Cotton Mill company
has been organized, and will probably
SOON start up the Matthews cotton mill
at Selma, Ala, which has 10000 spindles.
What is probably the largest locomo-
tive i'll the world, has just been complet-
Ell: and weighs, with the tender, over
$1,000 pounds. 1t is for use in Mexico.
The Moki Indians in Arizona are sun
Worshiper> ana their ChristmaStide fes-
!ival is a Suntlance. 1t is much like
the Snakedance of the midsummer sea-
son.
The diminution in the number of
deaths on the Great Lakes. notwithstand-
ing the increase in the lake marine. is at
tributed to the efficiency of the weather
bureau.
--t4as heaters are being put into
Grants monument at Riverside, New
York. for the purpose of preserving the
ma Eblle-tsrrtff mafkiing it comfortable for
the guards.
Some commentators maintain that
every one of the Psalms had a distinct
dance apDropria ted to it, and that it was
to his own music that David danced be-
fore the ark.
The town of Bethlehem, in Pennsyl-
vania. was named in 1741 by party
Of Morayians, who assembled in barn
where the town is located to celebrate
Christmas.
The cooperative societies in what is
known as the Colne valley, district
starting about nine miles from Manches-
ter, England, are making an effort to
start WOODEN mill.
Public libraries spend vast sums of
money to make their collections complete.
In the Boston Public library is collec-
ton of works relating to Shakespeare
which cost $4,000.
Ore shipments of the Minnesota
ranges will vary but little either way
from 100000 tons for the season. This
is a magnificent gain of nearly 100000
tons over last years output.
"A German paper calls attention to the
fact that at Aachen alone 500 tons of
steel wire are used up annually in the
manufacture of needles II, 800, coo. 900 in
number, valued at $1.5OO.0OO.
The Araxes river, in Trans Caucasa,
has shifted to its ancient bed. and now
flows directly into the Caspian sea, i'll
miles from the latter's mouth.
The Leland university committee on
doubtful cases has dropped the names of
forty-Onp students from the college roll
1nferiority in university work was the
cause Of most Of the dismissals.
John Y: Farwell, the millionaire mer-
chant Of Chicago, was fined recently for
taking sand from the beach at Lake For
est without paying for it. A Accent load
of sand stood him $40 and COSTS
John f. Leavitt of Portsmouth, N.
H.. has had gayel made from original
oak in the old frigate Constitution, and
has sent it as a present to the Massachu-
sets Society of the American Revolution
There were thirty three vessels Of 3d.
go tons launched OH the Clyde during
November this year Notwithstanding the
engineers strike against twenty-eight
vessels Of 1888 tons in November, 1896.
Austrian government has enlarged
the boundaries of Vienna to such an ex-
half as large as London, twice as large as
Paris and three times larger than Berlin
The Portland Oregonian announces
that arrangements have been made by
which the manufacture of linen-mesh
underwear from Oregon-grown fax is to
be undertaken in that state by European
capitalists.
One Of the novel ideas of decorative
effect in Japan is to catch frehies, keep
them in cage or box of wire until you
have company, and then release them in
the garden for the guests to admire and
talk about.
In London judges. artists, lords and
gentlemen attended prize fights in even
ing dress. The other evening when Croot
was killed by Barry by a blow in the
twentieth round most of those in the au-
dience were of the upper class.
About 10000 bales of cotton are
booked for shipment to Japan this win
ter from the single port of Seattle. This
is said to be 80 per cent. more in value
than the value Of all American exports
to Japan during the season of 1S94-'95.
The dust Of charcoal is gathered nm
and mixed with the chaff from wheat.
barley and other aims, and with chopped
straw in Japan. 1t is then moistened
into paste, rolled into balls a bout as biz
as a billiard ball, and makes excellent
fuel.
Vienna is threatened with a beer fam
inc, as the price has been raised by the
brews SO much that the retailers
cannot sell beer proftably at the estab-
lished price. The restaurant kepuers
threaten to buy no more beer in casks, but
only the dearer bottled beer.
British mjllionares die ut the rate Of
three IN year During the ten years
1SS7-1S96. thirtytwo millionaire cstates
were approved for death duty. The cs.
tates involved an aggregate personally
OF to1.67O,OCO. 50 that they averaged in
value over f1.jOO.OOO sterling.
For the temporary relief1of the ,ncln-
p!oyed during seasons Of industrial dis
tress the Belgian government has adopted
plan which provides for feeding. lodging
ana clothing the unfortunates in return
for work On the streets. the garbage
dumps and public improvements. s.
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