The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

timat.d to be worth $37 500, 900.
The mines of Bavaria tcoal and met:
ais, yielded only $2,7OO,0OO in 1897.
Ninety thousand men in the British
army have good conduct badges.
In Japan coins are generally of iron
and in Siam they are chiefly of porcelain
Sir T. J. Lipton's attempt to capture
the Americas cup will cost him nearly
100000.
In 1856 the expense to Prussia for
each child i'll school was Sc; in 1896 ii
was nearly -,
Coal is dcarcr in South Africa than
i'll any other part of the world. 1t is
cheapest in China.
Some 100000 tons Of coal are an
uually used in the United Kingdom in the
manufacture of gas.
The unusually warm fall weather
started Il second growth of all kinds of
berries i'll Michigan.
Vienna policemen are required to un-
derstand teiegraphy and to be able to
swim and row boat.
-MrNiro continues to furnish the
United States with more than half of
its supply Of mahogany.
The largest organ in tho world is in
The cathedral of Seville. Spain. 1t has
tifty-,hrer pipes and no stops.
More eases of suicide. in proportion
t" POPULATION. are reported in Russia than
IN any other European country.
The most wonderful vegetable in the
world is the truttle: it has neither roots,
stem. leaves, flowers nor seeds.
An ordinary passenger car on a steam
railroad costs from $1,000 to 5000 and
weighs $4,000 pounds. or 10 tons.
"A telephone company III the interior
If PENNSYLVANIA paid | cent recently as
the revenue tax ON its business for one
month.
"A curious butterfly exists in India
The male has the left wing yellow and
ths. right one red; the female has these
crlUrS reversed.
"A traveller in Porto Rico says that
cigar equal to the present average
AMERICAN l0-center can be purchased
there for :, cents.
The old custom of watchmen calling
the hour 1T night is still retained in two
localities of London, namely, New Inn
and Ely Place.
The largest gold coin in existence is
worth about $315. 1t is the ingot OF
'loof of Annam and its value is written
un the coin with Indian ink
A phonograph is being made for Use
at the Paris exhibition of 1900 which is
expected to be of sufficient dimensions
10 hr heard by 10000 people.
Sand registered the hours during the
Middle ages. For this purpose black mar
str lu>t, boiled nine times in Wine, was
Il favorite recioe with learned monks.
-R,s,on $ system of guarding against
l,"i>oniny 10y illuminating gas escaping
from defective gas fixtures has received
the approval of the American Health as
>'tiat"l'.
The Tweu1S-firSt Lancer$. who's,
charge WAS the feature of the battle OF
t'mdurman. are to he presented with q
geld Sh"hl by the nation on their return
T." England.
"A >uherranean city exists in Galicia
Austrian Poland. which contains a popu
latinn of over 1000 men. women and chill
.lr'n. many of whom have never seen the
light of day
In the advertising columns of a Ger
nan paper of recent date appears thu
announcement that "a medical studen
wishes to exchange 4 well-preservetl skel
tom for IL bicycle
-.irtticial flowers were unknown to tn,
ancient civilized nations of Europe. The,
;trt first mentioned in Italy in the Four
teenth century. but in China they wer,
Known at an earlier date.
The Bulgarians have erected 3Of
monuments i'll cummemoration of events
Ill the Russo-Turkish war, and are now
sending to the Car an album containins
Illustrations of all of than.
Many acres of canary seed are annu
ally grown i'll Kent. many persons there
beng solely canary-seed farmers. The
straw OF the canary-Seed plant is highly
valued as fodder for horses.
The Bulgarians have erected BOG mon
nmcnt> i'll commemoratiOn of events il
tn" Russo-Turkish war. and are now
>rniing 10 the Car an album containine
illustrations of all of them
-Cne cigar manufacturer in Detroit
who employs girls has estimated a savine
III cigar consumption by employees of 500,
'AH, i'll ten Years. on the basis that mait
workers Use three ci yarS daily.
The crown prince of Siam, who cal
write t,rntly in three European Ian
:'aIcS. is y hoy author of some note. II.
has written >r:cral stories for chiIdrtu's
magazines published in English.
1T would be difficult to imagine more
Extraordinary digestive powers thar
those Of the hyena. One Of these beasts
has been known t" swallow six large
bones whole without crushing them.
An Edinburgh professor has made tn
';'l"ulation that if men were really Il:
i$ as they sometimes feel there would b.
room in Edinburgh for only one professor
three lawyers, two doctors and a reporter
The electric line between Sioux Fall.
and East Sioux Falls, s. D., has bee1
torn IL, by the Eastern owners. The lin.
paid dividends at one time, but durn2
the last two years it has done no busi
ness.
In AbySsinia it is the law that the
murderer be turned owed to the relative.
Of the dead person, they. if they please
I" !'ut hIEl to death III the same name
in which the murdered person was re-
moved.
despite the fact that hundreds of per
SONS have killed themselves because the,
have been ruined by the Vienna municipal
lottery. the Fiennese continue to regart
he institution with favor. 1t keeps dow1
tn" taxes.
For rebuilding Spurgeon's Tabernacl,
Insurance companies have paid f22, ,OON
Also 1870 has been subscribed, whil
he PASTORS birthday gifts, to be tlevotei
t" the various Tabernacle institutions. ex
r,pd EIOO.
Members Of the Mexican board o
E,altI' have just imported from Europ;
an N-ray apparatus 1t is 10 be uset
Tor Irs ,ertng cans Of preserved meat.
and fruits. ito determine if they are fl
for consumption
Chinese brides, when putting on thci
bridal garments on the eventful evening
>'hIi i'll TOlNn. Sn1llOW baskets Gurln1
heir lengthy toilets This is supposed t,
insure them placid and well-rounded live
iii their new homes.
Joachim Murat's remains, which hay,
itrcn resting since 1915 in the castl.
church Of Pizzo Di Calabria, where HI
Was shot, are to be transferred to Maple.
and buried i'll the Church of Santa Mari;
am"ns the former Bourbon kings.
-Nanxha!l bridge III London is disap
l"ai1nS after an existence of a little owe
lightly years. The contractors have bee,
engaged upon it now for several weeks
1t is expected that the whole structure viii
have vanished in about nine months.
When the prime minister of the Chi
lcS' Emperor has grudge against one O.
''' mobiles he advises his royal master t.
pay him prolonged visit. This visi
=' ='r'r:llIy means ruin, for the Empero
''avc's with Il rctinue of 10, 600 persons.
-i'i" Mono bequeat thvd to the churci
.O.Hrj.MD francs in gold. Leo XIII
has almost doubled that sum, which il
deposited among various Europea1
banks The Holy See has no debts, thos,
which existed having been all paid by tn,