The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

uation, of the globe about 10000 die
every day.
,Dapan'S first sugar refinery has lust
gone into operation. The raw sugar
comes from Java.
William Conway of Hagerstowu,
Ind. :? years of age. is the oldest man
engaged i'll horse racing. y 4
About l4.RN miles Of electric tram-
ways have now been built in this couu>
try giving employment to about lOO.tNN
persons. y
Japan had a colder spring than at any
other tune i'll eighty years. In the middle
vt May there was SHOW at Nikko and
near Toxic.
The Standard bank of Australia
!Limitetn has gained the distinction of
having failed three times in less than
seven years.
-Ry the death Of the widow of the last
prince. the name of the Venetian family
,'lovan,lli that had existed since 12,::,O has
become extinct.
-"Imperial Delhi, the Chaplain June
ton of the Fast is the London Daily
Mails way Ut booming the capital of the
Nogul Fml&rurS.
TIL, Empress powaser Of China is ia
Years IT age. Her title runs as follows:
"Tzu-hSi-tuan-yu-k ans-i-<han-yu- chuans-
,henE- >h"ukunS rhinhSien-chang -hSi.
-Japan'> commission on the penal code
Intends to propose the ahuli>hmrnt of the
death penalty. Harikari will then h, left
I" the criminals own sense OF drliracy. -
--nnua Manuela ko>aS de rerreru. only
daughter of Gen. Ro>as, who WAS dictator
vt kurur> -Avrt> from 1880 to 1852, died
recently in London at the age of 81 years.
The Imperial library Of Russia, estab-
li>hcd Ivy Peter the Great i'll lila, is the
third among the worlds great libraries.
1t contains about l.otN.NN volumes and
about 2ttHM manuscripts
Snakes ;,r, cue of the Svourges> of In
lia. Thousands Of Vtupl, die yearly from
their bite. In the last twenty-five years
the nuluhtr of deaths attributed to- this
cause has reached the enormous total of
4:::i.2S9 -
In India every town Of any size has
It's own ice factory. some ut them capa-
bic of turning out trrm $40 to 1000 tons
IF ice !, day. And the same thing holds
good in Egypt and the Southern states of
.Amtrira &.~ 80,
Over the door Of church in rhe
S"uth If England is engraved i'll stone:
This is the gate Of Heaven" butSdown
below the inscription is q printed notice to
ter months.
On the Pacific slope no town now
considers itself up to date unless it has
.rrtrir light In Idaho the towns of
l.'wist"nr. with 2,UO souls, and Murray,
with IHD. have recently supplied them
= ives in this matter.
L. Na> has au Olf1 Settlers asSocia-
ton $" prosperous that it has bought
1hirty-arrt tract Of land for Il permanent
nuttlEC pllrt There Is Il grove. and
thu re is t. l"' Il handsome home to hr
u>' Il DIS Il place for their reunions.
The ,"tal amount Of money coined Ivy
a the Queen of EnglandS- predecessors
'n the throne WAS 81 ops. 900. Dur
i- the rr, sent reign the mint has turned
M S2.!:''HW.NW. Including $73h,WU.-
'HH' IN lNhla--H record for all time.
In the island If New Britain Il man
must NOT speak t. his ,nnthcr-in-hW. Not
only is speech forbidden t. his relative
chance the lady is met tn. Son-n-l law
must hide himself or cover his face.
--Elecrrir light has been used to Stinu-
late the growth If plants, and coupled
with other means Of forcing, IL continual
period If growth secured, thereby obtain
ing earlier maturity than would have been
thu, case under ordinary circumstances.
A san Frani>.r character is Cant
Goddard f.. ID. Diamond. who claims to
l". 1''3 years old, and gets his living as
book agent. H. had passed. the century
lin" when he gave up his position as an
engineer IN the big Baldwin hotel in that
=2sEeE.
There has been an important whole
sale. secession from the ranks Of the vtge-
tArian>. The entire Dominican order in
England has received permission from
Knlur to eat flesh four days il week. i'll
stead of pcrpttually ahstainins as here
i"tnrr.
During the past year the number of
association forming the Scottish Y. NJ
{. \. have increased from 243 to 30.
and the membership numbers II .221 tan
increase Of 800. together with 1878 ass,-
riatp>. SS juniors and 1916 honorary
members.
A prominent doctor holds that arti-
hrial teeth are an evil i'll those of adj
van,ed years. because they enable such
persons 10 naSticate flesh. When. the
teeth fail naturally, it is natures design
thar the Individual should SuhsiSt on vcge-
tail. diet.
A few days ago fifteen Hebrew fami-
hes. comprising seventy persons, left Lon
movement of which this is the first actual
r. suit dates back to the year 1893 when
IN association was formed for acquiring
l,n! in Palestine.
--Wt.)hing presents. originated in il
f"u''al tribut" from the vassals to their
lord. When frudali>m ceased the pres
,ntS became Voluntary In the days of
S"rs was Il common gift. and symbolize,l
the cutting of unfaithful love.
The export trade Of the Congo state is
groWi ing rapidly. In 1896 it was 1854
600. In 1889 it was SS59.OOO in 1894 it
was $l.77:,2.HD, and in 1897 it was So,
OE'.ND More than half the export trade
is in rubber, which has Increased in
amount more than fiftyfold since 1885,
in Persia, the Shah has most con-
hII IF t1I tn FINN
1t consists in sending some rich noble a
cloak lined with fur. Whenever the Sha ii
gives one to subject the recipient is in
duty bound to return the compliment by
tn" donation OF large sum of money.
BEEF is never seen at Chinese table,
oxen and cows capable of working the
p'"w being accounted too valuable to the
farmer to be consigned to the butcher.
Very severe penalties are attached to the
Slaughter Of these animals. the punish
M ut for tn" first alfonso being 100
stroke with u bamh"r.
ALI Nanhsr Bates Il Bow,loinhaln
tN".) orc hHr'Iist. has just sawed down /,
mammoth apple tree. the biggest in th.
town and perhaps IN the whole state. 1t
was % inch' ACROSS the stump, six feet
trunk. then branching our in long
hraurh,S. It must have been nearly or
quite 100 years old.
Robert Kcnnfrt, the hotel proprietor
VIII" recently died in Raltimurr. was the
organizer Of the unique Bread and Butter
club. at whose annual dinners neither
bread nor lnttt WAS served. Their ban
1u"ts were the sastronomic events of the
year in the city Of terrapin, oysters, crabs
and canvaSback ducks.
dimensions for electrical lighting and
traction in Smyrna and Salonica have
been granted by the Porte to Sir Ellis
.t>hm' at Bartlett, NJ. D.. who stood ont
for Turkey in England at the time of the
Allnt nian maSsacres. Priority Of right
is promised him also i'll ColStantinnple
whenever the Sultan makes up his mind
tn allow electricity in his capital.
\ process, has been discovered by
which sails Of vessels of all kinds can be
made out Of paper pulp, and it is claimed
that they srrv" quite as well as canvas
and are very much cheaper. They swell
and flap in tn" wind like the genuine old
fashioned article and are supposed to be