The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
BOUND FOR JAPAN.
Nearly One Thousand Burr0s Bought y
Oregon Ranges.

Oregon Ranges.
1t was expected that nearly 1000 burros;
would arrive in Milwaukee last week from
Huntington, says the Portland OregoBlan.
Not long ago when W. l.. Powell and A.
J. Powell were riding through Wailowa
county to buy horses. they noticed on the
range numerous herds of hurro<. They
hunted up the owner. who proved to be
a hotel man at ElgiH,
What do you want for those burros:
asked one of the Powels
The owner fixed no price. but said he
would sell.
IN give you $3.50 head and round
them up myself. or Sc Il head. you to de-
liver them at the corralS.
\ contract was made on the latter basis
for 600 head. The owner found the job
of collecting those burros Il big one. They
were wild and free. and objected to cap
tivity. Since August last. from six TO
ten men have been busy with lariats. and
they have just finished the work. When
a BUNCH Of six or seven were captured.
their heads were tied together and they
were released until wanted. Nearly Il
thousand head. many of them young
jacks, We're at last rounded up and de
livered The Puweis took them all.
They will be shipped to Seattle. and the
majority are destined for Japan to be
used there as pack animals. Some GO
to the Klondike, however. The younger
ones will he released By the PowellS on
the ranges hear ProSSer. w ASH. to further
increase and multiply.
A dozen years or so ago the pack train
of an emigrant outfit. consisting of bur
ros. was turned loose in Wallowa valley.
From these ancestors spranG the 1000
head that now comprise the novel ship
ment of the Powells.
Correct Weight aud Proportions.
1t would seem all easy matter to give
these; but it is not so. as there are SO
many things to be taken into considera-
ton The measurements differ with the
different races. and the different classes
as we'll. The artistic standards are given.
The head is taken as the standard Of
measurement The height should be
eight times the length Of the head-the
length of the head taken to mean the
distance from the top of it to the lowest
point of the chin. The trunk should be
four heads in length: the distance from
the trunk to the knees. two heads: and
from the knees to the feet. two heads.
The arms should be a head and half
from the shoulders to the elbow. and the
same from the elbow to the hand. The
length of the face should be the same
as the length of the hand-from the tip
of the middle finger to the wrist These
are the proportions for the adult. They
differ according to the years of growth
with children. and are different also be
tween girls and boys and men and
women. The trunk of women is said to
be longer in proportion than that of men,
DR.. Sargent of Harvard prepared for
the Chicago Worlds fair two clay models.
founded on the measurements of several
thousand students The average height
of the young men was : feet : inches:
the average net weight. 13S pounds: chest
measurement 81 to 81 inches. inflated
1t is said that in height. weight and
strength. this far exceeds the average of
any other nation, even England. The
average for the young women was
height. : feet ) inches: the weight. ia
pounds; and the chest measurement but
80 inches The mea surements were not
as good for the women as for the men.
and do not represent as we'll the develop
ment of the American women. While
girls arc pretty and round-with the
roundnesS of youth at 16-they. neverthe-
less. do not show so perfect a develop
ment of form as when ~ or more
Women have a tendency to put on too
much flesh. and should beware of it. as it
destroys the proportions and the looks. as
we'll as the pleasure of moving about. 4
short woman cannot weigh much over
40 pounds and preserve the proper pro-
portion. while the woman who measures
8 feet inches or more looks well when
she weighs 15O.-HarperS Bazaar.