The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-22
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

-undulatlhS land is better for the
growth of crops than level soil. -.
Nearly 5000 persons were injured in
accidents i'll coal mines last year.
,-Mississippi has only 1888 per cent. of
the railroad mileage in the country.
In the River Llano. in Texss ;s,.
ands of Heating sand are sometimes seen.
"A bar of lead cooled to about 800 de-
sreeS below zero. according to an expert
mcnt of Nj. Pietet, gives out when struck
pure musical tone.
underground London contains 5000
miles of sewers. 1000 miles of telegraph
wires, 45s}O miles of water mains, 1900
miles of gas pipes, all definitely fixed.
-Grey horses live longest, roam horses
nearly as long. Cream-colored horses are
deficient i'll staying power, especially in
summer weather. Bays, on an average
are the best
In proportion to its population. the.
United Kingdom has greater number OF
women workers than any country. and
among them no fewer than GIG, 900 are set
down as dressmakers.
Some HindOOS wear mustaehes and
boards, but all wear whiskers. which are
shaved off ut once when an adult relation
dies. The shaving off of whiskers is thus
sign of mourning.
Women are to the fore in etluca tional
HiatterS III Coiorauo. Out OF the fifty
nine counties of the state twenty-seven
have women superintendent of schools
and every school board has one or two
women members.
-MaNim's cavalry gun. which fires 700
shots minute. weighs but 30 pounds,
and can be carried strapped to n soldiers
back. The gun he made for the Sultan
fires 40 shots Il minute. but it is Il field
piece Oh wheels.
-Nowadays there are said to be few
regular receivers of stolen property in
London: Stolen property of value. which
is capable OF Identification. is sent out
of the country. 1t is sometimes consigned
to Holland. but more generally to Paris,
On parade ground at Calcutta are
several adjutants or argalaS These
birds. which belong to the stork tribe.
walk up and down the ground. and they
look SO much like soldiers that ut Il dis
tance strangers often mistake them for
grcnadierS.
to custom for perishable articles to an
pear twice on the Imperial table. The re-
suit is large perquisites for the attend
ants. To one man fall all the uncorked
bottles. to another the wine left in the
glasses, to another the joints, and to an
other the game or the sweets
When one sees smoke hanging from
Il chimney. with tendency to sink to the
ground. it indicates that the atmosphere
is Ilght-in fact: too Ii sht to float the
smoke. When the smoke rises from the
chimney it indicates heavy atmos-
pncrs. A colmun of smoke is not IL bad
barometer, for barometer simply re-
cords the pressure of the atmosphere.
The catchword of the London streets
for two years has been: ''Now we shan't
be long: but new phrase has come up.
and today everybody says to everybody
else: Fancy meeting YOU" with an ac-
cent hard on the word you" In quar-
rels. disputes and witty encounters of
every sort one of the parties is sure to
crush the other with this utterly nonsen-
steal phrase: Fancy meeting YOU 1t
comes from Il music hall dirty, sung in
the provinces.
Claimant, the French horse who is
looked upon as the Regeneration of the
Graditz stud, aged 23 years. He was
bred by NJ. Lefevre. AS a 2-year-old he
Won the Middle Park and Dewhurst
plates. and us 3-year-old the Two
Thousand Guineas. but went wrong be-
fore the Derby. He was bought by the
and became the sire of 311 horses. many
Of which showed themselves to be race
horses.
The civil list for the English sover-
cign is settled by an act of Parliament at
the commencement of each reign. That
arrangement was come to i'll the reign of
George III. when Parliament took pos
session of the hereditary revenues of the
crown. Victoria has only control-and
it is absoute-over her privy purse,
which is $4,000 per annum, and voted
by the House of Commons annually. to-
gether with the other sums which make
up the sum total of the royal civil list,
which is 81. 1928, 900.
Some Southern members may enjoy the
story that a Maine Baptist professor tells
about the funeral of the late Mr.. Milliken,
who, as the older members Of Congress
know. was man Of strong social ill.,
stinets and much beloved, not only by his
constituents but also by his colleagues
in the House. The story was recalled
yesterday by member, who heard the
speech of eulogy delivered by Representa-
tive Skinner of North Carolina, Saturday.
Mr.. Skinner spoke in stentorian tones of
the evidences of affection for the dead
man. which he witnessed while attend
Everyone spoke of Mr.. Milliken as
Seth. One old soldier, with tears
streaming down his cheeks, declared that
he would never vote for any other man
for Congress but Seth just out of re-
spect for his memory. Even the young
pastor of the UniversaIist church, from
which Mr. Milliken was buried, spoke of
him in conversation as "Seth.''
But the Baptist professors story is all
other proof of the affection for Mr.. Mil
liken which Representative Skinner did
not hear, and as the professor is pious
man it ought to be true. He went all the
way from a certain college town to Bel
fast to attend the funeral and found him
self seated in the gallery OF the old-fash-
ioned church by the side Of a farmer.
The farmer. as well as all the plain folk
of that vicinity, gazed upon the pageantry
Of congressional funeral with Indian
like stolidity. He Eat silently as the con-
gressional party appeared, with the tall
and stately Terry, severe of aspect but
courtly in manner, and the suave and
graceful Dinsmore in the lead
'Well, those congressman be fine-look-
ing fellers," said the weather-beaten
farmer meditatively. ''but I'll bet every
burned one of 'em has taken wee nip
with old Seth
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