The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
Curious Condensations.

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1T is asserted that women are on the
whole cooler and more self-possessed than
men i'll eases of disasters at sea.
"A horse will eat in Il year nine times
his own weight, a COW nine times, an OK
six times, and sheep six times.
Indian wrestlers and, athletes train
on diet consisting chiefly of milk, with
little goats flesh and plenty of farina-
ceous food. = ST
AT the age Of 81, Mrs. Statira Frank
of Lewiston cnaSted ever the Snow-crtlst
OF Maine Hill and was her own steers
man, early this month.
AT the close of last century there
were supposed to be 1.0OO.OOO aborisines
in Australia. There are now less than
1N.olse, and among them are still some
cunnihals
There is perhaps no more humane
nation i'll the world than the Japanese,
who have recently erected Il monument in
memory of the horses that fell in their
war with China.
While trying to hang up a washtub
at the head of a flight Of stairs, a Mon
treal woman was knocked downstairs by
the tub, which slipped from the rail, and
her neck was broken.
-Fifty-two oysters to forty-nine was
the store in the sheriff's favor at the end
OF an oyster-eating contest between the
>uetII III 1AlieSnanv county ana the CITY
clerk of Cumberland Nd:
-Scarpology is the art of reading char
. acter from the shoe soles. According to Il
Swiss physician a symmetricaily worn
heel and sole indicate an energetic, iaith-
ful, well-halanced character.
-Padlocks are being manufactured
with an auxiliary chamber. which car
ries an explosive to Dc fired by ham,
msr inside the lock and give an alarm
when the lock is tempered with.
Jerusalem now has a population of
Go.kn, about double the number of it's
,nh;'bitants about twenty years ago. but
1t has the most imperfect and unwhole-
some water supply of any city on earth.
-Actording to the Popular Science
Monthly there are i'll England and Wales
O,uOO children SO defective in mental
power that they are incapable, if left to
their own resources. of fighting the bat
lie Of life
The Chinese emblem of the dragon
consists of Il five-clawed imperial dragon,
suspended to a yellow ribbon, and has
the following Inscription in Chinese char
acters: Before it the lion turns pale and
the tiger is silent!''
>,-Acccrding to the state auditor of
North Carolina more money was paid to
the employees of the state Senate at its
late session than was paid to the senators
themselves. One of the state papers saws
that even the latter were overpaid.
-iales invested funds foot up, all told,
SS.92l $3.50. against $2-273,092 in 1887.
The amount Invested in real estate is
o:e3. in bonds and mortgages. ST.
1l2.2St: i'll railroad bonds. 81 .2334,S ST. in
other bonds, $2s0,OOO, and in stocks.
Se23,3I3.,
,-Twiss of peach. apple. cherry. lilac or
the towering curEant. cut off now and
placed III Il vase i'll a sunny window and
given plenty of water. will soon burst into
bloom. In the invalid's room or nursery
these avant-couriers of the spring will
find n special welcome.
The ladies' of New Orleans are en-
,ltavorng to raise $4,000 for il bronze
statue of j. !. Audubon. the naturalist,
to be erected i'll Audubon park. New
dreams. They hope the city will present
Il pedestal. for it. Audubon was born on
plantation at Mandeville, La.
A bill is before the New Jersey Legis-
Etlre for the establishment of an epileptic
colony or village. The commission of in
qniry which recommended the bill stated
that there were. at the lowest estimate,
2OGO epiieptics in insane hospitals and
almshouses, neither of which are fit places
for them.
The origin of the custom of widows
wearing caps is extremely ancient. It
may be traced back to-tile ~Egyptian aud
III SHININS OH the nH1f
i'll periods of mourning. But as without
hair there was Il danger of catching cold
the men Wore wigs upon their bald
crowns, aud the women caps
A novel sugar party was given by
DR. and Mrs. Nash of Townsend, VT, re-
GENTLY. y miniature palace was dug in
an Immense snowdrift near The house.
There was plenty of room in it for all the
party to get in and eat the sugar from
SNOW tables. The ''palace" was bril-
liantly lighted with red and white lights
The garrison blacksmith at Fort
Ethan Allen has set an example in his
humble way that the wearers of epaulettes
and shoulder-straps might do we'll to fol-
low in these troublous times Asked by
prying reporter why he was shoeing troop
horses on Sunday. he replied: Because
| ain ordered to shoe horses on Sunday
A manufacturer of chafing-dishes re-
Gently made the statement that he be-
lieved gas and coal consumption in New
York would soon be very materially re-
duced by the use of that convenient means
of cooking light meals. Where one was
sold year ago scores are sold now,' he
said, and the demand is increasing ut a
remarkable rate"
"A French scientific journal says the
consumption of tobacco is decreasing ir
that country, being at the present time
about two pounds a head of the ,popula
tlbH "ueFeUS III l1Olduu IL ~
seven pounds. in the United States five
pounds, in Belgium and Germany three
pounds, in Austria Hungary two and one
half pounds and III Canada two and one
half pounds.
The Hartford Post says: "The pro-
prietors of mountain resorts are fellcltat-
ing themselves that the coast resorts may
be barren. owing to fear of Spanish priva-
teers. L have already let four of my
rooms tn women one IF them SAYS sxvho
said three years ago that they were tired
Of the mountains and would never go
there any more But how about noun
tain howitzers?
"A curious effect Of hard cycling is re-
ported from France. Out of the last
batch of conscri pts no fewer than eight
weli-knoNn cyclists, some Of them enjoy
ing European renown. were rejected as
physically incapable of doing duty in the
ranks. HypertrOphy and other diseases
of the heart Eere the chief causes of
these reflections, which occasioned pro-
found establishment to the candidates
themselves.
The report of the committee of the
fund in commemoration of the diamond
jubilee of the Queen shows that about
f136,O00 had been subscribed, but of that
sum only f41 ,545 actually passed through
the hands of the committee. The sum
of f29.2S1 has been, OF will be, handed
over ~ Tie queen . Institute or Nurses
for England and Wales. and f9134 to
Scotland. and f1795 has been handed back
to various localities for their particular
use.
Mr. Steadman's accession to the
House Of Commons brings the number
Of Labor members up to ten. Mining
is represented by 10 less than six Nom
bcrs-Mr. Burt, Mr.. Fenwick, Mr.. Woods,
Mr.. Pickard, Mr.. Abraham and John Will
son. Mr.. Madison is compositor by
trade, Mr.. Broadburst Il stonemason, and
Mr.. Burns an engineer. Since the new
Parliament was elected there has been
an increase of three Labor members.
Importarions Of Diamonds.
These are great days for diamond lner-
chants. The gems imported at New
York last month were appraised at $72O,-
SIG, or about seven times the value of
the diamonds imported in March. 1897.