The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-09

| Knots was maintained.
One who has investigated declares
that the city directory of Washington, D.
e., contains forty George Washingtons,
Mary Washngtons. "'rhe bearers of
these names vary i'll color from a light
smgercake tint to an ebony black that
rivals the ace Of spades"
| AT Mourcsville, Ind, II carpenter
working On an old building once used ms
the, rostottice found seventy-six letters
anu postal cards that had been dropped
down under the letter box and had failed
to reach their destination. Most of them
some as far back as 1871.
| "A new line Of work recently taken M
ny hrooklyn woman, who lectures upon
the bicycle, how to ride, how not to ride,
| what to wear and what not to wear, etc..
| is that of teaching bicycle mechanics. She
mas made thorough study of all makes,
and for consideration she will impart
her knowledge to her sisters.
"A brand new thing in concealed
weapon case turned up at Lexington,
Ky. recently when Minnie Brown. col
ored, was arrested for carrying con-
! ceated weapons. She was carrying a
razor III her hair, and when the officer
took her hat off he discovered the razor
nestled away in her curly locks.
"A Canadian sea captain has invented
an apparatus with which he thinks
| whales can be killed by electric shock. A
| harpoon is fixed ut the end of Il long
which serves i'll place of the usual rope
! Through this cable an electric current of
! 10000 volts is to be sent by means of u
dynamo carried in the whaleboat.
| "A new cure for rheumatism has been
discovered in Shelbyville, Ind. \ con
stable who attempted to eject woman in
| default for rent was chased from the
premises by the irate female, who was
throwing boiling water at him. But the
constable was badly crippled with rheu-
matlsm, and his rheumatism has left him.
! In Cowley, Summer and other coun-
ties IN Kansas girls and young women
are hiring. themselves as regular farm
hands. They get 81 and So IL day, and
| they run the binders and drive the teams,
| though managing the heavy sheayes is
as yet rather difficult 1t is said tina t
women stand the heat better than men.
a tramp who got away with SIS
| worth of eatables the other night in a
;n In restaurant left the follow
ing explanatory note: Il am Pennsyl-
wanna railroad tramp, and don't use no
| other line. The cakes was good. and the
| cigars was fair. If the perlice comes
around, jest tell them that you saw me.
nit"
A Georgia author sent a short story
TO 100 newspapers and magazines COM
blned. 1t took all of them just three
years to decline it, but he was not dis
coura!sed, and during the fourth year of
| us itinerary it was accepted and paid for.
| This shows that if authors can only man
| age to live long enough their reward is
certain.
The new United States torpedo boa
Dupont, which the well-known HERES
hoff firm at Bristol. r. l., are building,
IS almost completed. and only the finish
ing touches which, however, require con
SIDERABLE time, remain to be made before
I'M vesesl will be ready for her trial trip.
inns, 1t is expected, will take place early
| next month.
MIR. Clayton of the Blue Hill obscrva-
tory. near Boston. reports that observa-
tons made there show that the average
speed with which clouds. between 5000
and 300 feet high, move is sixty miles
an hour in midsummer and 40 miles
an hour i'll midwinter. The swiftest
flight of cloud yet measured was $50
miles an hour.
:-lsaac Mason. colored, of Worcester,
Mass. celebrated his seventy-tfth birth.
day last week. He was a slave, and
came to Worcester in 1850 by the ''un-
foreground railway" For MANY wears
ne has been one of the most respected
citizens of Worcester. and some of the
most prominent people of the city con-
graduated him on his birthday
An Atchison Kas.) woman goes once
a mouth to court and takes out judg-
ments for $40 each against her two sons,
the money being due according to an
agreement. the consideration named in
which is that the mother shall refrain
from annoying the sons by her presence
or talk. She says that the sons have
defauited in payments since last fall
The people of the United States pay
more taxes than the people IF any other
nation on the globe. The estimated total
OF national and local taxation is f126.-
100000 The total annual taxes of Great
Britain is only E119,OOO.OOO: of France,
fl22.WO.o OO: Of Germany, f1OS. OOO. 600;
of Russia, E72OOO,OOO: of Austria, f55.,
100000; of Italy, fS1 100000.
Prof Lucy Salmon. Vassar college,
is strongly in favor of the abolition of
the college commencement. which she
characterizes as "a relic of mediaeval-
ism She claims that much harm is
done by the oversha9dow,ng of the pur-
poses Of education by the love of pub
lie show created by colleges and school
commandments as commonly observed.
The reclamation Of submerged land
in jamaica bay. Long Island, has now
been in progress for about four years.
In this bay are about forty to fifty small
islands which will he gradually re-
claimed. The present plan of improve
ment includes about twenty-five islands,
embracing about four square miles of ter
ritory, and some of this land is now
ready for occupation.
The snuff used by the Pope is made
in America. This particular snuff goes
direct from Baltimore to the Vatican.
1t is the highest priced snuff i'll the world.
and its value is increased several times
above the original cost after the Gus
toms duties have been paid to the Ital-
ian government. His holiness likes dain-
ty, pleasing odors. and before it is packed
the snuff is literally slrinkled with altar
of roses.
of pins it is said that some of the
large department stores often order 100
cases at time. Each case contains 1OS
dozen papers and each paper holds 800
pins 50 a little use of the MULTIPLICATION
table Will show what an immense thing
output Of pins from the largest factory
in the United States it is claimed, would,
if placed end to end, reach three times
around the world
-Caterpllars are doing great damage
to trees and shrubs in some parts Of
Western New York. The entomologists
of Cornell unvirsity say that they are
natcHcu from eggs tnat were deposited on
the trees last July, and that the eggs are
covered with a sort of varnish to protect
them from the snow and rain. They are
called tent caterpillars," as after hatch
ing out they weave themselves kind of
tent. After attaining their growth they
form cocoons, and about the first of July
develop into moths.
Two East Belfast, Me-, ladies got a
scare the other day. They were on the
road to Swanville when mysterious
sounds began to come from somewhere
under the buggy seat. Thoughts of
ghosts, witches and all sorts of other un-
capny things fairly took the crimp out of
their hair, and the old horse was sur
prised at the way he was hurried along.
Arrived at their destination, an investi-
CATION was made, and from under the
seat proudly stepped forth peaceful old
hen with the announcement of newly
laid egg in the choicest hen language.
Has Staying Qualities.
Nearly six years ago a farmer who
was bringing five or six carboys of o.