The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
NOTES OF INTEREST,

There were about So,OUO Japanese III
Hawaii in 1888.
In Turkey they call the bicycle the
devils chariot"
No fewer than 10 per cent. OF the
Hawaiian nati> es today are lepers.
Wisconsin produces annually an aver
age Of 100000 pounds of cheese.
Frequent moistrning of a broom adds
to its usefulness, anu also saves the car
pet.
1T is estimated that the men Of Great
Britain spend so, 100000 year OH silk
hats.
The value Of the fruit consumed in
Great Britain every year is estimated ut
tlU.WO,OOO.
The British Archaeological school in
Greece has resumed the work of excav;,-
ton in Milo,
Experiments to reproduce dead mems
features from their skulls are being made,
in Germany.
The present number of Indians in
Canada is 10O,0Gs, an increase of 7,9
over last year.
A German doctor finds that only in
one case out of fifteen are both eyes in
good condition.
-l'onieS have an average weight of 40
pounds; that of horses varies from G6O
pounds to 1910 pounds.
Sunday trains have begun operation
III Connecticut. the land Of the blue law
and the wooden nutmeg.
,-Congress has been memorialized by
the Florida Legislature to place an inn
port duty on Egyptian cotton.
Oatmeal is good for cleaning the
teeth. 1t gives them iine, glossy APP
pearance. and is sweet to the taste
Smoke is arising from some of the
largest mountain peaks in Hawaii. and
there are fears of il general volcanic erup-
yton.
-.\u artificial rubber, as good as the
real thing. is now made of glue and give
crime mixed with sulphur oil, such as
ichthyol.
There has been an increase of $1.76
per capita i'll the circulation of the coun.
try i'll the past twelve months. 1t now
amounts to $2o.45.
An electric arc lamp for use under
water-a contamination that has battled
electricians for years-has been produced
by a German firm.
The Turkish government refuses to
consider any offer from rich leaders of
the Hebrew Zionist movement to sell
part of the Holy Land.
While the number of children and
Youth in the United States is 21,OS2, 472,
the total enrolment of American Sunday
schools is but 9,71S,432.
The Japanese diet has voted $780,
900 for public improvements in Formosa.
Most Of the money will be expended in
railway and harbor work.
1t took three men twelve hours to
fell tree in Que of the new lumber
vamlS opened un near Madison, w. Va.
The tree was s feet through.
OF the 109,O2O inhabitants of the
Hawaiian islands. 44,tOO are Confucian-
ST., l.1h
come in from China and japan.
In the coal mines of Illinois, during
The year ended June 30, 1885, Is men
were accidentally killed. leaving .lj wild
"ws and III fatherless children.
At foubaix, one of the Socialist
>tr"nShol,lS of France, the II 900 public
:. boot children receive free food and
clothing at the expense of the town.
The first Strawberries Of the season
come TO Pennsylvania from Florida and
South Carolina. Florida also sends us
fhe earliest peas beans and cucumbers.
--';erman steamship managers are
making preparations for regular subsi-
died ocean service between Bremen and
the new German territory OH the Chinese
coast.
--\ccor,ling to a Colorado weather re-
port. the total snowfall at Leatlville dur
ing the winter was 252 inches; at Brock
!nridge, 31S inches, and ut Ruby, 524
inches.
"A queen bee sometimes lays at the
rate Of two eggs a minute As she lives
four or five years. she must lay about
.'ne and half millions in the course of
her life
The nails Of two fingers never grow
with the same degree of raDidity The
nail Of the middle finger grows with the
greatest rapidity, and that of the thumb
the least.
In twenty years the American Bible
society has distributed $4,000 Bibles in
Mexico. In the same time the British
anu Foreign society has distributed 1:57
200 copies.
"A ruling by the state treasurer of
\"rth Carolina, that dispensaries can
sell llHnor only on prescription, practical
!! hnllltes the many legislative acts GRO
''ting diSpensaries
statistics published in Montreal
show that 10000 people have left the
PROVINCE Of Quebec for the states this
wear. Most Ut the emigrants have gone
|" manufacturing centers.
ne life OF an editor in Servio ia not
" uI'iEnt nn one: Within two years one
teen OF them are in Jail for Commenting
upon government affairs.
a Missouri enactment Droh;h;t. ,,,,,
;'ith"ritles Of any city from granting a
!3i'roah franchise on any street exrent IN
me petition of landowners represrntinr
street VI tAc
-To assist in illustrating eclipse and
h tne phases OF the moon Maine woman
mas patented a ,ellurian, with q lamn a..
1ached to represent the sun, the earth
ana moon revolving around it on horizon
tai arms va A'A 'Aon
-lhe Chinese detective force is a So
crft body: and the best organized in tho
world They have an eye open upOn ev
10y man. woman or child, foreign or ma
over each other.
Stout people who wish to refluce
themselves should diminish the QUANTITY
OF bread. sugar, fat and butter in their
net nut not suddenly leave off anything
to which they have been habituorei
through long life.
An Englishman has designed a tent
wnl9h mas series Of ribs similar to those
used on umbrellas, the ribs being Of Hax;
bic material and hinged to n block Mt tn
center of the top, allowing them to be
folded up in small compass
-Snlpe are scarce ia Germany. They
cost Sl.l2 apiece i'll the market and SI2S
apiece to amateur hunters. At any rate
It Is known that 100 amateur hunters
;nl"H: T-'"" IaSt year, near Munster
bagglns altogether twenty birds.
Manjak' is the maine of new min
eral Of lustrous black, discovered on
the island Of Barbados. According to
experts, it is petrified petroleum. mixed
with solid organic matter. It will form
valuable fuel, far superior to coal.
Coils P. Huntington and associates
have purchased the Texas Mexican rail-
road, which runs from Corpus Christi to
Laredo, Tex, distance of 1GO miles, 1t
Is narrow gauge line, and it will be i'm
nedlately changed to standard width.
The story of the finding of the sea
serpent on the island of Suwarrow, on
the British Columbia coast, has been ex-
plored by Sydney scientist who de-
clares the bone found are those of
zlthoid, Il rare species of the whale fami-
ly.
The New Zealand birth rate has been
steadily diminishing during the last two
decades. In 1882 it was 37.3 per 1000:
today it is 1886. or lower than that Of