The Virginia enterprise., 1899-06-30
VIRGINIA. MINI.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Ice Il wear.
Over 33 per cent. of all foreign ms
SionaricS are women.
a Yonkers IN. " man dislocated E,S
shoulder by Sncc2ing.
Chicago claims to use 4l.ooo,OUO
pounds of soap Il year.
The Sahara desert is three tlaes as
large as the Mediterranean.
Spain has had thirty-one years OF
war during, the present century.
A recently built organ run hv elec-
tricity contains 64.500 miles of wire
The total membership of the Chrls-
ian Scientist church i'll this country IS
about 10000.
A new ma rhine in the Chicago post
office cancels stamps on from 4UO to 3uo
letters Il minute.
The empire of Morocco is the most
important state that is absolutely With
cut Il newspaper.
New Zealand farmers now send froz-
Cn cream to London, where 1t Is
thurn1d for butter
The production OF coal in the Trans
vaal in 1898 was ,9o7,S sos tons, against
1,G0o,2l2 tons in 1897.
More newspapers are printed in the
United States than in England, France
and Germany combined.
A number of German iron mills are
reported TO have shut down because of Il
Sholtag Of raw material.
In 1897 1869 tigers were killed in In
.iia Itit3 leopards. 2Oo3 bears, 3l42
wolves ana 10000 snakes.
Algeria and Argentine are the only
countries in the world where the horses
outnumber the human beings.
The female brain commences to de-
cline in weight after the age of 80, the
male not till ten years later.
Not less than 100000 persons at
tend the seventy three branch Chautau-
qua assemblies every summer.
During May the total charitable. re-
ligious and educational gifts i'll the Unit
cd States aggregated $3.22o.6oo
The Lutheran church i'll Iceland
numbers about 1000 baptized mcmhefs,
which is about the total populatloh'
Mai Nair, a judge of the New Lea-
land land court has been appointed act
ing consul for Great Britain at Samoa.
Thirty years ago there were only
about twenty-five explosive compounds
known. Now there are more than llOu
A single fire Russian sable skin Is
worth from $500 to $50. 1t is tiny
thing about t inches long by or !
incheS round.
Paper is now being made i'll Holland
from potato stems and leaves. IN,
ton for the vines.
India imported 2.S35,29S gallons o.
hcer in 1898. and the product of tn
breweries in that country amounted T.
5.SI6.l9I gallons.
The gold production for 1898 wa:
distributed as follows: South Africa
SSo.0ooooO: Australia. S67, ,792.o0o; Unit
cd States. $50. lS2,66i
Arrangements have been made fcl
heavy shipments of grano to Call1orhliA
The product comes from Gullll!Soh ant
Hat islands. Great Salt lake.
There is a movement on foot in Amer
lean Jewish circles for the purchase o
sui,,LIe testimonials for Capt. DreyfuS
Emile Iola and Col. Picuuart
An excellent furniture polish is com
posed of ali equal quantity OF parat thn
methylated spirits, turpcntine ana vine
uar. we'll mixed and applied with Z soft
cloth.
The 5000 seam>trcSseS ut I'hladel
nhia who live by making soldiers cloth
ing will demonstrate te to PRESIDENT NC
Kinlev against letting the work to con
tractors.
1t is a somewhat curious fact. uni
vcrsally noted by Travellers that mons, II
GERS and other fierce carnlvor are to-
weak in lung power to run n-'fe thai
half a mile
y cost OF tDe WORTH w diS
the Crimean campaign has been a!A'
oG2 900 600. or lust about enough to glv'
. golden eagle to every man, woman an'
child on the globe.
The use of coffee Il beverage De
gan in southern Arabia III tn" latter mai
of the Fifteenth century. 1t was lhtfo
,',1ce,l into Constantinople in 1o34 AM
into Venice in 1913.
Reading at meals is objectionahle OF
the ground Of health, if nothing else IN
habit is detrimental To Your digestion
and this shonld he sufficient rtaSGn 10
any sensible person.
BY the will of Henry. Shaw Of 81
Louis the flower gardens which lie oWn2
in that city are open to the pupilc. on sli
first Sunday in June and the first Sunda
in September each year.
Tory is; an Irish word for bog
runner.'' 1t originally applied to tn
Rnmish outlaws in Ireland. and then t
all Jacobitcs. prior to becoming poltl
cal designation century ago.
The winter of 1S9S-99 has been tn
most destructive of evergreens an
strawberries in the history of Iowa.
is estimated that one-half OF all IN
cvergreens in the state were killed.
Water is the hardest. of all sub
stances to heat. with the single eAcep'lo
of hydrogen gas. The easiest two ar
mercury and lead. which stand in thl
respect on nearly the same footing.
The town of Warren, Pa, with lo
onu noDulation has 1850 bicycles, az
cording to the count returned by the IL
SCISSORS. This is almost an average {
one wheel III every family Ill the place.
Only once in their history as 8; natlo
have the Spanish achieved a naval VIZ
tory. That was at the battle Of Lepantt
in 1911. when, with the aid of Venetian
and Genoesc, they annihiated the Turl
ish fleet.
A Berlin physician has written a
article on the dangers resulting frol
what are considered insignificant wounds
For instance. Of thirteen injuries to tn
thumb. permanent disability followed
GO per cent.
Though the Philippines are an agr
cultural country they do not produc
enough food for the consumption OF tn
inhabitants. and it is the custom to dra'
uDon rice-producing countries such as Ct
chin-Chna.
Scientists have discovered that tn
memory is stronger in summer than !
winter. Among the worst foes of tn
memory are too much food, too muc
physical exercise, and, strangely enough
too much education.
The largest dairy in the world is Il
Gated fourteen miles from Newark, \
J.. the minimum number of cows keI
being 1000. The proprietor runs ranc
in Iowa for the special purpose of SUI
plying his dairy with cows.
The Salvation Army has decided t
organize several colored corps in the priI
cipal Southern cities, with view to es
tablishing colored branches of the arm
throughout the Southern states if tn
idea seems to be practicable.
Along the Adratic sea swallows an
other migratory birds are caught ever
year by the hundreds of thousands an
eaten by the Italians, who spread net
in which as many as 300 to 500 of th
tired birds are caught at once.
Children will enjoy Il new frecracke
which is manufactured i'll strings COZ
tanning any desired number, with Il col
tinuous fuse which may be lighted {
one end to fire a whole bunch in succe
sion, or separated for single explosions.
The California state board Of priso
directors adopted rule that hereafte
when q convict is found with dead
weapon in his possession he shall be kel
in solitary confinement for the rest of tt
term, even if it be for his natural life.
In Montana singular cleft in til
rocks has been famous for years for tt
snakes of all kinds which seem to hay
chosen it as a home. 1t is of unknow