The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-01-27
MIsCELL NE0us ITEMS.

-The highest value OF an English post
age stamp is $50. The stamp is OF oh
long shape and very seldom used.
d Mr.. Ralfour is one OF the fastest
speakers in the House of Commons, ut,
,tering an average OF 160 words q minute.
The state historian OF South Carolina
estimates that that state furnished H.
GOO men to the service Of the Confetl-
eracy. u
1t is said that dried currants given
to horses occasionally in lieu Of oats will
increase the animals powers Of endur-
ancet = 8 S5.
st. Paul's cathedral, London. is the
most heaviiy-insured building in Great
Britain. It is insured for $$475,O 600 in ten
offices. sss
Twenty tax bills in Boston for 1905
bring into the city treasury $1,367, 6;:,3.-
So. or nearly 10 per cent. OF the whole
tax levy. 81
The production of soap in England iss
about S,00O tons per week, of which be-
tween 5000 and 1900 tons are made in.
London. -:
-A@Cariboa tMea church society set
the admission to a chicken-pie supper Civ
en- recently at cent for each inch of
waist measure. 81 81
Probably no actor. now on the stage
is richer than William II. Crane. He is
said to be worth $25O,OOO, and it is all
safely invested. = - sz lz5
As pair of dwarfs, Charles Morris, a
widower, 36 inches in height, and Miss
Goddard, S611s inches high. were married
in Bolton, Eng. e. II s:5s8 s & IS
Among birds the swan lives to be the,
years; the falcon has been known to live
over 162 years. - r. s S 49, 81
A millionaire who died in Boston
few days ago directed in his will that no
one owing hin, less than 5000 be re-.
quired to pay. - :ss.z .a7s e
Peach stones find steady market ii,
New York city. where perfumes, fla
voring extracts and prussic acid are dis
titled from the kernels. ~ sss
A southern county Of California has
decided to send a commissioned to Ha-6
wall to search for a parasite that Will
destroy the purple scale. ~ N
The lighthouse at Corunna, Spain, is
believed to be the oldest one now in use.
1t was erected during the reign of zTra-.
jan. and rebuilt in 1854. ~ =
Some idea of the educational IN
fiuenee of the British museum can be-
gathered from the fact that over 1000. J.
900 persons visited it last year. Sc s
Among the marriage notices pub
ished IN the Kansas papers last week
were two respectively headed: Warm
bread Coffee and Wood-Pyle.'a
Besides the rinderpest, South Afri-
cas- worst plague consists n fha mvr;aass
of grasshoppers, which are SOMETIMES $50 co
dense that they stop railway trains. q ~
Playing cards, when first introduced
into England, We're looked on as q purely
Christmas pastime. Only one form of
playing with them was known at that
time. ~ 80 .s III "a
y ,onilon il Tn,cl, health;a, =,
than in winter. In the third weeF 81
January 2O21 deaths were nnti1;asl
while in the third week OF :J1Iness fAs Nuns
Der was only l933. .sE--Z-7sS3
Important 1eposits Of snlnhnr r. %
lately been discovered in Asiatic Russia.
In the Ferghana district there: ID one
which will yield about 10000 pounds Of
pure sulphur yearly.
There Is !, c,ao t,ra :, 49, q,
ns ss s.ntt VI !An.e, MinSn Is ~ ne haMt
deyouring the interior until oniy the skin
and the skeleton are left. =. a..
~-accor,,;no to The so,,tbor;t, :ax
English maeezina Great Rr;ta;,, ., NJ 81,
81 ont Of eTsrv ion sSna,a miles, ~ .I,s
oarth,s s,rfacc anS 81 a,,t ~ " 9 tne
sHnare miles nf tarr;tnry =, - MI. a ~
South America. = y s -. 80
MILAN has cnrios;tv IN ,.,ooL
which is made entirely of broad 'Th.,
maker is a native of India. and he has,
devoted three Years of HIS f;ma tn tho
construction of this curiosity The c,ocir
is Of respectable size and goes well. -
The crucial question is settled. Nine.
Patti has, after agitated econsiderntinn
decided not to apnear Il, onera = far har,
marriage to Baron CederstroIn and ha ~.
after she will only be heard at mn lncca-
sional concert when shn 10 In +ho n,ooi -
NTbo -ova1 haror - 49, 900 80
IN o;eht roy With va.. - na nssl, ~ pounds
kitchen at Windsor csstla - t ~ s aal
Omeen's Christmas table m,as ~ aor sns
to Osborne. together With tba "a a,s,'aI
hoars had and .vo1,d ~ -, usual
49,. = anu same llp ples.s
h. xan man III .ne Iaiouse country lost
l.,s tanGn III contest case because nest
fo,,,.a - = r laI OF was
sonian r. nrorad s .n noLnIn IS ure
had NOT occnn;od +bs lHaI ne
law '.e .l* aii q a. ' 20
The, sol,,;o, sh1,.s, =, NJ: s. ..
thn sn. Sviusl poys y anna y, say that
.hI1, o pan te and satlVes Inere lnyarl-
right in nassi, n otha,s ~. a. % 70 tne
and in the streeta :. and ~ sn1 Maik
th".o ~ ln ...sls, ana consequently
with Americans. sss.l - ..t''o.'s
r-yo,ao,5 ). =, Is !. :. !,
such . n;tch If ,ssrfao a uEn nlous.t 70
eianh ants t,,sI n ;ha lnat single
he cmt into .baa,hns ,ong ~ can. new
tOnu
shas+., anu ~ ~ Ancnes VIDE While some
oniv o,,o VI i oss MooI anu mahogany are
M, aoou ~ nltleth " an q men thick
the Christmas pudding in London
nortance cows - Inn mal ma;, o. Nc SINAI, I'M
ara 81 s5o ;n1ea. .ns Dany MAI H. There
If each ono aato h pliupe , u London, and
IA very moderatel est r., atav ~ p han
total Of IL IONS Which nro,,n Nj y -. =
something I;ke f1nOn n'en plopAp'y cost
-Iraland,s .o1aana,,h -. : S
Gently ,raxoa ~ re-
Gaelic. by taxing tho snaeshas .1i nlnnage
Mt an Tr;sh Yast sme spsee1es aae,lvered
and received them tng ,nhI;,, =. Tongue
: they could be printed in Gaelic chn 1s
The animal fold no ,,.,,.s.., ~,
British ree,1Ir a, rai.s y. J "
much hammered Nv rsstr;.tia,,l aIs
ont Of IL us living