The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


1T is reported from Simla that TIN
plague is decreasing throughout India.
In Bolivia the Indians brin. natur,
ice from the mountains, and the product
is cheap.
TO be perfectly proportionc,l, mar
should weigh ~ pounds for every foot
of his height.
Most of the cities on the Atlanti,
aboard are more humid in June THAI
is Manila in April.
In proportion to its size Great Brit
ain has eight times as many railways a.
the United States.
1t ic said there arc fewer divorce.
among the Chckasaws than with any
other race of people.
AT Miles. Mont, tn" SaloonkccperS
have petitiuncd for permission to close on
Sundays. They need the rest.
Boston has an ordinance restricting
the height of buildings, which has recent
ly been put to the test and sustained b>
the courts.
Owing to the stubborn resistance of
the Sultan the cities of the west coast
vi Mnlocco are still without Geographic
connection.
in Germany che man in 213 goes t,
,.l' 60. i'll SHETLAND one in 25O. in tn,
United States one in 20OO and in Eng
land one in 5000
J. w. Baton of niagara was at.
tackled by to"tp:'ds anu relieved of 5000
th, proceeds Of IL land sale. The robbers
escaped on wheels.
The German Emprrur has never
formally been crowned King of Prussia
i h" coronation ceremonies will take
place next October.
The mortality from pneumonia is still
quite high III the German army. Every
81 ldirr rnvnli>ccnt from it has fur
Tough Of frur weeks.
The DcutSrhr Kolonialhlatt declares
that settlers have poor prospects of sue
cess i'll Samoa unless they have at their
disposal at least $500.
n German Savant says dying is Il
perfectly easy and painless process. Con
srl'l>n'>S ceases in nearly every instance
before the heart stops beating.
The work of the Chicago city iirec-
tory rnumtraturs for 1900. almost com
p.e:ed, shows that th; population of Chi
Gag" Is not less than 2,o0n.HN.
Berlin postal authorities estimate
that no fewer than 100000 postal cards
without amy addresses at all are mailed
III the German empire every year.
A recent test of the salt water fire
service of Boston gave abundant salts
faction. Fitted with the modern Access
series il is II" longer al experiment.
Whn shipping ii race h"rSr from
taiif mia all tlaHtr> coming from there
usually bring along !; lot cf California,
hay i'll order to avoid Il change of diet OF
their horses.
The row English hali-pcnny STAMP
it falls into lin" with the halfpenn:
stamps used within the international
postal union.
An inventive - Mus has produced 4
t"hacr" rl"' which has Il whistle in the
stem in order to enable the smoker to
Srllln,n Il cal, without taking the pipe
from his mouth.
There is to be constructed from Da
n;t>.,:S to Mtr;; railway in order that
pil"lin* may l'r saved from Il SEA voy
H-r. Ii is proposed that the line shall b,
t:lit 10y soldiers.
A recent >hirmt mt Of $1,000 bushels
IF wheat frcm Portland, Or. to Yuku-
hama WAS til" first cargo made up cNcl,l-
>!v,ly # this cereal that ever crossed the
Pacific t. Japan
The government of Greece is now
more liberal with mining concessions
and lis Il Result mines are being worked
in the provinces Ut Attlca ThtS>aly
Mil" and l;".
jiuuit>S in l.'n,"u. Tho police know the
man W,ll and are fully aware Of his pc
ruliar trade ltut there is no law by
Miit II he can lr arrested
b, sides llr" almost innumcrablc load
# human beings that the big Oceanic
carrie! off frGln New York recently she
took 1Gn,iHn Young Sh;id, which are to be
l1antrH III EnG1l>n waters.
1t is one OF the risks of a soldier
calerr that. while III time of peace his
rl"r' >>!on is the healthit>t Of all. when
war CONT it j. transformed at once into
tn" 'lea'!lrSt of all callngS.
-Buckwhrat cakes are losing favor in
this country. The anrunt OF bucllwheat
raised is only about tne-half of what it
WAS thirty-tve years ago. nutwithStand-
ing tht increase Of population.
-Rh"'ir<ia has its civil list and its
RIVAL grants with other older and more
settled and p,nuatc,l communities The
late King 1."!"nguia. it appears left
;gh1y wives as pensioners on the com
mNnity.
-on Ruby creek. Whatcom county,
Wa*h.. al",Et 1'HW acres Of placer
vr'ln'! have been taken III near the
Junction IT Skaiit river with Ruby Sev-
tTai seasons have been spent in running
'llt"hing and putting in Il plant
The hanks of Puget Sound cities hay
ln@ hNrd 4 rat" If discount for all Cana
dian money. the Canadian banks at Vie
t,ria and Vancouver have r.tlliate.l bv
imposing !; discount OF 10 cents on the
dollar for United states bank notes.
4 '"rks that have been STEPPED in vase.
line are said to J." an excellent substitute
for glass shippers. without their disa,l-
vaitagtS. They ire not affected by acids
or chemical fumes. and they do not be-
come fixed by blow or by long disuse.
a great many farmers in the south
err! I.'ltl of Iil!Hmonk county. Oregon
ar" building individual cheese factories
They hclirv" there is more money in
manufacturing their own cheese than tr
furnish cooperative factories with theil
milk.
II school fer employees has been start
ca IN one Of the shops of the United
States CaStirnn Pipe and Foundry com
pany: ill Cincinnati. The company has
fitted up room with drawing apparatus
ami Instruct ton will be given in the com
pany's time.
Color photography will, doubtless, il
time be Of great use for reproducing the
medical and surgical aspects of disease
Mr.. Ives has experimental upon this sub
ject with his ''kromskop." 1t is easy t.
see its usefulness for lectur:ng and teach
ing purposes.
In new apparatus for handlin.
goods arranged ON shelves the upper hall
Of the shelving is suspended by means OF
pullcys and ropes to slide up and down II
movable guideways. with clutches for Sc
curing the pulleys to revolving shafts tt
raise or lower the shelves.
Idaho orchards cover 10000 acres
Apple trees cover 10000 acres. pear tree:
3'AW hcreS. prime trees $1,000, peacI
trees 1000 acres. cherry trees and aprco
trees 1000 acres each. nectarine and al
nona trees 1910 acres. grape vines 3n(
acres and small fruits 1GO acres.
The much -her,l,icd WcInest lamp i:
soon to be placed OH the market fo1
household and store lighting It will ust
the commercial Howell current, anl
take Oh amperOs for 25-candlepuwer. Fo]
wilderness, brightness and beauty it i:
said to far surpass all other lamps.
Tea drinking is a constant occupa
ton for a Thibetan. In every tent ant
IN every house the teakcttlc is always
on the fire. The laws of hospitality bint
all to present tea to their guests ani
every Ihibetan carries with him wood
en- bowl Of Himalayan maple by way OF