The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-22
MlSCi:i.l .ANEOUS ITEMS.

plague is decreasing throlAhout India
In Bolivia the Indians bring natura
ice from the mountains, and the p"o,luc
is cheap.
10 be perfectly proporione,l, mar
should weigh IS pounds for every foot
Of his height.
Most of the cities on the Atlanti.
aboard are more humid in June than
is Manila in April.
In proportion to its size Great Brit
ain has eight times as many railways as
the United States. s.
1t ie said there are fewer divorces
among the Chickasaws than with an,
other race of people.
AT Miles. Mont. the salounkecpers
nave petltluntd for permission to close on
Sundays. They need the rest.
- Boston has an ordinance restricting
the height of buildings. which has recent
~ been put to the test and sustained b>
the courts.
Owing to the stubborn resistance of
the Sultan the cities of the west coast
Of Morocco are still without telcyraphic
connection.
in Germany une man in 213 goes tc
cell &C. III Scotland one in $50, in thu
United States one i'll 2OUO and in Eng
land one in 5000.
j. w. Barton of Niagara was at.
tarEvd by fortpAlls and relieved of 5000,
the proceeds of Il land sale. The robbers
escaped on wheels.
The German Emperor has never
formally been crowned King of Prussia.
! he rtr nation ceremonies will take
place next October.
The mortality from pneumonia is still
quite high III the German army. Every
50 ldirr r,nval>>ccnt from it has fur
Tough Of four weeks.
The Deut>chc Kolonialblatt declares
that settlers have pour prospects of sue
cess i'll Samoa unless they have at their
disposal at least $500.
"A German $avant says dying is Il
perfectly easy and painless process. Con
S'ln'l>r' - ceases in nearly every instance
before the heart stops beating.
The work of the Chicago city lirec-
tory tnumrraturs for 1900, almost com
p,e:ed. shows that thu population of Chi
eaGo is not less than 2.oOO,G0O.
Berlin postal authorities estimate
that no fewer than 100000 postal cards;
without amy addresses at ali are mailed
III the German empire every year.
\ recent test of the salt water fir"
service of Boston gave abundant salts
faction. Fitted with the modern Access
series ii Is IL" longer an experiment.
Whoa shipping IL race horse from
Calf, mia all ,l!n,r< coming from there
usually bring along Il IL! Ct California
hay III order to avoid Il change of diet Of
their h"rS,>.
The r,w English hali-penny stamp
in grrc, is in 1850. has Il reason in that
it falls into lin" with he half-ppnny
stamps used within the international
postal union.
An inventive g, Mus has produced Il
tobacco pip" which has Il whistle in the
stem in order to enable the smoker to
Summer Il cab without taking the pipe
from his mouth.
There is to be constructed from Da-
nla>.',:S to Mecca a railway in order that
pilgrims may lr sawed from 4 SEA vuy-
aye. 1t is proposed that the line shall! be-
hliGt by soldiers.
A recent >hiI'm mt of $1,000 bushels
# wheat from Portland. Or. to Yoke
hama wa$ the first cargo made up cXclu-
Sivtly # 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 uf -Attir;,, ThtSSily.
Mil" and H".n,.
One nH!i makes all the burglars
ii!nnlitS in l.'n,!nu. Tho police know the
man W,Il and are fully aware Of his pc
culiar trade. liHt there is no law by
wi!is II h" can he arrested.
x; sides he" almost innnmcrablc load
rf human htin=S that the hiy Oceanic
carrie off frcm New York recently she
took 1'm.HHl Young Shad, which are to be
lldntru III 11ng11>n watPrS
1T is one of the risks of soldiers
caleer that. while III time of peace his
pl"rt >>ion is the heal;hitSt of ALL WHEN
war comes ii is transformed ut once into
tn" ,lea,!li.St of all callin.S
-Buckwhrat cakes are losing favor in
this country. The amount OF buckwheat
raised Is "n y about onc-half of what it
was thirtytiye years age. nutwithStand-
ing the increase Of population.
-Rhndr>a has its civil list and it's
rival grants with other older and more
settled and populated communities. The
late King L"hrngula. ii appears, left
eighty wives as pensioners on the com
nunity.
On Ruby creek. Whatcom county,
WASH. a''oIt l'RW acres of placer
ground have been taken up near the
junction IF Skaiit river with Ruby Sew
tra' :t'i'>'l's have been spent i'll running
hlt'hlng and putting in Il plant.
The hanks Of Puget Sound cities hay
IL: fixed rate Of discount for I'LL Cana
dian money. the Canadian banks at Vic
terra ana Vancouver have rttaliatrl l,y
imposing Il discount of 10 cents on the
dollar for tuited States bank notes.
e "rk' that have been stepped in vase
line are said to ~" an excellent substitute
for glass Shoppers. without their disad-
r"iltngtS. They are 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
crn portion of 'Tillau"nk county. Oregon,
Ar" building individual cheese factories.
They hcliev" there is more money in
manufacturing their own cheese than to
furnish cooperative factories with their
milk.
n school for employees has been start
cd in one Of the shops of the United
States CaStiron Pipe and Foundry com
pany: i'll Cincinnati The company has
fitted up il room with drawing apparatus
and Instruction will be given in the com
panyS time.
Color photography will, doubtless, in
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 to
see its usefulness for lectur:ng and teach
ing purposes.
In a new apparatus for handling
goods arranged on shelves the upper half
of the shelving is suspended by means of
pnllcys and ropes to slide up and down in
movable guideways with clutches for Sc
curing the puileys to revolving shafts to
raise or lower the shelves.
Idaho orchards cover 10000 acres,
Apple trees cover 10000 acres, pear tree;
DaW acres, prune trees 10000, peach
trees 1000 acres. cherry trees and apricot
trees 1000 acres each. nectarine and al
n!0nd trees 1000 acres. grape vines 300
acres and small fruits 1GO acres
The much-herallcd Wernest lamp is
soon to he placed OH the market for
household and store lighting. It will use
the commercial 11O-volt current, and
take Oh amperos for 25-candlepower. For
whitcncss, brightness and beauty it is
said to far surpass all other lamps.
Tea drinking is constant occupa-
ton for a Thibetan. In every tent and
in every house the tcakcttlc is always
on the fire. The laws of hospitality bind
all to present tea to their guests, and
every Thibetan carries with him a wood
Ell bowl Of Himalayan maple by way of