The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-23
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

recommends that IL sanitarium for con
sumptivCs he erected.
brewers cn the Pacific coast have OF
late developed very profitable market
for beer in the Orient.
colorado has the highest peak in thu
United States. 1t is Blanca peak, H..
SOS feet above sea level
If the moon looks pale and dim, OK
pett rain: If red. wind: and if her natura
color, with il clear sky. fair weather.
There are ut the present moment be-
tween 500 and 800 commissioned officers
III the army who have risen from the
ranks.
Spiral arml:tS of copper form good
protection for the arm in battle and the
Hing of Dahomcy uses his us defensive
weapons.
The caulitiower is patrcan amons
vegetables, and WAS taken from it's CIV
press home to England in the rci-n OF
Elizabeth.
Note circulation of the Bank OF
France ut the opening of .Ianuary-$SS::ss:.
ED.OnU-waS the largest in the history
of the institution.
Among the 1900 CuhanS who took
the census Of the island were many WON
en-. and they received the regular rcmun
Grafton of s. Il day.
There are fourteen Harvard sradu-
ates in the Fifty-siNth Congress-. now in
StSSloll' Oh Wnnm 1Iur are senators and
ten representatives.
stripe Of whatever breadth or upor~ must
be the same in both the length aud
breadth Of the web
Oats, barley ami rye originated in
the wild FERNS along the Mediterranean.
In" first noted spe, les Of wheat were
brought from Persia.
In France and Italy it is believed
hat = l.>,> J.
blood under Il ruSehlISh will he rewarded
with roSe-tintetl cheeks.
A book published in Japan 1000 years
ago notes that ut that time good silk
was already produced in twenty-five
provinces of thar country.
The total catch of seals by Canadian
scaling vessels during the past season
was :'+.i++. as compared With Il total for
the preceding year of oS,:''o.
The Providence Journal says: The
day is c"'nin- when practically every
household will have IL telephone, just as
it has other modern facilities"
-S"ciety women in New York have I'M
,ltrtaken to raise Il fund of $4,000 for
the widow Of, Bill Anthony. the famous
orderly of the 'attrShip Maine.
A London bankrupt has been ordered
I" pay 4 debt to Il green grocer ut the
rate vt ; $hiling> per week. 1t will take
Hilil tillTlH-StNtn years 10 do II.
In parts OF India cakes Of tea and
in China pieces of ::ilk pass as currency
Oxen still form III circulating medium
amen: many of the XuluS and Katfirs.
Illinois ranks second to Pennsylvania
III the production of coal. 1t is mined
in tifty-tWn counties of the state and
the output for last year WAS %, 43}44 4 45
tons.
The Irp"pulatinn of Peru is illus
tratet 10y the fact that the valley Of
Santa. which in the days of the Incas
had population # 7W.non. now has only
5000.
~ amer linz. between America and
Turkish ports and an agricultural expo.
Sntlcn and War,hGlSr for American gOOdS
at C"nStuntinnlLe are about to be es-
tahlShel.
If fire requires blowing to give it a
good start it will 1t, found that blowing
down into the flames makes it burn up
mere brightly and quickly than if blown
from underneath.
Users Of gas and electric lights will
soon be able to put in little knick-
knack by which the gas or electric light
can be put cut at :, predetermined time
by fixing the apparatus.
The latest device to encourage high
stepping in coach horses is a glass worn
like goggles. the crystals being so formed
that the ground appears nearer than it
Is. 1t Is said to work all right.
A church in Leavenwnrth. Kas., has
obtained circuit-courI Judgment against
the Chicago 4 Great Western Railway
company fur disturbing Sunday services
by working trains near the church.
Michigan will endcavor t" have a
law passed that will allow the use of
tnnvrts IN the building and repairing of
the state highways Kentucky will have
similar law before it's Legislature.
The American and British govern
mtntS are bidding against each other in
the bean market. Beans are prominent
in the diet of soldiers and sailors, and IN
abundant supply of them is considered
essential.
.-1Wtnty years ago Edison gave the
hrSt public exhibition Of his ncandescent
hgnt III his laboratory ut Menlo park.
which led to the establishment of the
first system Of electric lighting ever es-
tablished
a man, apparently educated and re-
fined, has been fined 500 for mutilatjnc
publications Oh file in the Chicago public
library. He pleaded to he released. saw
Ing that he needed the clippings in com
piling statistics
As the government Of France could
net tie persuaded to vote $1,000, 900 for
IN" purpose, Il syndicate is being formed
to lay net Of wires that will connect
alphabetically all of the $4,000 commu-
mites Of France
Great B!ita MS export of wool dur
ing the whole year 1899 increased 81 per
cent. in quantity over 1898 and IS per
cent. in value. In December alone in
crease in the quantity of wool exported
was 134 per cent.
british possessions in Africa import
cd from the United States in December
S2SI .SOl more merchandise than in 1903
an increase Of 20 per cent. For the full
calendar year the increase was S1.6G2,-
44S. Or II per cent.
The small, hard shell known as the
Afr-ca in place of coin. Whales teeth
are used ny the FijianS, rcd feathers bv
some Of the South Sea islanders. and salt
in parts of -AbySsl;a.
Connecticut received from the inherit
tanee tax during the year ended Septcm-
Der 81. 1899. $115. 1880 while the wear
before the receipts from this source were
Hl55'o'l 81. The treasurer says this de-
crease is only temporary.
During the summer thrushes get I'M
before , o'clock in the morning and don't
30 to bed until after 9 o'clock at night;
SO they work nearly nineteen hours.
Biackblrds are not nearly so industrious.
lheE only work seventeen hours.
"A few years ago the Coreans came
10 washington in the Quaintest of ORR
entail garbs. from which they never de-
waited. This winter the Corean minister
Is ma king the afternoon social rounds in
I'r.nce Albert and striped trousers.
While five years ago the cotton mills
in the South consumed but 100000 bales
OF Gotten, their consumption amounts
now to nearly 100000 bales in the $50
mills, with 4.952O92 spindles and 1O4,-
446 looms. The number of mills has in
creased FOG, that Of spindles and looms
C4O per cent.
The newspaper men in the Philip |
pines are telling story of one of their !
number, new arrival. who undertook to |
explain to an officer how he thought a |
certain attack ought to be made. Tho
officer listened so politely for twenty
minutes that the correspondent, on de-
parting, asked his name. ''Otis," was the
reply.
The alarming increase Of juvenile
criminals in Germany is puzzling the leg |
lslators. In 1885 the juvenile offenders |
fh> 81 al.