The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


which has been i'll existence 100 years.
Fish are inferior to higher vertv
hratt $ in range and accuracy of vision.
A foreign sculptor says the naya
arch III New York is the most beautiful
in the world.
The British war office anticipates ex
pending toO,O0O Oh bicycles for the vol
unteer force.
1t is estimated that about 100000.
otH. bicycles have been made in Europe
and America.
1t is estimated that the number OF
Germans and their descendants in the
United States is 15,OOOOOO.
More than 81 100000 people in India
are affected by the famine. About g.,
ooO.Ooo are in receipt of relief.
The Kansas City produce exchange
is about to adopt the plan to sell eggs by
weight instead of by the dozen.
Australians are trying hard to OBJ
tain market in London for the passion
fruit. which is so popular at the antip-
oatS.
The Newfoundland sealing season has
hren the largest for the past twenty-five
years, $4,000 seals having been cap
turcd.
For painting the words Il am a
Seer cll the gate ola Wick nurseryman
Miss Dorothy Chute was fined $50 in
l.ondnn.
-RcSidcntS Of Alaska hope that cir
cuSeS will come there. now that the IL
cenSe has been reduced from $1,000 day
to $500.
Sumter. S. c., has a factory for max
ing golf sticks of persimmon timber. 1t
IS claimed they are the best that can
be made.
To keep champagne hotties from los
ing gas Il French scientist covers TIL,
Il "a n1f .f,i< liz,
deposited.
Immigration i'll Hungary has assumed
unusual dimensions lately. In one month
lMarch> 1901 passes were issued to
cmigrantS.
Cuban pincapples are coming to this
country III increasing cargoes. They sell
Tor cents apiece wholesale Oh reaching
New York.
The biggest nugget yet found in the
hl"ndike was picked up on Gold hill re-
r'ntly. 1t weighed I ounces and was
valued at $4,000.
n woman who wears il stuffed bird
IN her hat Is Liable to Il fine of from so
t" 500 by law recently passed by the
Legislature "f Arkansas.
Yale men who are working their way
through college have become professional
lIillht;rrr> t" earn money They rc.
crlvr 81 for each funeral
The North German LLOYD is about to
start Il steamship line on the Yang-tse-
;\'anS river, in China, to connect at
Shanghai with the ocean ships.
Il Pennsylvania man has patented a
:"rin Of ,uE. that allows its contents to
flow out quietly. without any sound of
SurSinS. The handle is hollow.
-La>t year over o0nO British and 37S
German ships passed through the Suez
canal. lhr American flag was seen
there on only twenty-five vessels.
In New Haven, Conn. it has lust
hrn decided 10y Il court that Il man who
asks another for a chew of tobacco can
h"t he held Oh IL charge of begging
,-'i=arsttr smoking is not allowed OK
the Exposition grounds i'll Paris. Vic,
lat"r> ii the pr"hihitive order will be ar
1, >tr'l and subjected to heavy fines.
\ hair cut and shampoo constituted
m" first prize in tn" field day sports at
Bowling Green. Mo. Conyressman
Champ Clark lives at BowIin. Green.
The young women of Flushing, y. Y,
have formed what is known us board
nt strategy to assist members to secure
me Young men of their choice as hus-
bands.
Long before school boards were es-
tahli>hcd i'll England Canadian children
were instructed free of cost between the
ages of I and II. This education is COM
pulsury.
The strongest sentiment of the Turk
Is MS reverence for his mother. He al
ways stands in her presence until invited
t" sit down, a compliment he pays to no
enc else.
The government of Greece is now
more liberal with mining concessions, and
as 4 result mines are being worked in
the provinces Of 4Attica Thessaly, Milo
and Boeutia.
The original manuscript of the speech
favcrlny the admission Of Kansas into
the Mon, made 10y William II. Seward.
has been secured by the Kansas State
historical society.
1t is estimated that the losses by
business failures in the last ten years
amount to S1.N)O. 100000. which is more
than twice the amount of the cuuntry's
circulating medium.
a Rriton from London has gene to
South Africa with 100000 pocket hand
ktrchiefS. He hoped to be able to sell
them to the British soldiers at a profit
Of at least 300 per cent.
1t is said at the war department that
for every vacancy in either the military
or naval academy which the President
has the power Of filling by appointment
there are 100 applications.
-Th" collection of fish in the auuari-
,ll!lS CT the London Geological garden has
cen augmented by the addition of sever
al living specimens of the curious blind
fish from the Kentucky caves.
-Ihe British government is the owner
OF over 2o.OGO camclS. Several thousands
are used i'll India to carry stores and
equipment when the regiments are chang
ing quarters by line of march.
w., In three British regimcnts-the Black
Watch. the Argyll and Sutherland
!lishlandcrs and the Queens Royal
West Surrey regimcnt-over so per cent.
or the men are total abstainers.
Recent explorations show that Bra
I'll could, if pushed furnish so per cent.
more raw rubber than at present, and
that the possibilities of Africa as a rub
btr-exportlng continent are limitcss.
The United States never coined gold
some years ago jeweler at San Fran
CISCO struck gold pieces of the value of
Soo. but that was on private account
What is commonly known as the
measuring' or ''span" worm has made
Its appearance in the section of country
surrounding Richmond, Ind, and is do
ing vast damage to young fruit trees.
The relatives of Topeka (Kas.) man
secured his commitment to the ASYLUM
Tor the insane. He has just been grant
ca d large pension, and his friends pro-
pose to restore his sanity Immediately.
William G. Nash Of Weymouth.
Mass, Is thought to be the oldest grocer
~ the United States, he having entered
the business as an employc in 1881. and
having conducted store of his own for
the last sixty seven years.
An undertaking establishment in Chi
cago offers to conduct funerals ON the
lnstallment plan. 1t issues policies which
AMOUNT to 500 when paid up, and which
cntlt!e the holders Or members of their
families to decent burial.
Recent floods in upper, central and
southern Italy, which threatened the
lines or railway, have served to bring
once again into the foreground that most
pressing Of Italian problems-the reaffor-
esting of the denuded hillsides.
In China, twelve and one-half miles
from the village of Lion-C hek, there is
mountain of alum, which, in addition
to to r being m natural 4n curiosity, is source
try, who dig from it yearly tons Of alum.
1.-Two hundred and ninety millions of
dollars for poultry, the proceeds of one
year, compared with $1S6,OOO,OOO for
hogs for the same time, tells with en-
phasiS the enormous magnituda of tho