The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-05-04

To these they send their syrup and
sugar, for grading, weighing and stamp
inS, thus guaranteeing the genuinencss
of the product.
The seven provinces Of Canada have
ii total area Of 1,O7S,OOO square miles,
| and the nine territories 2,:}31 900 square
| miles, while the great lakes Of the ST.
| .nwrcnte system have an area of A.
coo square miles.
| are the head especially the mother. She
rules without appeal. Each son must
bring his wife to his mothers house on
| his marriage, and he must remain there,
with his growing family.
All tourists in Egypt arc expected to
80 inside the pyramids. The entrance Is
a long tunnel chute or incline plane,
and sides arc polished stone. 1t is very
dark and candles are used.
-MaSnalum. an alloy of ten to TWEEN
| ty parts 10y weight of magnesium with
]W of aluminium, is claimed to have all
| the advantages of aluminium, and also to
| be adapted for working with tools, while
even lighter than aluminium.
The largest steamers which were
| launched i'll the United Kingdom during
T'2'5 tons gross; lvcrnia. $4,000; Min
neapcliS, 1880; Saxon. 12,07O; Sax
onia, 1850; Persic, 1913.
:The annual report of the department
Of buildings shows that during the past
year there has been erected in Greater
| New York buildings to the value Of
| slH.S !3:""2l: This is an increase Of
| about $oO,OOO,OUO over 1898
| The querrcst church in the world is
| III Bergen. III Norway. 1t is completely
made of paper and rendered waterproof
! by an application Of Iucklime with cur
died milk and white of eggs. Over 1000
people ma; be seated in its interior.
The London News states that Monte
Carlo Is the one spot ON the continent
at present where everything is done to
please the English and make them COM
Portable. as the Monte Carlo people ap-
preciatr British patronage and gold.
Trying many colors. II. J. Moeller
has found that medicinal agents are best
protected from light by black, red,
orange, yellow, brown-yellow and pure
green glasses. Blue or colorlcss class
offered no protection against the chem
ical rays.
| An orsanist. who recently died in
Sweden, had held the position of choir
master and organist in one church for
seventy-tw0 years without missing a
service. He and his ancestors had
played the organ in the same church for
| 200 years.
On fete day in Sardinia the wives
and daughters of the farmers and trades
men present a wonderful spectacle from,
the gorgeOuSneSs of their costumes
These are a sort of herlooms, which
never vary in fashion, and are handed
down again and again from mother to
daughter
An officer in Burma expresses sur
prise over the fact that the British gov
crnment buys costly Italian and Ameri-
can mules when at Bhamo, in Burma.
5000 Chinese mules are to be had ut S3j
or $40 apiece, capable of carrying 200
pounds Il day.
mississippi has a 100000 poultry
farm. 1t is located fifteen miles from Bay
st. Louis. There are 5000 laying hens.
300 industrious ducks and hundreds of
turkeys Eggs are gathered in wheel
harrowS and thirty large incubators are
| in constant use.
The annual coal output of France is
| about two-thir,lS Of its CONSUMPTION.
The railroads in France consume ann,,-
ally about 4,:TD.NHo tons: the mctalluryl-
| cal establishments. G.'hmOOO tons; the
mining industry, :;.ouO,00O tonS-ovcr
| half the output.