The Virginia enterprise., 1900-06-08
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

In garden rhuDaru we have Il vaIua-
b'e medicine. even if it be a humble one.
Miss Helen Gould is said to have
given $4,000 to charity during the last
month.
-Th" University of Berlin will soon
have three chairs Of anthropoogy and
cthnology.
The South African winter begins to-
ward the end of April and lasts until
September.
The railroad time between New York
and Boston has been reduced to t hours
and % minutes.
The Orange Free States area is
about I2,tAW square miles, and the num-
Der of farms is over 1000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Schoticd of
New Canaan. Conn.,, have been married
sixty ytars--the record for the state.
In twenty-four hours close upon 100
trains pass in and out of the New street
railway station. Birmingham, England.
lena island. in the Hudson river, has
become the property Of the government,
and will be used for Il naval magazine
-Tarantulas are being raised in Aus
tralla for their webs, which are being
used in making threads for war balloons
Philadelphia policemen carry canes
with curved handles. They are sometimes
useful in reaching for escaping wbreak
trS.
1t is expected that during the com
ing summer the number of Scotch and
English tourists in Ireland will top the
record.
-Card-paying in England is TN almost
forgotten pa>timc. Ladies' seldom play
and gentlemen engage in it rarely but to
gamble.
The army Of Lord Roberts would re-
uuire in European condition about TWEEN
ty-tvr miles Of wagons, with two, four or
six horses apiece.
The Japanese tea merchants are con-
tcmplating establishing tea houses, after
the Japanese style, in the large cities of
the United States.
The English prerag> is divided into
dukes, marqui>es, earls, viScoumts and
baronS. -. the spiritual prcraSr into
a:vnrlshol~ and bishops.
In the British isle during the present
century seven Instances have been re-
corded in which the bride has married
the best man by mistake.
About Sti3 tons of gold are estimated
to he in actual circulation as money in
England, that being approximately the
weight of t11O,0OO,OOO sterling.
In the Canadian Northwest provinces
there are probably more colonies of differ
rnt nations than are to he found ON any
equal area elsewhere in the world.
In Manitoba and Northwest terrific
rieS during the year 1890 there arrived
from European countries 2O,3G4 settlers.
and from the United States 0S3S.
Sanitary authorities in Boston have
called on the BARRIERS for the sterilization
nf mugs. brushes and razOrS and the use
of clean towel for each customer.
The new electric power plant at the
Armour packing houses in Chicago re-
places ninety three steam boilers. sixteen
engines and seventeen refrigeratins ma
chimes.
Canadians are nlanifeStly not beer
drinkers. They consumed last year but
800 gallons per head as compared with
Il consumption of 1860 in the United
States.
Ten million dollars annually are ex-
pended in London for umbrellas The
people there are accustomed to carry
them whether it is raining or not, and in
all sorts of weather.
Cups and SaucerS are never used for
tea anywhere in Russia The teacup is
an unknown article. The drinking YES
sci for tea s the '>takan. Il glass tum-
bier in silver holder. No Russian ever
drinks milk in his tea.
1t is interesting to note that so long
ago, in County Donegal. Ireland, the
market price for knitting pair OF socks
used to be l penny, and women worked
chcerfully for that sum.
The oll-fa$honed cowboy, like every
ether wild creature, is beginning to lose
his status as II foe to peace and quiet
ness as civilization rapidly spreads its
net in the Western wilds.
Officers of the Colorado State FEEDER
alton Of Labor are arranging to lease
from the state (; large amount of coal
and mineral land on which mines will be
opened on the cooperative plan.
The Rev. G.. NJ. Sheldon distributed
S:hhD received for conducting the To-
l"ka Daily Capital as Christian news
paper anon" charities. $1,000 being do
mated t. the India famine sufferers
The demand for oatmeal throughout
England is in'rcaSin. every year. and
til" quantity used among the millions of
London will soon exceed in ratio the
consumption i'll "Aul,l Reckic' itself.
-Am.ng the beGgar> and vagabonds
CT Rreslau. Germany. 20 per cent. of the
hit II have been found unfit for military
:'rvire. while the figure for the popua-
ton III general docs not exceed $ per
cent.
twelve days in the Matsuyasu colliery in
Japan lately. They did without food all
the time, and for most Of the time with
cut light, and were none the worse when
dug out.
The Berlincr Tageblatt pleads for
l'Wsr railway passenger rates, and
points out that for SlI one can travel
five times as far in Russia as in Ger
many. In Hungary the rates are trihe
lower still.
Prof. Martin Hartmann of Berlin
has written a book in which he points ou;
Il noticeable intellectual renaissance il
the Mohammedan world, as indicated in
Arabic newspapers.
"A man who Owno @fO 0O0 .ook -.
the New York Stock exchange says he
gets 80 cents from his wife each morn
ing with which to buy luncheon, and
deputy sheriff with bill for $50 .18 could
find nothing to attach.
Some fresh malapropisms are quoted
IN England: For instance: Mrs. Slipshod
knows that Beers are mischieyous as
monkeys. with their barbcd wire and
things; but she is very sorry to see that
they are ''resorting to gorilla tntacks,,
-Ihe higher classes of machinery and
tools used in Russia are from Great
Britain and the United States. At pres
cnt there is more demand for common
sorts. The finer sorts are used in bicy-
rie factories, marine machine shops. etc.
sleep.
-LandScape gardening, in the eyes of
Miss ReatriX Jones. has attractions su
WrOr to those of society. She has a(ont-
I'd it seriously as profession Miss
ZONES IS a daughter OF Mrs. Cadwallader
Jones, and belongs to the Four Hundred
in New York.
There is a DR.. Jane Walker in Lon
don who believes she has discovered u
means of curing consumption, no matter
how far the malady has advanced. Her
treatment consists in giving the patient
plenty of pure air and unlimited quantity
Of the best food.
Abolition Of purchase has not de-
StTo!ed the influence of money in the
British army. The expenses of a subal-
tern are so out Of proportion to his pay
that it is almost impossible for a man to
80 into the service unless his family are
able to supplement his pay by an allow
ance Of from $500 to $500 year, ac-
cording to the arm of the service
The official estimate Of the mineral
wealth of Siberia is remarkable reading,
for it would indicate that this myterious
country is, minerally speaking, one of
the richest in the world North of the
Aral sea and mountains the land is rich