The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-09-25
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To. a electrician one horsepower =
TAG watts. 2s.55s2s
There are only 1000 Roman catho-
ltcs IN Sweden. >.sz 81. 3 sS !
The United States lighthouse serv.
Ices cost $4,500,000 q year.
The United States now takes half
tn lse worlds crop Of rubber. @ ,.s
IN 1902 the Berlin banks paid N
average dividend Of per cent.
OF the children Of school age in Rus.
ton. 81. q - ..''. ~. = S
The wine supplied to the pope is said
TO be ESQ years old and practically
priceless. :2~*> r. ...-..,.@ p. ~...N. ~
There are 800 Chinese students in tho
colleges Of Japan, and 500. more are
to be sent.
Nearly 2 per cent. Of Norway's pop
ulation has emfgrated during, the last
IL months. &1@***- !, r. n. -
In Southern India the schoolmasters
have ~ different kinds of punishment
tor naughty boys. j
The Rhodesian gold output for July
amounted to 23,570 ounces, which con.
| st1tutes record.
For ten years the average yield of
corn In Iowa has been, approximately,
80 bushels to the acre. 49,.
The 22d child was born to tho fam.
lily of John Rudney, of West MARI.
borough, N. Y, recently.
Two hundred tons weights Of bag.
gage accompanied the king and queen
on their visit to Ireland.
The Scandinavians now have an
enormous fleet of big steel tramp ships
In serious rivalry with the British.
The French ministry of marine has
issued an order suppressing in future
the christening" of ships Of war.
+ Diamonds have been discovered in
Liberia, and several tested in London
were found to be stones Of good color.
From a parliamentary paper it ap
pears that four churches in the city OF
| London have been pulled down since
1894.
AT the last sitting of the italian par
! lament 80 bills were approved in five
hours. They were voted eight at q
time.
The government mint report puts
the gold production of the world since
the discovery Of America at 1851,
000, 900.
One of the most prominent oil mag
mates in Los Angeles is woman. who
is said to control about half of the
whole product.
During stormy weather at Berne
Switzerland, a fash Of lightning struck
a flock of sheep, killing 48. The shep
herd was badly injured. -,~e
The Gaulois announces that M. Jules
Verne, the celebrated author, has be-
come almost blind, and an operation
for cataract is necessary.
The Knights of Labor are aiding the
employers Of New York in the fight
against the unions which have not yet
signed the arbitration plan.
In. Greater New York the average
number of children in Protestant fam.
lilies is 1.85, in Catholic families 2.0s,
and in Hebrew families 2.54. T.Est5:';
The largest and best stocked marine
aquarium in the world is Oh the old
moat of the abandoned Fl. Jefferson,
on Gordon Key, Dry Tortugas.
Persistent insomnia, unwonted irri
liability and dread Of graphing with
business problems are danger signals
Of general nervous breakdown.
An attempt by Spanish anarchists to
derail a train in Andalusia by means
of telegraph post and steel rail
placed across the line has failed.
Three German carpenters arriving al
Sydney under contract have been for
hidden to land pending an inquiry
whether they are skilled laborers.
A girl child was born recently at the
Egyptian Village" in the fire exhibit
ton, earrs court. She is named Alex
andra 1brahim, in honor Of the queen
Three Photographic records of the
voice Of the emperor of Austria have
been taken for preservation by the
Imperial Academy of Sciences OF
Austria.
Forty-eight persons have been found
frozen to death as a result of the re.
cent severe snowstorm which passed
over Germany, and many are still
missing.
A communication from the South
African Colonization society states
that out Of all the girls sent by it ia
the cape only per cent. have turned
out badly.
The Yellowstone park proper IL one
third larger than Delaware, and the
adjoining government forest reserves
make an area nearly equal to that Of
New Jersey. ? .e
The worlds record for fast type.
writing is now held by Miss Pretty,
Of the United States patent ONCE. who
wrote 20 400 words in six hours With
less than one error to the page. -
Z Owing to the prevalence Of rabies