The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-28
W. {. HANNAFORD, Publisher
CURIOUS. CONVERSATIONS.

Steel thimbles are safest.
Grant. when n boy, preferred work on
the farm to helping his father.
The papier mache process was first
used in France in 1S4S for books,
In $780, out OF So papers published
in this country. fifty were daily.
The London Booksellers association,
monopoly. was formed in 1920.
-.lames Buchanan was a studious, Ia
borious boy. not bright but Intelligent.
-Sophocles Increased thc .1mbcr OF
actors to three and more about b. G. 400.
Oregon farmers feed damaged wheat
to hogs and realize 5 cents per pound for
pork.
In 1913 the "Rrotherhood of the Trim
ity secured license for Il theater in
Paris.
Forty thousand copies of Ben Hur
have been sold in Germany. An illustrat-
rd NlitiNn is new called for.
"A trn-linc adj in all the newspapers
in the nitei States would, according to
Printers Ink, cost S12.lIO.
The Calumet and Hecla copper mines
in upper Michigan have 100000 tons of
coal under sheds for this winters use.
Il 'harleS M>'NeaSh of Harpswell. Me-.
lifts barrel of flour with his teeth and
holds 4 quintal of fish at arms length.
The first glass ssintlows in Western
Europe were made EvRa Greek in :4S for
Il church built by the Frank King Childe-
bert.
The states having the greater percent
aye ut negr" population are South Caro-
l'nt .s'.S' per cent, and Mississippi, rs
per cent
Roman swords recovered from tombs
weigh from six to ten pounds, while bat
''' axes weigh on an average twenty
pounds.
If tn, archbishop of Santiago is made
tar'llnal. as ruliOr now says is prUba-
bile. he will be the first cardinal in South
America.
Less than half Of Russia is rich in
forest. "n.-tifth is poorer than Germany
or France. and one-eighth has scarcely
amy.
In several districts of KurtlSt,n the
wealth of the individual property owner is
estimated i'll goats. and he is taxed so much
per goat.
Queen Anne Invented 4 tax on atlver-
1l>>mrnts. Each paid 3 shlings and 6
pence t" the government. 1t WAS abol-
i>heI in 1>5S.
The Greek common people not only
paid no taxes. but received iary, appropriate
tons from the state in th, shane of free
shows and games.
The Empress Josephine once paid
S1''"' for Il dress and Sn an=erel the I;nl-
lh'l''r that he ORDERED, the ,lreSSln;,ker to
ht sent to prison.
-flare< are seldom eaten in Spain
because it is believed that at night they
enter Sr,veSarl>. burrpw into the graves
and eat dead bodies.
swift WAS probably insane fer years
before the fact became apparent He al
ways dreaded insanity. and once or twice
said he would die mad
-"Priming" is the name given by plant
crS L" the operation of breaking off such
leaves as touch the ground or have be-
come broken or worthless
Mary Wortley Montague was always
much annoyed by her large size and mas
outline Voice. She often expressed the
wish that she WAS small.
-Strlln is one Of the most COSMOPOLITAN
Of European cities. Though it is the CAPT
TT: Ut Germany. only 81 per cent of its
inhabitants are Germans by birth.
Tho quantity of fish landed on the
r''"SfS of England and Wales in 1891
was slightly under H.tHDMW hundred
We Sht>: Last year it WAS H.:IN.ON hun
,r~iwe-hts.
The lower Mississippi valley has had
many changes Of ownership. viz: France
1913 to 1853: Spain. 1863 to 1870:
France. $500 to 1903. and thereafter the
n;tet States.
! ntrainc,' monkeys brought $40 each
i'll Venice i'll the Sixteenth century: if
trained they We're much more expensive,
the price depending on the amount of the
training.
catherine l. of Russia, widow of Peter
the Great. WAS inclined to cOrpulence She
had a fair complexion. eyes almost black.
which c"ntra>tel strongly with her light
yellow hair.
The navy department has just COM
plttt'i Il test nf aluminium. Il material for
ship boats. The claim that barnacles
would not adhere to the metal was not
>ubStantiated.
Michigan produces one-tifth of the iron
III this country. mining 3.WO.0OO a year
The copper mines are the richest in the
world. having produced over $500. OOOtNN
worth of metal
-Rrrlln niturali$t> are interested over
tho arrival in the Geological garden of
three l)anlara oStriche> from South Africa.
Il species said to have never before been
seen in Europe.
Search lights are such good targets for
the tnrnyS guns that the Germans are A.
ranging to throw the light first on :, mirror
and thenc" on the enemy. thereby conceal
Ing its real source.
Herman mineralogiSts have dis.oy-
cred that some Of the gold mines that
were worked by the Romans in Central
Portugal will still yield handsome profit
II 1!
-)ndse Anse; Planter who died in
SuSSeN county. DEL, about ITO. was re-
putel t" be no years old. He left son
aged 80. who was already a great grand |
father when John died.
SNOW is already several feet deeD on
the lower slopes of the mountains in Ore
s"n and Washington, and some of the
summer roads over the passes have been
abandoned for the season
known in the tobacco manufactures of
Spain: has made its appearance in the
French state factories. 1t shows itself in
the thumb and first finger.
The population of the world by the.
latest calculation. is estimated to be near
~ l.:'H!'"n.NE,, the greater half of which
is attributed to our Asiatic brethren.
wh" number about SOO.WW.OOO.
1t is computed that 100 years hence
tantS: Asia 1.o'W,MO,MW. while America
will have reached tS5,OOO,OW. Australia
3n,OOO.MW and Africa 100000, 900!
The toad captures insects by darting
out it's tongue so rapidly that the eve
cannot follow the motion. The tin is
covered with a pl'1tinous secretion, to
which fly or other small insect adheres.
Observation-Disclosures is the barbaro,,s name
given Il new town in Arizona. 1t is a
'ii''i'lt' .i"li VI 'II'' names or tne pioneers
who settled tlere-.Jake Kish, Abraham
knsh and Frank kejack. KiSh was
killed by kOsh and Kpjack fell off Il mule
and was kicked to death. 1t was to per
petuate all their memories that Kosh pro-
posed the combination,
There is a mining camp called Bach
c:"rs Rest about sixty miles north of
Tucson. Ari. and the population now
numbers upward of 800. There is not
woman nor cat in the camp and 200
men have advertised for wives in Tue
son paper. They must be of goo:; char
actcr and understand the duties of a
household. The richest miner offers
dO"ry Of $4,000.