The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-10
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS. =
1T has been computed that in Great
Britain there are 1000, 600 dog owners
and 10000 exhibitors and breeders of
dogs.
tory. claiming 6saa,OO0 square miles OF
area. 1t is about us large as Alaska and
Arizona. i
FLORIDA. Georgia. Illinois, Iowa,
Michigan and Wisconsin are nearly equal
in area. between $4,000 and 10000
square miles.
-Southey quotes from Batchellor'a
of sparrows will carry 1850 caterpillars
to their young.
Pope Gerbert's death is said to have
been accurately predicted by Il brazen
statue: or, as some authors say, "a talk
ing head of BRASS
-AIcNco's first International exposition
will open April y, 1896 and continue for
six months or SO. An authorized lottery
is one of its features.
The city built by Brutus, the semi
mythical diScoverer of Great Britain, on
the site of the present London. bore the
name of TrojaNova.
The inch was formerly divided into
three 'barleycorns, these divisions be-
ing originally the length of well-dried
grain of corn of the barley.
The Columbia river was named after
the Boston ship Columbia by her captain,
Robert Gray. in 1873. The Spaniards
called the stream Rio lie St. Rogue.
The Brantlywne took its name from
Dutch brandy distillery on it's banks
in the early days. The Dutch name for
brandy is brandwijn. or burnt wine.
The total production of beet sugar i'll
Belgium, Germany. France, the Neither
lands. Austria. Hungary and Russia to-
sether for the last year was 1861, 900
tons.
Cape Henlopcn, Del, was named
from Dutch expression. en- lOfrn, to
run in. meaning the entrance of 4 harbor.
1t was first called Cape Cornelius, after
4 Dutch admiral
Humboldt gave it as his opinion that
the earth contained $4,000 species of
plants, $1,000 species of animals, HOOD
species of insects, 1000 species of birds
and 1000 species of reptiles.
flames Dlworth of Auckland. who
died recently leaving property worth
about $IN.mo. hequsathtd the bulk of
this sum for the purpose Of founding Il
school for poor children in New Zealand
In Salisbury. Eng. on one occasion
huge column of gnats swarming around
the cathedral spire so reSenlbltd smoke
as to raise Il serious alarm that the edi-
flee was on fire.
The title of doctor was invented for
the especial benefit Of the learned liner
MUS. of the Twelfth century The title
was conferred by the University of Bo-
losna. The first doctor of medicine was
William Gorlehio. who received the title
from the college at Asst in 1920.
The last remaining house in Cain
City. Barton county, Has. was sold for
SO the other day and moved away \
few years ago Cain City had $50 inhabi-
tantS, a bank. newspaper, churches and
several merchants. Rival towns on either
side gradually Slapped away the life of
the town.
Walter de Tailuur in 1905. according
to the will recorded in the city of London
Court of HuSting, left. ''to Richard, his
son: the revers!on of a tenement held by
Richard le Bak ere for life. receiving year
~. immediately after the testator's death,
rent of ha..f Il mark, and weekly one
penny. tart in respect of the said tene-
ment.'
--Buenos Ayres seems to have the larg-
est rocking stone yet discovered. 1t is
situated on the slope of the mountain of
Tan,til. in the southern part of the PROV
ince. and measures 80 feet long, by Is
feet broad, and n feet high. Its bulk is
5000 cubic feet. and it's weight ut least ,;
tons. Nevertheless it is so touchily poised
that IL single person can set it rocking.
The bow was first seen depicted on
Egyptian monuments about 200O 3. {.
Its form then did not differ greatly from
that i'll use among boys at the present
day. 1t was used in European warfare
as late as 1910
total gold output from the Witwatersrand
mines during January amounted to ILL.,
465 ounces. as compared with 49,, 1O4
ounces in the preceding month and 49,
S14 ounces in January, 1894.
AT Il Babylonish wedding ceremony
the priest, it is said, took thread from
the garment of the bridegroom and tied
it into knot. This is probably the origin
OF the modern saying about tying the knot
with regard to marriage.
The city of Buenos Ayres has the
largest street car system, in proportion
to its population. of any city i'll the world
The total number of passengers carried
last year was 71,334G564., while the
monthly average was o,95J,547.
The Hinloos show singular frankness
in making census returns. Among those
who We're called upon to describe their
cailings. some designated their. means of
living Village thieves supported by
re}atives.' or Giving on loans"
The geese and cranes of North Ameri-
ca commonly winter in the West Indies
and in the valleys of the Amazon and Or
inOco, but great flocks of them have been
seen crossing the South Atlantic in the
autumn, evidently bound for Africa.
In London there are about 10 piano
forte factories. Over 1900 shops and fac
tories in the metropolis are devoted: to
supplying Of musical goods OF all sorts.
Throughout the province there are 1900
musical establishments of various kinds.
A valuable walnut tree which stood in
The center of the gardens of .(1aryock.
near Dunning. was blown down during
the recent storms. The tree was the
largest of its kind in Scotland. Some
years ago the laird was offered f1OO for
it, but refused it.
Nearly all the children kept by the
poor law i'll Scotland and Ireland are
boarded out, and in England it is to some
extent adopted. DR.. Bernardo, who
boards out 1000 or 10000 children year
ly. considers it the best plan of dealing
with pauper orphans.
The birth rate i'll Ireland for the last
quarter of the past year was o. over the
average Fate for the corresponding quar-
ter OF the past ten years, and O.5 over the
rate for the fourth quarter Of 1853 The
deaths were below the last quarter Of
1893 to the extent of 3117.
1t is hard to persuade the man who
wears dress suit only once or twice q
looking at him.-Somerviile Journal.
In paper read before the Scientific
congress at Paris. it was stated that
100000 years will slip around before
the mountains Of the earth, which arc
constantly Incran Sinu II, c;1o I;,o,,,o,,