The Virginia enterprise., 1895-03-08
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Europe has SS2,937 miles of tele-
graph saasaassssssasssszss
Horses succuinb to cold quicker than
any other animal. ;.
--America has more than one-half the
worlds telegraph lines. ~,-------~- ..
Of the twenty-scven royal families in
Europe two-thirds are of German origin.
The aggregate length of pneumatic
telcgr;phs in Parfs is 15t;;. miles. .a'"s's"s
-Iwcnty-fpur per cent. of the school
children 0fnFrahces are .near-sighted .-,
The journey from London to Cannes
Is not very far short of 1000 miles.
-Theresare 10:lSbareaus or; branch post
offices in2Paris. All of which, with one
exs'l tion,sare equipped with pne,imaMtic M
-Gelivora. whichsis thesS sSlnlorthernImnost
railroad stationsofsthe world, received
:'21.NM tons ofsores from the ironsm mines
III Sweden last year. a ss8Ss 81
The French. yovernmcnt proposes te
impose tines upon railway companies for
trains that start after the time mentioned
in the time tables. - .I
A newspaper published in I'ekin is un>
hrrStond to be the oldest in the world.
1t dates from 4 period Of 2OO years prior
to the Norman conquest of England.
Ia st* always drive away their young
IS soon as the latter ar. able to fly we'll.
Business is never good with the eagle AMI
he does not enjoy competition.
The humminy bird, in protecting it:>
nest. always tiies ut and peckS the eyrH
of its adversary. Crows have been found
totally blind from the hummns birds
bill
About 2,MM.W>O quarts uf brandy arc
consumed annually in the Grand Durty
of Luxembourg. the average quantity, con
>unrl per head of population being al,
most ten quarts.
official statistics show that there was
!, considerable decrease last year in the
number of aliens arriving at British ports
from the continent, the total being I'S-
ti3. aS compared with 119,GS1 during
1853 - .
Ina Shutn temple one secs hundreds
of little stone images Of children. placed
there by parents to- secure the recovery
of sick rhild If the prayer is granted
Il red bib is hung about the images neck.
--(;nlf waS put down as Il nuisance by
act of Parliament in Scotland in 1491.
Then fines were inflicted upon people
who were guilty Of playing the game,
which inttrferrl with the practice of
archery. as men preferred welding the
club to pulling the bow.
Out Of the total population of France
'::iS, l:3.:3 .:3s':' in 1S9D nearly one-half a.
-i:.' S>:', derives his living from agricul-
turs. 3.177o.u1G persons tilling their own
land. In the last forty years the agrlcult-
ural part OF the population has limin>
i>'lc,l 10 per cent.
- The bill for Grape used by the city Of
Paris in sign of mourning for the Cars
death comes TO over $4S'. All the Grape
was used in making bows for tlu"staffS
and WAS OF the, tlinlsiest" quality. The
same sum was spent in the week that
followed NJ. tarnot'S assassination.
-One Of the best known Paris photo
=raphtrs is i'll possession, of 4 movable
studio. In appearance resembles Il
railway carriage with glass slides and
blinds and it runs on 4 circular track.
the idea being to get the proper rays of
light at the proper angles on the person
inside
The British colony of ST. Petersburg
has collected $500 roubles for the pur-
pose of esta tablishing a couple of beds in
the hospital of the Holy Trinity in com
msmoratign of the late Car Alexander.
The Empress Marie Feodorovna has ex-
pressed her thanks to the. English com
munity. j.
An electric hair curler Of the sim plest
possible construction appears to be 4
marhine like IL small garden roller. \
button suppressed. switching on an cleo
tric current from the handle. the roller
is run over the head and in Il few mo-
H,tntS the hair is one mass of curling
clusters. o., :
-Royalties indulge in pet names as
much as do untitled folk: The Prince
and Princess of Wales call one another
''Rertie" and "Alix;" the present Car
is 'Nicky' among his friends and rela-
tives; the Duchess Of York is ''Toria,"
and the DowaSer Empress of Russia al
ways signs herself "Dagmar" to those
she loves.
Of all the sovereigns of England it
is said that Queen Eliza beth was by far
the most fortunate. Great statesmen
like Cecil, great ,seamen like Drake,
great coloniSts like Raleigh, great think
crS like Bacon. great poets like Shakes
pear" happened to come into the world
just i'll time to shed the l,1ster of their
genius upon the throne