The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

--Cigarmakers in Spain receive $3.50 a
week: in France, S4.6o; iii Germany.
$500, and in Italy, IS.
An expert tea mixer in China COM
mands high wages, being paid from ~
cents to 81 day for his work.
Skilled female labor in Munich, in
whatever calling, is rarely, paid at Il high
er rate than u cents q day.
In Holland the average rate of wages
for skilled laborers of every description is
from 8 cents to 10 cents an hour. "
An African hat is in the form of q
helmet. woven IF rush straw, having Il
peak ON top and a mask or visor eN-
tending down over the face. There are
two holes or goggles for the eyes.
-Unskilled laborers in the Swiss iron
works consider themselves fortunate II
they make 80 cents day. Skilled work
men receive from 80 cents to 81, accord
ing to dcxterity and length Of employ
ment.
The Chinese mandarins and men OF
consequence wear little round silk skull
caps most of the time. These are or
namenteI on the top with buttons whose
colorS denote the order or rank of the
Wtartv.
discoveries Of valuable onyx. which
promise to develop into very large mines,
have been made near Healdsburg, Cal
The stone is beautifully marked. and 4
blast of the face of the ledge has eX
posed it in great quantities.
A replica of Michael Angeles colos-
sal statue of David was ordered recently
for the entrance hall of the public mu-
scum at Preston in Lancashire. When
it got there they found it was bare. and
the town council ordered it to be put i'll
Il lumber room.
"A man in Rourges is still wearing
the blouse he had OH when the Prus-
slams entered France. He swore then
he would never wear another: and by
mcaus of patches has kept his OATH
The town council has offered him 100
francs for it for the town museum.
If Il females voice has not been
injured. it frequently becomes mellowed
by time At 81, if not previously
strained. the voice has acquired it's full
powers without being on the decline.
Patti is still magnificent. notwithstand
ing the constant vocal exertions she has
undergone.
-One of the chief physical elements in
the phenomenal racing power of the
abnornally large heart, which is de
c!ared by the doctors to be two inches
longer than the average.
Edward Simmons, the artist who de-
designed the decorations for the new
Criminal Court building in New York.
rejects the idea of blind Justice. and has
depicted that deity with both eyes open.
holding the scales III one hand and the
American flag in the other.
The steamer W. O. Hughart. which
recently passed through the Portage
canal en- route to Cincinnati via the Wis
ronSin, Mississippi and Ohio rivers. was
tied up at Dekorr;i, Wis. on account of
the low stage of the Wisconsin. 1t will
proceed On the trip when naviga ton re-
opens in the spring.
Il. ii. Thompson government ento-
mulogist of Tasmania. has discovered that
plants make S. per cent. of their growth
between midnight and 6 a. H., while be-
tween noon and Is p. m. they do not grow
at all. Now will some scientific observer
ascertain whether the same rule holds
good on this side of the world?
Paris is again agtating the project
of Il monument to Victor Hugo. oblivious
of the fact that Hugo erected his owa
monument in his works. Still. the sum
Of 100000 francs is now in hand for
that purpose. and it is proposed to raise
2tN.O'H more. which would pay for Il
monument that would adOrn even Paris.
Guy de Nauoassant's statue in the
Pare Mnnceau viii be very modern. His
bust stands ON !, column, around it is
arranged marble bench with cushions.
on which reclines young Partisan
tlliil NEcSSeN III tue EtttSt ldSulOu,
with pufed sleeves and an hOurglaSS
waist. reading one Of Maupassant's worst
uoytlS.
The ruins on the shores of Lake tt
ti:aca were in the same condition when
visited by plZarro as they are today
They consist of immense earth pyramids.
faced with stone and surrounded by
CycIopean walls. There are many mono
}ith* srrihingly suggestive of Stonehengr
in England, so,ue Of these giant stones
being II feet high by + feet broad, and
:! feet thick
The rate at which the use of the BIZ
cycle is growing is seen in the statement
that the League of American Wheelmen
now numbers 37,34S members. 1922 Of
whom are credited to New York, 1888
IT, Massachusetts, and HIP to Pennsyl-
yania, while the tailenders of the pro-
cession are Idaho and Nevada. with two
members each. Both these states, how
ever. ale better adapted to walking than
wheeling