The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-04
W. {. HANNAFORD,
Publisher.
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Louis Y. was The Idle, on account OF
his laziness.
-Hormistlas of Persia was The Nose
less, from natural defect. :szs '.
Harold l. of England was The Hare
foot, from his t1eetness in running.
Double flowers are generally the re-
suit of cultivation and always an abnor-
NAL growth. <-@
The rose among the Romans was the
emblem of secrecy, hence the phrase, sub
rosa. ,*,
In all mountainous countries flowers
are found growing up to the line of per-
petual SNOW.
The coral flowers, so-calletl, are ami
mails. \ coral reef resembles Il hed of
anemones.
Some plants. us the peach tree, send
forth their flowers before the leaves have
started.
Victor Emanuel of italy was desiy-
mated The Gallant not only on account
OF his politcness. but because of his i'm
pctuoSity in battle.
-Ethelred IL. of England was The
Unrcady, from the fact that he was al
ways behind with his military prepar,,-
tions to resist an enemy.
--Aphonso l. of -Aragon was surnamed
The Battler. He was quarrelsome in
disposition and perpetually engaged in
broiS with his neighbours.
-Sterne is reported to have spent nine
months i'll writing Tristan Shandy,"
the work being frequently interrupted by
other literary engagements.
Albert VI. of Austria was The Prod
igal. on account of his insane liberality.
He spent all the incomes of the state he
tore they We're collected.
-Cowley wrote very rapidly. Most of
his short poems were each composed in
Il day or less. He often wrote and fin
ished Il poem in single forenoon.
De Foe is said to have written Rob
inSon Crusoe" in six months. He wrote
rapidly, as may be judged from the inn
mease quantity of his political writings.
johnson. it is said. wrote his "Ras-
der by the sale Of the manuscript to de-
fray the funeral expenses of his mother.
"A record cricket match WAS played
at Thornton Heath, Eng. on August 20.
One of the contending elevenS was COM
posed of Il certain Mr.. Bacon and his
ten sons.
The claimants lot at Melbourne can
not be a happy enc. In order to meet
the competition of omnibusSes and tram
cars threcpenny fares have been started
as an experiment.
1T is said that the blind never dream
Of visible objects, and mute has been
conversation by means of his fingers or
III writing.
Pins. from their extensive Use. are
important articles of manufacture. 1t is
stated that there are made in England,
for house use and expectation, more than
2O,WNtAN pins daily.
The first coach in England was built
in 1865. for the Earl of Rutland. In
1G6l stasecoach was two days going
from London to Oxford, and the flying
coach in summer WAS thirteen hours.
The Duke of Buckingham in 1919
drove six horses; and the Duke of North
cumberland in rivalry drove eight.
Coaches We're first let for hire in Paris
in 1850 at the Hotel Fiarce; and hence
their name in French. In London they
We're first let for hire in 1926.
-Nenomous snakes are slow in doing
mischief The cobra di capeilo, the toy
of Indian jugslers. retains its fangs. but
never uses them, except to resent in
juries; and then. opening its crest and
kissing violently, it darts on it's victim,
who has notice to escape.
The foot of a Chinese female, from
the heel to the great toe, measures only
four inches: the great toe is bent abrupt
~ backwards, and it's extremity pointed
directly upwards: while the phalanges of
the other toes are doubled in beneath
the sole of the foot.
To make boots and shoes waterproof
and prevent them from cracking, adopt
this process: Mix together on the fire
two parts of tallow to one of rosin, and
having warmed the shoes apply it, melt
ed. with a painters brush, until they will
not absorb any more.
The Hat and Cap Riots were polit-
ica difficulties in Sweden during the
reign of Adolph Frederick They began
in 1920 and ended about It'll The Hats
or Chapeaus were the French party, who
wished to modernize the country by
adopting the ideas. manners, customs.
political and military usages of Southern
Europe.
When ladies go to buy dress in
Japan they tell the shopkceper their age,
and if they are married or not. because
there are special designs for the single
and double relations of life, as we'll as
for ages. The consequence of this pain
full custom is you can tell the age of
every lady you meet, and know whether
she is married. precisely as though she
were labeled, Or you were census taker.